I’m “booking out” from my usual Tuesday Tip post, since I’m in the Utah skiing. The Rockies were my go-to destination when I needed a break from the modeling world. No makeup but Chap Stick and moisturizer, perm ski-hat head, certainly no high heels, and a white...

It’s no secret that the modeling industry has its own definition of “old.” A middle-aged model is 25, not 45. Some agencies won’t look at new faces who are old enough to vote. Why is that, when we see overripe supermodels still being featured in Vogue and advertising...

George Washington isn’t the only one who had a birthday yesterday. Cindy Crawford turned 46, and she makes approaching 50 look pretty hot. I wonder if she looks as good face to face these days as she does in photos. The last two times I ran into her, back in the dark ages before...

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,...