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- This is the Frequently Asked Questions file for alt.supermodels. It tries
- to address the standard questions, so the regular readers won't have to
- see them again. The information is mostly drawn from postings to this
- group, but a lot has been contributed directly by individual readers and
- by my own fashion magazine purchasing habit. Some of these entries may be
- hopelessly out of date and for that I do apologize. However, if you see
- something that is really bad and you are a fan of that model, just send me
- a copy of the entry and your corrections.
-
- This FAQ still needs hard data; addresses (fashion houses, magazines,
- catalogs, fan clubs, etc), birthdates, measurements, earning power, names
- of the new models, and whatever else can help us all follow them.
- I have noticed from posts that the FAQ does not address older models from
- even the early 70's and 80's. Any fans out there with information should
- send it to me so I can include it. I recently acquired Arthur Elgort's
- Model Manual and Michael Gross's book Model:The ugly business of
- beautiful women and will attempt to cross check using those books.
-
- I also have been in contact with Paxti Pastor (ceo) of the
- http://WWW.SUPERMODEL.COM site and there are some interesting things afoot
- there.
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- Contents:
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- Lists of models and data.
- Common questions and answers.
- Addresses.
- Sources of additional movie appearance information.
- Where to get the latest version of this and other FAQs.
- How to contribute if you don't have usenet posting access.
- History of alt.supermodels and this FAQ.
- Credits.
- Disclaimer & copyrights.
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- Lists of models and data.
-
- #A#
-
- Alexander, Karen
- Born: '65?
- Began modelling: at age 16, '76?
- Height: 5' 9-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 33-23.5-33
- Size: 6
- Shoe: 10
- Hair: Dark brown
- Eyes: Dark brown
- Agency: IMG
- First Black model to appear in SI swimsuit issue in 1987.
- Is married and has a daughter Ella.
-
- Alexis, Kim
- Pregnant cover girl on spring issue of Shape magazine
- Son, 8lb 13oz, Noah Fernand
- Married to former NHL star Ron Duguay. She has two sons from a
- previous marriage and he has two daughters.
-
- Alt, Carol
- Hair color: brown
- Born: Dec 1 1960 in New York City
- Semi-Retired. Modeled for Cover Girl Cosmetics. Played in a couple
- of B movies; some starring roles.
- Currently starring in the syndicated TV show "Thunder in Paradise"
- Was recently on runways with other more seasoned veterans.
-
- Amadei, Magali
- Hair: Jet Black
- She's on the cover of August(94) Glamour (may or june as well)
- and has a feature in September (94) Mirabella.
-
- Andurand, Muriel
- Age: 17 (?)
- Agency: ELITE
- Height: 1.82m
- Measurements: 93-64-91 cm
-
- Anika
- Age: 22 (?)
- Height: 1.79m
- Bust-waist-hips: 88-61-90 cm
- Allemande(German)
- Venue a Paris pour les shows Dior et Lagerfeld.
- Elle travaille immediatement pour Glamour, Elle Allemange, et le
- Figaro Madame avec Lothar et Nick Knight.
- (hey this one is easy to translate)
- Debut in Paris with the Dior and Lagerfeld shows. She worked
- immediately for Glamour, German Elle and Figaro Madame with
- Lothar and NK.
-
- Ariffin, Nora
- Models for Cover Girl Cosmetics.
-
- Auermann, Nadja
- Nationality: German
- Hair: Platinum Blonde
- Height: 1.71 meters (1.08 is all leg)
- Age: 23 (as of sept 94)
- Born: 1971 in West Berlin to Banker parents
- Agency: ELITE
- Following history paraphrased from _THE FACE_ article on her:
-
- June 1989 - sitting in a cafe and asked to model for a travel
- catalogue. (she bombed)
- Nov 1990 - Signed with 1st agency, Karins.
- Mar 1991 - switches to ELITE, Benetton shoot for French Vouge with Paulo
- Roversi.
- Apr 1991 - Ellen Von Unwerth meets her, and options her for future work.
- Oct 1991 - British Vogue publishes Nadja's first fashion story, Von
- Unwerth's "She's An Enigma"
- Nov 1991 - Cover of French Glamour.
- Jan 1992 - Shoots Gaultier, Dolce & Gabanna, and Prada campaigns with
- photographer Steven Meisel.
- spring 92 - shoots "grunge" look with Kristen McMenamy (close friend of hers)
- jun 1992 - Appears in George Michael's "Too Funky" video.
- jun/jul 92 - 1st French Vogue cover. Italian, then british vogue all
- follow.
- autumn/winter 92 - Waif ManiaYSL campaign with photographer Helmut Newton
- Dec 92 - meets boyfriend Alexander Bougault (paris real estate agent)
- apr 93 - Appears on US Vogue and Harper's Bazaar covers
- sep 93 - second YSL campaign with H.N. (waif days are numbered)
- oct 93 - bleaches her hair for the pret-a-porter collections.
- oct/nov 93 - American Vogue and Harper's Bazaar immediately go nuts for
- her and end the year with two special portfolios of her.
- jan/feb 94 - Harper' and UK Vogue (mario sorrenti and nick Knight
- photogaphers)
- Mar 94 - 2nd season of catwalk as bleach blonde. Appears in EVERYONE's
- shows. becomes Robin Derrick's (UK Vogue art dir.) "The One".
- may 94 - 26 page shoot for Neiman Marcus in Harper's Bazaar with
- photographer Richard Avedeon
- jun/jul 94 - US Vogue uses her twice both months
- aug 94 - dominates british fashion tabloid coverage of Paris Coture shows
- sep 94 - appears on BOTH American Vogue and Harper's Bazaar covers
- in the same month, and British Vouge for a hat-trick
-
- Avalon
- Ethnicity: English, French, and German
- Nationality: American
- Age: 21 (Harper's Bazaar may 94)
- Hair color: Reddish Brown
- Skin: freckled
- Eyes: Blue
- Has ears that stick out at the bottom.
-
- #B#
-
- Banks, Tyra
- Age: 20 (?)
- Agency: Img
- Appeared in "Inferno", a British sexploitation film.
- Has recurring role as "Jackie" on NBC's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model (april 1994 SI calendar)
- "With a promising academic career on hold - she has already been
- accepted by five colleges, ranging from New York University in
- the East to the University of Southern California in her native
- Los Angeles - Tyra juggles assignments for Ralph Lauren, Yves
- St. Laurent, Chanel, abd Oscar de la Renta, as well as an ocasional
- video appearance for Michael Jackson." [Jule Campbell, SI]
- director John Singleton is boyfriend.
-
- Barguilla, Helena
- she has been in some Gaultier ads... most of her work is runway and
- print.
-
- Barrymore, Drew
- Born: 22 Feb 1975 in Culver City, California, USA
- Agency: ELITE
- As a child, she starred in several films, including "E.T. the
- Extra-Terrestrial", and "Firestarter". She recovered from a drug
- addiction, and restarted her career with "Poison Ivy". Which was partially
- intended to show she had grown up. Replaced Anne Smith as Guess?
- Jeans' model. Has tattoos on her ankle and hand, and a butterfly
- near her navel.
- Bardot-like pout. Her idea of a good time "Fat, adult, prime-time,
- white-trash TV." (said laughing) Has also been in a TV movie and
- recently in "Bad Girls" with a cast of other famous women.
- Was married, now divorced after 1 month with Jeremy Thomas.
-
- Bayle, Anna
- runway model from the late 70's early 80's
- "She had a polished runway walk." Demised by the waifs in the 90's.
-
- Bellucci, Monica
- Height: 5'9-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 35-24-35
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Dark Brown
- Eye color: Dark Brown
- Shoe size: 9-1/2
- Born: 1969?
- Agency: ELITE
- Nationality: Italian
- Cast as a vampire in the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula directed
- by Francis Ford Coppola. She was discovered by Coppola's son Roman
- on the cover of an Italian magazine called Zoom.
-
- Bercu, Michaela
- Height: 6'
- Bust-waist-hips: 34b-25-36
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 10.5 - 11
- Agency: ELITE
- Appeared as a vampire in Coppola's Dracula. Cover of Feb 93 Shape.
-
- Bergin, Michael
- Male Model
- Discovered in a public walk-in model search in New York City.
- Models underwear for Calvin Klein (among other work).
-
- Bishop, Lelani
- Age: 18 (june 94, german elle)
- Can be seen the the "Sportmax" brassiere ads, also in the
- "Supermodels in the Rainforest" calendar for 1995.
-
- Boderanko, Larissa
- recent Guess ad campaign.
- Interview in Rolling Stone, photographed by Dewey Nicks
- Nationality: Russian
-
- Bolivar, Chantal
- Age: 19 (?)
- Agency: ELITE
- Height: 1.76m
- Bust-waist-hips: 85-64-93 cm
-
- Brown, Ethan
- Male Model
- model for Tommy Hilridge's underwear designs. (Nationwide campaign)
-
- Brinkley, Christie
- Born: Febuary 2, 1954
- Agency: Ford
- Mostly retired. Married to Billy Joel.
- Recently (april 1994) was involved with a heliocopter crash.
- Currently estranged from Billy Joel, has a daughter from that
- marriage, and appeared in a VR episode of "Mad About You".
- Linked romantically with Millionaire Realator who was also in Heli-crash
- Now classed as Ultramodel (she's 40) Now married to Rick Taubmao, the
- guy in the heli-crash.
-
- Brosh, Nina
- ethnicity: 1/2 russian, 1/2 chinese
- shows up in issue 316 (dec 94) of French PHOTO
-
- Bruni, Carla
- Born: 68? in Turin, Italy
- Began modelling: at age 19
- Agency: Women Model Management
- Height: 1.76 m
- Bust-waist-hips: 85-58-90 cm
- Her boyfriend is Swiss actor Vincent Perez (4 years older)
- although she was rumored to be the cause of the marriage breakup
- between Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. Bruni countered the
- allegations by asking why she would have anything to do with a
- shrivelled up old fossil like Mick Jagger. As a result, Jagger and
- Hall's marriage appears to remain intact. A story on Bruni appears
- in the Jan 93 issue of American Vogue.
-
- #C#
-
- Campbell, Naomi
- Height: 5'9-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34-23-32
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Dark Brown
- Eye color: Dark Brown
- Shoe size: 9
- Agency: Ford
- Born: May 22 1970 in London, England
- Is one of the top five supermodels in the modelling industry.
- Appears in a steamy video with Michael Jackson and is reportedly
- pursuing a singing career on her own. Appears as singer in movie
- "Cool as Ice". Engaged to Adam Clayton, U2's bass guitarist. Has a
- peirced belly button (ELLE june 1994 Picture p128)
- Shows her breasts quite frequently now in print.
- Naomi wrote a novel called `Swan`, written by an ex-editor at Reed Books.
- They handed her an outline so she could talk about it.
-
- Subject: <New York> magazine piece on Naomi Campbell.
-
- Campbell In Soup
-
- NAOMI NO-SHOW: Organizers of this Friday's benefit for the not-for-profit
- AIDS service group Houseing Works aresn't feelin too charitable about Naomi
- Campbell these days. The bratty supermodel is notably absent from the list
- of African-American models hosting the organization's SOul '95 benefit at
- Industria Superstudio--an all-star line-up that includes Iman, Veronica Webb,
- Beverly Peele, Karen Alexander, and Roshumba. Sources say organizers
- purposely scratched Naomi from the list after she snubbed last year's event.
- "As a host, all she had to do was show up, and she didn't," one insider
- said. "we read in the paper the next morning that she went to another party
- instead."
- [photo of Campbell by Terry O'Neill/Sygma, caption: Naomi Campbell, not the
- life of this party]
-
- --<New York>, June 19, 1995
-
-
- Carangi, Gia
- supermodel in the 70's.
-
- Excerpts from _MODEL: The ugly business of beautiful women. by Michael Gross
- bisexual drug abuser who had a short but highly visably career.
- Died of AIDS in 1986
- a Philadelphia teenager whose wild ways and sultry looks made her a
- favorite of photographers from Francesco Scavullo to Chris von
- Wangenheim, who specialized in pictures that captured the madness
- of the disco era.
- "The latest topic of conversation in modeling is the resurgence of drugs--
- particularly Heroin--among a clique of models who, in macabre homage,
- reportably call themselves Gia's Girls, in honor of Gia Carangi, the
- bisexual addict who had a brief career in modeling and then died of AIDS."
-
- For more information about her please read the following book:
- Stephen Fried's "Thing of Beauty-The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia".
-
- Carter, Lynda
- Now retired, but was one of Maybeline's biggest models a few
- years ago. (Moisture Whip Lipstick) Best known for playing Wonder
- Woman on TV. Still does TV ads for a contact lens manufacturer.
-
- Casey-Jane
- new model
- Nationality: English
- Hair: Dark, short
- Agency: Storm
-
- Cates, Phoebe
- A teen model before becoming an actress. Several major film credits.
- Married to actor Kevin Kline. Lives on the upper west side of Manhattan.
- Favorite pin-up in the Phillipines.
- Basically Retired.
-
- Chandra
- Nationality: American
- Height: 1.73m
- Bust-waist-hips: 85-60-85 cm
- Practique la danse et le ski nautique. Arrive chez City en octobre,
- elle demarre sa carriere avec ELLE France et travaille avec Marc
- Hispard, Steven Mesisel, Jacques Olivar et Arthur Elogrt.
- Translation:
- Took dancing lessons and water skiing. Arrived in City(Paris?)
- in October. ??????, has worked with MH, SM,JO and AE (photographers)
-
- Christensen, Helena
- Born: Born Dec 25 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ethnicity/Nationality: Mixed.
