Miss LFM wrote:
Whoops. looked again, the deadline was April 4th!

Oh, I missed that part. I saw the active page with 'deadline extended' and thought it was still open

AngelEyes wrote:
I wonder what constitutes disabled?  Only physical or mental??

from what i have heard the other shows have all redy  do/did mental LOL

nathan combs wrote:

from what i have heard the other shows have all redy  do/did mental LOL

It's true.  But I still want to know what would qualify one as "disabled".

AngelEyes wrote:
I wonder what constitutes disabled?  Only physical or mental??

digital Artform wrote:
http://thesuburbanqueen.blogspot.com/2007/11/you-know-theres-that-cool-thing-about.html

She gets into that question a little bit.

Models are chosen to be photogenic.

So are the producers looking for disabilities that "disguise well" - as in, you'd never know she was disabled? Or are they looking to expand the definition of beauty to include an artificial leg that looks like a metal pole?

What about someone with a tremor? Or an unusual walk?

digital Artform wrote:
"I don't think the programme will be brave enough to represent those of us disabled people who spasm, dribble, limp, have speech impairments and bodies that don't conform to the model norms. I don't think the programme will make fashion designers, model agencies and magazine editors suddenly see the error of their ways and begin to use disabled models. I don't think the programme will change society's perceptions of disabled women as invisible, undesirable and asexual. I don't think the programme will do more than provide one disabled woman with the prize of a fashion shoot for a glossy magazine."

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/joepublic/2 … d_peo.html

bravo. so is cancer a disability or do you have to be missing a limb?

crystalking wrote:
bravo. so is cancer a disability or do you have to be missing a limb?

It's kind of hard to say much more about the show without seeing what they actually do with it.

I looked on the net for more info, but I don't think they've started shooting yet.

digital Artform wrote:
Amina Munster

http://www.aminamunster.net/

A whole new web site and some great new photos! Who did these?

http://www.aminamunster.net/newamaboutm … layer3.gif NSFW

Josie Nutter wrote:
Those are some rad images.

very.

Diana Miranda wrote:
I bet they'd accept a model with Alopecia Areata Totalis. I'm guessing they're aiming for disabilities/diseases/etc that are not SO drastic. If I were still bald, maybe I'd apply. Except I'm not British.

EDIT: To add, I think this is great. I hope they choose a variety of disabilities or appearance-affecting diseases to display a genre of women who are beautiful despite. And, I hope it really makes waves and impacts.

Nonsense, Diana. You know they won't. They'll still pick the most aesthetically pleasing models, which means that they won't be representing various disabilities. I look forward to a castful of ADHD/OCD models.

digital Artform wrote:
The BBC is to launch what it claims is the UK's first TV competition for disabled models with a BBC3 series that aims to find a fresh mainstream fashion face.

BBC3's series, which has working title of Britain's Missing Top Model, will see eight women with disabilities compete over three weeks to prove to a panel of industry experts they have what it takes to be a mainstream fashion model.

The BBC and the show's maker, Love Productions, whose credits include the forthcoming BBC3 series Pramface Mansion, said they hoped the series would "challenge artificial boundaries" in the fashion business and "empower" women.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/ma … feed=media

Jeeze.

You know, nice as this may be The BBC is the MOST 'P.C.' place you can ever imagine

Now I like that Dr Who and Torchwood ( BBC Wales) is run buy a hugely gay production staff and have gay writing all through it BUT I was fed up that the ''BBC English'' is practically a thing of the past in the UK. When it comes to announcers they use regional accents as much as they possibly can and also have a massive Diversity Drive that has dominated for years. To the point where the 'race card' can be abused and people who cant do the job are getting hired.
eg: I had a terrible time with deaf aerobics instructor who couldn't hear the phrase of the music! (hell to lift weights to that!)

I just feel the whole guilt thing is going way over the top there.

Sucks to be British sometimes. Competition went out a long time ago (too awful if someone came last) and  we spend our whole life apologizing.

digital Artform wrote:
"I don't think the programme will be brave enough to represent those of us disabled people who spasm, dribble, limp, have speech impairments and bodies that don't conform to the model norms. I don't think the programme will make fashion designers, model agencies and magazine editors suddenly see the error of their ways and begin to use disabled models. I don't think the programme will change society's perceptions of disabled women as invisible, undesirable and asexual. I don't think the programme will do more than provide one disabled woman with the prize of a fashion shoot for a glossy magazine."

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/joepublic/2 … d_peo.html

They should! They are th ones digging the hole.

digital Artform wrote:
Models are chosen to be photogenic. So are the producers looking for disabilities that "disguise well" - as in, you'd never know she was disabled? Or are they looking to expand the definition of beauty to include an artificial leg that looks like a metal pole?

Heather did a good job of that already, come to think of it Britain is really more appreciative of all peoples than many places I have been.
I was shocked that the bathrooms here in USA are called ''Handicapped''.
It still jars me, to even write it.

That would be VERY 'non P.C.' in the UK, especially at the BBC!