Trevasia wrote:
HMMM....MAYBE WE'LL CLONE ONE OF THE BRITISH MODELS ON AMERICAN SOIL...WHICH WILL MAKE HER AMERICAN....GIVE HER A LITTLE PLASTIC SURGERY...JUST BECAUSE ITS AMERICA AND SEND HER OUT INTO THE WORLD AS THE NEXT SUPERMODEL...NO??

No , I dont think thats the answer

I think the answer is ..................

You ! 

Seriously - Your tall , beautiful  , photograph well etc

Garry k wrote:
No , I dont think thats the answer

I think the answer is ..................

You ! 

Seriously - Your tall , beautiful  , photograph well etc

Trevasia rocks!!!

Garry k wrote:
Ironic that in a country trying so hard to create the next Supermodel with such shows as Americas Next Top Model - there really are no currently active  top Ammerican Supermodels 

Its really still all about Giselle , Kate , Naomi ( British ) and the rest who are generally Eastern European /Russian , Brasilian , with a few African and even Canadian Models sprinkled in ......

Where did the Americans go ?

So who is to blame for killing off the American Supermodel .... ANTM ?,or maybe its all that obsessive  atttention paid to those actor /celebs like  Paris  et al .........


Or is it a case of the Fashion Industry continually looking for the  different , the foriegn  and exotiic - and not appreciating whats rights under their noses

Techno Images wrote:
well i thinks time for a new era. mixed beauties!! beauties from different ehnic backgrounds theyre mysterious and exotic looking! i see it eveywhere.

True more divesity is in the winds.
FWIW - We use alot of US Girls in Europe.
Import is still hot here and there.


EL

Benedict wrote:
Giselle is from Brazil, not Britain (unless I was misinterpreting).

Supermodels aren't needed as much anymore. There's more actresses as "the face of (whoever)" than models these days.

Right.

Think about the "Golden Days" of Supermodels.  In those days, actresses weren't making the glamorous appearances on the red carpet like they are now... so there was kind of a vacuum that allowed supermodels to thrive.

Michelle Renee K wrote:
Looking at the covers of magazines these days who do we see on the covers?? More often celebs than models. We see Paris, Jennifer, Lindsay, Nicole K., etc., and less and less of the supermodels. These days here in the US we are more likely to see a reality show "star" on the cover of a mag. Even the spreads inside will often feature actresses, and actresses/celebs/media darlings are seen walking the runways during fashion week on occasion.

Is it like that in other countries? I do not really know, since I do not see many of their magazines? Which is probably why American models work more overseas.

Exactly, the American consumer doesn't want to see a model, they want an actress.Supermodels have to be household name and well americans don't want models. They're trying to make selita ebanks into the next american supermodel, from what i read.

N3 Media wrote:

Right.

Think about the "Golden Days" of Supermodels.  In those days, actresses weren't making the glamorous appearances on the red carpet like they are now... so there was kind of a vacuum that allowed supermodels to thrive.

And most of todays actresses are former models ...Halle , Charlise . Rebeca , Uma etc

Electra T wrote:

Exactly, the American consumer doesn't want to see a model, they want an actress.Supermodels have to be household name and well americans don't want models. They're trying to make selita ebanks into the next american supermodel, from what i read.

Then who are all those gals filling up the literally hundreds of pages of Vogue advertising in their Sept issue ....

promakeupondemand wrote:
The era of the "supermodel" died at 11:59 pm on january 1999. That was a moment in time  in the 90s. A frenzy period where fashion was peaked and the supermodels were "icons". Now it is  merely the time of the model.......
There will never be a group of models that captured the attention of the industry as the above mentioned. Now it is difficult to name 5 major models , most are not memorable.Simply beautiful. They dont have the personality of the 1990s models.........

Could be right ......

Garry k wrote:
Ironic that in a country trying so hard to create the next Supermodel with such shows as Americas Next Top Model - there really are no currently active  top Ammerican Supermodels 

Its really still all about Giselle , Kate , Naomi ( British ) and the rest who are generally Eastern European /Russian , Brasilian , with a few African and even Canadian Models sprinkled in ......

Where did the Americans go ?

They have sex with me and then are no longer considered super.

Liora Ellis wrote:
um hi
*waves hand*
im right here

hehehe

Well you are hot , but why did it take you 4 mos to respond to this ..busy shooting schedule?

Garry k wrote:
Where did the Americans go ?

I was actually thinking about this yesterday. I think Tyra was considered a supermodel, and since she quit...there went the last American Supermodel.

Oh well... I happily volunteer to become the next American Supermodel.

Garry k wrote:

Well you are hot , but why did it take you 4 mos to respond to this ..busy shooting schedule?

her first shoot was less than 3 months old. she would be famous someday.

Gina McNeil wrote:

I was actually thinking about this yesterday. I think Tyra was considered a supermodel, and since she quit...there went the last American Supermodel.

Oh well... I happily volunteer to become the next American Supermodel.

let's start a campagin for gina and liora!

Leo Chan wrote:

let's start a campagin for gina and liora!

I agree

W.G. Rowland wrote:
Maybe America just could care less about supermodels? 

Oh wait, that's just me..

No, I agree.  Supermodels don't sell American magazines, actresses and attention whores do.

John Fisher wrote:


Where did the American's go? To school, then to college.

The great truth that no one will say is that this is about economics. American girls now have opportunities that their mothers could only dream about, and this is not true for the girls coming out of Eastern Europe or Brazil. A Ukrainian mom will drive her fifteen year old daughter to the airport and ship her to (Paris, Milam, Miami or New York) without a moments hesitation. When average incomes are $100 a month, why not?

In American no one would tell a fourteen, fifteen, sixteen year old girl to drop out of school and chase the circus, in Brazil this looks like an excellent plan. Do a little research on how old Gisele, Adriana, Laetitia, Kate, Karolina and Gema were when they got started and you begin to realize why we're not going to see (many) big girls from the states again. Not a bad thing, probably a good thing, but definitely a true thing.

We had a beautiful girl come down to Miami and get started at age 18. We all thought she had a shot at being the next big American girl. She had a good start, but at that age she had personal relationships that ultimately trumped her experience in the business and the lights went out. If you can't get 'um started young, the chances they will stay long enough to become the next big thing are pretty small.

Well, you asked.

John
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Miami Beach, Florida  33139
305 534-9322
http://www.johnfisher.com

Great insight. Girls from Europe and Latin America do have less drama following them and are more determined.

Leo Chan wrote:

Great insight. Girls from Europe and Latin America do have less drama following them and are more determined.

I agree with John Fisher but I think that Leo is missing the mark here.  American girls might be just as determined, just in other areas, like school, having meaningful relationships, etc.  Why should someone with great prospects for a career that will last a lifetime and be secure, throw themselves (or be thrown be their families) into modeling full time at 16?  American women have more opportunities than almost any other group of women in the world, we value ourselves so we're less likely to take big risks.  I don't think that has anything to do with "drama" or "determination".

Sarah Ellis wrote:

I agree with John Fisher but I think that Leo is missing the mark here.  American girls might be just as determined, just in other areas, like school, having meaningful relationships, etc.  Why should someone with great prospects for a career that will last a lifetime and be secure, throw themselves (or be thrown be their families) into modeling full time at 16?  American women have more opportunities than almost any other group of women in the world, we value ourselves so we're less likely to take big risks.  I don't think that has anything to do with "drama" or "determination".

Well said.