Who Says Models Don’t Eat?
Life After Posing: One Model Shifts Her Focus to Saving Anim...
posted by jill
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ve read about Sophie. We met in Munich 20 years ago, and even then, as a teen, she dreamed of a career helping animals. The money she made modeling (her rate reached $5,000 a day) enabled her to pay for college and take a job that is...
Don’t Miss Out: Put Some Shimmy in Your Summer!
posted by jill
We’ve reached bikini season. There is no better time to get in on a new fab midriff molding fitness fad. Well, “new” to some. I and my beloved belly dancing mom pals have been shimmying through all the seasons for years. Read my article from Westport Magazine to find out why...
Balancing Out the Bullying Headlines
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I just returned from a visit home to Rochester, NY. Two days in a row, a story about middle school kids ruthlessly taunting elderly bus monitor Karen Klein made the front page there when a video of the incident went viral. Hundreds of thousands of people got a bad impression of Greece (the...
Why Skinny Young Models Are a Marketing Mistake
posted by jill
I heard Canadian agent Ben Barry on the radio the other day. He caught my attention for two reasons. One, his research exploring cross-cultural consumer attitudes toward fashion reveals some provocative conclusions. Turns out the Western woman is more likely to buy a product modeled by someone...





