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May 2005 - Posts

Sex Sells - Is Google profiting from porn? Or is it a victim of a digital shakedown? (Forbes.com)

Publisher and eccentric money manager Norman Zadeh claims he's lost $35 million on the quarterly magazine Perfect 10 since launching it in 1997 to publish nude photos of naturally endowed women and run self-penned screeds about world affairs. A big chunk of that money is going to pay the lawyers. Zadeh is the plaintiff in five lawsuits alleging unauthorized reproduction of the magazine's photos on the Internet. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 30, 2005 11:44 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Glamour and glitz on offer for Miss Universe pageant (Daily Times Pakistan)

Beauty watchers around the globe are gearing up for Tuesday’s glamour-infused Miss Universe finale in Bangkok where one of 81 women will be crowned after a flurry of events highlighting Asia’s post-tsunami reconstruction. Read More...
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Annual fashion show to benefit youth home (DailyBulletin.com)

LA VERNE - The David & Margaret Auxiliary will host its annual Fashion Show and Luncheon on June 4 at noon at the David & Margaret Home's campus, 1350 Third St. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 30, 2005 11:43 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Enterprise Network: Model agency hits catwalk (timesonline.co.uk)

Mike Illes, managing director of MOT Models, needs to find new faces and new markets if his business is to continue to grow. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 30, 2005 11:36 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Models In The News Naomi Campbell (FemaleFirst.co.uk)

NAOMI CAMPBELL'S LEGAL BILL 'BREACHED HUMAN RIGHTS' - Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL's demand for a staggering $1 million (£600,000) in legal costs from a British newspaper after she won her privacy claim last year (MAY04) was a breach of the publication's human rights, its lawyers told law lords on Thursday (26MAY05). Read More...
Posted Monday, May 30, 2005 11:35 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Plenty of glitz and glamour for Fashion Week (Iol.co.za)

The Nokia Cape Town Fashion Week promises to not only highlight the glitz and glamour of the African fashion world, but also to focus on promoting the ailing clothing and textile industry. Celebrity Gerry Rantseli, spokesperson for the event that will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from August 10 to 13, ... Read More...
Posted Friday, May 27, 2005 9:45 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Aspiring model, agency owner take mutual complaints to People's Court (NewsTimeLive.com)

A Danbury modeling agency owner and an aspiring model who once worked for him will be pitted against each other today on "The People's Court." The show, which airs at 3 p.m. on WVIT, upset Donnaven Cherry, who was taken to Small Claims court by his former employee Roseann Jackson of Danbury. Jackson claimed he owed her $1,800 for work she did for his modeling agency, Cherveli Talent & Models, of Danbury. Cherry claimed she was an unpaid intern. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 27, 2005 9:44 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

J-Lo hots up (News.com.au)

POP megastar J-Lo is set to make her first appearance in the steamy Pirelli calendar, with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen and a topless Kate Moss by her side. A bevy of babes gathered to pose for the 2006 issue of the famous calendar, which was shot in the south of France this week, Glamour magazine reported. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 27, 2005 9:44 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

New Contest for Models to Win a Photoshoot with World-famous Photographer Christopher Cashak (ArriveNet)

ClubParties.com announces a competition for models to be featured on their website as the girl of the month for August 2005. The winner will receive a photoshoot with world-famous photographer Christopher Cashak and have the pictures displayed on the site Read More...
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Former Lady Vol Sets Sights On Sports Modeling (VolunteerTV.com)

(WVLT Volunteer TV) - Former Lady Vol basketball star Brittany Jackson is hoping to keep her athletic career alive, even though her playing days are done. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 27, 2005 9:43 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Fresh faces on the catwalk (Guardian.co.uk)

Three budding designers showcased their outfits on the catwalk at the St Nicholas Fashion and Beauty Show on May 7. Poppy Gooderick, from Cheam High School, Jessica Sutherland, from Barrow Hedges Primary School and Georgina Elliott, also from Cheam High, all entered the centre's Young Designer competition in April. Their designs were chosen out of 40 entrants. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 27, 2005 9:43 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Bikini Cuts Not a Cut Above the Rest (SLCGGlobeLink.com)

When it comes to morals and standards, no state is more conservative than here in Utah. That is why it is surprising that Bikini Cuts, a hair salon where the stylists wear bikinis, originated in this very state. So, it's probably not a shocker that the business has fired up a little controversy since its doors opened two years ago. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:41 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

GLAMOUR PUSS KITTEN TO TAKE TO CATWALK (Stratford-Herald.co.uk)

