Comments on: “Chicks Love Rejection” with Chicks & Giggles http://newyorkette.com/2006/08/21/chicks-love-rejection-with-chicks-giggles/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NYkette http://newyorkette.com/2006/08/21/chicks-love-rejection-with-chicks-giggles/comment-page-1/#comment-713 NYkette Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:23:33 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=366#comment-713 Ah, yes, you're totally right. But the irony of my success as a model was that I was picked up as part of a new trend in which "not pretty" was the new "pretty." There was even an agency created at the time called, "Ugly People." So even as a model, editors and photographers were not shooting me as if I were beautiful, but as if I were some kind of quirky, interesting oddity. That was what I didn't realize at first, and when I did, I was supremely insulted! :) I took it personally, but it's true that this movement, in the late 80's made it easier for a lot of "not pretty" girls to also finally be appreciated. Now everyone's pretty! And is that a bad thing? I think I, and others from my model generation, saved quite a few girls from going through what we went through! So it was worth it! Ah, yes, you’re totally right. But the irony of my success as a model was that I was picked up as part of a new trend in which “not pretty” was the new “pretty.” There was even an agency created at the time called, “Ugly People.” So even as a model, editors and photographers were not shooting me as if I were beautiful, but as if I were some kind of quirky, interesting oddity. That was what I didn’t realize at first, and when I did, I was supremely insulted! :)

I took it personally, but it’s true that this movement, in the late 80’s made it easier for a lot of “not pretty” girls to also finally be appreciated. Now everyone’s pretty! And is that a bad thing? I think I, and others from my model generation, saved quite a few girls from going through what we went through! So it was worth it!

]]> By: Maria http://newyorkette.com/2006/08/21/chicks-love-rejection-with-chicks-giggles/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Maria Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:45:09 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=366#comment-712 So you were kategorised as "ugly" just because you didn't look like Barbie? Kate Moss has about the same height as you (and me - as I'm 1,71m) and for her it didn't seem to have been much of a problem. And I don't find her particularly beautiful, really. To me it seems (and some photographers I know have agreed on that) that your main problem as a model was that you have brains. And "you are ugly" to me as a total outsider basically appears to be the stereotype answer you give to a model when you don't want it or what you want to keep her self conscience down. Just think of what happened to me in academia here and there. Plus: I really often heard that models were made fun of by their peers before they became successful. They were different - too thin, too tall, too whatever, they didn't fit in so they were bullied against. So you were kategorised as “ugly” just because you didn’t look like Barbie?

Kate Moss has about the same height as you (and me – as I’m 1,71m) and for her it didn’t seem to have been much of a problem. And I don’t find her particularly beautiful, really.

To me it seems (and some photographers I know have agreed on that) that your main problem as a model was that you have brains. And “you are ugly” to me as a total outsider basically appears to be the stereotype answer you give to a model when you don’t want it or what you want to keep her self conscience down. Just think of what happened to me in academia here and there.

Plus: I really often heard that models were made fun of by their peers before they became successful. They were different – too thin, too tall, too whatever, they didn’t fit in so they were bullied against.

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