- Father- Danish
- Mother- South American (Venezuelan I think)
- Height: 1.77m
- Bust-waist-hips: 90-60-90 cm
- Agency: MARILYN GAULTIER
- 62 Boulevard Sebatopol
- Paris France 75003
- Agent: Veronique (send fan mail via this person)
- Appears in print ads for Karl Lagerfeld, Gianni Versace, & Kenar.
- Involved with Michael Hutchence of INXS. Was in Chris Issac's
- "Wicked Game" mini-movie. Appeared in "Inferno", a British
- sexploitation film. Currently in ads for Royal Copenhagen/Georg
- Jensen Jewelry. A MPEG movie of her appearance in "Inferno" exists
- (wrongly labeled as Linda Evangilista by the creator) This footage
- has appeared on FT (Fashion Television) at least 3 times now.
-
- Connelly, Jennifer
- Born: Dec 12 1970 in New York, USA
- Connelly did some modelling around '87. She's now a serious
- actress with several film credits including "The Rocketeer",
- "Career Opportunities", and "Hotspot" (which contains the only
- known topless photo of her).
-
- Crawford, Cindy Ann
- Height: 5'9-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34B-24-35
- Dress size: 8
- Hair color: Light Brown
- Eye color: Dark Brown
- Shoe size: 9-1/2
- Born: 20 Feb 1966 in De Kalb, Illinois, USA
- Agency: ELITE
- Schooling: Northwestern, Chemical Engineering (1 sem)
- Modeling Break: ELITE "Look of the year contest", 1982
- Probably the single most widely recognized supermodel. Cindy was
- the spokesperson for Pepsi for a while, has her own exercise video,
- and her own show on MTV. She's also done at least three calendars,
- and of the profit, half (I believe) goes toward fighting leukemia.
- Had a three year $3 million contract with Revlon. Also appeared in
- print ads for JH Collectables and Capezio Bags. She appeared in
- a series of lingerie posters for Hennes & Mauritz in Europe. The
- Norway police tore many of them down because they feared drivers
- were being too distracted. She has said she feels too old for
- runway modeling, and wishes to cut back to part time modelling.
- Cindy is not doing any calendar for 1994. She is said to be busy
- doing and promoting her exercise/work-out video. The same company
- who made the last 4 calendars has brought out the Cindy Crawford
- 1994 European Edition Calendar which has various pics taken from
- her last four calendars. Also, there is another calendar produced
- by an English firm which is of fairly poor quality (its only 12
- month while the European Edition is 16 months).
- [ Addresses for the two companies, CULTRE SHOCK and DAY DREAM
- CALENDARS, are in the addresses section of this FAQ. ]
- She was married to actor Richard Gere in Dec '91 at the Little
- Church of the West in Las Vegas, by Rev. Wes McPherson. They
- using wedding bands twisted from chewing gum wrappers. Cindy
- said, during an interview, they plan on having a child soon.
- Cindy is frequently rumored to be bisexual, and having an affair
- with Christy Turlington. In '91, they were photographed while
- kissing behind the Roxy nightclub in New York. The rumors have
- intensified since Cindy appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair
- shaving k.d. lang, a confirmed lesbian.
- Appeared topless in the July 1988 Playboy. Quote: "I don't mind if
- someone thinks a picture of me decorates their wall nicely. It's
- weird when you think what people might be doing to it. But if just
- the way I look can make someone feel good, that's a pretty easy way
- for me to bring them some pleasure. I just don't want to hear
- about graphics details, you know." US April 1993.
- MTV House of Style (5 years on the air)
- Top grossing model of 1994 with over 6 million dollars earned.
- Has broken off with Richard Gere. Still does runway and print work,
- major contracts for Revlon and other companies.
- When first starting out Cindy was called "Baby Gia" after now dead Gia
- Carangi, the main difference being that Cindy was wholesome and Gia
- died from her lifestyle. The resemblence between them in the early
- years is uncanny.
-
- #D#
-
-
- Davis, Geena
- Height: at least 6 ft tall
- Weight: average build, athletic with average body fat ratio
- Hair color: Has changed from red to blond to dirty blond, lots of dye.
- Modeled lingerie before becoming famous as an actress.
- First appearance: "Buffalo Bill" tv show, "Tootsie" in lingerie
- Was married to actor Jeff Goldblum. Has appeared in several movies.
- Now married to Finnish movie director Renny Harlin.
-
- Dee Dee
- Height: 5'11"
- Bust-waist-hips: 35-25-36
- Dress size: 8-9
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 10
- Agency: ELITE
-
- Deneuve, Catherine
- Now semi-retired, but modeled before becoming famous as an actress.
- Has reappeared recently in ads for Yves Saint Laurent
-
- Dickinson, Janice
- Born: Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Raised: Hollywood, FL, USA
- Ethnicity: Polish, Scot, Irish
- Age: 40
- Skin: Olive
- Hair: raven black
- Agency/Representation: Keswick/Hamilton
- Supermodel survivor of the late 70's. Has had covers on every major
- fashion magazine. Used to make $30k a day. Now has two children,
- Nathan(7) and Savannah (fathered by Slyvester Stallone during a 2
- year affair) now married to real-estate tycoon Albert Gerston as of
- Feb 14, 1995. Started "Models Anonymous", the unofficial support
- group for [her words] "anguished beauties". Is experiencing a
- comeback as more designers are returning to the models with memorable
- personalities and very recognizable faces. J.D's lips were very
- controversial when she first worked. Modeling for Versace and
- recently appeared in the German edition of Playboy. Is a "Fashion
- Reporter" for _American Journal_.
- "I was huge," brags Dickinson. "I did covers in more countries
- than you can count, I had the biggest lips and the exotic look
- that broke the mold for models like Christeeee and Cindeeee and
- Naomiiii," she sings. (excerpted from Marie Claire USA iss. #2)
-
- Douglas, Dana
- Ethnicity: Italian & Irish
- Nationality: American
- Age: 17 (Harper's Bazaar May 94 "The New All-Americans")
- Hair: Black? Dark Brown?
- Eyes: Dark Brown (she's squinting...)
- Skin: light italian colors. possibly a mole on her left cheek
-
- Douglas, Meghan
- Height: 5'10"
- Bust-waist-hips: 33-24.5-35
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Lt. Brown
- Eye color: Blue-Green
- Shoe size: 7.5-8
- Agency: ELITE
-
- Meghan is a gorgeous young lady, and also, very happily married. Her hubby
- is Liam Dalton, who runs a stock investment firm in NY where they both
- live. Although Meghan can be found modeling in Paris and Milan, she is
- almost always in the Chanel and Oldham shows in NY. Her most recent move
- has been to dye her hair red, therefore confirming her nickname, the
- "Catwalk Chameleon", which she earned from her many varied looks (ala
- Linda Evangelista). She has been Blonde and streaked prior to her tred,
- but her red did for her what Nadja Auermans platinum did for her. From
- what I know, she's had an interesting past -- her father was a diplomat so
- she lived in India, Beirut, Greece, Berlin, and started modeling after she
- didn't get into her first-choice college. She'd been offered a contract
- after entering the Elite Look of the Year contest. She married Liam in 1994.
-
- Dubosfertus, Nadege
- Usually just Nadege. She is married to photographer Tiziano Magni
- who has one son named Rocco. She was married in '92 in an Azzedine
- Alaia mini dress with push-up bodice. Nadege appears regularly in
- American Vogue and on the runways. She can be seen in ads for Chanel.
-
- #E#
-
- Elliott, Gail
- Height: 5'10"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34-23-35
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Brunette
- Eye color: Brown
- Shoe size: 9.5
- Agency: ELITE
- Another "older" model, but is still going strong especially on
- runway and in print ads. Can be seen in ads for Ports
- International and Jaeger. Close friends with Victoria's Secret model
- Frederique van der Wal.
-
- Erwin, Elaine
- Model, Calvin Klein girl before K. Moss. Married to musician John
- Coogar Mellancamp. Not very active in recent years.
-
- Evangelista, Linda
- Born: May 10, 1965 in Saint Catherines, Canada
- Height: 5'9-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34.5-25-35
- Dress size: 8
- Hair color: ???? Short (color changes daily?)
- Original Hair Color: Dark Brown
- Eye color: Blue-Green
- Shoe size: 8.5
- Agency: ELITE
- Nationality: Canadian.
- Linda is one of the top five supermodels of the world. She
- recently joked that she wouldn't get out of bed for less than
- $10,000 a day. She appears in ads for Barney's New York (with Kyle
- MacLachlan), and in ads for Kenar. She is also reported to be one
- of the hardest working models of the moment which could partly
- account for her great success. Married to Gerald Marie, president of
- the ELITE agency in France, but getting a divorce. Going with Kyle
- MacLaughlin(Twin Peaks, The Hidden, Roswell, Dune) who goes to all her
- show appearances. Tested to take over Estee Lauder campaign from
- Paulina Porizkova. Has replaced Stephanie Seymour in Versace campaigns.
- April/May 1994-walked in 30 min Karl Lagerfield Chole show 8 times, 40
- seconds each and took home a check for a cool $10,000. Her career
- took off in the 80's due to a haircut by infamous Garren from NYC (of
- allure magazine.) Since this time her hair color and style varies
- almost for every runway and print job she does proving that she's
- working hard to stay fresh and popular among the designers.
-
- Recent mentions of her smoking habit in the alt.supermodels newsgroup:
-
- +We spotted a picture of Linda in a German mag in 1993 "sporting" cigarette
- +burns down her back! She was wearing a backless dress and showing them
- +off. She was there with Kyle at the time.
-
- >Sure! There are many pictures of Linda smoking! I have seen a lot!
- >I read an interview as well as a special edition of a European MAX
- >talking about Supermodels back in the time when we called them
- >"Top Models" (kinda miss that time back in '90) and in the Linda
- >description there was something saying "She smokes 20 MARLBOROs
- >a day!" (that is a full packet). I thought most of you out there
- >knew that!!!! In that same magazine there was a small picture of
- >her lighting up a cigarette.
-
- |If she still smokes, she probably doesn't smoke as much. She's had lung
- |trouble, and she had to have surgery for a collapsed lung in (I think)
- |1991.
-
- Everhart, Angie
- Hair color: red
- Eyes: Brown
- Nationality: USA
- Agency: Next
- Has done Sports Illustrated calenders, Levi's 501 television ad,
- Hennes & Mauritz ads, MAX magazine, J-Crew, etc. Had a bit part in
- "The Last Action Hero", a recent Schwarzenegger vehicle. Lived in
- Paris, but has moved to New York. Speaks French. She promised her
- grandmother she would never pose nude. Accomplished equestrian (she
- rides horses, possibly implying that she does dressage). Possibly
- still living in Paris (dec 93 Shape magazine Has appeared in many
- Sports Illustrated calendars, both wall and desk variety. Has a
- tattoo of Angie on her thigh. Called "most beautiful redhead" on
- french tv's Dechauanne's Coucou C'est Nous (autumn 93)
- Angie Everhart and Sly Stallone are officially engaged.
-
- #F#
-
- Fabio
- Skin: tanned, free of chest hair ;)
- Hair color: BLACK (bleached blonde and very long)
- A male model. There is some debate whether he is handsome, or
- an ugly "refugee from a bad metal band".
- Earned his fame as a model for romantic novel covers (Harlequin, etc)
- Has a calendar out. Now has his own line of Fabio romance novels and
- is appearing in the "I can't believe its not butter" tv ads.
- Was butt of a joke on The Late Show with David Letterman where one of
- his calendars was placed on a busy NYC sidewalk with no people paying
- attention to it.
-
- Falaise, Lucie de la
- Born: 73?
- Began modelling: Dec 92?
- One of the new crop of models labelled the "gamines". She appeared
- on the cover of Vogue Dec. 92. She is 19 and is model/muse
- exclusively for Yves Saint Laurent. Appears in made-for-HBO movie
- "Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules". Yves St. Laurent
- chose her for the traditional final presentation of a bridal gown
- at the unveiling of his spring '93 collection.
-
- Farrell, Terry
- Born: November 19, 1963 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Bust-Waist-Hips: 34-25-36
- Appeared on Vouge and Mademoiselle covers
- Also was the Kool cigarettes girl, and appeared in a 1991 Virgina
- Slims ad featuring her dressed as Neopoleon
- Appeared in "Portfolio" (1983) a movie about modeling with Carol Alt,
- Kelly Emberg, and Paulina Porizkova
- Rumored to have modeled before becoming an actress. Plays
- "Jadzia Dax" on Star Trek, Deep Space Nine.
- There exists a Terry Farrell FAQ, maintained by Jeffery Koga.
- He posts it to alt.supermodels from time to time and maintains a www
- site with a very exhaustive FAQ and image library.
- last known link: http://trill.pc.cc.cmu.edu:80/~jkoga/tf_gallery.html
-
- Fedoruk, Cathy
- Height: 5'9-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34B-25-35
- Dress size: 8
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 9.5
- Agency: ELITE
- Nationality: Canadian
- Appears in ads for Ellese.
-
- Fernando, Perin
- Nationality: Sri Lankan
- did shows for Dior, Yves St. laurent in New York and Paris,
- Armani in Milan, Anuska Hemple, and Paul Castello in London.
- looks like Yasmeen Ghauri, ie exotic.
-
- Flavin, Jennifer
- Agency: IMG
- Not a "super" model. Was Sylvester Stallone's girlfriend and it was
- rumored that designer's had been putting her in their shows as a
- favor to "Rocky". Her nose has been likened to Bob Hope's.
- Nonetheless, she can be seen occasionally in mags with Stallone,
- but was on a cover of Cosmopolitan in Spring 92.