SHE’LL be walking the catwalk to promote a very special occasion. And never will a more appropriately named model have done so, because she calls herself. . .Kitten von Mew. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:41 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Fashion with a conscience (nzherald.co.nz)

Fashion shows can be curious things. Often exclusive to the media, buyers and celebrities, only the lucky few get a chance to be a part of the glamour and excitement that comes with being one of the first to see what we’ll be wearing next season. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:40 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Tabitha takes to the fashion week catwalk (The Gloucester Advocate)

Local high school student Tabitha Wilson was one of 16 youngsters who contested the final of the Australia wide Arena Stylexpo model search. The Model Search was conducted Australia wide with the tour beginning on March 31 on the Gold Coast and finishing in Adelaide on April 23. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:40 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Jordan's baby 'due any minute' (itv.com)

Pregnant glamour model and reality TV star Jordan attended a West End premiere and revealed she could go into labour at any minute. Jordan, who is nine months pregnant and expecting a boy, attended Paris Hilton's film House Of Wax in Leicester Square accompanied by boyfriend Peter Andre. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:39 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Role Reversal: A Former Fashion Editor Dares to Design (Dexigner)

Patrik Ervell is used to asking the questions. Which explains why the former VMan and V Magazine menswear editor is nervous about being the subject of discussion-after recently launching his first collection. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:39 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

New Look 'winning fashion war' (ic Liverpool)

FASHION chain New Look yesterday said it was winning the battle for high street spending by capturing market share from rivals and growing same-store sales. New Look, which has 527 stores in the UK, said like-for-like sales rose 9.8% in the year to March 26 and have remained in positive territory ever since. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:39 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Gwen Stefani extends her fashion line (Softpedia.com)

Notorious singer Gwen Stefani added new accessories to her line fashion, like hats, mobile phone charms, handbags, t-shirts but also underwear, stationery and baby clothes. The new products will hit stores on 15 June. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:38 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

40 Designers Stop Cancer With Little Black DressWest Coast Fashion Stars Showcase Creativity for a Cause at W Hotel Los Angeles (Mysan.de)

LOS ANGELES, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The fashion-forward elite will gather on Tuesday evening, June 7 at the equally chic W Hotel Los Angeles Westwood for the 4th annual Little Black Dress gala. This high-profile spectacle is returning to its Los Angeles home after last year’s triumphant New York debut starring fashion icons Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan, and Diane von Furstenberg to name a few. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:38 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Feminine touch dominates bikini fashions (Mainichi.co.jp)

A feminine touch dominated styles introduced by models such as Toray Campaign Girl Sayaka Ogata in the Swim and Resort Festival at the Seibu Department Store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro recently. Ogata wore a black striped bikini designated as one of the 15 most noteworthy swimsuits for the hot season. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:37 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Reality Show (FemaleFirst.co.uk)

Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger will take part in a fashion reality show called The Cut. Following on from the success of shows such as Project Runaway contestants will compete to become the next hot fashion designer. The glittering prize is a $250,000 a year job designing a collection for Hilfiger. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:52 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Experts List Top 10 Fashion Trends For 2005 (ArriveNet)

Experts at www.TheFinerBlings.com are offering their tips for the hottest accessory fashions for 2005. They suggest pushing your comfort zone, and the more, the better. The Finer Blings' experts suggest letting the creativity of trying something new take precedence over concern with fashion faux pas. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:51 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Elle v Liz (News.com.au)

ELLE Macpherson and Liz Hurley could be headed for a showdown over a coveted TV gig. The two glamour girls are reportedly in the running to present Project Runway, an Australian Idol-style satellite show that will do for up-and-coming fashion designers what Idol has done for wannabe singers. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:51 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Lovely set of Cannes, Kate (TheSun.co.uk)

KATE Moss made the most of a trip to the Cannes Film Festival — by lifting the curtain on her own latest releases. The supermodel turned her back on the movie world yesterday to show a lot of front for a Pirelli calendar shoot. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:50 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Hundred beauties are models of a century's taste (ic Wales)

MIRROR, mirror on the wall, who's the most beautiful beauty of them all? If you were to pay attention to Harpers & Queen magazine then the answer would be 100 women over the last century, from writer Virginia Woolf, to film stars Greta Garbo and Sharon Stone. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:50 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Bikini-clad beauty queens offend Thais (Stuff.co.nz)

BANGKOK: Miss Universe organisers have scrambled to calm a furore over photos of bikini-clad contestants posing near an ancient Buddhist temple in pageant host Thailand after the images infuriated religious leaders. The photos, which showed beauty queens on a Bangkok river cruise with the famed Wat Arun, or "Temple of Dawn", in the background, were swiftly removed from the pageant website. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 2:33 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Throw away those thongs and ditch the bikini wax (The Herald)

