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She Got Fired for Being Too Fat
She Got Fired
for Being 
Too Fat 
Oct 14, 2009 2:50 PM CDT

She Got Fired for Being Too Fat

Model from altered ad says Ralph Lauren called her 'overweight'

(Newser) - Feminists, grab your pitchforks. Filippa Hamilton, the model who appeared in a Ralph Lauren ad so ridiculously photoshopped that her waist looked smaller than her head, now says the fashion label fired her for being too fat. “They said I was overweight and I couldn’t fit in their...

French Vogue 'Black Face' Sparks Row

October edition triggers debate on racism

(Newser) - A Dutch model painted black from face to toe in French Vogue has triggered angry charges of racism. The photos of model Lara Stone, taken by US photographer Steven Klein, are part of the magazine's October issue honoring models and photo shoots through history. What French Vogue and the photographer...

Airbrushed Pics May Get French Health Warning

Lawmakers look to require label on digitally altered photos

(Newser) - Amid the uproar over fashion photos whose models are airbrushed to teeny-tiny perfection, French politicians are proposing a law that would require any such photos to include a health warning, Reuters reports. Digitally altered ads, press photos, campaign art, packaging, and art photography would have to include “Photograph retouched...

Sean Penn Finds New Galpal, 25
 Sean Penn Finds New Galpal, 25 
Sep 16, 2009 9:40 AM CDT

Sean Penn Finds New Galpal, 25

Model Jessica White replaces soon-to-be-ex Robin Wright Penn

(Newser) - Sean Penn wasted no time finding a new galpal in the wake of his split from Robin Wright Penn—and she’s just half his age and a swimsuit model to boot. The actor, 49, has been spotted around New York City with Jessica White, 25, and “they are...

Glamour Goes Plus-Size, Nude Again

Six full-figured models will join beloved Lizzi Miller in the buff

(Newser) - Inspired by the outpouring of enthusiasm (and press, no doubt) over the appearance of plus-size model Lizzi Miller—pooch and all—in its September issue, Glamour will feature a bevy of nude plus-size models in a November spread, insiders tell the New York Post. Miller will be back, joined by...

A Supermodel's Summer Reads
 A Supermodel's 
 Summer Reads 
Aug 27, 2009 1:10 PM CDT

A Supermodel's Summer Reads

You can look smart, but still get your fill of juicy sex

(Newser) - Paulina Porizkova “quit school at 15 to live off of my looks,” but she’s also a lifelong bookworm, she writes for Modelinia. Because she feels “the need to constantly prove I’m not some dumb model,” she offers up her “summer reading for folks...

'Real' Model: I Didn't Like the Pic

But even though it's 'not the most flattering,' it is 'real'

(Newser) - The world is still in love with Lizzi Miller, the plus-size model recently featured on Glamour’s page 194—but Miller herself wasn’t a fan of the belly-baring photograph when she first saw it. The 5’11”, 180-pound Miller tells Today, “I’m just like every other girl...

Fiore Was Texting Ex on Day She Died

(Newser) - Murdered model Jasmine Fiore exchanged several text messages with an ex-boyfriend in the hours before her death, the Telegraph reports. The ex, Robert Hasman, received a message after her murder reading simply, "Suck it." A video obtained by TMZ shows Hasman and Fiore vacationing in Los Cabos, Mexico,...

Police ID'd Slain Model by Breast Implants

Fiore's body was mutilated by killer; suspect still at large

(Newser) - The remains of a former model whose killing has set off an international manhunt for a reality TV star were so badly mutilated that investigators had to use the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her. Previous reports have suggested that the killer of Jasmine Fiore removed her...

Jagger's Kid Goes Topless
 Jagger's Kid Goes Topless 
Jul 24, 2009 8:24 AM CDT

Jagger's Kid Goes Topless

Georgia, 17, launches modeling career

(Newser) - Another Jagger kid is stripping down in public, despite dad's displeasure. First Mick’s daughter Elizabeth bared her breasts at London’s 2004 Fashion Week, and now her 17-year-old sister is following suit. Georgia goes topless in an ad for Hudson Jeans, her first major modeling gig, that will appear...

Demand for 'Must Have' Camaro Dwarfs Supply

(Newser) - Recession be damned, desire for the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro far outstrips supply—and some dealers are even charging a premium for the sporty new ride, USA Today reports. “Our current production schedule can’t meet the demand,” a General Motors spokesman said. But “that supply-demand tension is...

'Size Nazi' Designers Lash Back at Vogue

It's not all our fault, they say

(Newser) - Designers have lashed back at a Vogue editor who accuses them of forcing ultra-thin models on magazine covers by sending "minuscule" photo-shoot clothes no normal woman can wear. British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman complained in a letter to top designers that the clothing is so tiny magazines are forced...

Model's Film Bares Industry's Secret Sex Assaults

(Newser) - Naked photographers, orders to strip for no reason and sex assaults are a troubling part of the modeling business and involve some of the top names in fashion, according to a new documentary by a popular model. "Every girl I have talked to has a story," model Sara...

The World's Top-Earning Models

Earnings down but Bundchen still managed to rake in $25 million

(Newser) - The downturn didn't spare the catwalk, but the world's top-earning models are still a long way from the breadline. Forbes lists the top 10 earners over the past year.
  1. Gisele Bundchen ($25 million, down $10 million from the previous year)
  2. Heidi Klum ($16 million)
  3. Kate Moss ($8.5 million)

Gentlemen, Start Your Bidding on Bruni Nudie

Nude shot from first lady's modeling days up for auction next week

(Newser) - A nude photo of France's first lady is expected to be the subject of fierce bidding at a Berlin auction next week, the Daily Mail reports. The photo, one of just 10 numbered copies was taken by photographer Pamela Hanson in 1994 at the height of Carla Bruni's modeling career,...

Kate Moss Takes Up Writing

Supermodel planning fictional account of young model's rise to the top

(Newser) - Kate Moss is working on a new career for when her catwalk gigs disappear, the Sun reports. The supermodel has taken up writing, dug deep for inspiration, and is working on her first novel in tandem with rock-singer-turned-author Louise Wener. The subject? A young model's rise from obscurity to superstardom....

Bubba Still a Hit With the Ladies

Chats up models at Vienna fashion show before heading out to party

(Newser) - Bill Clinton may be a former president, but he's still a current hit with the ladies. Bubba had a whirlwind weekend in Vienna, reports the New York Post, chatting up models at the LIFEbeat fashion show before hitting the Life Ball AIDS benefit with the likes of Pamela Anderson and...

Recession Chic: Quirky Out, Blond In

(Newser) - The economy is in freefall, which makes it a good time to be blond, the Times of London reports. Flip through the latest Vogue, and you’ll see page after page of blond-haired, blue-eyed beauties—a shift from the “quirky” faces sought after in recent years to grab the...

Levi as Model? Agencies Think Not
 Levi as Model? 
 Agencies Think Not 
GLOSSIES
Apr 23, 2009 2:02 PM CDT

Levi as Model? Agencies Think Not

(Newser) - He might have been the hottest guy at Wasilla High, but Palin babydaddy Levi Johnston doesn’t do it for modeling agencies, reps tell Vanity Fair. A sampling of their reactions to the idea:
  • New York Model Management: “I have no idea who he is or what he looks
...

Ex-Law & Order Star: Leave Bristol Alone

Pro-GOP actress says teen mom 'has my support 100 percent'

(Newser) - Let Bristol Palin live her life, actress Angie Harmon tells critics of the "still young" teen. "She is in a position that any girl could be in," the former Law & Order star said in an interview with Fox News. "For anyone to sit there...

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