-
- Ford, Patricia
- from: Hawaii
- There is a french web site with many pictures of her. No runway work
- as far as I can tell, however, she has been mentioned a lot in the
- newsgroup, so that is why she is in the FAQ.
- Poses for: Playboy and various calendars and swimwear catalogs
- 95 calendar: T&M Enterprises (415).598.2873
- P.O. Box 31514
- San Francisco, CA 94131
-
- Fournier, Charlene
- Ethnicity: Native American (Mohawk, Algonquin, and Cree) and
- French-Canadian
- Age: 18 (as of May 94 Harper's Bazaar)
- Nationality: American
- Hair: Black
- Skin: light brown (nutmeg?)
- Eyes: Black? (squinting in photo so I can't tell...)
- This girl is in all the magazines and does lots of runway shows.
-
- Francis, John
- Nationality: American
- Born: January 12, 1965
- Raised: Chicago
- One of the top 5 male models.
- Tall, slightly receeding hairline (like Bruce Willis')
-
- #G#
-
- Gayheart, Rebecca
- Hair: RED
- Models for department store calendars, Bergner's, Famous Barr, and
- Khol's. Now appearing weekly on NBC's Earth2. Also appeared in a
- Sir Mix-a-lot music video. (Staggeringly popular girl)
- WWWpage http://www.mca.com/tv/earth2/cast/gayheart.html
-
- Ghauri, Yasmeen
- Nationality: Montreal, Canada
- Agency: Karins/Next
- One of the top supermodels. Appears in ads for Valentino, Escada,
- and Gianni Versace. German/Pakistani heritage: her father was an
- Indian Muslim who migrated to Pakistan during the partition in
- 1947. Her mother was German. She grew up in Montreal. Quite
- often she is fond of wearing Shalwar/Kameez. Appears in 95'
- Victoria's Secret catalogs. Extensive coverage given to her on FT as
- she is a local girl done good. Currently appearing in every VS
- catalog albeit through re-used photographs.
-
- Gisele
- A model who is popular on the runways. She also appears in recent
- ads for Saks Fifth Avenue and has a small appearance in George
- Michael's Too Funky video.
-
- Goff, Trish(a)
- Age: she was 18 as of February 19, when an ET feature on hot
- models for 1995 was broadcast. layouts in Harper's Bazaar and W, and
- she's been in ads for Cento X Cento and Versus, so you might have seen
- her there as well as other places.
- appears in VOGUE, June'95? as well as in almost every major magazine
- now. Seems to be working all the big designers' shows.
- she's from Pittsburgh, PA. Can't tell you much else but she's rising so
- fast that more info should be coming in.
- I see her in many magazines and she is apparently the new fresh face.
-
- Goodacre, Jill
- Height: 5'8"
- Bust-waist-hips: 35-24-34
- Dress size: 8
- Hair color: Light Brown
- Eye color: Green
- Shoe size: 9
- Agency: ELITE
- Born: 29 March 1964 in Lubbock, Texas, USA (raised in Boulder, Colorado)
- Often appears in Victoria's Secret Catalogue.
- Married to singer/actor Harry Connick, Jr. Recently appeared on premiere
- issue of "Vie" a new health/fitness magazine.
- Mostly retired.
-
- Griffin, Debbie
- Age: 25
- Born/Raised: in Oregon, USA
- Nationality: American
- Height: 1.8m
- Bust-waist-hips: 90-67-90 cm
- Likes to dance and ski.
- She has done photo shoots for Marie Claire and Vogue. Cover for
- Marie Claire. Living in Los Angeles. Appeared in "Diet coke commercial
- with the Elephant".
-
- Gurmitt
- Nationality: Singaporean
- Appeared in Gianfranco Ferre and Christian Dior shows. Mainly a
- runway model. (possibly appears in Vanity Fair years 93' & 94')
-
- #H#
-
- Hall, Bridget
- Born: December 12, 1977 in Dallas, Texas?
- Height: 5'10"
- Weight: 119 lbs (skinny, but not a waif)
- Agency: Ford
- April W cover and fashion pictorial
- her mother attends her shoots. Covers of Cosmopolitan, Mirabella, and
- Elle in May, 1994. 2 Pages in Mirabella, 5+ in Elle, pictorial in May
- Mademoiselle (6 pages), May 94 Harper's Bazaar (14.5 full page shots)
- As of May 1994 Cosmo - was returning to high school, possibly signing
- a contract with Ralph Lauren. Has a rather bland expression during
- runway shoots, but it is consistent and changing makeup does allow her
- some flexibility. She is rapidly gaining exposure. Her look is
- getting better and her work in the Ralph Lauren campaign looks good
- in 95'. Recommended that model-wanna'be's stay in school before
- modeling. No word if she is actually going to finish high school.
-
- Hallyday, Estelle
- Height: 5'9"
- Bust-waist-hips: 36-26-37
- Dress size: 8-10
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 8.5
- Agency: ELITE
- She is becoming an "older" model and is not quite as popular as she
- was a few years ago. She appeared in some Revlon print ads and has
- a major part in George Michael's Too Funky video. She is married
- to French pop singer David Hallyday.
-
- Hammer, Brit
- Height: 5'6-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 32-23-33
- Dress size: 6
- Hair color: Brown
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 8
- Agency: ELITE
- Graduated MaCalester College. She was the Clinique model for 5
- yrs. Recently did a L'Oreal calendar. Primarily an actress. Lives
- in NYC and is married with 2 children.
-
- Harry, Angela
- Ethnicity: 1/2 Korean 1/2 Anglo (looks latin)
- Age: late 20's early 30's
- L'eggs pantyhose model success in Japan. Shiela Metzner layout.
- Auditioned for the Tia Carre role in Rising Sun. FACE (magazine) has
- a profile on her.
-
- Hartman, Patricia
- Nationality: German
- 10 years in the business?
- Modeled for some of the new L'Oreal advertisements... she has done a
- lot of runway and print work for Valentino, Ferre, Montana and
- countless others...
-
- Heigl, Katherine
- Ethnicity: German and Irish
- Nationality: American
- Agency: ELITE
- Age: 15 (as of may 94 Harper's Bazaar)
- Hair: light brown (chesnut?)
- Skin: pale basic caucasian "white" light pink
-
- Helfer, Tricia
- Height: 5'10
- Agency: Ford
- The winner of 1992 Ford Supermodel of the Year contest. Is
- from Alberta, Canada and is on the cover of the Feb 93' issue of
- Flare magazine (Canadian).
-
- Herzigova, Eva
- Height: 5'9
- Bust-waist-hips: 37 23 36
- Hair color: bleached blonde
- Eye color: blue
- Born: 10 March, 1973 in Litniov, Czechoslovakia
- Agency: Metropolitan
- Nationality: Czechoslovakian
- Earning power: $8,000-$12,000 per day
- Eva gained her most exposure appearing in Guess? ads in early '92.
- She can be seen in the photographer Ellen von Unwerth's film called
- Inferno. She has an interesting beauty routine of bleaching her
- hair with vodka and lemon juice. Cover of July ELLE (94 US)
- Appears in various sport magazine swimsuit issues. Nice lingerie
- work in Marie Claire #2 (usa)
-
- Hicks, Michelle
-
- Michele started modeling at age 15 and got very involved in the NYC club
- scene. She was involved with the opening of several clubs (all before her
- 21st birthday) and was called one of the "downtown diva's" by W in late
- 1992 (included picture). Her modeling career "took off" when Steven Misel
- took a liking to her in early 1993. She has been "on the up" ever since.
- Aside from her killer looks and flawless body, Michele's real reason for
- success is her winning personality. She is an extremely inteligent
- individual and can make just about anyone feel comfortable in her presence.
- She quite the presence on the runway curcuit (NY and Paris), has been
- interviewed on House of Style and FTV, and frequently shows up in Vogue
- (particularly Dolce & Gabana ads). She was born in New Jersey and will
- turn 23 on June 4th. She is 5'8'' has perfectly straight brown hair and
- electric blue eyes. Michele recently threw a party (after the New York
- tent show) in her new gimongus loft in NYC at which Helena Christensen
- was an early guest.
-
- Hume, Kirsty
- Nationality: Scotland
- Hair: Blonde, straight, mid back length (Flaxen)
- Eyes: Blue
- Skin: fair
- Paris Agent: Cyril Brule
- Agency: ELITE
- Cover of July 94 Harper's Bazaar, inside article "Inventing Kristy".
- Condensation of article follows:
- 6 months ago, living in Miami, trying out for Catalog "cattle calls".
- 12 months ago, in London and Paris doing the same.
- 3 years ago, a a "little modeling school" in Scotland (cured of slouch)
- Front runner for Chanel's contract Fall 94. Has worked for Jil
- Sander at several big shows in Paris. Attended Dundee School of Art.
- Drinks Earl Grey Tea and chain smokes Marlbaros.
- "...etheral, almost refrigerator cool." "a young Jean Shrimpton.
- Long, skinny legs, a mouth that's slight too large. Uneven teeth.
- She is NOT "a figure of seduction, a silicone-implant Barbie,
- or a waif." "Dewiness and poise"
- First appeared in the supermodel herd at April's Donna Karan, Calvin
- Klein, Anna Sui, and Ralph Lauren shows. Current model for TSE knitwear.
- Legs are described as "coltish". Plans to rent a New York
- Apartment. Used to run track, but is scared of too much adrenaline.
-
- Hunter, Rachel
- Born: 67?
- Hair: Blond
- Eyes: Blue
- Agency: FORD
- Nationality: New Zealand
- Appears in ads for Cover Girl and Keystone beer. Married to
- singer Rod Stewart. Daughter, Renee, was born in June 1992.
- Just had another child (son), was pregnant in SI 1994 Swimsuit issue
- A photo of her pregnant can be found on page 203 of the Aug95 Cosmopolitan
- be forewarned that Rod's butt is fairly visable as well.
-
- Hurley, Elizabeth
- new Estee Lauder model. Actress. In the news with bad-boy boyfriend
- Hugh Grant. More actress than Model, but if she's working for Estee
- Lauder, she ranks an entry here. (acted in _Passenger 57_, _Young
- Indiana Jones_ and others)
-
- Hutter, Belinda
- Born: 1977? said to be 17 Austrian
- Recently appeared on Austrian TV
-
- Hutton, Lauren
- Veteran model, was retired, now models 6 months of the year.
- Can be easily identified if smiling by a large gap between her front
- teeth, still a force to be reckoned with in the modeling industry.
- Modeling for Ralph Lauren for the past few years.
- Was one of the first models to land a major contract.
-
- #I#
-
- Iman
- Height: 5'9" (175 cm) (some say 6ft)
- Nationality: Somalia
- Agency: ELITE
- Had a part as a shapeshifter in "Star Trek: the Undiscovered
- Country", and a relatively large role in "No Way Out". Appeared in
- the Michael Jackson video "Remember the Time". Married to singer David
- Bowie. Recently has produced her own line of cosmetics designed to
- fill a void in the makeup industry and provide colors for all those
- gorgeous Black, Latino, and other darker complexion women of the world.
- The makeup is available through J.C. Penny stores across America.
-
- Ireland, Kathy
- Born: 1962 in Glendale, California
- She has played numerous small roles on the large and small screen,
- including an episode of the sitcom "Grand" and the movies "Mom and
- Dad Save the Universe", "Necessary Roughness", "National Lampoons
- Loaded Weapon 1", and "Danger Island". She had the title role in
- "Alien from L.A.", which was featured on a recent episode of
- "Mystery Science Theatre 3000". Some people find her voice
- irritating. Her main "thing" is modeling swimsuits for Sports
- Illustrated, since '84. Recently married a emergency room doctor.
- One of her hobbies is homebrewing beer.
- Has apparently had trouble with an over zealous fan recently.
- (March, October 1994 SI Calendar)
- "Demure? Smoky? A little flirtatious? The are the qualities
- that have made Kathy Ireland a 10-time Sports Illustrated
- swimsuit model. But you might be suprised to learn that Kathy is
- a Sunday school teacher, as well as a gifted athlete who recently
- declared on national TV that she intends to take up boxing; that
- she enjoys fishing at dawn with her dad; or that she is an
- incurable practical joker." [Jule Campbell, SI]
- Appears on ESPN's body shaping occasionally. Was in an "action pack"
- TV movie "bandit" or something.
- She lives in Santa Barbara CA with her husband and son.
- web page for her at http://www.indep.k12.mo.us/student/~bress/ki.html
-
-
- Irwin, Elaine
- Height: 5'10"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34B-24-34
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 8
- Agency: Ford
- Married to John (Cougar) Mellencamp. Salon Selective model
- Now modeling for Pantene shampoo, now mother of a boy.
-
- #J#
-
- Janina
- Ethnicity: African-American
- Nationality: American
- Age: 20
- Hair: black
- Skin: very light brown
- broad smile and nose (great smile)
-
- Janssen, Famke
- Height: 5'11"
- Bust-waist-hips: 36-24-36
- Dress size: 8-10
- Hair color: Brown
- Eye color: Hazel
- Shoe size: 11
- Agency: ELITE
- Appeared in a Star Trek The Next Generation episode, "The Perfect
- Mate", as Kamala, an empathic mesomorph. Appeared in TV movie "Model
- by Day" on FOX, guest appearance on FOX "Melrose Place"
-
- Johnson, Beverly
- Agency: Wilhelmina
- First African-American model on Vogue cover, (in 1974). Supermodel.
- 22 years experience.
- Book-> "True Beauty:Secrets of Radiant Beauty for Women of Every Age
- and Color" publisher:Warner Books
- Johnson believes that a woman's true beauty goals should be self-esteem,
- self-motivation, and well-being.