What's the sexiest thing about Brazil? Well, where do you start? The beach at Rio, the dental floss masquerading as thongs sported on said beach, Rio tans, ice-cold mohjitos, the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer, ... Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 2:32 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Catwalk queens fight it out to take revived Miss York crown (Yorkshire Post)

ASPIRING catwalk queens from across North Yorkshire were last night battling it out to be crowned Miss York in the first contest the city has seen for 20 years. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 2:32 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Selling glamour (The Star Online)

AS if Louis Vuitton’s latest Speedy range wasn’t dazzling enough, members of the Asian press were taken on a tour of the world’s first standalone Louis Vuitton Watch and Jewellery store, housed in the exclusive Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 2:32 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Charlotte's Darling keeps busy with basketball, modeling, writing and triplets (Journalnow.com)

CHARLOTTE - The WNBA tips off its ninth season today with its usual, and unusual, cast of characters.There's Dawn Staley, the legend. There's Lisa Leslie, the aspiring model and actress. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 2:31 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Fashion industry sees plus side of plus sizes (Inside Bay Area)

ONCE UPON a time plus-size women were neglected by the fashion gods, left with "granny" polyester and elastic material to clothe their full-figured bodies. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 2:31 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Models to Strut and Win Notoriety from All over Midwest Region (PR Leap)

(PRLEAP.COM) But will the fires and fading ambers of neon flashes and electric strobes be extinguished by the comments of a few disillusioned individuals? This event was designed to help aspiring models and photographers, not take advantage of the insincere or undecided masses. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 2:31 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Consumer Group Gives Warning About Modeling Agency (NewsNet5.com)

CLEVELAND -- A Pittsburgh talent company is coming to Cleveland Saturday to offer your child the opportunity for fame and fortune, but 5 On Your Side consumer specialist Angie Lau reported that this opportunity may be too good to be true. Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:36 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

$1M grant for women's heart health (Newsday.com)

As part of a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit settlement for alleged price-fixing in the modeling industry a Manhattan-based women's health advocacy group received a $1-million grant to educate women about taking better care of their hearts. Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:35 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Fashion magazine Lucire magazine in talks about UK edition (MediaBulletin)

LONDON – Fashion title Lucire, dubbed the Antipodean W magazine, is looking at launching a UK edition. Nicola Brockie, editor in chief, will be in London next month to discuss plans for a UK version of Lucire, which some consider the New Zealand version of America's top fashion Bible, W, published by Conde Nast. Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:35 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Budding Designers Sought for Project Catwalk (News.Scotsman.com)

Sky One is searching for aspiring fashion designers for a new TV show. Twelve contestants will attempt to break into the world of fashion in Project Catwalk. Industry figures and a renowned fashion designer select three contestants to showcase their work at London Fashion Week. Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:34 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Sex sells - 'but we're simply taking it too far' (ic Wales)

EXPERTS yesterday criticised 'lazy' advertisers and celebrities who 'flaunt themselves' to make money as being too ready to use sex to sell products. As publicity-seeking 'stars' like Abi Titmuss and Rebecca Loos appear in the derided Celebrity Love Island, critics say the low-level concept has gone too far. Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:34 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

New Jersey college student auctions her body on eBay (Newsday.com)

WAYNE, N.J. (AP) _ A 21-year-old college business major living in this northern New Jersey community has proven a basic lesson of marketing: Sex sells. Courtney Van Dunk posted a bikini-clad picture of herself on eBay about two weeks ago, auctioning off space on her body for advertisers. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 20, 2005 2:22 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Model dreams of a Tilehurst beauty queen (ic Ealing.co.uk)

It's survived the wrath of feminism and the stigma of being the cheesiest thing going besides the Eurovision song contest, but the beauty pageant is still going strong and one aspiring model from Tilehurst is about to embark on her first strut down the catwalk at the Miss British Isles contest this weekend. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 20, 2005 2:22 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Catwalk tribute to Alex (South Manchester Reporter)

FASHION students looked to the sea for inspiration when they took to the catwalk to raise cash for the Alex Hall Memorial Fund. The University of Manchester students, who are in the first year of a fashion and textile retailing course, raised £2,500 from their nautically-themed show for the Christie Hospital through ticket sales and a raffle. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 20, 2005 2:21 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Fashion for a good cause (Sudbury Town Crier)

There's a time for fashion, and a time for educating women about their cancer risks. Fortunately, there's also a time to combine both. That would be on May 19 and 20 at the "Couture for Hope" fund-raiser, benefiting the Women's Cancers Program at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 20, 2005 2:21 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

