ugh models can be the worst, especially the ones that succeed.. it's like they're told over and over that they're so awesome and don't have to do anything, just turn up with decent skin and pose, so much that the moment Hollywood offers something, it's like a confirmation that they were too good for fashion and then they go down memory lane, remembering the criticism they ever received and resent it forever. They learn nothing about being accountable for ambition, discipline, humility, that if you feel something compromises your values or sense of worth, you stop it right there and don't wait until you have more money or a "higher" position to get back to them.. that just makes you look like your integrity is attached to that.. self-humiliation.
In other words people like her and Cara just come off as greedy, ungrateful brats, it's okay to be greedy, just be cool about it and don't make everyone else responsible for how far you're willing to go.
Some weeks ago I watched a video of Joy Womack at the Bolshoi.. talk about a crazy degree ambition, not that much responsibility but so humble and incredibly disciplined (
link if anyone's interested).. maybe models resent the fact that like Abbey says "
fashion is a creative outlet for everyone except models", but they also get the money most creative young people that sacrifice a lot could only dream of in order to achieve big heights, and certainly get to see the world.. if you know anything about money, you know you can save it and use it to do what you really want, just like she did, bet she didn't move to Hollywood with her savings as a teenager back in Australia...
Anyway, there was some criticism the other day about Nicolas Winding Refn (director of her latest film- where she plays a model of course) cause he claimed the type of beauty of the women in the film (blonde, tall and thin) was the only one he cared to display. It's great that Abbey Lee has graduated onto gigs that are
so different from modeling..
your choice !
My feed needs more people like her.