-
- Jovovich, Milla
- Nationality: Russian
- Ethnicity: Russian and Yugoslavian
- Hair color: red
- Age: 18 (as of june/july 94 Bikini)
- Agency: Next
- Models for Almay, and in Seventeen, Harpers & Queen.
- Was in "Return to the Blue Lagoon", "Dazed and Confused"(sneeze an
- you will miss her in this), "Kuffs", and "Chaplin". Her debut CD is
- called, The Divine Comedy. Was with SBK records, now on EMI.
- cd single: Gentleman Who Fell. She wrote the entire album when she
- was 16 in her high school biology class.
- Getting her US passport in a few months. She has been a model since
- she was 11 years old. Hasn't modeled in two years. Dating the bass
- player for "Jamiroquai" (Stewart) Introduced by a make-up artist via
- fax machines. Check out the June/July (94)issue of Bikini for a HUGE
- 12x24 inch b/w of her close to naked with her Mandolin and a sheer
- cut off top. She smokes Marijuana and has said so on MTV on Alternative
- Nation and various other shows hosted by VJ Kennedy.
- Apparently there is a Milla mailing-list supported through (not )
- majordomo@world.std.com subscribe reaching-from-nowhere (confirmed )
-
- #K#
-
- Katchutka (sp?)
- a Sengaleese supermodel who did the runways in Europe and quit
- modelling and came out with her own line of clothes who was
- arrested on drug charges in Sengal last year. Anyone know of her status?
-
- Kiara
- Ethnicity: Ugandan
- Nationality: naturalized American (2 months as of May 94 Harper's Bazaar)
- Age: 18
- Agency: Ford
- Hair: Black, short, but not "afro curled"
- Eyes: Black
- Skin: 70% shade of dark brown (someone help me here)
-
- Kirsebom, Vendela
- Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
- Nationality: Swedish
- Born: Jan. 12, 1967 in Stockholm
- Agency: Ford
- Nearly exclusive model for Elizabeth Arden. Sports Illustrated
- swimsuit model. (cover, sept, poster 1994 SI Calendar)
- "Our cover model. All fire an ice in front of the camera,
- Vendela is the consummate professional:punctual, prepared,
- organized, focused on her work, yet always managing to remain
- spontaneous. With a generous heart and strong sense of family
- values, Vendela finds fulfillment in working with underprivileged
- children, or simply returning to her native Sweden to visit her
- family." [Jule Campbell, SI]
- Appeared in an America Online forum room and answered questions. Log
- of this appearance is available to me, but have not yet added it here.
-
- Kristanna
- Ethnicity: Norwegian and German
- Nationality: American
- Age: 14
- Hair: light brown/ dark blonde
- Skin: general tan, (vendela's color)
- Mole on the right side of her face, near edge of lips.
-
- Kumlin, Kristina
- Agency: ELITE
-
- #L#
-
- Lanza, Susan (Suzanne?)
- Models for Victoria's Secret Catalogue, but wants to be an actress.
- Hasn't posed for any new pictures in quite a while judging by the
- image recycling that VS has done with her work.
-
- Lebesco, Maiwenn
- Nationality: France
- Hair: Black
- Eyes: slate blue
- Skin: Pale. small mole under right nostril
- Has very full lips, normal thighs (not waif.) 9 page lingerine
- spread in Mirabella (may 94). Mainly an actress.
-
- LeBon, Yasmin
- Height: 5'9"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34-24-35
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Brown
- Eye color: Dark Brown
- Shoe size: 9
- Agency: ELITE
- married Duran Duran lead singer Simon LeBon Dec 27, 1985.
- she was a top model doing lots of editorials plus covers (UK VOGUE,
- Italian VOGUE, US ELLE, French ELLE, and first issue UK ELLE) and
- adverts for Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Missoni, Byblos, etc BEFORE
- marrying into Duran Duran. Would have had a bigger career had she
- not decided to quit and have kids FIVE times (two miscarriages).
- She has a daughter Amber Rose. Yasmin had her third child in October
- 94 - Tallulah.
-
- Lindburg, Lauren
- Models for Cover Girl Cosmetics.
-
- #M#
-
- MacDowell, Andie
- Agency: ELITE (now semi-retired)
- Born: Feb 12 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
- Was L'Oreal's exclusive model for several years ending around '89 .
- One of the Largest exclusive contracts of the time, 1/2 million
- dollars for 12 days of work a year.
- Continued modeling until about '90. She's mostly acting now. Her
- movie credits include St. Elmo's Fire; Tarzan (picture only, the
- voice was dubbed in by Glen Close); Sex, Lies and Videotape; Object
- of Beauty; and Greencard. Married and living in the 9 Mile Valley,
- just outside Frenchtown, Montana. Recently in Groundhog Day,
- Shortcuts, and Four Weddings and a Funeral. (Many movie credits)
- Married to ex-model Paul Qualley with two kids, Justin (7), and
- Rainey(girl 5). Has six horses, four cats, two dogs, one rabbit.
- Her husband built their current house by hand, with no plans.
- "Paul and I still walk around *Nekkid* in front of our children."
- "When I was a kid, I used to walk around nekkid in my house all the
- time. My mother would have a nervous fit. Butt-nekkid."
-
- MacPherson, Elle
- Height: 6' (1.83m)
- Born: 29 March 1964 in Sydney Austrailia
- Weight: 128 (58 kg)
- Bust-waist-hips: 34c-?-?
- Nationality: Australian
- Agency: Women Model Management
- Models for Sports Illustrated. Has had at least one appearance
- on the David Letterman Show. Appears in Woody Allen film "Alice".
- Was Engaged to Eric Miller, a 32 year old billionaire.
- Now with Tim Jefferies. Showed up on John Stewart show on MTV, told
- two rather rude Australian jokes...An mpeg of her nude scene exists.
- Was married to Gilles Bensimon, French Photographer, American ELLE
- creative director. Appears in "Sirens", some full frontal nudity
- Current BF (Tim Jefferies) was married to English porn star Koo Stark.
- A picture of them on vacation is in the Aug95 Cosmopolitan magazine.
-
- Malle, Jade
- Ethnicity: French and Belgian
- Nationality: American
- Age: 20
- Hair: very dark red
- Skin: freckled
- Eyes: brown
- rosy cheeks
-
- Marpessa
- Primarly a runway model. Retired. (Allure Magazine)
-
- Marshall, Esme
- Big in the early '80's.
-
- Mason, Claudia
- Nationality: USA (New York City)
- Another of the "gamines". Very popular on European runways. Can
- be spotted in American and British Vogue as well as British Elle.
- Feb 94 cover of Mademoiselle.
-
- Mazza, Valeria (Vala-REE-ah)
- This Argentinian beauty is the new Versace "red jeans" girl and the
- new Guess? jeans girl. The Schiffer look-alike did a half-dozen New
- York shows for the Fall 95 Fashions. She's single and lives in Paris
- and New York.
-
- McGrotha, Rosemary
- Height: 5'9
- Bust-waist-hips: Dcup
- I Donna Karan's model/muse. She appears in almost all of the Karan
- ads. She was in a popular ad where she portrayed a woman who was
- President of the United States and still wasn't afraid to show a
- little cleavage and a little leg.
-
- McMenamy, Kristen
- Born in: 1966 in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA (or Buffalo, NY USA?)
- Hair: long red, later very short black
- Bust-waist-hips: 31-20-30, later 34b-25-35
- Kristen was a fairly normal model, basically just another beautiful
- face. However, without any trademark, her career was a disaster.
- About a year ago, she cut and dyed her hair, and shaved off her
- eyebrows. Since then she's been doing much better. She has been
- described as an antimodel, and is typical of the grunge models.
- Her Sprite Ad has gotten attention from a group wanting to stop the
- glorification of the Waif image. Had a child this past year who
- has also appeared in some of her photo shoots. Still working hard.
-
- Moffat, Peggy
- supermodel of the past.
-
- Moore, Demi
- Did some modeling in Europe before becoming famous as an actress.
-
- Moss, Kate
- Height: 5'7"
- Measurements: 33-23-35
- Weight: 116lb ? (She claims to never weigh herself.)
- Born: 16 Jan 74 in Addiscomb, Croydon, Surrey, England
- Citizenship: French, for TAX reasons
- Earning power: $10000 / day
- US Agency: Women Model Management
- UK Agency: Storm Model Agency, 1st Floor, 5 Jubilee Place,
- London SW3 3TD (tel. +44 1713 767 464)
- Favourite Food: Fresh sardines.
-
- One of the more controversial supermodels, primarily because
- of her unusually low weight during the early part of her
- career. (she typified the "waif" models). Some people feel
- she is unattractively thin, and fear idolizing her may cause
- anorexia in impressionable teenage girls. However, she also
- has a large number of fans, and receives a large number of
- modeling jobs.
- Her contract with Calvin Klein is supposedly worth over 1
- million. Her unusual appearance (and possibly her
- willingness to appear nude, "It's just work") have, in a
- very short time, made her almost as widely recognized as
- Cindy Crawford. She is a little too short and thin to model
- clothes designed for the "standard" model's build. This
- makes her less versatile and may limit her career's
- lifespan. She appeared in an '89 British sexploitation
- film "The Inferno". She chain smokes Marlboros. She has
- broken with her photographer boyfriend, Mario Sorrenti, and
- is currently involved in a 'long term' relationship with
- actor, Johnny Depp.
- Kate has recently (May 1995) published a hardback picture
- book called 'Kate' which is made up of pictures chosen by
- herself. This book is published in the UK by Pavilion Books
- Limited.
- The book reference number is ISBN 1 85793 685X and is
- available in the UK from May 95 and is supposedly available
- in the US in August 95.
- There exists at least two picture series' of JPG images of
- Kate, called KATENR##.JPG and also KMOSS###.JPG, both done
- by Neil Rodgers with the 'almost' famous 'GAP ON!' logo.
- Most of these images and many others are available from WWW
- site http://marlowe.wimsey.com/~jamacht/Kate/Pictures/
- Kate's favourite designers are John Galliano, Helmut Lang,
- Martin Margiela and Vivienne Westwood.
- Kate has recently purchased a house in the Sheperds Bush
- area of London (May 95)
- alt.fan.kate-moss and alt.binaries.kate-moss (sp) either exist or
- are being created by her fans to make it easier to find info on her.
-
-
- Mulder, Karen
- Born: 1968? 25/26 years old?
- Height: 5'10"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34.5-24-34.5
- Dress size: 6
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 8
- Agency: ELITE
- Nationality: Dutch
- One of the most popular blonde models of the moment. Appeared in
- the requisite Guess? ads in 1991 (I think). She is married to Rene
- Bosne, and lives in a chateau in Bordeaux.
- - exudes class and elegance, seldom seen in anything but head to toe
- Chanel: suit, shoes, hosiery, bag, jewellery: and that is when shes not
- working
- - has modelled collections for Valentino, YSL, Lanvin, Gianni Versace,
- Chanel & Giorgio Armani
- - had campaigns for Guess?, Calvin Klein & an entire issue of Italian
- Vogue
-
- Munro, Carol
- Retired.
-
- #N#
-
- Nelson, Stan
- Male model.
-
- #O#
-
- Ogilvie, Lana
- Nationality: Canadian
- Agency: COMPANY
- will soon appear in the upcoming Cover Girl ads
- for their new line of cosmetics for darker skinned models.
-
- Oritz, Julia
- Ethnicity: Puerto Rican, English, and German
- Age: 21
- Hair: Black, Very dark Brown
- Eyes: Brown
- Skin: light brown, natural, minor freckles on face
-
- Otis, Carr'e
- Born: Sep 28 1968 in San Francisco, California, USA
- Former boyfriend was Mickey Rourke. Carrie has five tattoos - a
- rose on her right ankle, a Japanese peace sign above the rose, a
- Tibetan symbol on her left ankle, a large angle on her back and a
- Native American Thunderbird on her wrist. About two years ago she
- accidentally shot herself under her left arm when a firearm she was
- carrying went off in her purse. Carrie appeared in the infamous
- movie Wild Orchid where she was reported to be having real sex on
- screen with then boyfriend Mickey Rourke. She can be seen in some
- equally infamous Calvin Klein jeans ads that came out in '92. The
- story line for the ads was her travelling with a band, appearing
- naked from the waist down and riding a motorcycle.
-
- #P#
-
-
- Pantaeva, Irina (E-REEN-ah)
- The hit of the Fall 95' fashion season and the favorite of
- photographers at the Calvin Klein, Richard Tyler, Isaac Mizrahi, and
- Todd Oldham shows. Her first job: Yves Saint Laurent's spring 94'
- show. She is 21, born near Lake Baikal, Siberia. Her father is a
- composer, her mother directs a theater. Her bio says she speaks
- "English, Eskimo, Russian, and Japanese" and is married to a Russian
- Photographer. Ford Models' Katie Ford says Irina is "destined to become
- the first Asian supermodels." There is a feature article on her and her
- husband in New Yorker Magazine this fall 1995.
-
- Patitz, Tatjana
- Height: 5'11"
- Bust-waist-hips: 36-24-36
- Dress size: 8
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 9.5
- Agency: ELITE
- Nationality: German
- Born: Mar 25, 1966 in Hamburg, Germany
- Going out with Nick Kamen, the English pop star.
- In the movie "The Rising Sun" prominently as the murdered girlfriend.
- Her only speaking parts are in the beginning as her character makes a
- scene about her boyfriend's karaoke singing.
- Still around; mostly runway shots in magazines, some editorial
-
-
- Peele, Beverly
- Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
- Bust-waist-hips: 34A 23 34
- Hair color: black
- Eye color: brown
- Born: 76?