THAILAND: BIKINI SHOW IN FRONT OF BUDDHIST TEMPLE SPARKS CONTROVERSY (AdnKronosInternational)

Bangkok, 18 May (AKI) - The parade of Miss Universe 2005 contestants in front of revered Buddhist temples along the Chao Phya River in Thailand has sparked strong protest from political and religious leaders in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, who claim it is an offence to the local culture. Video footage to be broadcast on the final day of the Pageant contest - 31 May - will be modified to remove the "offending scenes" Thailand's Tourism and Sports Read More...
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Buyer Beware Modeling Opportunities (The Boston Channel)

BOSTON -- Everyone's kids are cute, and of course, if they are yours -- you really think so! NewsCenter 5's Susan Wornick warned consumers us about one company counting on that. As you know by now, there are many things that get Wornick going, but nothing more-so than modeling opportunities -- especially when they target children, and a recent mailing does just that. Read More...
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Shows filled with glamour (Cleveland.com)

For a complete list of events surrounding Fashion Week Cleveland, visit www.theclevelandfashionshow.com. For tickets, call 216-771-9118. Dress code is "fashion-forward" for all events. Read More...
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US fashion giant denies wool boycott (smh.com.au)

An American fashion giant has backed away from statements that it had joined a boycott of Australian wool, denying it is involved in any campaign against the industry. Limited Brands, which has Victoria's Secret lingerie stores as well as Express, Henri Bendel and other high-profile fashion shops in the US, was quoted as saying it would not knowingly sell products containing Australian merino wool. Read More...
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JERRY'S JOBS (Vogue.co.uk)

Jerry Hall got her hands dirty yesterday. The Texan supermodel-turned-actress still managed to look gorgeous as she helped volunteers working on the Lottery-funded Thames Landscape Strategy to restore the riverside below Richmond Hill, 'London's ... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 18, 2005 2:08 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Another fashion giant shuns Aussie wool (The Age.com)

The US fashion giant behind the Victoria's Secret lingerie stores has become the latest major retailer to shun Australian merino wool. Limited Brands, owner of Victoria's Secret, Express, Henri Bendel and other high-profile fashion stores, said it would not knowingly sell products containing Australian merino wool until the technique of mulesing and the live export of sheep were stop ... Read More...
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Anna Friel agrees to nude scenes (Monsters and Critics)

LONDON, England (UPI) -- British actress Anna Friel said she has agreed to nude scenes for a movie in October, three months after her baby is due. To prepare for the nude scenes, Friel said she is already dieting and exercising four times a week, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. Read More...
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Japanese eye for fashion nets Joseph founder £20m (Telegraph UK)

The founder of Joseph shared over £20m with his brother yesterday after the upmarket fashion chain was sold to a Japanese clothing company for £140m. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:44 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

"STEP UP YOUR STYLE" : FASHION INDUSTRY EVENT w/ STARS MODELING AGENCY (SF Station)

In our communal efforts to "Step Up The Fashion Scene" in San Francisco, we wish to acknowledge and reward fashion-forward people who "inspire" others to experiment and creatively express themselves through clothing. Read More...
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In a kid's world, sex sells, too (The Sun Herald)

With their made-up eyes, pouty lips and short skirts, these girls look like real party dolls. In fact, they are dolls. They're the Bratz, the 10-inch "girls with a passion for fashion" whose skyrocketing popularity among young girls has ignited a marketing war with Barbie, the long-reigning queen of the fashion doll world. Read More...
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"Best ever" Fashion Week, say the designers (Thread New Zealand)

"Best ever" say the designers, with Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2004 an export success but “mind the black” says the English media. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 16, 2005 4:55 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

A girl’s journey from coast to the catwalk (National Indigenous Times)

A dream come true is a term that would be familiar for young Indigenous model Samantha Harris, who last week strutted her stuff in Sydney during Fashion Week. Samantha, 14, was among the select few who were lucky enough to be showing the world some of the latest trends at the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 16, 2005 4:54 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Live Models in Sexy Elle Macpherson Lingerie Displays (Thread New Zealand)

Evocative Live Campaign - Images from the evocative new Elle Macpherson Intimates campaign will be recreated by live models in the windows of Smith & Caughey in Auckland, and Kirkcaldie & Stains in Wellington. Read More...
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Akron modeling agency cleared over firing (Cleveland.com)

