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The World's First Supermodel?
KoolGirlieStuff wrote: I didn't know they were sisters, but I did know that Dorian had introduced Suzy to Eileen Ford of the infamous Ford Models. I thought they were just really close friends-cool. Feb 22 06 09:34 pm Link Chu wrote: Damn!!! I do believe the chica knows her ish!! Feb 22 06 09:34 pm Link Pam Grier is MY first Super Model Feb 22 06 09:37 pm Link Jayne Jones wrote: I know it is fun, right? I have nothing better to do-haha. Feb 22 06 09:42 pm Link Chu wrote: Ohhh yes, I WISH that they`d make a MOVIE about her (maybe that`s my call) but she was amazing and pretty much WAS the face of the ALL AMERICAN model in the early 50`s to the early 60`s here (she was the RC Cola Girl in amazing billboards) Feb 22 06 09:42 pm Link KoolGirlieStuff wrote: That's a really cool picture, I don't think I've seen that one before. Maybe, I did and just always thought it was coca-cola, haha. Feb 22 06 09:46 pm Link Chu wrote: Well.....back then it wasn`t called photoshop it was called RETOUCHING and was done by VERY WELL PAID artists of the field........but in Suzy`s case she was a natural and REAL FILM pulls that out of any beautiful woman, that`s why I still use REAL FILM Feb 22 06 09:51 pm Link "Worlds first over-self-hyped bitch" is more like it. Feb 22 06 09:52 pm Link I love Janice,but I think GIA CARANGI was the world's first super-model. they both are My 2 old time fav models. too bad Gia died. xxx MP Feb 22 06 09:53 pm Link Mistress Purgatori wrote: I know-only 26, if I'm not mistaken. Feb 22 06 10:41 pm Link Tony Culture Photoz wrote: Pam is the Bomb!! Feb 23 06 04:37 am Link Jayne Jones wrote: Chu wrote: I was off today. Teehee. Feb 23 06 04:39 am Link There is no sensible choice aside from Twiggy, there isn't even another candidate in reality. Dorian Leigh and Suzy Parker weren't even blips on the radar of the pop culture world. They were successful models, they may have been semi familiar faces, and they were known by insiders, by they weren't part of the "zeitgeist." Twiggy on the other hand, was a phenomenon, she was easily the first fashion model to be a household word, a topic of discussion at parties, joked about or talked about by famous comedians or talk show hosts, mentioned in movies and sitcoms, countless articles and columns about her etc. etc. She was completely on the scene, she practically defined "the swinging sixties." The fact is that in any full synopsis of the 60's Twiggy would be recognized as an indelible part of it, she was on the stage. But in any similar snapshot of the 40's or the 50's nobody would mention Leigh or Parker unless they were specifically focusing on fashion modeling, they were virtually unknown to the country and the world. And as far as Naomi Sims goes, even if there were a shred of credibility in calling her a supermodel she would have been after Twiggy by a couple of years. Pin up or fetish models, actresses, singers and other performers are all different categories, different topics. Of course there were many big stars predating Twiggy, and many of them modeled in one sense or another to some degree or another, but they made their marks else wise, not as anything resembling what we know as a supermodel the way Twiggy was. And no way in hell was Janice ever a supermodel no matter what she says. Feb 23 06 07:16 am Link I was watching a preview to the Tyra Show. I'm not sure if it's a re-run or not, but Janice is supposed to be on there. She said something to the effect that although she isn't a model anymore, she can still fit the clothes, while Tyra on the other hand can't. I felt that was a highly disrespectful comment, although-I did not Tyra has gained a little but what does that make her a size 6 now? Haha. I wanted Tyra to make the come back statement and say at least my face still looks like a model. Nothing against Janice but she looks like somebody's grandma who's smoked entirely too many cigarettes. Additionally, I don't consider her a supermodel because many people didn't know who she was before ANTM. Oh wait, they may have known her but it wasn't for modeling it was for being the type of woman you see on Maury-I think "Stallone's" the father-darn that DNA. Feb 23 06 08:19 am Link Okay. . .it took a little work (about 10 whole seconds in Wikipedia). . .and reading (okay skimming really). . .but the "official" first "supermodel" is. . .*drumroll* Lisa Fonssagrives Credits: 200+ Vogue covers (holding the record to date) Has been on the cover of every fashion mag in publication during the 30's 40's and 50's (Town and Country, Life, the "original" Vanity Fair. . .even Harper's Bazaar). So. . .Janice D. . .not so much. But hey! We knew that!  Feb 23 06 10:27 pm Link Chu wrote: she was the FIRST model to be coined "super model" thanks to the booker at her agency. the term was later used to refer to other high profile high priced models as well. but twiggy verushka or danyle luna could have been called super models in the sixties the term just hadnt been invented yet. Feb 24 06 01:03 am Link CrazyIsabelAurora wrote: well from the 60s any way you have danyle luna and barbera walden. from the 70s there was ivy"the bald sistah" naomi sims, pat cleveland, grace jones beverly johnson... Feb 24 06 01:07 am Link I just watched Janice Dickinson on Tyra's show and she's kinda wild, huh? I didn't see the entire show-but she definately has a crazy personality-haha. Feb 24 06 06:54 am Link I'll give some validation to Twiggy, put most of the rest named I've never heard of, and before ya'll all go into the not knowing the history blah blah. That's the point, I know nothing of the history of model, I very little about the current fashoin/model top people. But I know Betty Page, Marilyn Monroe, and I know Twiggy. Want to know who was the first super model ask someone that was alive in the fifties and not involved in the modeling industry. A Super model is a model so big people that dont care about fashion, photograpy, or modeling still know who she is. This gets more meaningless with each page. And for the race crap, stop going on about why there were no top black model in the 60's and just accept that there weren't. I dare any of you to name a single top Native model much less a Cajun, Choctaw, or Homua. Martin IV, Cajun form the bayou's of Louisiana two hurricanes and im still here. www.martincoatesiv.com Feb 24 06 07:14 am Link MartinCoatesIV wrote: danyle luna was one of the most sought after models of the 60s and was of the black extraction. i accept nothing. Feb 25 06 12:05 am Link MartinCoatesIV wrote: top native model CARENA LOMBARD lakota indian adopted by european parents. stars in the movie wide sargasso sea. Feb 25 06 12:09 am Link Chu wrote: I also watched the Tyra Show with Janice Dickinson, it's the first and last time I've seen her on television since her E! True Hollywood story... Feb 25 06 01:19 am Link |