- Agency: ELITE
- Nationality: American
- Earning power: $10,000 per day
- Beverly is one of the most popular black models today besides Naomi
- Campbell. She appears in all of the major runway shows and has
- been photographed numerous times for American Vogue, and has been
- photographed for ads by Steven Meisel and Bruce Weber. She earns
- up to $1 million a year. Had a baby recently at 18 years old.
-
- Perez, Josie
- Ethnicity: Mexican
- Nationality: American
- Age: 23 May Harper's Bazaar)
- Hair: Black
- Skin: very pale latino coloring
- Eyes: Brown
- Looks sort of like Alyssa Milano, but more color and cheekbones.
-
- Pestova, Daniela
- Height: 5'11
- Bust-waist-hips: 34B 23 35
- Hair color: blond
- Eye color: blue
- Born: 70?, under Libra
- Agency: Next
- Nationality: Czechoslovakian
- Earning power: $2 million per year, $12,000 per day
- Trademarks: Changing Looks, Punctuality
- Daniela has a contract with L'Oreal and appears in various L'Oreal
- cosmetics print ads. On the cover of Cosmopolitan's February 1993
- issue. Has earned the nickname "The Chameleon" for changing her look.
-
- Porizkova, Paulina
- Height: 1.79m
- Born: Apr 9 1965 Prostejov, Czechoslovakia
- Weight: 59kg
- Agency: ELITE
- 1980 Elite Model. 1986 Paulina Calendar sold 250,000 copies.
- Has had at least one appearance on the Arsenio Hall Show. Appeared
- in August 1987 Playboy. She's said during an interview that she
- unwinds by "playing Nintendo". Modeled almost exclusively for
- Estee Lauder. Is married to Ric Ocasek. They have a son, Jonathan
- Raven Ocasek, born 4 (14?) Nov 93. Recently wrote a children's book
- about the adventures of a Roach in New York. Paulina frequently
- criticized the shallowness of the modelling industry and has
- mentioned that she is in the process of working on a book about the
- industry as she sees it.
- Rumored to very active with email, possibly under "Ralphie" as her
- psudeonym (from her book "Ralphie the Roach")
- Recent appearances on both Leno and Letterman after giving birth to
- her son. Since her contract with Estee Lauder has expired, she is
- semi-retired. (did she really quit for good?)
- Yes. Occasionally she will appear in some editorial shoots; she posed for
- Steven Meisel nude 8 months pregnant and appeared on Vogue with her new
- baby sometime last year. Acted in a movie "Anna", playing Christina.
- The second movie being "*Her* Alibi" with Tom Selleck. She is the
- person responsible for term 'supermodel' being in existence (and
- everyone on this group will argue that one). She had a six
- million a year contract with Estee Lauder in early/mid 80's, and has
- numerous appearances in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She did a
- topless shoot in the April '84 issue of GQ, which I have never seen,
- and can't understand why it hasn't been scanned and posted to the net.
- She also appears in the somewhat documentary movie "Portfolio".
-
- #Q#
-
- Quinones, Brandy
- Black Model
- Hair: dark brown
- Skin: light beige
- Appears in Marie Claire #2 (US) in a portfolio shot by D'Ozario.
-
- #R#
-
- Reece, Gabrielle
- Height: 6'3" (190.5 cm)
- Age: 24
- Eyes: blue
- Hair: Dark brown with sun bleached highlights
- Agency: ELITE
- Model and professional beach volleyball player (Team Nike). Was seeing
- Jose Canseco. Seems to be concentrating more on her volleyball.
- On April ELLE cover, appears on MTV Sports in April, 1994
- More frequently appearances on MTV Sports. Does lots of fun stuff.
- "Gabby" is her preferred name. Has a column in ELLE (US) "ELLESPORT"
- write to her c/o ELLE 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019
- Bio/interview in Bikini #5, plus lingerie photos.
- Graduated from college with honors in 92 or 93.
- Now will have a show on ESPN doing things similar to the MTV sports show.
-
- Reno, Hunter
- Height: 5'11-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 35-25-35
- Dress size: 8-10
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 11
- Agency: ELITE
- Supposeably the neice of Attorney General Janet Reno. She's done
- some product modeling, possibly other work.
-
- Richardson, Ashley
- Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
- Born: 1965 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA (I've also heard Florida)
- Can be seen in ads for Jordache.
- (August, December 1994 SI Calendar)
- "Cool and commanding on the page, Ashley is an incorrigible cutup
- between takes, keeping the Swimsuit shoot loose and relaxing
- tensions. As creative as she is funny, Ashley enjoys such off-camera
- pastimes as painting, interior decorating and cooking. You may also
- detect the ballerina in Ashely from her fluid poses and her graceful
- lines, which extend naturally from her warm personallity."
- [Jule Campbell, SI]
-
- Rose, Ruby
- Age: 19 (as of May 94 Harper's Bazaar)
- Ethnicity: German, Cajun, Cherokee, and Spanish
- Agency: Ford
- Hair: black, dark brown
- Skin: medium spanish coloring
- Eyes: black? (squinting...)
-
- Rossellini, Isabella
- Born: Jun 18 1952 in Rome, Italy
- Agency: FORD
- Somewhat Retired. Modeled mostly for Lancome. Also appears in ads for
- Dolce and Gabbana. Daughter of director Roberto Rossellini and
- actress Ingrid Bergman. Her relationship with director David Lynch
- is finished, but she can still be seen in his movies Blue Velvet
- and Wild at Heart. Engaged to actor Gary Oldman (Sid & Nancy, True
- Romance) Still appearing in magazine editorial/portfolio, but is
- working on a new project not involved with a large modeling contract.
-
- #S#
-
- Salvail, Eve
- Nationality: Canadian
- Hair: Blonde, usually shaved bald.
- Skin: pale
- Eyes: Brown
- Age: 22 (?)
- Height: 1.73 m
- Bust-waist-hips: 83-60-88 cm
- Will appear in Robert Altman's Pre^t a` Porter, a movie about the
- fashion world. She has a BIG chinese dragon tatoo on her head which is
- shows up a lot with her skull-short/shaved head haircut. Also nude at
- the end of Pret a Porter during the final runway show.
- This is the French description of her:
- 21 ans, Canadienne, Nageuse et skieuse de talent. Des son entree
- chez City en octobre 1992, le show Jean-Paul Caultier lui permet
- de demarer en fleche. Suivent les parutions dans les GLAMOUR Italie
- et France, ELLE France, MARIE CLAIR avec grands photographes
- internationeaux.
- Debuted in the Gaultier show in 1992. Has had covers on the above
- magazines.
-
- Schenkenberg, Marcus
- Male Model
- Born: August 4, 1968
- Raised: Stockholm
- Second calendar arrives in stores this Fall (94). Did a large Calvin
- Klein jeans ad campaign. (NUDE!) Takes in over 1 million dollars a
- year. The male Supermodel. Appeared on MTV and was basically
- molested by VJ Kennedy for America's entertainment. (She tried to strip
- him and basically groped and fondled him as much as she could.)
-
- Schiffer, Claudia
- Height: 5'11" 182cm
- Hair: Blonde
- Eyes: Blue
- Bust-waist-hips: 35-24-36 (95-62-92 cm)
- Born: Aug 25 1970 12:10 in Rheinberg/Dusseldorf, Germany
- Weight: 127 58kg
- Agency: Metropolitan
- She was discovered dancing in a Dusseldorf disco only 5 years ago.
- Is one of the top five supermodels in the modelling industry today.
- Has a four year contract with Revlon worth $6 million, which
- requires her not to pose nude. Also models in print ads for the
- clothing company Iceberg, for Chanel and Gianni Versace.
- Spokesmodel rep for Guess? perfume. Was rumored to be fiancee of
- Prince Albert of Monaco. A paparazzi got several topless photos
- while she was on vacation. They were printed in three European
- newspapers. She sued them. Engaged to David Copperfield, the
- magician. TV spots for Entertainment Tonight, was "host" for BF
- D.C.'s recent TV special. Losing popularity, wearing more makeup.
- Appears in Aug 94 ELLE as "Barbie", Gilles Bensimon photographs.
- Subject of large argument in alt.supermodels regarding disparaging
- comments from J-P Gaultier, Jil Sander, Ellen Von Unwerth. Fans and
- critics took sides and shot up the place. She's still Claudia, but
- the fickle fashion press seems to be tired of her.
- Even Ellen Von Unwerth has admitted Claudia is not as much a "model".
- Claudia is a "look" If she changes it, she is not what "Claudia" is.
- Outside that, don't underestimate a girl who was at the top of her class,
- and on the road to becoming an attorney when she was discovered. She
- speaks several languages, and was raised well by her father, who is a very
- successful attorney, and her mother. Money is not that new, nor important.
- Fiance David made $33 million last year. They could both retire at will.
- She's in business with Elle and Naomi Campbell. They have a restaurant.
- She is having a documentary filmed about her life, and will probably be
- doing movies herself soon (it's long been reported; she gets about a
- dozen movie offers a month).
-
- The following is from the Claudia Schiffer-faq:
- Was discovered in October 87 by Michel Levaton.
- First shots by Walter Chin.
- Doesn't like jewelry . (She hasn't even holes in her ears)
- Doesn't eat breakfast to save time in bed.
- Lives in a two floor apartment in Monte-Carlo.
- Has been on more mag. covers around the world then any other (> 400).
- Is making a movie about her life with Nicholas Rachline ad producer.
- It has already been bought by 17 TV channels. (Might be finished,
- it's an old source)
- Rumors say that she Is currently writing a book about herself.
- Was rumored to have an affair with the prince of Monaco.
- Was after that engaged to David Cooperfield, but broke it up.
-
- Family:
- Father: Heinz Schiffer, Business jurist
- Mother: Gudrun Schiffer
- Siblings: Stefan, Ann Carolin, Andreas. (Claudia is the oldest)
-
- Religion: Catholic
- Smokes: No
- Drinks: No
- Interests: Painting (mostly flowers and small animals. Inspiration
- from Kakos), Reading.
- Earns: $30 000 per show.
- Contracts: Revlon, Fanta.
- Drivers license:No
- Agent: Aline Souliers
- Favorite Music: Phil Collins, Elton John, Prince
- Drinks: Only mineral water and Fanta
- Cloths: Chanel
- Author: HonorΘ de Balzac, Max Frisch. Loves biographies
- Directors: Luc Besson, Claude Lelouch, Scorsese, Spielberg
- Sports: Tennis, riding, skiing, dance
- Color: Coral Red
- Smell: Jasmine
-
- Schnarre, Monika
- Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
- Born: 1972 in Toronto, Canada
- In 1987 SI swimsuit issue (page 114). Female lead in "Waxwork II:
- Lost in Time". Won 1989 Ford Supermodel of the Year contest.
- She once said she wanted to work at Club MED.
- she is on the season finale of Beverly Hills 90210. (1994 season?)
-
- Selena
- Nationality: American
- Height: 1.77m
- Bust-waist-hips: 92-62-92 cm
-
- Seymour, Stephanie
- Height: 5'10" [1.78m]
- Bust-waist-hips: 34B-22-35 [86-56-89 cm]
- Dress size: 6-8
- Hair color: Light Brown
- Eye color: Blue-Green
- Shoe size: 10
- Agency: IT
- Born: Aug 1968 in San Diego California, USA
- Stephanie Seymour has modeled swimsuits for Sports Illustrated, and
- was also the primary spokesmodel for Victoria's Secret Catalogue.
- She has done at least two pictorials for Playboy; the first in
- March 1991, the second in February 1993. Was going with Axl Rose,
- the rock star, but broke up in early '93. Rumored to be seeing
- Peter Brant, Publisher: Interview mag, who is married with five kids.
- She has a son, Dylan Thomas. Lying about her age, probably 30+.
- Told Cosmo that she was 25, back in 1989 (+5 = 30) Still is
- everyone's favorite Lingerie model. Shows up in the CD-ROM game
- "HELL" as "Cynna Stone" explosives expert. Game uses her voice.
- From her photographs, I have assumed that she has breast implants.
- With the low amount of body fat she has, her breasts could not be that
- firm or large without some silicone support. Check Victoria's Secret
- to decide for yourself.
-
- contributed text: (not yet paraphrased)
- Former supermodel of the 80's, She was the favorite of designer Gianni
- Versace. Then she dissed her image and changed it to grunge when she
- began a relationship with rocker Axl Rose. The demise of that
- relationship, together with the birth of her second son, and the
- supposed impending marriage this summer to publisher Peter Brant (the
- father of the child), has turned her career into high gear. Voted
- this year by Paris's MATCH Magazine as the 2nd most beautiful model
- in the world (Claudia was 1st), that makes her the world's sexiest
- mom. Not bad for a model who started her career 10 years ago (age 16,
- when she was reported to be having an affair with
- John Casablancas, the CEO of ELITE Modeling).
-
- [As you can see, there is some doubt as to her correct age. If someone
- can dig this up and set this issue to rest, I would appreciate it.]
-
- Shepard, Cybil
- Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
- Former model, actress. Best known for her roles in "The Last
- Picture Show", "Taxi Driver", and the TV series "Moonlighting". In
- the 70's, she so defined the image of icy coldness, that the role
- in Taxi Driver was written with her in mind. Now starring in her own
- sitcom "Cybil" on CBS.
-
- Shields, Christa Brooke Camille
- Born: 31 may 1965, New York, NY
- Eyes: Willowy-green
- Hair: Brunette
- Agency: ELITE
- THE Calvin Klein's jeans girl. "Nothing comes between me and my
- Calvins" campaign was one of the raciest of its time with young
- Brooke enticing advertisement audiences with this shocking statement.
