Joan Smalls

[Nani]

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[valliaddict]

OMFG I just found out these are Pop covers!!! Both of them look amazing!!! Our girl is absolutely killing the game!!!

 

[Trends]

I love her second look outfit at Anna Sui, especially the pattern nylons. I also love both of her looks at Vera Wang.

 

[valliaddict]

Holy sh!t!!!!! Look at this: http://www.todaysthv.com/news/watercooler/196373/70/A-day-in-the-life-of-a-supermodel

 

[|BellaDonna|]

awwww really great^

 

[Rotex]

wow @ the interview. this girl has more or less made it.
and a million dollars a year for the estee lauder contract? freaking hell!

 

[Gabilan6]

I almost died with that video!!!!. She's being recognized by so many important people who work in the media. And that will definitely make her a icon. I'm sure that if her decide to quit in modeling today, she leave at least a great footprint. But forget about the quit, this girl is on firee and I just want to see more of her each day

 

[tarsha]

PURPLE FASHION #17 S/S 2012

Best of The Season
Photographed by Terry Richardson
Styled by Carine Roitfeld



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[alonsoJonathan]

so happy she is making the big $$$.well deserved

i was wondering why she was walking so many minor shows in NY. (cus she is a top model,which many dont bother to show in NY,maybe 5 shows max)but i guess who ever is managing her or Joan her self really want to do everything n is good for her career.

ohh n also good for her getting the PoP cover

 

[valliaddict]

so happy she is making the big $$$.well deserved

i was wondering why she was walking so many minor shows in NY. (cus she is a top model,which many dont bother to show in NY,maybe 5 shows max)but i guess who ever is managing her or Joan her self really want to do everything n is good for her career.

ohh n also good for her getting the PoP cover

She is still a fairly new model. It is only her 5th season. Girls like Natasha, Anja & Freja were walking every show during the beginning of their careers. I'm sure Joan will be more selective in a year or two.

BTW, did you hear on the video when the reporter said Joan had a MULTI-MILLION dollar contract with EL!?!? IMG was not playing when they signed that contract.

 

[nirvanana]

Indescribably proud of Joan.

 

[LADCchick]

Yeah, I just saw it on CNN during my lunch break. I was like, wow, they're covering a model on CNN.

 

[Gabilan6]

Joan and all the other girls seems to be relaxed and having fun in Ana Sui show.
Btw she was in the first group that appear on the stage

 

[fer19dog]

Very inspiring interview!!

 

[nrllaless]

She opened and closed Bill Blass.


Bill Blass F/W 2012 - New York



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[nrllaless]

Ralph Lauren F/W 2012 - New York - Backstage



Ralph Lauren F/W 2012 - New York



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[fashionlover2001]

Cnn

Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls breaks
down color barriers, one runway at a time
By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN

(CNN) -- Joan Smalls was 19 years old when she left her family's home in the countryside of northern Puerto Rico to pursue dreams of walking the runway.

In just four busy years, she has risen from department store catalog model to the ranks of fashion's most-sought-after models, walking for the likes of Jason Wu, Donna Karan and Tory Burch at New York's 2012 Fall Fashion Week.

Along the way, she has broken barriers by becoming the first Latina face of Estee Lauder's global marketing campaigns in 2011. She has done runway shows in New York, London, Milan, and Paris and graced the pages of British, French, Spanish and U.S. versions of Vogue several times over.

"Joan is a modern beauty with elegance, style and confidence," said Aerin Lauder, former senior vice president, and current style and image director, of Estee Lauder. "She is the perfect addition to Estee Lauder's global faces."
Not bad for someone who used to wear combat boots to casting calls so she could make the trek from Queens to Manhattan.

"I had to take a bus to then take the subway to then go in the city, so I wanted to be as comfortable as possible," she said. "I think that had a lot to do with it, and especially at the beginning, having to go to 10, 15 castings a day, you want to be as comfortable as possible."

She began wearing heels full-time when she switched agencies in 2009 and began working with IMG's Kyle Hager. Within a year, she landed her breakthrough gig in high fashion as the exclusive model for Ricardo Tischi's Givenchy 2010 Couture Show in January 2010.

"When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, this is gonna be the moment that's gonna change everything. Everybody is gonna see me a different way," she said. "I thank Kyle every day because he made such a big difference in my career and in my life."

She's come a long way before her 23rd birthday, and there's more on the horizon: She's the face of the spring/summer 2012 campaigns for Chanel, Lacoste and Calvin Klein Jeans, and work keeps coming in. Amid the glitz and glamour, she counts among her greatest achievements helping change perceptions of beauty in fashion and modeling.

"I just want to continue to break barriers and to show the industry and the world that beauty is diverse, and you don't have to be a certain stereotype to be beautiful," she said. "When you look at the world, the world isn't just one palette. It's a beautiful rainbow, and why not have someone to represent that rainbow?"​

www.cnn.com

 

[Gaultier_Bandit]

Sooo glad for Joan Killin Em'

NYFW F/W 2012: 19

Alexander Wang
Altuzarra
Anna Sui
Bill Blass (0)(C)
Carolina Herrera
Derek Lam
Diane Von Furstenburg
Donna Karan
Jason Wu
Marc Jacobs
Oscar De La Renta
Prabal Gurung
Proenza Schouler
Rag & Bone
Ralph Lauren
Tommy Hilfiger
Tory Burch (C)
Vera Wang
Victoria Beckham

 

[fashionlover2001]

^Could of been 20 shows. Amazing NY season.

Joan Smalls @JoanSmalls1 Close
@MichaelKors wish I could have been part of your show, #missing you. Here @EsteeLauder with the lovely girls @constancejab and @ModelLiuWen.

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[happytrail]

love the pics with lara...two of my favorite girls!!

hope to see her on the forbes list this year!! and does anyone have a scan of her pop cover?