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By: Supermodel Icons on the Ugly Side of Modeling | Modeling Mentor Blog

Supermodel Icons on the Ugly Side of Modeling | Modeling Mentor Blog — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:04:58 +0000

[...] The photographers and fashion editors, even back in the 1940s, promoted the super-skinny look, which, 70 years later, has become the model norm. While my hunch is Carmen came by her teenage gamine look naturally, Carol Alt talks about starving herself to get thin enough for the Milan shows (then again, she claims to have been a size 16 when she was discovered!). China Machada says, “I never dieted. I never exercised.” I knew plenty of models like that: born with a model metabolism. More and more, girls who are not born naturally slender need to think about the extremes that may be required of them to fit in today’s sample sizes. See my blog on the model Crystal Renn’s book “Hungry.” [...]

By: International Women’s Day: 5 Women Who Rock | Modeling Mentor Blog

International Women’s Day: 5 Women Who Rock | Modeling Mentor Blog — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:01:45 +0000

[...] Renn: Anorexic turned plus-size supermodel turned straight-size Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. She wins for reinvention artist [...]

By: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, 2012 vs. 1964 | Modeling Mentor Blog

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, 2012 vs. 1964 | Modeling Mentor Blog — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:35:37 +0000

[...] who comes closest to a normal body size is SI rookie Crystal Renn. The former plus-size model (read about her here) is a self-proclaimed size 8. Bravo, SI, for booking Renn. Crystal Renn, Sports Illustrated [...]

By: Whit

Whit — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:41:57 +0000

wow, Crystal Renn looks STUNNING in that photo. curvy, smooth, beautiful!

By: Ricky

Ricky — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:40:35 +0000

This was a GREAT article to read! Having been an “international” model myself for 12 yrs, weight was ALWAYS a problem in the modeling industry. I was however one that never listened to the clients and my agents, I ate what I wanted and drank what I wanted (I was lucky to have the genes to do this until 30 hit me and then it was a huge struggle to keep a nice thin body!) and when I was bored and wanted to hang out with my other fellow models I went to the gym. I am sure this on some levels effected a few jobs but I still took in the bookings and probably might have taken in more IF I would have been less then my 125 pound body at 5’9 and a half. That sounds like a pretty nice and healthy body if you ask me (boy would I kill to have my old modeling body back after turning 41 and one child later!). After 12 yrs in the modeling industry I saw a few very very disturbing girls go through hell and back to have the perfect body and go to great length and starvation, throwing up to get it. They were such unhappy girls too, their every waking moment was food. I dont think the industry will EVER change, and as long as there are young girls starving to be SUPER MODELS there will be clients wanting to book these very thin girls. Its so sad!

By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:40:14 +0000

Renn looks “super” – AND healthy in photo. It’s heartening to know that there’s hope for “normal” girls in modeling world.