- Mostly a minor actress, she still does some modeling work.
- She did a photo shoot to promote the Sydney 2000 Olympic bid while
- she was in Australia, which appears in an Australian magazine
- called "Inside Sport". Engaged to tennis star Andre Agassi and can be
- seen frequently in magazines with him (Marie Claie #2 US).
-
- Shimizu, Jenny
- Born: '72 (22 as may 94 Harper's Bazaar)
- Height: 5'7"
- Agency: Women Model Management
- Ethinicity: Japanese-American
- Hair: Black (very short)
- Skin: basic light tan (generic)
- Eyes: Black? (squinting)
- One of the most successful asian models. She's worked the runways
- for Versace, Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, and Jean Paul Gaultier. She's
- appeared in Neneh Cherry and Terence Trent D'Arby videos and in a
- Banana Republic ad. She's in the December 94 Allure and will be in
- the February 95 Elle. She has 4 large tattoos - a woman straddling a
- wrench from her right shoulder to her elbow, a spark plug on her
- left forearm, a cross on the back of her neck, and Japanese
- characters for "And she goes..." on her left shoulder. She's
- rumored to be Madonna's lover. The March 15, 1992, L.A. Times
- calls her a "lezbopunk bike-dyke". In it she said, "I'm all for
- sexual freedom: S&M, bondage, dancing half-naked. I just think
- it's great". She says she was "always a tomboy". She went to
- trade school rather than college, and worked as a garage mechanic.
- She was discovered by L.A. Casting agent Rosanna on her 1971
- Triumph motorcycle outside the LA nightclub, "Fuck..." She
- skateboards, motorcycles, wears Red Wing biker boots, listens to
- Bjork, and watches Beavis and Butthead ("It rules," she says). In
- five years, she'd like to own her own garage and race bikes. She
- says, "I'd like to see runways get more creative. I had dreams of
- this roller derby type thing, but on skateboards." Recently appeared
- in A. magazine (Asian Americans) as the Asian Supermodel. (fall 95)
- Appeared in the Premiere of Comedy Central's "High Octane" where she
- demonstrated her skills with cars by showing how to fix a loose fanbelt.
-
- Shiraz
- Age: 19 (?)
- Height: 1.79m
- Bust-waist-hips: 84-61-89 cm
- Nationality: Israel
- Elle fait du volley et du handball. Des son arrivee, elle est publiee
- dans 20 Ans, Elle France, Vogue, Marie Claire, Glamour, et Harpers
- Bazaar. Ses photos sont signees Marc Hispard, Ellen von Unwerth,
- Sacha et Patrick Demarchelier.
- Translation:
- She plays volleyball and handball. On her arrival, she has published
- in ......... with the photographers....
-
- Shrimpton, Jean
- Supermodel Icon
- very popular british model from the 60's.
- Retired. Now running a bed & breakfast in England.
- Was the Linda Evangelista of the time, black eyeliner and straight
- cut bangs made her the archtype for the Mod fashion.
-
- Simonsen, Renee
- Cover face from the 1980's.
- Agency: FORD
- was engaged to Duran Duran's John Taylor. Now editor of newspaper in
- Aarhus, Denmark. Went to Israel to pick oranges at a kibbutz after
- finishing romance with JT of Duran Duran. Appeared in advertisements
- in Vogue in the 1990's.
-
- Sjoeberg, Emma (Emma Snowball?)
- Nationality: Swedish
- Height: 5'9-1/2"
- Bust-waist-hips: 35-25-36
- Dress size: 8
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Shoe size: 8
- Agency: ELITE
- Appears in George Michael's Too Funky video. Also in movie "Inferno".
- Appears in J. Crew catalogs.
-
- Smith, Amber
- Height: 5'10 [1.79m]
- Bust-waist-hips: 36c 24 35 in [90-62-92 cm]
- Hair color: reddish blonde
- Eye color: hazel
- Born: 72? under Pisces
- Agency: Spectrum
- Earning power: $8,000 per day
- Nationality: American
- Amber's ambition is to be America's #1 pin-up girl. She is
- known for a tattoo of a redhead on her thigh; "It's a tattoo
- of Amber" she says.
- (February, July 1994 SI Calendar)
- "This Rita Hayworth look-alike from Miami comes by her modeling
- talent naturally, following in her mother's footsteps.
- Independent, hard-working and very private, Amber takes every
- assignment seriously and has an instinct for graceful movement
- before the camera. Away from the modeling scene she jogs, sings
- and enthusiastically pursues acting, which has already brought her
- an HBO film role and a number of commercials." [Jule Campbell, SI]
-
- Smith, Anna Nicole "Vickie"
- Agency: ELITE
- Height: 5'11
- Bust-waist-hips: 36.0DD 26.0 38.0
- Hair color: bleached blonde
- Born: 28 Nov 67 in Houston, Texas, USA
- Weight: 140 (I've also heard 155)
- Playboy playmate for May 1992 (as Vickie Smith), and playmate of
- the year for '93. Modeled for Guess? She is from Mexia, Texas,
- and has one 8 yr old son. In Norway, the consumer rights ombud tried to
- get her adds for H&M underwear banned to protect consumers from any
- sexual associations. She is flattered that young Norwegian boys
- sell her posters for $7 each. Recently married 89 yr old oil tycoon
- J. Howard Marshall (june 27 1994). Currently (may 27) being sued by
- former housekeeper/babysitter (Maria Antonia Cerrato) (employed
- 1992-93) for "sexual harassment, sexual assault, & false
- imprisonment"(2 million). Smith is countersuing for Slander.
- Currently in mourning for her now dead octogenarian husband. Fighting
- in probate court for some of his money. Wore white to the funeral.
-
- Smithers, Jan
- Hair color: brunette
- Born: Jul 3 1949 in North Hollywood California, USA
- Did some modeling work, then had a regular part as "Bailey" on
- "WKRP in Cincinatti" in the early eighties. Now married to James
- Brolin (of the TV show _Hotel_ among other things) and living in
- Canada.
-
- Stewart-Whyte, Heather
- Nationality: England
- Height: 1.78m
- Measurements: 91-61-91 cm
- Very popular model for the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalogs. She is
- well spoken in her apperances on Fashion Television and is most
- recently well known for the VS MiracleBra advertisements. Does
- lots of runway work and appears in magazines almost as often as Cindy,
- Linda, Claudia, and Nadja. In the Autumn 95 VS Portfolio, she appears a
- staggering 32 times.
-
- #T#
-
- Taylor, Krissy
- Height: 6'0
- Hair: blonde
- Agency: IMG Models, NY
- Born: '78?
- Died: summer 1995 from possibly abusing Psuedoephedrine.
- Niki's younger sister. Not a quite a supermodel. Has appeared in YM,
- Seventeen, Self, Mademoiselle, Vogue, and Dolly (Aust)
- Was on House of Style with sister Niki summer 94.
- Krissy was a popular model in Australia, having done numerous
- covers for Australian girls' magazines.
- http://www.supermodel.com/ used to have her home page.
-
- "She's Young, She's Dead, She's Net"
-
- Krissy Taylor died tragically last month, but her scantily clad image still
- lives on the Internet, where her mother, Barbara Taylor, is using photos of
- her dead daughter to generate some cold, hard cash. Two months before
- Krissy's death, the elder Taylor put together a Web site called "The
- Supermodel Home Page," which charges advertisers up to $30,000 a month
- (apparently no takers yet). Taylor is promising the arrival of "at least six
- more significant supermodels" to the site, but for now, Krissy remains the
- only featured mannequin. "Ironically, she was the first model we selected,"
- Barbara Taylor's partner Patxi Pastor says seriously. But while the home
- page now includes a somber Krissy "memorial," the real attraction for the
- Internet's largely young, male Web surfers is the sexy pinup style bikini
- shots of the late 17-year old. Pastor claims the site draws more than a
- million visitors a week. And despite some criticism, Pastor says she and
- Taylor won't tone the shots down. "In this business, pictures like that are
- peices of art. They are sensually, not sexually, explicit. This is similar
- to people looking at shots of Marilyn Monroe."
-
- --"New York" magazine, August 14, 1995
-
-
- Taylor, Niki
- Height: 5'11.5"
- Weight: 128 pounds
- Bust-waist-hips: 34b 24 34
- Hair color: brown
- Eye color: hazel
- Born: 74? age 19 (june 94 cosmo)
- Agency: IMG Models, NY
- Earning power: $15,000 per day
- Nationality: American
- Niki is head of her own company called Niki Inc. She has a tattoo
- of a dolphin on her ankle, a sun on her foot and two on her
- buttocks. Niki appears in ads for Cover Girl and older L'Oreal
- ads. She has a fan club. [ address below ] On MTV House of Style
- (summer 94), Entertainment Tonight, MTV "videos that don't suck"
- Engaged (june 94 Cosmo) to Arena Football player Matthew Martinez
- (dating for 7 to 8 months) Her Father is a Florida HWY policeman.
- "I have to say, since we've been together I've put on 10 pounds, and
- I love it. Now i've got hips and boobs. ...I'm more of a woman."
- Has an apartment in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Saving money for a family.
- Wedding was Dec 1993, Repeat vows in July 23rd,1994 in Idaho.
- Had twin boys from her pregnancy named Hunter and Jake. Explained
- her refusal to do topless work by saying "My Boobs are for my Man."
-
- Thorgen, Aya
- Nationality: Swedish
- Versace model a few years back. Possibly in the 95' SI Planner Calendar.
-
- Tiegs, Cheryl
- Agency: Ford
- Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
- 1970's and 1980's supermodel. Sports Illustrated swimsuit model.
- Now has her own eyewear designs (in name only) via Sears. Still
- shows up in magazines in those print ads.
-
- Trella, Karen
- Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model (june 1994 SI calendar)
- "Hailing from sunny Florida, Karen lights up the page in her
- first Sports Illustrated appearance, making it a memorable one.
- When she isn't dancing, water-skiing or skating, chances are
- you'll find her hard at work in acting classes, preparing for the
- film career she has her sights set on. Look at her carefully,
- and don't be suprised if you see her soon at your local theater!"
- [Jule Campbell, SI]
-
- Turlington, Christy
- Born: Jan 2, 1969 in San Francisco, California
- Height: 5'10"
- Weight: 118
- Agency: Ford
- Had a major contract with Maybelline for two years at $2 million.
- Can be seen in print ads for Calvin Klein Eternity perfume, North
- Beach Leather, and Anne Klein Accessories. Christy has a small
- tattoo inside her right ankle. She was rumored to be married to
- Roger Wilson, the screen writer, (Never Legally Married)
- but is rumored to be having an affair with Cindy Crawford. Is one of
- the top five supermodels of the world at the moment. Appeared in
- George Michael's video "Freedom". was dating Christian Slater, the
- actor. Her mother is El Salvadoran, her father is Anglo. May be
- supporting PETA, an anti-fur activist group. Currently seeing Jason
- Patric, the actor. Smokes, Drinks, apparently gaining weight in thighs,
- see recent Prada ads in Vogue. Hosted "Christy Turlington's
- Backstage" a one-shot look at the modeling world. Has shown pubic
- hair in print photographs. Possibly has an apartment at 240 Centre
- Street in Little Italy on New York's Manhatten Island.
- Has a major contract with Maybelline cosmetics.
-
- Turner, Janine
- Agency: Ford
- Still on Runways and can be seen in Vogue print ads.
- Has done print and TV advertisments for Automobiles, currently starring
- as "Maggie O'Connell" on Northern Exposure, hit TV show
-
- Twiggy
- Hair: Yellow, blonde, generally long
- Skin: pinkish pale.
- The original waif model. Incredibly popular in the 60's. Most
- recent appearance was a cameo in the movie "The Blues Brothers".
- Was in Broadway show "My one and Only" in the 80's with Tommy
- Tune. (big comeback with fantastic reviews, ran for 2 years.)
- Was the Kate Moss of the 60's. A cute-cute model.
-
- #U#
-
- #V#
-
- Valasquez, Patricia
- appears in Victoria's Secret catalogs, Sports Illustrated, SI CD-ROM,
- and the SI Planner.
-
- Valetta, Amber
- Agency: BOSS
- Born: '73? in Tulsa
- One of the waifs. Gets a lot of work in the UK magazines.
- Was everywhere and then deliberately cut back on exposure to prevent
- saturation and self-distruction of her career. Interviewed on House of
- Style and Fashion TV in 1994.
-
- Vanderloo, Mark
- Born: April 24, 1968
- Raised: Waddenveen, Holland; Nairobi, Kenya
- Has apartments in Amsterdam and Paris, but works largely in New York,
- Los Angeles, or Miami. A nice looking guy.
-
- Vanous, Lucky
- Born: April 11, 1961
- Raised: Lincoln, Nebraska
- Male model. Married. Was member of the Black Beret Rangers, an
- antiterrorist company in the military. 11 years ago got first break
- modeling for GQ. "For the diet-coke commercial, a casting agent I've
- known for years said, 'Come on, take off your shirt.' It makes me very
- self-conscious, but I figured I'd try it. And it wasn't a big deal,
- really. Not until afterward..." This is "Diet-coke break" ad where the
- women of the office gather at 11:30 to watch him strip off that shirt and
- guzzle down that diet-coke. [you've ALL seen this ad I am pretty sure.]
-
- Vela, Rosie
- Age: 41 (in 1995)
- Hair: Strawberry Blonde
- modelling for Maybelline, released a record album called "ZAZU" a few
- years back. Was modeling for a cigarette company in Japan in 1994.
