June 15, 2011
Vogue Italia, the pinnacle of high fashion magazines, just put three plus-size models on its cover and the Brazilian transsexual model Lea T has been making a lot of waves in the fashion world. But don’t be fooled — this doesn’t mean the industry is more accepting of diversity. Carole White, Naomi Campbell’s former agent ...
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December 30, 2010
An anorexic model, Isabelle Caro, famous for taking part in an anti-anorexia campaign in 2007, died on November 17th. She was 28-years-old. She got famous for taking part in this campaign for which the posters were banned in some countries. She brought the debate of how skinny is too skinny to the forefront of the modelling industry. She ...
October 15, 2010
The Pope ordered the French First Lady to stay home when her husband visited the Vatican earlier this month. The Pope was concerned that her presence would spark a rash of nude and scantily-clad photos from her modelling career being published in Italian newspapers. Most especially, he didn’t want his picture to be beside sexy photos ...
August 2, 2010
It can be a lonely world for transsexuals who often feel like they don’t belong with people of either gender. The world’s first transsexual supermodel has hit the runways and with so much attention on who she really is she probably has it worse than anybody.
February 2, 2010
Models may be stunning but to claim they show that “perfection…varies” is ridiculous. This is what Love Magazine is claiming to do with naked supermodels (such as Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss) on their next cover.
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