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Modeling

Best Article Arts

James Is a Girl

The strange life of a 16-year-old model.

Jennifer Egan New York Times Magazine Feb 1996 35min Permalink

History

Teen Models, Powerful Men, and Private Dinners

When Donald Trump hosted and judged the world’s biggest modeling competition.

Lucy Osborne, Harry Davies, Stephanie Kirchgaessner. The Guardian Mar 2020 40min Permalink

Crime

Beauty and the Ugly Truth

An investigation into sexual exploitation and abuse in the modeling industry.

Jenn Abelson, Sacha Pfeiffer Boston Globe Feb 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Queens of the Stoned Age

There are a thousand ways to buy weed in New York City, but the Green Angels devised a novel strategy for standing out: They hired models to be their dealers.

Suketu Mehta GQ Feb 2017 25min Permalink

The First Black Trans Model Had Her Face on a Box of Clairol

No one knew her secret. Until they did.

Jada Yuan, Aaron Wong New York Dec 2015 25min Permalink

Fiction

To Be Seen

A model's struggle with perception and the world around her.

"Abby smiled. She said, 'If something is old, it is classic. If it is classic, you have class. If you have class, you feel beautiful. If you feel beautiful, you feel young. Something old makes you feel young.'"

David Pring-Mill Foliate Oak Literary Magazine Oct 2014 Permalink