Yasmeen Ghauri

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i haven't read that about yasmeen, i think the one leg longer is the secret to marilyn monroe's wiggle. i saw an interview with karl lagerfeld in the early 90s where he said that she invented a new way to walk on the runway.

i think the secret to yasmeen's walk is that she is double jointed making her able to swing her hips wider than usual also she does a funny thing with her back foot she twists it. its subtle and no one does this in real life cause it isn't natural and throws you off balance but she can control it and by doing this she exaggerates the hip swing. you can clearly see the effect if you watch MissIvana vid at 1:07 but this is yasmeen's toned down walk. her origianal walk which can be seen in the spring/summer and autumn/winter 1991 shows. most of the video is her toned down walk. but you can see the original walk at 3:03. its like a dance move more than a walk the swaying from side to side and swinging its like a belly dancing move.

 

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you can see it here too unusual way of standing, it natural for her

 

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no comment eh ok get ready to comment i have a run of 4 great pictures coming up. and the theme is versace let us begin....

 

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the sculpture, image from the versace catalog. yasmeen wore this same outfit at the cowgirls meets bondage meets gladiator versace A/W 1992 show

watch highlights from the show here. thanks to Joseph26mx for this stunning video every model looked spectacular!!

 

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a rare cover, images from this show are rare. the dresses were just amazing

 

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christy hug yasmeen and naomi hold christy's hand. poor stephanie she gets no love

source: ebay & HerfamedGoodlooks

 

[Joseph26]

Yasmeen is my most fav model! She has the best body CURVY CURVY
I heard that the little wiggle she does when she walked on the runway was because one of her legs was a bit longer than the other, I don't know if this is true though.

welcome to the forum, have fun I didn't know that story.

 

[tyga_baby]

Thanks! lol ya i'm new this is my 2nd post... normally i just lurk around! It figures my first post would be about Yasmeen, I'm totally intrigued by her, shes amazing!

 

[raymond]

she's the best

thanks

 

[MissIvana]

Yasmeen on catwalk from Italian ModaIn (1993) and Croatian MIla (1995). My scann.

 

[MissIvana]

If anyone's interested - I have uploaded my Yasmeen tribute video in better resolution. You can downloaded from this link.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OMN6ZWMP

 

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If anyone's interested - I have uploaded my Yasmeen tribute video in better resolution. You can downloaded from this link.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OMN6ZWMP

Ah Thank U

 

[MissIvana]

Ah Thank U

You're welcome! There will be another tribute, but this time for Helena. On youtube in lower and on megaupload in higher resolution.

 

[funkalicious]

Yasmee is a true exotic and sexy beauty while still remaining fashion! I just wish there's a model right now who has a look similar to her and exudes a similar aura. I think the closest would have been Ujjwala and even she had been out of work for a few years already.

 

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Source:ebay.

 

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ebay continued.

 

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thanks for the HQ video MissIvana i love your videos its good to see helena and karen too!! i always think of helena, yasmeen and karen as a trio. they came along at the same time rose up and hit supermodel status in 1991 joining the girls that satrted in the mid 80s ie linda, christy, naomi, cindy, tatiana and stephanie. the group widened thanks to gianni

Yasmeen is a true exotic and sexy beauty while still remaining fashion! I just wish there's a model right now who has a look similar to her and exudes a similar aura. I think the closest would have been Ujjwala and even she had been out of work for a few years already.

its so difficult to get an exotic non white non black girl to emerge and make it big. she needs to be distinctive looking to truly stand out, more than likely it will be a mixed race (asian and other like yas) tanned girl. she will need distinctive beauty and personality/charisma (which can be seen in the best catwalkers on the runway). but also timing which is beyond a models control. fashion is always changing and looking forward so maybe an exotic tanned look will come back again. who knows

part of yasmeen's success is down to her unusual genetic make up you don't find many half pakistani and half german girls like her. she is unusual and interesting to look at. she is this global being you have the european, asian and canadian side to her. the west & east dynamic and how sometimes the western side can dominate in her pictures and at other times the eastern.

all models of colour even mixed race models are finding it tough the paramiters of beauty have narrowed in this decade. it was still tough in the early 90s for an ethnic girl cause mixed parentage girls were popular. you had yasmeen, helena, christy, cindy what her parentage? where does he get her exotic looks from?) linda (italian father is that right?) nadege, naomi, claudia mason & brandi

depending on how "ethnic" you look you can find it hard to get campaigns plus covers is even harder especially if you want to appeal to a western audience. some of the industry think like this when it comes to the western market....."why have an exotic looking girl in a campaign when she could alienate some of the white consumers who can't identify or relate to her?" so by getting a white model for a campaign you don't have that issue. its the safe option.

yasmeen never got a solo US vogue cover (too exotic too risky?) in fact its so strange just thinking back even helena didn't why? was she also too exotic? i can't believe it, helena should have got a solo US Vogue cover easily. having said that both yasmeen and helena were embraced by US vogue and had name checks (a sign that you have hit supermodel status).

yasmeen was a "fashion supermodel" but she wasn't really a "media supermodel". there is a slight difference. her profile in the media was low only because she didn't date a rock star, date an actor, appear in a music video or film, sing, write a book, do a workout tape, do presenting, turn her status into a business/product.

for example i don't consider elle macpherson a fashion supermodel i haven't seen many layouts, runway or high profile campaigns with her, she wasn't embraced by designers and by vogue italia the way linda, christy, naomi, helena, yasmeen and karen were. what elle did was become a media supermodel doing interviews, work out tapes, acting etc in order to raise her status and get fashion work/covers. even heidi klum does she have a large and credible body of work in fashion? she is another media supermodel
omgz i wrote TOO MUCH!!