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Posted by Cicada: Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: hahahaha You feel me on that one? I used to be in a car club back in 94-98. We used to have models all over our cars. They were 18 back then. Now they expose thier goodies all over the place. May 30 05 04:39 pm Link Posted by DreamPretty©: Posted by Tina Lee: But generally the models wear bikinis right? I mean, is their any other acceptable dress code? I'm just wondering, because I've noticed a similarity between ring-girls and import models. Basically, hot chicks in skimpy bikinis. Not too much complexity there. Hey, sounds like a fun way to make a few bucks and get some exposure. I'm up for it! Oops, I need a tan first though. Hi Dream! That is some what true, but models in the Import scene also wear other clothes too beside bikinis. Actually at the shows like HIN's for example, the models are dressed in short skirts, tight tops, etc ... that show off their bodys, but not often in bikinis. Although for many of the magazine spreads they are in bikinis. May 30 05 04:44 pm Link Posted by Patrick Walberg: They wear short skirts, booty shorts or low cut jeans and pull thier thongs all the way up because they like the feeling of wedgies. May 30 05 04:48 pm Link woo...this threads getting crazy... poor girl is getting slaughtered hahaha... give the girl some credit for trying? hell im in the import scene...im basically a living breathing hood ornament...do i mind? not particularly. i see it as fun...import modeling isnt promoting the company/crew your with its promoting yourself...what import model can honestly say that they model for someone because they want to make THEM look good...i suppose its a win-win situation...companies get to look good for having hot girls...hot girls get a place to sell shit and meet and greet. you goto shows...win the crowd over...and make the money. and sometimes you get naked...however nikki cash never got naked...not that i know of anyway...same with lianne lin...im too lazy to think right now...ANYWAY... i agree import modeling isnt terribly respectable as opposed to other types of modeling but it gives you a chance to socialize...gain a fan base...SCHMOOZE!! its fun...and thats what modeling should be...have fun rather than look like a limp lifeless cucumber in all of your pictures... to the age thing...16 is young but if you find a crew willing to take you more power to you...but a lot of photographers wont shoot you...i say just take a disposable grab a friend and have some fun hahaha...or yknow...fake id? haha... May 30 05 04:54 pm Link Posted by Tina Lee: Posted by DJ Foothill: Posted by XtremeArtists ®: You know I got that the second time around. But she still doesn't know that "Import Modeling" At car shows is still PROMOTIONAL modeling. Or that Francine Dee is like the Grandmother of "Import" modeling. oh, i love sarcasm. you all are too cute. and yes, i do know its all basically promo work. Tina, these guys on here have sharp and wicked senses of humor! You want to see what can happen ... the war, umm excuse me, the thread on if "internet models are a joke?" got locked up! Honestly, I hope this one does not get personal either. I think that Joey of VM has the most wicked sense of humor of all! LOL May 30 05 04:57 pm Link finallyy, someone who gets it! haha.. kimloan doesnt pose nude either. neither does allaya lee or alexia lei. hey i noticed youre from san jo. i lived there like all my life till last summer. ill be there in a few weeks though. anyways, whoa i hella recognize you. youre komodo's friend, yeah? im shooting his cd cover next weekend i understand youre doing one too? sickkk and yeah, were friends and so ill probably see you at a club or something.. cuz i DO have a fake id, and komodo plans on takin me out. haha. what a small world, eh? May 30 05 04:59 pm Link seriously, why post in here if you have nothing to contribute to the topic except what you think of it, when you are clueless. i started this thread to meet fellow car enthusiasts and photographers involved in my line of work. how bout everyone else hush. May 30 05 05:03 pm Link hahaha holy fuck dude [the stoner in me is revealed]...small world... hey lets go clubbing ;3...i wanna meet this saucy lil firecracker. am i doing a cd cover? prolly...that crackhead never tells me anything but calls me at random hours of the night cause he's BORED...ANYWAY...honestly if you wanna do a shoot ill shoot you...just dont take off any of your clothes please haha...lemme know hun. May 30 05 05:05 pm Link Posted by jaelee: You know it! Earlier I mentioned shooting with a model who came up in the Import scene and that she was doing those same cheesy poses for me and it made me laugh! LOL May 30 05 05:07 pm Link Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: Posted by Cicada: Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: hahahaha You feel me on that one? I used to be in a car club back in 94-98. We used to have models all over our cars. They were 18 back then. Now they expose thier goodies all over the place. it just seems to be the natual progression... May 30 05 05:08 pm Link Posted by jaelee: True true, but