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Ilminster grandmother signs with modelling agency
A 51 YEAR old woman who has just won a modelling contract has said she wants to be an inspiration for others. Stunning grandmother-of-one Kaye Reeves, of Ilminster, could not believe her ears when asked to join the books of a new national modelling agency for people over 40 – having never modelled before. The […]
Werk it: Brooklyn Beckham the model returns
David and Victoria Beckham’s eldest son may still only be sixteen, but he certainly knows how to work the camera. The teen titan appears on the front cover of Rollacoaster magazine and looks all shades of cool as he models the latest in menswear for spring 2015. From a sporty varsity-style jacket to a furry […]
Miracle toddler wins modelling contract
A toddler from Cumbria, whose parents were told he would be unlikely to survive past birth, has won a modelling contract. Noah Wall was diagnosed with Spina Bifida while in the womb. When he was born he developed Hydrocephalus, a build up of fluid in his skull that destroyed all but 2% of his brain. […]
‘You can’t be gorgeous AND fat’: Outspoken weight loss expert, dubbed the Simon Cowell of slimming, hits out at curvy pin-up Tess Holliday for ‘normalising obesity’
Plus-size body activist Tess Holliday became the first size 26 (US size 22) supermodel to be signed to a major agency, land a number of high-profile fashion campaigns and successfully challenge our idealised beauty norms. However, controversial weight loss expert Steve Miller says he is outraged by the positive attention the 29-year-old pin-up is getting. […]
World’s hottest maths teacher Pietro Boselli: ‘I model wet steam flow’
Never has the phrase “mathematical model” had such a delicious double meaning than in the case of Pietro Boselli, the Italian model and engineering lecturer whose academic specialism is mathematical modelling. Boselli, aged 27, was branded the “world’s sexiest maths teacher” earlier this year by newspapers and magazines around the world after one of his […]
Really, Really Good-Looking: 25 of the Biggest Male Models of All Time
While most lack the name recognition, not to mention the cachet, of their female counterparts, modeling’s men are an important part of the pop culture conversation. Serving both as aspirational body ideals and arbiters of cool, male models provide a visual representation of fashion’s (and the world at large’s) ideas about masculinity. The Me Decade […]
YSL ad ban: Scarily thin women are indefensible – even to ambitious models
An extremely skinny girl lies, prone, on the floor. Her body looks passive, her expression uncomfortable. Her ribs are visible and her thighs appear to be the same circumference as her shins; she is all angles and jutting bones. Yet this isn’t a scene from a developing country, plagued by famine or disease. It’s fashion. […]
Seven inspirational models who prove beauty comes in all shapes and sizes
When five-year-old Sydney Caraher’s long, blonde hair started to fall out because of the condition alopecia, triggered by stress, she thought she was turning into a boy. Heartbreakingly, the confused tot was devastated when she looked in the mirror and rapidly lost confidence. But now the bubbly little girl, whose condition first began after a […]
Brisbane girl with Down Syndrome becomes a model
An 18-year-old Brisbane girl with Down Syndrome is embarking on a career as a model after taking part in her first fashion photo shoot. Madeline Stuart, who models for Living Dead Clothing, captured global media attention after her mother Rosanne set up a Facebook page with photos of her earlier this year. Rosanne told the […]
Tess Holliday and 4 Other Models Redefining Beauty in 2015
Tess Holliday dropped out of high school because of the intense bullying she endured, but she wouldn’t allow her haters to stop her from pursuing her modeling career. In 2013, she founded the wildly successful #EffYourBeautyStandards social media campaign, and in 2015, she became the first size 22 model to sign with a major modeling […]