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I don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. Linda Evangelista
People think modelling’s mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input. I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing or sitting. Linda Evangelista
She seemed to be a supermodel on the brink of superstardom. She seemed to be the perfect best friend. But the truth is a secret so bizarre it shocked everyone. And a scheme so brilliant it left investigators struggling to catch her. Masterminds e5: Double Crossed, History 2003
The glamorous seventeen-year-old blonde model cheerleader who calls herself Shannon Ireland is really a twenty-five-year-old conman and an impostor. ibid.
Charles is kicked off the cheerleading team and fades from the limelight. ibid.
Again Daughtery retreats from the spotlight. ibid.
If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush. Dawn French
I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that. Adele
I was 14 when I started modelling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do this, you’re on your own because I’m not traipsing around London ever again like that. It’s a nightmare. Kate Moss
Modelling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks. Christy Turlington
I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing. Mae West
The secret to modelling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new. Karl Lagerfeld
As a model, you’re so used to taking your clothes off that you just don’t care. Tyra Banks
Relations are the frostiest since the Cold War. But this hasn’t stopped an army of young Siberian models invading the West. And while the catwalk and magazines demand for these girls grow, I’m here where it all starts: at the castings. The dream starts young, very young: with thousands of Russian children starting model training almost as soon as they can walk. But there’s a darker side to the dream. So I’m going to find out just what it takes to make it in the West. Reggie Yates, Extreme Russia s1e3: Teen Model Factory, BBC 2015
The journey from Siberia to super-model is a long one. ibid.
One who has become the most famous and sought-after fashion model worldwide: Twiggy. With her androgynous look, pageboy hairstyle, freshness and spontaneity, Twiggy was the icon figure of this new generation. Twiggy: The Face of the 60s, Sky Arts 2020
The 1950s in Britain is a time of austerity. The country is suffering from the after-effects of six years of war, and London is still scarred by the results of German bombing raids. Basic consumer goods continue to be rationed, and a class-ridden society sees an aristocratic elite lording it over a deprived working class. ibid.
The world’s first international super-model. ibid.
At its peak the Miss World contest had a global audience of 100 million. In 1970 London played host to the contest. In the same year the Women’s Liberation Movement was born in the UK. But sexism wasn’t the only thing on the agenda. It was one night that sparked a revolution. Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam, BBC 2020
‘Always the thing at the back of your mind that a lot of people didn’t like it. I was aware of that. The contest was being left behind by the world.’ ibid. Michael Aspel
‘Post-imperial European-centric view of the world.’ ibid. Peter Hain
Miss World Bomb Sabotage Bid. ibid. Evening Standard 20th November 1970
To be a model was to be part of the most popular influential party around. But there’s the ideal and then there’s the reality. Scouting for Girls: Fashion’s Darkest Secret I, model, Sky Showcase 2022
This industry has protected known sex offenders. ibid.
John Casablancas pushed the industry over the edge with his sexualisation and objectification of kids. ibid.
The Look of the Year contest became a kind of fishing-hole for some of the executives of Elite. ibid. journalist
Casablancas began to have a series of affairs with teenage beauties. ibid.
Gérald Marie of Elite, Paris: According to any number of women a sexual predator. ibid.
Before they know it, that model is accruing thousands of dollars in debt, and agencies are very well known for abusing that and verbally intimidating that model. ibid. former model exec
Little did I realise that that’s how the industry is. ibid. former model
The modelling industry want to buy innocence and then exploit it. And they don’t care about destroying it. Scouting for Girls: Fashion’s Darkest Secret II, victim
I was so alone in a foreign country with no money not knowing what to do. ibid.
The agency was manipulating me. I was being groomed for rape. ibid.
This man tried to rape me. And then he fires me. ibid.
I had already endured a rape. Now I had been sold. ibid.
In 1988 CBS in America took the first very had look at the modelling business. ibid.
My agency was manipulating me. It was human trafficking. Scouting for Girls: Fashion’s Darkest Secret III
Macintyre Undercover: Fashion: BBC 1999. ibid.
A network of agents that were working to supply young women to rich powerful men. ibid. victim
During the course of making this series, it was reported that Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his prison cell. ibid.
Models unite to put sex abuse claims in spotlight: Carré Otis and Carla Bruni want to expose the dark side of an industry now at the centre of rape inquiries. ibid. The Times headline