MODELING: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Head to to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! PODCAST Spotify: Apple Podcasts: for extra content every Wednesday 😈 SUPPORT Newsletter: Donate: SOCIALS Instagram: TikTok: @gremlita Letterboxd: business email: MinaLeTeam@ Edited by Israh S. SOURCES Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model by Ashley Mears This Year’s Model: Fashion, Media, and the Making of Glamour by Elizabeth Wissinger Fashioning models image, text, and industry by Elizabeth Wissinger & Joanne Entwistle Fashioning Fat: Inside Plus-Size Modeling by Amanda M. Czerniawski “Pride and Glamour on the Catwalk: Fashion Models as National and Ethnic Icons” by Patrícia Soley-Beltran in Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles “The Enchanted Spectacle“ by Caroline Evans in Fashion Theory The Journal of Dress Body & Culture 0:00 - intro 3:39 - the origins of modeling 15:13 - the supermodel era 21:50 - the “look” and other problems