she never made it big time like the models who did get naked. same with lianne lin Who's that? i agree import modeling isnt terribly respectable as opposed to other types of modeling but it gives you a chance to socialize...gain a fan base...SCHMOOZE!! its fun...and thats what modeling should be You got that right. It's all about fun. If you have fun in what you're doing, who cares what everyone else thinks. [the stoner in me is revealed] May 30 05 05:09 pm Link Posted by Tina Lee: But they aren't making any money! sickkk and yeah, were friends and so ill probably see you at a club or something.. cuz i DO have a fake id, and komodo plans on takin me out. haha. what a small world, eh? Great, teenie bopper talk. May 30 05 05:11 pm Link Posted by Cicada: It's true, the import scense did make them big. No joke! what made them big are the teen and preteen boys with their raging hormones who _happen_ to be into the whole import 'culture' not so much for the cars, but for the girls [who, by the way are beautiful and sometimes sweet, though some give off that 'trashy' vibe]. Hells yes!! May 30 05 05:14 pm Link Posted by jaelee: ahha thats tony for you. whenever my phone rings at 3am i KNOW my screen is about to say komodo. and yeah a shoot would be fUN!! we'll stay in touch till im in sj ill be there from june 30-july 6. nice meeting you! May 30 05 05:15 pm Link Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: Kaila Yu? rofl. May 30 05 05:16 pm Link Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: Posted by Tina Lee: But they aren't making any money! Great, teenie bopper talk. its your life mission to have something to say to EVERYTHING i say. you literally sit there and update after my every last word. i have reason, cuz hello, this is my thread. how tight do you feel arguing over the internet with a "teenie bopper". you can stop anytime now May 30 05 05:17 pm Link Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: May 30 05 05:18 pm Link im not a teeny bopper goddammit...nineteen...but i can assure you i am no teeny bopper ;3 yknow i agree that some import models are a bit limp in front of the camera...but i swear to god ill set your camera on fire hahaha... man how you gonna tell me nikki cash wasnt big...the girl was blown the hell up a couple years ago...then again she kinda trailed off...the import scene is fickle...always will be because the slobbering crowds will always be feening for something fresh...something new...something with bigger tits. but i can imagine it being a damn good couple of years. May 30 05 05:22 pm Link Posted by * Visual Mindscapes *: Posted by Tina Lee: But they aren't making any money! Great, teenie bopper talk. Yep! LOL May 30 05 05:22 pm Link ok you want teeny bopper talk?? so i was at this party last night...and dude my friend was not feelin so well...a lil too much green and alkie...so he walks over a couple feet to the left and pukes...making THE most horrid sounds ive ever heard... and he comes back all smiley....we see our friend's dog walk by...head STRAIGHT towards the vomit...and start....eating...it... HAH...we didnt tell our friend til this morning... teehee May 30 05 05:26 pm Link Posted by jaelee: Saw your pictures! It is NO lie! You could set a camera on fire no problem! May 30 05 05:28 pm Link Posted by jaelee: That is sick and disgusting! Damn! and here I just said you could set my camera on fire? Well if we were ever to hook up and shoot, don't go telling me stories like that or I wont be feeling it ... LOL May 30 05 05:32 pm Link no man you can roll in it all you want just dont let your dogs near it... May 30 05 05:36 pm Link Posted by jaelee: That is _exactly_ it. May 30 05 05:41 pm Link Posted by Tina Lee: As I said, what do I know. I've only put one together. And the reliant center, LA Convention center are nice parks. Posted by Patrick Walberg: Patrick, ask her to hit me up. I'll tell her what I know about marketing her site and see if she does it that she can't bulk up her money. There is no reason that girl isn't doing as well as she would like to with her site. Posted by jaelee: I have a halon fire supression system on my camera so bring it on! LOL And if that don't work the insurance will cover it. =o) May 30 05 06:09 pm Link *blank stare* May 30 05 06:18 pm Link OK, not going to read this thread past the first post so take this for what it's worth. I tlove how this whole "Import Modeling Scene" has come about as if it's a completely seperate type of modeling from anything else. Why is it anythine different from being a model at any other car show or boat show or hell plumbing supply show. It's all Trade show modeling and it's been around for a long time. If a model thinks she's is special by throwing in the phrase "I'm an Import Model" I'm not impressed and that same girl can make the same money modeling for the anti plumbers crack booth at the local plumbing show. OK just my 2 cents worth May 30 05 06:45 pm Link its not just about what you have to do as work. i personally LOVE modeling car shows because im also into cars. ill say it again, this thread isnt for haters. just for people trying to meet other people involved in the scene. so stfu, thanks May 30 05 06:50 pm Link