Ford Supermodel of the World 2009

[House of Models]

Carolina Thaler is amazing!!
So gorgeus!

 

[ateguy]

The whole point of the competition still eludes me too Charlotte. 10 days after Ford picked the winner and her court, there is still no formal announcement or introduction to the press. And then when the showcards do show up, only one girl from the top 10 made it in. What happened to the top 5? Ring....ring...ring...."Hello Katie and Eileen? Wakey-wakey!!"

indeed!

 

[fritmayo]

The whole point of the competition still eludes me too Charlotte. 10 days after Ford picked the winner and her court, there is still no formal announcement or introduction to the press. And then when the showcards do show up, only one girl from the top 10 made it in. What happened to the top 5? Ring....ring...ring...."Hello Katie and Eileen? Wakey-wakey!!"

indeed!

These contest have always been more marketing/corporate events than anything else. This is not new, statistically, Elite, Ford or whatever, the number of top 3 girls who made it big is not higher than the number of not well ranked girls who made it big.

The winners are usually choosed more by "politic" reasons than anything else. in some countries, some agencies use a lot these contest at national level to promote their scouting, so a girl from a mother agency "close" to ford has always much more chance to do well, than a girl coming from an agency not really very close partner and this is just a small exemple of how it really works...
in Ford, nobody realy cares who wins, they perfectly know all the contestant well before the selections,most of them are not really new faces, some are even often with some good book already developed in sub market like asia, greece, turkey...
some finalist have already Ford contract before the final, if the girl who wins has no contract in pocket before, she can forget to do anything with Ford.
I can for exemple tell you that the Lithuanian finalist did not win anything, but she already know she goes to NY next summer with Ford, and she know it since well before the contest...

 

[fashion_in_love]

Ford’s Supermodel of the Year contest has launched many of memorable faces - Chanel Iman, Camilla Finn and Hyoni Kang all participated in the fabled contest and this year’s winner is no exception to the rule. Brazilian born Tayane Leao is a showstopper. The 14 year old girl from Pará is blessed with delicate features and an effortless beauty. She’s sure to go on to great things.

models.com

 

[Letitia]

Romanian contestant: Catalina
15 years old 1,77m 83/59/90







http://stirileprotv.ro/video/o-romanca-printre-cele-mai-frumoase-tinere-modele-ale-lumii/60232793

(mramodels.ro)

 

[neelie]

Shelby Rocked Fashion Week!!

During the show I constantly told my friends I want that, oh that piece is amazing, and occasionally wished for a second I was a 5’11, fifteen year old girl so I could rock some of the looks. Let me tell you my friends that if I had legs for miles…oh the trouble I would get into. Instead I will enjoy my masculinity and 5’8 frame, but in my next life I want to come back as Ford’s Shelby Furber who might I say knows how to stomp it to the death- the catwalk that is.
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[neelie]

Noticed Shelby Furber(correct name) not Farber of Canada on the FORD NewYork site!

 

[damn_sexy_nerd]

I think the semi-finalist australian girl's name was Stacey Grant... but she was already with ford in new york before the contest as well...
man this whole thing is so put on!

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Has anyone seen the kenyan contestant? she had a really stunning look i hope she makes it big

 

[InFamous]

Someone knows who represent Spain? I heard Alicia Medina but... it´s true?

 

[lanvinray]

Winner- Tayane @ 0:39, 1st runner up- Alisa @ 0:40 and 2nd runner up- Rachelle @ 1:20

 

[sockeater]

If anyone was still interested, finally came across the Ford Flickr stream T_T
Tons of photos up of the event.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=montenegro&w=34874809@N02#page=0

 

[lanvinray]

^ I saw that too..can't believe they have loads of pics there

 

[lanvinray]

This was so last year...oh well, better late than never

Ford Models Supermodel of the World 2009 Top 12

From L-R:
Venezeuela- Rachelle Garzon
USA- Clara Buchanan
Norway- Johanna Friis
Australia- Stacey Grant
Brazil- Tayane Leão
Canada- Shelby Furber
Lithuania- Gabrielle Doveikaite
Israel- Alisa Gourari
Poland- Magdalena Fiolka
Philippines- Gisselle Paqueo
Russia- Julia Pyankova
Serbia- Anastasija Ruzdic

supermodelsoflithuania.com

 

[sockeater]

So's this.

http://www.ftv.com/fashion/page.php?P=3474&id=108015
Video of the finalé.

 

[lanvinray]

There were at least 40 girls in this competition..more countries competed like Bahamas, Ecuador, Hungary, India, Israel, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia & South Africa..this year, they only have 36 models

supermodel.se

 

[lanvinray]

Ford Models Supermodel of the World 2009 Top 5

(L-R) Shelby/Canada (4th), Julia/Russia (5th), Tayane/Brazil( winner), Alisa/Israel (2nd) & Rachel/Venezuela (3rd)

flickr.com/photos/fordmodels