A Cuyahoga County jury unanimously rejected a lawsuit by a former modeling-agency worker who accused her ex-employers of firing her because she wouldn't terminate her pregnancy. Read More...
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Pictures on modeling agency computer lead to child porn charges (Chicago Tribune)

A Plainfield man was arrested and charged Friday with 10 counts of child pornography after police allegedly found lewd photographs of minors on a personal computer kept at a child-modeling agency. Jeff Wormsley, 23, was being held in Will County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail ... Read More...
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Fashion Week sponsors customised designer gifts (Thread.com.nz)

Business mixed with fashion for pleasure last night as the countdown to Air New Zealand Fashion Week kicked-off with a function welcoming its sponsors. Read More...
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New York Launches Modeling Scam Awareness Campaign (ConsumerAffairs.com)

Joined by consumer advocates and experts in the fields of entertainment and modeling, the New York State Consumer Protection Board has announced a new consumer awareness campaign to help young people and their parents avoid photo mills, phony scouting services and other advance-fee scams in modeling and entertainment. Read More...
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PRIMEDIA's Channel One News Series Explores Teen Modeling and Talent Industry Scams (Business Wire)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2005--PRIMEDIA's (NYSE: PRM) Channel One News, the largest source of news and information for young people, reaching nearly eight million students in nearly 12,000 middle schools and high schools across the country, announced today that it will broadcast a new three-part series on modeling and talent scams aimed at teenagers. Read More...
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Give me back my money! (New York Daily News)

Model sues mayor, bank & gamblin' stepdad over her lost $7M. Supermodel Maggie Rizer is supermad. ...he drunkenly gambled away her $7 million fortune - a lot of it playing Quick Draw, the state video lottery game. Read More...
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McCartney signs up with high street fashion chain (Times Online)

HER clothes are aspired to by thousands of fashion victims but afforded by only a very few. Now, however, almost anyone will be able to boast a Stella McCartney label in their wardrobe as she becomes the latest designer to sign up with the high-street fashion chain H&M. Read More...
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Bikini wearing real estate agent sells (Long Beach News)

LONG BEACH — A blazer and slacks just don't cut it for one local real estate agent. Realtor Wendy Heath chose to wear a bikini on a billboard she posted earlier this month on Second Street and Claremont Avenue in Belmont Shore. Read More...
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Rules on the ramp (Pune Newsline)

I started off as a model and then went on to choreography. As a choreographer, I could satisfy my creative urges more than I could as model. Read More...
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2nd Annual Fashion On The Square (Dexigner.com)

Through The Vine and Glass House Communications Present the 2nd Annual Fashion On The Square (F.O.T.S.) taking place right in the middle of Union Square on June 11, 2005 in San Francisco (10:00 am - 4:00 pm; Fashion Show begins at Noon). Read More...
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May's Fashion Faux Pas (Motley Fool)

Question: When is keeping up with the latest fashion not so... well, fashionable? Read More...
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Korean Designer holds a Fashion Show in Japan (Chosun.com)

In line with the 2005 Korea-Japan Friendship Year, Korean fashion designer Andre Kim presented his latest works on a catwalk in Japan. Thousands of Japanese attended the show over the weekend despite some icy relations between Korea and Japan over the sovereignty issue of the Dokdo islets. Read More...
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24 Hour deal fit for marketing (MSNBC)

The biggest upside of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Inc.'s $1.6 billion buyout by New York financier Teddy Forstmann may be spelled: I-M-G. Read More...
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VoC makes new fashion statement (The Daily Northwestern)

Fashion met activism Sunday night with condoms strung from skirts, wedding dresses constructed from trash bags and stilettos paired with lab coats. Read More...
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New Urban modeling Magazine Launches August 2005 (Press Booth)

The freshest faces in the industry. The latest fashion trends. The most innovative stylists. And your favorite celebrities. You’ll find all this and more in the preview issue of imodel magazine launching August 2004. Read More...
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Impact of Louisiana Movie and Video Industry (BayouBuzz.com)

Bayoubuzz wants to hear from you. We want to publish short summaries with your name and occupation attached how the Louisiana film and movie industry has affected you. Read More...
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The Counterfeit Body: Fashion Photography and the Deceptions of Femininity, Sexuality, Authenticity and Self in the 1950s, 60s and 70s (Mongabay.com)

Fashion, as it is actualized and spoken through the medium of photography, represents some of the most beautiful and hideous elements of culture and society. Read More...
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Miss Bikini China contest (People's Daily Online)

Li Yu is crowned Miss Bikini China in Linfen, Shanxi Province on May 6, 2005. Li will represent China to compete in the Miss Universal Bikini contest, also in Linfen, on July-12-14. Read More...
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