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Your All American Girl Next Door Look.
Soon I plan on posting a casting call for an all American Girl Next Door looking model. When I started thinking about the look I was after, I became a little confused. It seems that in this day and age in America there is so much diversity that I can't seem to pinpoint just what look it is I am after. I really need some help on this one. H E L P!!!  A detailed description would be nice, and photos even better. Thanks! Gary May 21 15 04:24 pm Link I'll probably get a lot of disagreement on this but I think that all of these qualify at "The American Girl Next Door Look", not despite their diversity but rather because of it: 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/21946367 18+       May 21 15 06:51 pm Link I did an image search for "all american girl" and all I got were pictures of those creepy dolls that look like amy schumer May 22 15 03:09 am Link Interesting! This actually triggered me to think about 'typical national' looks as well, and I must say, I can't seem to come up with clear images of "All Dutch Girl Next Door" either edit: How about this?  search: typical american girl May 22 15 03:22 am Link I've been thinking about this too, and going nowhere. Kind of like herding cats and catching fog in your hands. May 22 15 07:15 am Link Mostly over weight (from my perspective) in my neighborhood. May 22 15 07:18 am Link This really is a tough call. Especially given the fact that people are so easily offended these days. Long hair, short hair, blonde or brunette. Plus size, thin, tall, short. Straight, gay, transgender. And wow, all of the skin tones. Someone is bound to feel left out. I might just forget this project and tell my client I'm too busy. May 22 15 08:09 am Link Gary Blanchette wrote: I missed the fact that this was a project for a client. If you're willing to walk away from the project, how about a hail mary effort and propose that the client pick the model that best fits what they have in mind. May 22 15 01:21 pm Link in my opinion? Playboy pretty much has this cornered: The pretty faced college girl you really would see living nextdoor in suburbia. But then you turn the page and she has a beautiful, bombass woman's figure. This can be done by expression, makeup, hair, wardrobe and posing. I try to do it all of the time. Good luck!!! Laurie  * Ive heard many many opinions from great photographers. Mine is just one of many fwiw. May 22 15 01:46 pm Link p.s. Ethnicity is subjective. Playboy has embraced a lot of multiracial Centerfolds as of late. Any young woman, race, hair color, skin color who has the college girl look and raging figure would work, esp if shot correctly. Check out Miss March 2015, Chelsiarn. Born and raised in a farm in Upstate, NJ. Half Japanese, half German. non PB image..the pictorial was a really pretty shoot in the S. Calif desert. (not wild about this expression, just a non PB shot of Chelsie.)  May 22 15 01:59 pm Link May 22 15 02:58 pm Link To me, this comes to mind:  May 22 15 10:05 pm Link Bella Photoshoot wrote: That is Stephy, your avatar. She was first photographed for Playboy's college girls when she was in college. May 22 15 10:24 pm Link Hi my Friend!!!! Yep! Stephy's very first photoshoot was for the magazine feature "Girls of the Big Ten." The rest, as they say, is history! She's still modeling for PB, moved to LA in Nov and hasnt stopped since! Chrissy Marie has the quintessential Girlnextdoor look. Like bigtime. Chrissy's also a Playboy model. I'm not a guy so I really can't give a preference for what the modern-day "Girlnextdoor" should look like. I can only go by what Playboy's been doing lately (see above). Good luck to the OP and the shoot! Laurie  May 22 15 10:36 pm Link Gary Blanchette wrote: Gary, you're planning this casting call for a client or yourself? If it's for a client, I would ask for more details. If it is for yourself, I would say that the description of "All American Girl Next Door" has changed over the decades since that term has been used. Look at the diversity of the Miss America pageant and it's obvious that the term is much more generic than it is specific. The details of what the purpose of the images will be used for would help greatly. May 23 15 01:27 am Link Gary Blanchette wrote: Managing Light wrote: Now I read this after I posted! May 23 15 01:32 am Link Bella Photoshoot wrote: They are both beautiful and I have also photographed both of them. May 23 15 02:24 am Link Managing Light wrote: The client is up in the air about the look as well. That is why he threw it at me. May 23 15 08:27 pm Link Managing Light wrote: Gary Blanchette wrote: Well, I guess that's why you commercial guys get the big bucks! May 24 15 08:20 am Link I've been pondering what makes an "All American Girl Next Door Look" since you posted it, and I think that the key might really be in the facial look (regardless of ethnicity, etc). I suggest that it might be one of those faces where there's a bit of a friendly innocent look, that's a real beauty with a bit of sexiness too it. I know, easier said than found! What I'm (badly) trying to describe is that there are beautiful faces that are sexy, there are ones that innocent and/or friendly "approachable" looking. But there are some that manage to straddle all those lines. Those are the ones that look like they were that cute friendly kid down the street that was later "discovered" by Playboy. May 24 15 10:36 am Link Gary Blanchette wrote: Alright then, you might do well to pull some images of your favorite models that you've worked with before and show him. I see at least a couple in your portfolio that may do. When growing up as a kid, I thought of Mary Anne from Gilligan's Island as the "All American Girl" ... Dawn Wells. May 24 15 10:56 am Link Who is their target market? May 24 15 11:05 am Link |