-
- Verushchka
- Popular in late 1960's.
- Height: 6' 3"
- Nationality: Russian
- appears in Antonio's "Blow Up"
-
- Visser, Anouschka Tamara
- Age: 23.
- Place of Birth: Delft.
- Country of origin: The Netherlands.
- Eyes: Blue
- Hair: Blond, long
- Worked for Vogue, Weekend, Story and Cosmopolitan.
- Had some minor parts in Dutch series (like Medisch Centrum West and Goede
- Tijden Slechte Tijden) and had a small role in a Dutch movie called Diepe
- Hartstocht, Kleine Dames.
-
- #W#
-
- Wal, Frederique Van Der
- Height: 5'10"
- Bust-waist-hips: 36C-24.5-36
- Dress size: 8
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue-Green
- Shoe size: 8.5
- Agency: ELITE
- Was on October 1993 cover of Cosmopolitan magazine. Often models for
- Victoria's Secret Catalogue. Appears in Japanese perfume and Diamond
- TV commercials. Dutch, dating the french owner of Manhatten's Jour
- et Nuit resturant. Can be seen in American Vogue (and everywhere
- else) in "CACH`E" adverts. Now has her own fragrance, a voluptuous
- floral. Called Frederique of course.
-
- Annoucement for her "appearance" on America Online (AOL). (1995)
- =====
- Elite model Frederique van der Wal will answer questions about her modeling
- career and how she has combined her savvy for business with her artistic
- talent to develop outside projects when she visits ABC Online on Tueday March
- 28 at 7 pm ET.
-
- As a student in Holland majoring in economics and languages, Elite model
- Frederique had no idea that she would soon experience an amazing career
- turnaround in her life. Although headed for the business world, Frederique
- was persuaded to enter the Elite "Look Of The Year" contest. She won first
- place and walked away with a two-year contract with Elite Model Management,
- and a plane ticket to New York.
-
- Once in New York, Frederique began appearing in top magazines, from Vogue and
- Harper's Bazaar to Glamour, Mademoiselle and Cosmopolitan. Over the years,
- she has graced the covers of many of them, including Cosmopolitan covers shot
- by Francesco Sacvullo.
-
- Frederique has been the face of many campaigns, including Revlon's "Most
- Unforgettable Women in the World" shot by Richard Avedon. Her campaigns for
- Guess? gave her recognizability across the world. She regularly graces the
- pages of Victoria's Secret catalogue.
-
- Frederique's celebrity has not escaped the attentioin of the television
- medium, either. She has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, CNN, Late Night
- with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Extra, Oprah Winfrey,
- Lifestyles Of The Rich and Famous, E! Entertainment, MTV and VH-1.
-
- Modelling has given Frederique recognition, notoriety and the tremendous
- opportunity to combine her savvy for business with her talent to develop
- outside projects. She has created and designed her own swimwear line. She
- has launched her own fragrance, "Frederique," and will soon follow with a
- body moisturizer and shower gel. Her workout video "Frederique Presents
- Chris Imbo's Peak 10" is in stores across the country. Currently, she is
- working on an underwear line which will premiere in the latter part of 1995.
-
- One very special lady you don't want to miss. Frederique van der Wal Live in
- the Globe! See you there!
- Place: ABC Auditorium/Globe Date: Tueday March 28 Time: 7-8 pm ET
- (c) Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. 1995
- ==== quoted without permission, but then I paid for an AOL membership
- just to sit in on this thing. (check the logs. altsmdlfaq@aol.com was ME.)
-
-
- Wale'
- Born: August 22, 1967
- Raised: Lagos, Nigeria; London
- Skin: Black. Very dark brown skin.
- Hair: none. Bald
- Biceps: BIG.
- Appearing in Delta of Venus (movie) as the aristocratic African
- Clairvoyant. Parents are Barristers (lawyers in UK), and studied at
- Law school until he quit to be a model.
-
- Webb, Veronica
- Agency: FORD
- Black model for Revlon's new cosmetic line for darker skin. Appears
- in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever, and has a small appearance in Malcolm X.
- "discovered" in Soho boutique (Allure Interview)
- TV contributor on Fox's Front Page and Lifetime's Ooh La La ( another
- FT, made by the same company in Toronto, Canada)
- WEBBLESS: After five years on the job, Veronica Webb has given up her
- column at "Paper" magazine, though publisher David Hershkovits says that
- Webb will stay on as a contributor. Friends, however, say that Webb has
- bigger plans--a job on the Clinton re-election campaign.
-
- ---"New York" magazine, August 14 1995
-
- Williams, Rachel
- Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
- Born: Apr 29 1967 in New York City, USA
- Agency: Ford
- A popular model who appeared frequently in American Elle magazine in
- 89-90. She is also in print ads for Nine West Spa Collection shoes.
- Has appeared nude in various magazines, American Photo most recently.[93]
- Recently graduated with a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and
- is out of the closet. See May95 Vanity Fair. Then seen with Boyfriend so
- the consensus of my friends is that this, plus the Sept95 Playboy cover &
- photo shoot are all carefully calculated ploys to get back on the hot list
- and get back to modeling. Also appeared in The FACE this summer showing
- off her tatoos (2 ankle and one right at the end of her spine) as
- well as a lot of the rest of her body up close and in color.
- Appears in a Helmut Newton portfoilo spread in October 95 Vogue.
- Featured in the ELLE online model gallery on AOL.
-
- Williams, Roshumba
- Nationality: American
- Hair: Black, short, natural - refuses to wear extensions
- Skin: dark shade black/brown
- Hosted BET (black entertainment television) Shades: The Dark Side of
- the Runway. Plans to have her own TV show by end of 1994.
-
- Williams, Stacey
- Agency: NEXT
- Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
- Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. (may & november 1994 SI calendar)
- Appeared topless in swimsuit spread in Jan 1994 GQ magazine.
- "She was discovered near an athletic-shoe store in a shopping
- mall in Mechanicsburg, PA, where she grew up. Since then Stacey
- has made great strides in her modeling career and shown that her
- personality runs deep. She can be innocent, quiet and sensitive
- one moment, only to turn up as a life-of-the-party jokester the
- next. Introspective and thoughtful, Stacey is a faithful devotee
- of yoga and dreams of opening her own studio one day."
- [jule campbell SI]
- #X#
-
- #Y#
-
-
- Young, Kara
- Height: 5'8"
- Bust-waist-hips: 34-23-34
- Dress size: 6
- Hair color: Brown
- Eye color: Brown
- Shoe size: 8.5
- Agency: ELITE
-
- #Z#
-
- Zadrick, Shana
- Height: 1.76m
- Bust-waist-hips: 86-61-86 cm
- A model who is still trying to establish her niche but who is being
- helped along, much like Linda Evangelista was, by photographer
- Steven Meisel. She appears in ads for Calvin Klein Escape, was a
- Guess? girl in 1991, and appears in ads for Kors and Alberta
- Ferreti. Lives in Florida with husband on horse ranch. Shoots skeet,
- rides horses, has many pets inculding a tiger. Appears in the John
- Cougar Mellencamp video "Wild Night". Fashion spread in June 94 Cosmo.
- Appeared in the Guess ads in 1991 with Karen Mulder.
- A Internet fan-club is being started by the following person.
- Ryan Marshall - Co-ordinator of the Shana Zadrick Internet Fan Club
- comtech@nznet.gen.nz Send him email for information about creation
- of an alt.fan.shana-zadrick newsgroup.
-
- Zang, Kristen
- looks like Shauna Zadrick
- Appeared in September 94, french PHOTO magazine.
- Hair: Black, Long.
-
- #####################
- Common questions and answers not handled in the previous section.
-
- What is a supermodel?
- This is a major point of discussion in this group. Some factors
- that may be involved are earning power, name recognition, face
- recognition, frequency of runway appearances, frequency of magazine
- covers, appearances in Sports Illustrated, calenders, TV
- appearances, movies.
-
- Supermodel?
- This means that the supermodels have the most attributes going for
- them instead of just having a really great look, or a really good
- attitude. When it comes down to it, beauty is subjective. "What makes
- these models we call 'super'models stand out is their overall
- excellence. Their good looks, extreme professionalism, their
- wonderfully friendly personality, and their ability to give the
- photographer exactly what he wants.
-
- Why are all (or most) supermodels tall and thin?
- There are variations, but most models are about the same size,
- height (~5'9 and above), and weight.
-
- Most of the designs are for very thin women (why is another good
- question). Tall women appear thinner than short ones.
-
- Women with small faces are supposed to photograph "better". If
- you put a head on a woman who is 5'10" - 6', it will look smaller
- than the same beautiful head on a woman who is 5'2" or so.
-
- Designers can sew clothes for the "standard" model. Then they can
- easily substitute models if they think a particular dress would
- look better with a different model, or if someone is late for a show.
-
- Uniformity lets them "ensemble" well with other models. No one
- has to stand on box. The standard height may be on the tall side
- to ease posing with men for whom height is also an issue.
-
- Who's the woman in the Meatloaf video?
- Dana Patrick. However, the voice belongs to a woman identified
- only as "Mrs. Loud".
-
- What's the name of the magazine Alyssa Milano posed nude in?
- The complete title is "Bikini".
- Volume 1, Issue 1. Completely sold out, no back issues.
- (hint. This magazine is SQUARE in shape.)
-
- Who is the girl in the Aerosmith videos?
- Alicia Silverstone was in the Aerosmith vidoes "Cryin'" and
- "Amazing", and starred in the movie, "The Crush". She was 17.
-
- Who is the girl in the John Cougar Mellancamp video "Wild Night"?
- The woman who plays the taxi driver, with the titilating clothing
- donning is none other than model Shauna Zadrick.
-
- What is that movie Inferno that features a lot of models?
- It's some short-stories with lightly dressed topmodels. Filmed by
- fashion model turned photographer Ellen von Unwerth. With among others:
- Kate Moss, Tyra Banks, Shana Zadrick, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen,
- Emma Sjoeberg, Amber Smith. It has appeared on German Television and
- other stations in Europe, but not in the US except for in excerpts.
-
- What are better terms for all those models? ie. a taxonomy of model ranking.
- (excerpted from pins&needles in Harper's Bazaar by Woody Hochswender)
-
- "Remember the good old days when men were men, and models were
- either just plain models or supermodels? Well, there is now a
- more elaborate system of model categories to accomodate the glut
- of new, old, and veteran talent. Lauren Hutton, Rosie Vela, Patti
- Hansen, Beverly Johnson, and other over 40 stars are now called
- the Ultramodels. The new Supermodels are Kate, Amber, Nadja,
- Shalom, and Emma. The former Supermodels ==Christy, Naomi, Linda
- et al.== are now known as Megamodels. Get all that?
-
- The new nomenclature apparently facilitates discussions at
- agencies, fashion shoots, and editorial meetings. (At meetings of
- some of my *tre`s gentils* male friends, there is only one
- catagory that comes up: Hot Young Models.)"
-
- #####################
- Addresses.
-
- Allure Magazine
- alluremag@aol.com
- ALLURE-USA
- Allure
- Box 53598
- Boulder, CO 80322
-
- American Photo
- for subscription:
- P.O. Box 51033
- Boulder, CO USA 80323-1033
- for questions or comments:
- Editor American Photo
- 1633 Broadway
- New York, NY USA 10019
-
- AMICA - Italia
- R.C.S Rizzoli Periodici S.P.A.
- Servizio Abbonneti
- via A. Rizzoli
- 20132 Milano ITALY
-
- Bikini Brought us Alyssa Milano Nude 1st issue
- Ray Gun Publishing, Inc.
- 2110 Main Street, Suite 100 Mostly a pop culture magazine.
- Santa Monica, CA 90405
- 310-452-6222 for subscriptions
-
-
- Cosmopolitan Magazine
- P.O. Box 7162
- Red Oak, Iowa USA 51591
- tel (800) 888-2676
-
- CULTRE SHOCK
- 16/18 Wimbledon Stadium Business Centre
- Riverside Road London SW17 OBA
- United Kingdom
- Tel (081) 879 3949 Fax 081 879 0792
-
- DAY DREAM CALENDARS, INC.
- Carpinteria, CA 93013
- Canadian Distributor:
- Bella Flor Enterprises, Inc.
