i've always been fascinated with high fashion models. the blank canvass that is their faces. the mounds of cheekbones. oh, their eyes that can launch a thousand ship (to wreck!) for they always pierce as if asking anyone who's brave enough to hold a stare to unravel the mysteries they hold. and i won't forget to mention their seemingly abnormal long legs and torso.
in my mind, they're either Brazilian or Scandinavian, or from some town in Eastern Europe that's prolly a home to giants once upon a time. hehe. =) they're beautiful, okay! but not the stereotype beautiful. they're speccially so that to see them beautiful, one should have a gift. (okay, stop right there. i am not an an authority in this field, so don't believe every word i say. just 90% of them. hihi. ;P) a gift to be able to appreciate. because ask a bystander or a CEO and they won't find these girls pretty. know what i mean? here's another one. Kirsten Dunst or Abbey Lee? Eva Mendez or Chanel Iman? Vanessa Williams or Linda Evangelista? do a survey and i'm sure the formers beat the latters.
this is actually not the case ever since. back in the time of Cindy Crawford, a model's got to be perfect from hair to toenails. but nowadays, the range has been widened already. perfect is out! you gotta stand out. that's it. even if you're as black as midnight, or have a naughty ink on the belly, donning a pixie cut, or as 'pango' and 'singkit' as Asians, if you can walk THE walk, you're supermodel honey. (well of course, it's still a staple to be tall & skinny. i mean, hello! we're talking supermodels.) =)
so where am i going with this again? well, when i watch runway shows, i always wonder if Filipina beauty will ever make the cut globally. we're not mainstream beauty anyway (aka? exotic. ;P). and then i'd remeber, oh we're not tall. =) but if we are, or if there are, will we?
then Charo Ronquillo happened. =) i do not know just how big Ford Supermodel of the World is. (i told you i'm not an authority.) but her bagging the 3rd place in the competition back in 2006 put a period in my wondering. =) WE (as if i'm one of her lot. haha! we're both Pinays, ok?) CAN MAKE THE CUT!
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this year, Danica Magpantay concluded the Ford Supermodel competition winning the title.
*photos from: http://fordmodelsblog.com/
another Pinay with a Ford Supermodel win under her belt is Charlene 'Chat' Almarvez. she won 1st runner-up in 2010. like Charo Ronquillo, this lass hails from Laguna.
backstage at Peter Som, 2/2010
top & bottom photo from a Diane Von Furstenberg show
Sophie Theallet Fall 2010 RTW & Menswear
*photos from: http://nymag.com
here's Charo Ronquillo making global waves. she's popularly known for her smile. ♥♥♥
with friend DSQUARED2 & Rosa Cha favorite Chanel Iman at a Ford Supermodel event
J. Crew catalog, Spring 2008
*two top photos from: http://nymag.com
top & bottom photo from Seventeen Magazine editorial, 9/2010
*photos from: http://imfashionista.blogspot.com
Asian model Ming Xi
*photo from: http://imfashionista.blogspot.com
i first met Japanese model Tao Okamoto on Fashion TV (now Fashion One), and i remember saying that she's a supergirl. this photo is from an editorial she did with Vogue China. =)
*photo from: http://imfashionista.blogspot.com
Jean-Paul Gaultier, Fall 2010 RTW & Menswear
D & G, Fall 2010 RTW & Menswear. (one of my most fave collection from D & G)
*photos from: http://nymag.com
one of my favorite Asian faces, Ling Tan here in a DeBeer International Catalog.
*photos from: http://imfashionista.blogspot.com
if i have to pick 5 faces i'd like to be born with, Julianna Imai's will be one of them. aah! L♥VE! =)
here from an editorial spread for Harper's Bazaar Español, 7/2010
*photos from: http://imfashionista.blogspot.com
Dries Van Noten, Fall 2006
the face for Diesel's eyewear Spring2007 campaign. photographed by Terry Richardson.
Julianna backstage at Iodice
Emporio Armani, Fall 2006
*photos from: http://nymag.com
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