Talk about aging gracefully. I walked with her at a fashion show in Miami 15 years ago. She hasn’t aged a minute. I’ve aged a good 15 years! Take a...

Among models, beauty pageants have a cheesy reputation. The girls in the sashes are the wannabes. Well, a little research shows that some past crown seekers now reign over far larger kingdoms than a mere covergirl could… See my article...

Miss America boasts ambitious young women with meaningful platforms and dreams of scholarships, while the Victoria’s Secret runway features hot bodes in platform shoes, fueling carnal fantasies. The pageant has a talent factor (ballet, violin, opera singing…) VS has a Hooters...

Looking for a model with more heft than a toothpick? In a recent New York Times article, Guy Trebay declared that designers and editors finally are, in male models anyway. The scrawny skate-rat look is out. The strong man with suits in his closet and stubble on his face (or at least enough...

One of the great perks of working in the modeling industry was having extraordinarily talented genius type roommates all the time. OK, not all the time, but occasionally. OK, at least once. To escape the oppressive heat and an unimpressive model boyfriend, I moved from South Beach to New York...

Crystal Renn gave me a lot of food for thought in her memoir, Hungry (written in collaboration with Marjorie Ingall). Her struggle with anorexia and exercise bulimia, fueled by her modeling ambition, is painful to read. She subsists for years—tender teenage years—on undressed salad,...