- Kelowna, British Columbia
- Tel (604) 860-33771 [ too long? ]
-
- ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT
- 111 East 22nd Street,
- New York, NY USA 10010
- 212-529-9800
-
- ELLE (american) 1-212-767-5800
- 1633 Broadway [see magazine for regional addresses]
- New York, NY USA 10019
-
- ELLE (french)
- 90, Ruede Flandre
- 75947 Paris Cedex 19
-
- FORD MODEL MANAGEMENT
- 344 East 59th Street
- New York, NY 10022
-
- Harper's Bazaar (subscriptions Attn Joan Harris)
- P.O. Box 7178 1-800-888-3045 (USA)
- Red Oak, Iowa
- 51591
-
- Mademoiselle
- Letters to the Editor
- 350 Madison Avenue
- New York, NY 10017
- FAX (212)880-5LTR Voice mail (800)644-MLLE (us only)
- Email: MlleMag@aol.com
-
- Marie Claire (US)
- 250 West 55th Street
- New York, NY 10019
- FAX: 212-397-4145
-
-
- Metropolitan Agency
- 5 Union Square West
- New York 10003
- (No phone number yet)
-
- Model Management 212-529-9495
- Men 212-529-9554
- New Faces 212-529-9551
- T.V. 212-529-4555
- Accounting 212-529-9594
- London office: +44 71 333 0888
-
- Niki Taylor Fan Club
- 119 Rockland Center
- Suite 251
- Nanuet, NY 10954
-
- Northbeach Leather
- 1335 Columbus Avenue, Dept. 603P
- San Francisco, CA USA 94133
- [ Their $3.00 catalog sometimes has supermodels. ]
-
- PHOTO (french)
- subscriptions:
- 63, avenue des Champs-Elysees
- 75008 PARIS
- France tel: 40.74.73.27 fax: 40.74.71.52
- 200 Francs/year in France 285 Francs for other places
-
- Sports Illustrated
- Time & Life Bldg
- Rockefeller Center
- New York, NY 10020
-
- Sterling Specialities
- Calendar Showcase
- P.o. Box 6105 Dept CS95
- Norata, CA 94948-6105
- 1-800-365-YEAR
- (claudia Schiffer calendar, Christy Turlington, Rachel Hunter)
-
- Storm (modeling agency, Kate Moss is client)
- First Floor,
- 5 Jubilee Place
- London
- SW3 3TD ENGLAND tel +44.71.376.7464
-
- Vanity Fair
- P.O. Box 51333
- Boulder, Colorado USA 80321-1333
-
- Victoria's Secret Catalogue
- North American Office
- PO BOX 182103
- Columbus, OH USA 43272-2497
- 1-800-888-8200
-
- Vogue (american)
- subscription
- Box 55980
- Boulder, Colorodo 80332
- tel (800) 234-2347
- editorial and business offices
- 350 Madison Avenue
- New York, NY 10017
- voguemail@aol.com
-
-
- #####################
- Sources of additional movie appearance information.
-
- A lot of information about model's movie appearances is available
- from the movie database servers. One of the best is "Cardiff's
- Movie Database Browser", available through the Web with URL:
- "http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Movies/moviequery.html"
-
- #####################
- How to download and view the pictures.
- Read the FAQ for alt.binaries.pictures.d. If your site doesn't get
- that group, or expires it quickly, look in news.answers, or ftp it
- from rtfm.mit.edu. Jim Howard has done an excellent job of
- explaining this, much better than I could. He describes the
- necessary steps and programs on a wide variety of systems, and
- tells you where to find them on the net.
-
- Supermodel pictures are usually available in
- alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels (usually abbreviated a.b.p.s or
- abps) and alt.binaries.pictures.celebrities (abpc).
-
-
-
- NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1995--Next Management, the New
- York City-based modeling agency, is distributing the first interactive
- CD-ROM for model selection, supplementing the traditional promotional book,
- it was announced today by Next co-owners Faith Kates and Joel Wilkenfeld.
-
-
- Next is the first agency to commission a CD-ROM featuring full-motion
- video. Viewers can employ the interactive medium to its fullest. Each
- model's entire book, and her complete stats are available at the click of
- the mouse from anywhere within the application. Clicking on Yasmeen Ghauri
- hijacking a taxi for example, brings up Yasmeen's book and stats. This,
- plus an efficient search and sort facility, makes the Next CD-ROM product
- stylish, entertaining and practical.
-
- "This innovation provides clients with the unique ability to review a
- model's skill in both still photography and full-motion video environments,"
- said Kates.
-
- Added Wilkenfeld, "We feel the convenience of this resource is
- invaluable to our busy clientele and provides them with a more
- comprehensive overview of each model's strengths and abilities."
-
- Formatted for MAC, the interactive resource is being distributed to art
- directors at ad agencies and magazines, model editors, catalog publishers,
- photographers and designers. Accompanying the CD-ROM is the traditional
- promotional book containing the models still photographs and statistics.
-
- Derek Penn, president of mindandmedia, inc., a New York based
- interactive media software firm, designed the story ideas and application
- architecture in collaboration with the noted photographer/director Thierry
- Le Goues and art director Doug Lloyd.
-
- Shot on location in the streets, prisons, peep-shows and back alleys of
- New York City, the CD-ROM and book have a distinct high-fashion fantasy
- esthetic.
-
- In business for just six years, and with affiliate offices in Paris,
- Milan and Canada, and branches in South Beach, Fla. and Los Angeles, Next
- is now among the largest agencies in the country. In the fall of 1994 they
- moved into their own building in Soho.
-
- Among the women represented by Next are Yasmeen Ghauri, Angie Everhart,
- Estelle Hallyday, Judit Masco, Tanya Fourie, Stacey Williams, Rebecca
- Romijn, Milla and Brandi.
-
- --30--csm/ny*
-
- CONTACT:
-
- Jacqueline Becher Public Relations
-
- Jackie Becher, 212/371-0415
-
-
- #####################
- Where to get pictures of supermodels on the net.
-
- Picture files can be obtained over the internet using ftp, fsp, or
- mail to one of the ftp-by-mail servers. For more info, see Tom
- Czarnik's "FTP List - FAQ" posting to news.answers.
-
- Some FTP servers with supermodel info are:
-
- ftp.sunet.fe:/pub/pictures/people/women/
-
- louie.udel.edu:/pub/supermodels
- louie only has small "mug-shot" pictures of supermodel's faces,
- some copies of the posted lists of where to find pictures of
- particular supermodels, and archives of this newsgroup.
-
- nic.funet.fi:/pub/pics/gif/pics/people/female
- 250- Only users from within NORDUnet networks are allowed
- 250- to retrieve these files without limits. Anyone else
- 250- wishing to get these pictures must go elsewere, or
- 250- competete at "pictures" -login:
- 250-
- 250- Login: pictures
- 250- Password: -- the usual password for `anonymous' ftp,
- 250- that is, your email address
-
- wuarchive.wustl.edu:/graphics/gif 250 user support. BIG SITE. (USA)
-
- http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/index.html sunSITE Northern Europe (London)
- (or ftp to src.doc.ic.uk, but the WWW access is nice)
-
- galaxy.uci.agh.edu.pl pub/gif University of Krakow, Poland, Europe
-
- ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
-
- WWW LYNX MOSAIC
-
- Some gopher and web servers with supermodel info are:
-
- Go to http://www.yahoo.com and enter "supermodels" and there you
- find a very up-to-date listing of sites.
-
- Bryan Woodworth's graphics page. lots of utilities
- http://www.best.com/~bryanw/index.htnml
-
- EMAIL
-
- FTP-via-EMail servers take mailed commands, ftp for the requested file,
- and mail it back to you.
- mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with no subject line, and two-line body
- with line one help and line 2 quit
- mail bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu (body: help or ftplist for a list of
- anonymous ftp sites)
-
- Kate Moss fans should contact Neil Rodgers at <neil@katemoss.demon.co.uk>
- as he has a mailing-list setup for distributing Kate Moss pictures and is
- active in creating kate moss newsgroups. He wrote the entry for Kate in
- this FAQ.
-
- #####################
- Standard for posting pictures.
- Again, read Jim Howard's FAQ for alt.binaries.pictures.d He clearly
- describes the current standards for splitting articles (and why you
- should), how to title them, helpful programs, etc. In particular,
- look for xmitBin, an automated splitting-posting program.
-
- Pictures should be posted to alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels,
- not alt.supermodels. Many sites do not get abps because
- of "moralistic" censorship, worries over copyright suites,
- low disk space, or low net bandwidth. However, if pictures
- are posted to alt.supermodels, then it will also become blocked.
-
- [ Note to any admins reading this: Please don't cut off entire
- groups to save bandwidth/space, instead ask your feeder to place an
- article size limit on your feed. That will accomplish your goal,
- but not subject you to irrate users screaming "censorship". It
- will also protect you from idiots posting 5 Meg bible quotes to
- normal discussion groups (which actually happened about a year
- ago). ]
-
- Auto-decoders (such as Mark Stantz's "aub") are becoming far more
- common. These programs scan all new articles in a list of
- newsgroups, find the picture pieces, sort them, assemble them,
- process them, and drop the finished picture files in a directory.
- The only problem is they demand that the subject lines follow the
- standard. If you don't follow the standard, a lot of people will
- never even see your posting; so why did you bother to post?
-
- #####################
- Where to get the latest version of this FAQ.
-
- Latest version will be posted to alt.supermodels, alt.answers, and
- news.answers. I am counting upon long term storage at FAQ repositories
- on various Gopher and WWW sites. Go to http://www.yahoo.com and ask that
- service to find "FAQ" and you should get lots of hits, some will be large
- repositories of the FAQS.
-
- Personal copies via email may be requested by mailing a note to:
- graham@shell.portal.com with the subject: SEND ME THE FAQ
-
- WWW: URL: "http://www.portal.com/~graham/faq.html" version 2.3 1yr old
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- FAQ site: http:www.cis.ohio-state.edu/Hypertext/Faq/usenet/Top.html
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- How to contribute if you don't have usenet posting access.
- A mail->news (but not back again) gateway for alt.supermodels
- is available. Mail your submissions to
- alt-supermodels@louie.udel.edu. Please note, this is NOT an
- anonymous service, your return email address will be included
- in the posting. For double-blind anonymous mail service you
- might try contacting help@anon.penet.fi.
- Also you can use the mail-to-news gateways maintained at the
- University of Texas at Austin. newsgroup_name_here@cs.utexas.edu
- or newsgroup@newsnet.acs.ohio-state.edu for posting.
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- History and purpose of alt.supermodels and this FAQ.
- alt.supermodels was created (at louie.udel.edu anyway) on 30 July 92,
- by a newgroup control message from umalexa9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Edward W.
- Alexander). The original purpose was discussion of supermodels.
- Then someone realized that supermodels are known through their
- pictures, so it is appropriate to discuss photographs here. That
- led to posting pictures, so everyone could be talking about the same
- thing. The end result seems to be FLAME WARS.
-
- |From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
- |Subject: Re: Where are all the gifs
- |Date: Mon Mar 01 11:56:16 EST 1993
- |
- |We just got through a pretty long and hard discussion concerning this.
- |Apparently alt.supermodels was NOT created with massive picture-posting
- |in mind. Your post could possibly touch off another flame war.
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- |From: FallenAngel@not.in.heaven.com (Fallen Angel)
- |Subject: Who is NOT a supermodel.
- |Date: 20 Jul 1993 03:19:06 GMT
- |Summary: This group is not alt.fan.bimbo.chick
- |
- |Some people should look at the name of this group before posting. It is
- |near impossible to create an algorithm that will separate people (mostly
- |women) into two cases, supermodel and not-supermodel, and have it work
- |perfectly. We can state, with total certainty, that some people are NOT
- |supermodels.
- |
- |Tanya Roberts is NOT a supermodel.
- |Dana Plato is NOT a supermodel.
- |Some-chick-who-had-a-role-in-a-movie is NOT a supermodel.
- |The Double Mint gum blow-job bimbo is NOT a supermodel.
- |The Bud girls are NOT supermodels.
- |
- |This newsgroup is not alt.fan.chick.hot. Yes, it is unmoderated and there
- |is no authority who can maintain topicality. Still, I ask for a bit of
- |common sense and courtesy. Respect the bounds of this group.
- |
- |This group was created to discuss (mostly) women who have excelled in a
- |particular career, modelling. This means a focus on the medium of
- |photography. This means an association with the fashion industry. This
- |means runway work.
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- *From: comtech@nznet.gen.nz (Ryan Marshall)
- *Playmates and actresses are nice, but they're simply NOT supermodels,
- *and therefore do not belong in the FAQ.
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- Credits.
-
- Many people contributed directly or indirectly to this FAQ. Several
- requested to remain anonymous (or didn't say), and aren't listed
- here. If I've forgotten anyone, then I apologize for my spotty
- memory, no slight was intended. Thank you:
-
- #### SCOTT "DOKE" - Original FAQ maintainer ####
-
- Janet Olson for a lot of the relevant data.
- Victor P. Panlilio for his many useful postings.
- DSL for many corrections.
- Mathius Weyans, Amy Carroll, BUCKY, NR (Neil Rodgers), Kim Joo-Hun.
- Nicole, Thomas Holmstrom, Cedric Mialaret, Oliver Dreer, Telesis,
- Girish Maraliga, jnamc, normedw, awells586, AOGYU, poshboy,
- Andrew Wolf, and Oscar Zeta Acosta for their posts to the group.
- ST2C6, ESC, anonymous from NZ, tmoh, carolina, luca.somazzi, kaisa,
- qem, image, ewingde9, jgblair, elishiva, CF542, dbono, melkor,ulf
- schmidt, bleufunk, awells586, jorgen, edward, and others.
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- Special thanks to Neil Rodgers for so aptly slapping me in the
- face for not posting this file in over a year.
-
- **** CONTRIBUTOR EXTRODINAIRE - (CRITIC) ****
- **** now Anonymous and helpful FORD agency intern (AA) ****
- **** "By the way the models are amused that you guys have devoted ****
- **** a newsgroup to them or at least that's what they tell me." ****
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- Industry magazines I used to update this version of the FAQ:
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- Please refer to my webpages for this item at the following URL.
- http://www.portal.com/~graham/stack.html
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- Disclaimer and Copyrights.
- My internet service providers are not in any way related to this document.
- I take and keep sole responsibility for its content and retain all
- applicable international publishing rights, whatever they may be after I
- post it to the Usenet Newsgroups. Please contact me if you plan to
- mirror/publish or otherwise use this FAQ in your own projects. If you
- quote a singular model's entry, please put a note that you got it from the
- FAQ and which version it was. Thank you. I've noticed my own text
- showing up on specific model's web pages, and it would be nice to have
- the source listed.
-
- With the assistance of many fans and industry contributors I have attempted
- to keep this posting reasonably accurate. Occasionally the rumor-mill does
- creep into the text some and I do welcome your corrections for the errors.
-
- == end of alt.supermodels FAQ version 3.0 ==
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