wow..the maturity level on all sides has definatly gone up Does anyone know about the import scene in philly? How would i get into it out here? Aprille May 30 05 06:53 pm Link Posted by Tina Lee: If this comment is pointed at my comments then I would love to point out that I have not said anything of hatred in my post I just pointed out that the term "Import Model" is really a trade show model. If you like that style of trade show modeling then good for you. But Modeling for a Import car show is nothing more important or special then modeling for the American car shows or Bike shows or the Maytag dishwasher show. May 30 05 07:07 pm Link Posted by Aprille: www.hotimportnights.com May 30 05 07:11 pm Link Posted by Robb Radford: There are some differences between promotion of cars vs. say a Maytag appliance show. You find publications devoted to cars from way back. Cars always have a following while washing machines are just not that sexy! So while doing a trade show for Homes and Gardens may have sexy female model bouncing around the spin cycles of the latest washing machines ... there is a lot more money in promotion of cars! Also the models get involved in being photographed for these car magazines while signing and selling their images at the events. There is a difference! May 30 05 07:25 pm Link Posted by jaelee: I wasn't talking to you! know i agree that some import models are a bit limp in front of the camera...but i swear to god ill set your camera on fire hahaha Fo sho! how you gonna tell me nikki cash wasnt big...the girl was blown the hell up a couple years ago...then again she kinda trailed off She was big, in the import scene that is. the import scene is fickle...always will be because the slobbering crowds will always be feening for something fresh...something new...something with bigger tits. Hells yes!! i can imagine it being a damn good couple of years. The import scene had its time. No body drives rice rockets anymore. Didn't you know? It's all about street bikes now. ok you want teeny bopper talk?? What the heck?! lmao May 30 05 07:27 pm Link Posted by Cicada: I went to her CD release party back in 2001. Oh man, lol. thats another thing. Tila sings now too! though one model i do like [who, i dont think, was ever an import model but more of a glamour/pinup/fetish, but has the import model look] is Masuimi Max. she's gorgeous. Hells yeah she is. She's great!! May 30 05 07:29 pm Link Posted by Patrick Walberg: Sara Brinsfield is limp. May 30 05 07:30 pm Link Alot of import models are feature go-go dancers at clubs. I know that Mia Guzman and Sasha Singleton dance almost every weekend and make pretty good money. Tina will be 17 next month and thats the same age that Christine Mendoza shot for the cover of Import Tuner Magazine. I used a photo from my shoot with Christine as part of my banner at my ModelMayhem page. May 30 05 07:32 pm Link Posted by Patrick Walberg: You missed my point. The point is it doesn't matter the product it's all tradeshow model or Spokesmodel. And as far as getting photographed for magazines and so on the same happens with the other products but the trade mags for those products are lesser known. You also don't here the girls at bike shows going I'm a Biker Model. Though that could be a scary term to use lol. May 30 05 07:33 pm Link Posted by Robb Radford: Posted by Patrick Walberg: You missed my point. The point is it doesn't matter the product it's all tradeshow model or Spokesmodel. And as far as getting photographed for magazines and so on the same happens with the other products but the trade mags for those products are lesser known. You also don't here the girls at bike shows going I'm a Biker Model. Though that could be a scary term to use lol. "I'm a biker girl!" DAMN! OK I get your point! LOL May 30 05 07:46 pm Link Posted by Patrick Walberg: Sorry but they may like the spin cycle lol I shouldn't have gone there with this one lol May 30 05 07:51 pm Link You're saying it's "trashy" and they end up "naked" among all your other put downs of import models and the import scene. And all the Playboy girls you've shot are what? I'm not going to lower myself to your standards and call any models trashy, but they're definitely naked. So I'm not quite sure how you can be standing on a soapbox right now about nudity. And yeah, those playmates sign contracts for 2 or 3 years to PROMOTE playboy i.e. run around half naked - naked at the mansion parties, Howard Stern, etc as promotion models for Playboy. And then, yeah they end up with paysites when the contracts are done. But for another parallel, there's always Budweiser girls ("Budweiser" just being an -insert big alcohol company known for their sexy promo models here- example name) who start out as big promo girls and end up naked. But Playboy and big alcohol promotion models are primarily Caucasian. I think that's the real issue here. And you're all going to jump up and immediately say you're not racist or prejudice. But if that were the case, then explain to me how you can make fun of the import scene but not make fun of the Playboy scene, Maxim scene, Girls Gone Wild scene, etc - the primarily Caucasian promo modeling scenes. May 30 05 07:52 pm Link |