The Many Misconceptions About Models

notmanons · 09-06-2007

What are the many misconceptions about models that your friends/family etc make? Why are they wrong?

Ok, it really bugs me when people are like:
-They all get plastic surgery
etc etc...

Mr-Dale · 09-06-2007

That they are unintelligent...

notmanons · 09-06-2007

I was telling this girl about Natalia Vodianova and how she was scouted selling fruit/veg on the street and my friend has not even seen a picture of her.

sakina · 09-06-2007

unintelligent is the worst, i think.
bitchy
don't work hard/ much.

notmanons · 09-06-2007

don't use their brain, just take pictures

rouge_red · 09-06-2007

not sure a bout all

Irene_A · 09-06-2007

That they have to be extremely gorgeous, people don't understand that designers sometimes prefer someone interesting or charismatic and they don't look for a very perfect face most of the time (hence the "oh, but she's not so pretty" commentaries).

Also that they are something unachievable in terms of looks or that only the hot girl in the class is the one who can aspire to look similar to them, when probably it's the opposite. The only girls I have known who could have modelled where the ones considered too lanky/skinny and not exactly the most popular/supposedly pretty ones.

And of course, that they don't work, they're stupid, they are ignorant....

leblue15 · 09-06-2007

that its so easy to be a model and take pictures, anorexics, ugly or weird, that they have plastic surgery (my mom always says that most of them have nose jobs! haha)

funkalicious · 09-06-2007

Some people also think that models are only selling themselves and being glammed up hos which is really sad and really really untrue in my opinion.

notmanons · 09-06-2007

my mum was looking through vogue paris and she kept saying that lara stone had a boob job....

Rochas · 09-06-2007

how is it fair to call models bitchy and self-absorbed?? ^

SophieKawaii · 09-06-2007

I think sometimes misconceptions are true, but of course we can't generalize.

1. bitchy and stupid ~ yes, i met such girls and i cannot stand them, but at the same time most of the models i met are clever, modest and lovely.

2. modeling job is easy, just standing in front of the camera ~ well.. try to pose and be perfect for half a day or one day long in cold wearing just a little dress and you will change your mind

4. models earn a lot ~ some do, but most models have a lot of outcome while they don't earn that much. not to mention they pay tax + they pay for the agency.. i'm happy when i get 50% of the whole amount..

5. models = b*tches ~ maybe it's only in Hungary, but lot of people think like that. it must be cause whenever i see playboy girls on tv they call them models..

Ksanochka Vanmra · 11-06-2007

It think it can't be said that all are one way or that they aren't at all. I mean, if there are these misconceptions is because of some scandals that have happened in the industry.

It can't be denied that some models are chosen because they are naïve and young, and so they are like that in every aspect. Also, they are teenagers and they are way from home, so they don't have their parents control and can be influenced more easily. I mean, when I was 16, me and 49 of my high school mates went on a trip with the teachers, and of those 50, we were only 5 the ones who didn't smoke, drink. And it was only one week away from home.

style_star · 11-06-2007

So true... all of these are misconceptions that average Americans believe and swear by.

It's amusing when people that don't know anything about modeling (or other things) act as if they do, when in fact they are just buying into these "wonderful" stereotypes.

I can't even mention my interest in models/advances/aspirations in modeling to my friends because the belief of these misconceptions is so deep it is like an alter-truth these days.

ParadEyes · 11-06-2007

that models are dumb. and being interested in models ( like myself ) is very dumb and shallow .. i hear it all the time

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SophieKawaii fashion icon Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kashiwa, Japan/ Budapest, Hungary Gender: femme Posts: 3,377	I think sometimes misconceptions are true, but of course we can't generalize. 1. bitchy and stupid ~ yes, i met such girls and i cannot stand them, but at the same time most of the models i met are clever, modest and lovely. 2. modeling job is easy, just standing in front of the camera ~ well.. try to pose and be perfect for half a day or one day long in cold wearing just a little dress and you will change your mind 4. models earn a lot ~ some do, but most models have a lot of outcome while they don't earn that much. not to mention they pay tax + they pay for the agency.. i'm happy when i get 50% of the whole amount.. 5. models = btches ~ maybe it's only in Hungary, but lot of people think like that. it must be cause whenever i see playboy girls on tv they call them models.. __________________ In the cicada's cry No sign can foretell How soon it must die. my food blog: http://mylittlechef.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Atelier; 11-06-2007 at 10:06 PM.*

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Ksanochka Vanmra backstage pass Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland Gender: femme Posts: 863	It think it can't be said that all are one way or that they aren't at all. I mean, if there are these misconceptions is because of some scandals that have happened in the industry. It can't be denied that some models are chosen because they are naïve and young, and so they are like that in every aspect. Also, they are teenagers and they are way from home, so they don't have their parents control and can be influenced more easily. I mean, when I was 16, me and 49 of my high school mates went on a trip with the teachers, and of those 50, we were only 5 the ones who didn't smoke, drink. And it was only one week away from home. Last edited by Atelier; 11-06-2007 at 10:07 PM.

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style_star tfs star Join Date: Oct 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 1,566	So true... all of these are misconceptions that average Americans believe and swear by. It's amusing when people that don't know anything about modeling (or other things) act as if they do, when in fact they are just buying into these "wonderful" stereotypes. I can't even mention my interest in models/advances/aspirations in modeling to my friends because the belief of these misconceptions is so deep it is like an alter-truth these days. __________________ my beautiful little asylum: http://atimelymystique.blogspot.com/ Last edited by style_star; 11-06-2007 at 03:47 PM.

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sakina backstage pass Join Date: Jun 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 819	unintelligent is the worst, i think. bitchy don't work hard/ much.

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Irene_A trendsetter Join Date: Aug 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 1,120	That they have to be extremely gorgeous, people don't understand that designers sometimes prefer someone interesting or charismatic and they don't look for a very perfect face most of the time (hence the "oh, but she's not so pretty" commentaries). Also that they are something unachievable in terms of looks or that only the hot girl in the class is the one who can aspire to look similar to them, when probably it's the opposite. The only girls I have known who could have modelled where the ones considered too lanky/skinny and not exactly the most popular/supposedly pretty ones. And of course, that they don't work, they're stupid, they are ignorant....

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leblue15 fashion icon Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Costa Rica Gender: femme Posts: 3,025	that its so easy to be a model and take pictures, anorexics, ugly or weird, that they have plastic surgery (my mom always says that most of them have nose jobs! haha)

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funkalicious fashion insider Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Singapore Gender: homme Posts: 2,203	Some people also think that models are only selling themselves and being glammed up hos which is really sad and really really untrue in my opinion. __________________ .AliMichael.AliceGibb.BrunaTenorio.CocoRocha.DaulKim.HyePark.IekelineStange.JourdanDunn. .KarlieKloss.MackenzieHamilton.MeghanCollison.SheilaMarquez.SimonaMcIntyre.SiriTollerød.

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Rochas fashion elite Join Date: May 2007 Gender: femme Posts: 3,022	how is it fair to call models bitchy and self-absorbed?? ^

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ParadEyes Spring of Córdoba Join Date: May 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 3,107	that models are dumb. and being interested in models ( like myself ) is very dumb and shallow .. i hear it all the time __________________ Nostalgia is a seductive liar. Last edited by ParadEyes; 11-06-2007 at 04:07 PM.