Leila Goldkuhl

[happytrail]

I don't think Tyra needs to eat anything, Leila most likely would not be where she is now had it not been for ANTM.

more like, eat that laura james and kristin kagay.

 

[lanvinray]

I don't think Tyra needs to eat anything, Leila most likely would not be where she is now had it not been for ANTM.

No Leila worked really hard post-ANTM ink:

 

[|PerfectTonight|]

Completely agree, Tyra rather ruined her career. Leia could have made it without the show.

 

[Runabout]

I don't think Tyra needs to eat anything, Leila most likely would not be where she is now had it not been for ANTM.


Glad to see all of her success coming to fruition !

Not to mention that she's the first girl from ANTM to score an exclusive. Do not forget that ANTM hasn't been on the equal footing of the girls from the foreign versions which have so many success.

 

[Peggy Lemming]

LOVE her! She really does not know how to take a bad shot.

 

[_incognito]

Completely agree, Tyra rather ruined her career. Leia could have made it without the show.

That's impossible to say Leila's career wasn't going anywhere before the show and her being on ANTM got her signed by Next in the first place, which allowed her to gain a lot of experience domestically. That's not to discredit Leila and the hard work she's put it, but even she has said that ANTM was a major platform for her.

Anyway, the ANTM curse seems to be lifting. Hopefully Britt Kline pursues modelling full time once her schooling is done

 

[simon]

How to really find the world's next top model

By Lianne Turner and Allyssia Alleyne, CNN
Updated 1715 GMT (0015 HKT) September 25, 2015

(CNN)If you've ever flipped through at a fashion magazine, say, or perhaps looked up at a perfume billboard, you'll recognize one of Riccardo Tisci's girls. Over the last decade, the Givenchy creative director has personally discovered and, in the eyes of many, anointed some of the industry's top models.

His seal of approval has seen virtual unknowns catapulted to lucrative endorsement deals, prestigious advertising campaigns and regular appearances in the pages of every edition of Vogue.

"I am very well known in the fashion business because I discovered so many of them who became stars, like Joan Smalls, Saskia [de Brauw], Lara Stone, Natasha Poly," Tisci says. "Each year, everyone is waiting [for] the girls of Givenchy like 'which one is the next girl?'"

The process usually goes something like this: Tisci sees a model at a casting or in photos. He books her as a catwalk exclusive, making her off limits to other fashion houses. At the end of the season, the girl finds herself with more runway and campaign offers than she can reasonably handle. Rinse, repeat.

Or maybe it's not so simple. Tisci can easily see up to 1500 models a year, so there's a lot of digging required to find the diamonds.

"I am [thinking] about personality because these days you do castings and meet so many beautiful girls, and sometimes they are not making it because they don't have the character or the strength to become an icon or a top model."

Here, Tisci breaks down how he discovered his favorite girls.

Leela Goldkuhl - The Next Big Thing

Notables: Givenchy exclusive for Spring/Summer 2016

First Givenchy experience: (see above)

Tisci's take: "You know when a girl she is going to become an icon. They have this way. They have this attitude, they have this way, their eyes ... She was an American girl. She didn't know who I was or probably what was Givenchy ... She came inside and had these big eyes like Bambi and these perfectly designed lips, white skin, tall, perfection of a body, and a fragility about her ... I put her in exclusivity. She is going to do the Givenchy campaign and I promise you she is going to be the next big American star for sure."

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/25/fashion/how-to-discover-the-next-top-model/index.html

 

[Style Savvy]

Wow! Congrats Leela! I'm glad Riccardo liked her so much.

 

[simon]

I'm very happy for her!

That's a legit news for S/S 16 Campaign right? Can someone start a thread already for the discussions?

 

[nzkiwiboy]

That's such great news!!

 

[mariemaud]

cool!

 

[Shiru]

next American supermodel please

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Completely agree, Tyra rather ruined her career. Leia could have made it without the show.

How did she ruin it? Her career has only gone up since the show, the Asian work she did was like agency development.

 

[happytrail]

that is such wonderful news! can't wait!!

 

[|PerfectTonight|]

Happy to hear the news. Riccardo is right, her looks only made it possible. The fact that she is photogenic and knows how to work the camera is a huge plus.

 

[lanvinray]

Can't wait to see her Givenchy Ad

 

[guimon]

From mdc insta
https://www.instagram.com/p/-MvAGJuF1i/

Article about her on Vogue US website
http://www.vogue.com/13374712/leela-goldkuhl-top-model-alum-givenchy/

New digitals from NEXT NY

 

[tapenerd]

Ohh I love her hair so much! She looks great!

 

[Runabout]

Love this one! <3

 

[Nepenthes]

Amazing polas! Can't wait to see her in the Givenchy campaign and I'm glad Riccardo likes her so much!