When I was in college in Boulder and doing some modeling in Denver (think big earrings and pleather), my booker called my apartment. I wasn’t home, so she asked my roommate, “Do you know where Jill got her headshot?” “Excuse me?” replied my roommate, envisioning bloody chunks of...
Victoria’s Secret 10th Annual Fashion Show
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Over 10 million people tuned in to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Tuesday night. The cleavage and live music packed hour has eclipsed Miss America, which makes the old debate over the swimsuit competition seem quaint. The Angels who served as on-air correspondents during the show...
“Scouted” on E!
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Finally, a modeling reality TV program that has something to do with reality. The first episode of “Scouted” aired last night on E!, offering America an inside view of how new faces are discovered and, if deemed worthy, packaged for stardom. Gillian Begins Her Transformation The team of...
Keeping Up With Heidi Klum
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Heidi and I modeled together 17 years ago in New York. We landed at the same agency, Metropolitan, at the same time and booked a Brazilian catalog job together the week we met. For some reason only one of us is making 16 million a year now! I am keeping up with her in the kid count, though...
My Modeling Encounter With Mama Madonna
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You may notice a mom theme creeping into my website. Funny how that happens when four little kids come into the picture. Although modeling and motherhood seem worlds apart—and in many ways they are—the more I write about these two segments of my life and the transition between them, the...
My Model Life Didn’t Resemble ABC’S “A Mod...
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If you caught the recent ABC special on modeling in New York, you got a heavy dose of turmoil. First there was the girl scarred, emotionally anyway, by the photographer who asked her to give him a lot more than a cute smile. Even a teen should have had enough judgment to know that the...