I'd say it's a combination of both. You have to fit into that window to even be considered for the job. That she did the job (arguably) "better" than all the others who did it, is what got her the cover.

Those are some cringe-worthy excerpts, and yes, they do come off as very mocking. It's almost like the interviewer is forgetting the sort of ridiculous inane bullshit men will pay for if they think it comes with a side of hot chick. You know, mock her all you want, interviewer, but modelling is a business. Not just a…

It's the earliest example I know of, and the earliest widely popular one, at the least, that incorporates the various trope 'cliques' (jock, outcast, stoner, princess, nerd) into a coming of age comedy where they're all forced/thrown together and come to realize they aren't so different after all, complete with such…

How could they not, when the closing scene of the movie is a triumphant fist in the air and the words 'don't you forget about me'?

It is THE 80's teen movie.

My significant other proposed on Feb 29 2004, because leap years are something you wait years for, and it's not a day you can propose on 3/4 of the time. :D I thought it was wonderfully odd.

I understand, and you are welcome to feel that way, you know, you have your own lived experience on the subject matter. I've never been one to be mistaken as black, I'm always taken as one or the other of my own mixed races (caucasian and native american), so for me, since it's not my path and not my journey, I have…

Fair enough. My sister's a makeup artist and has been telling me something similar for years, but I tend to only do my makeup when I'm feeling whimsical, and as eyeshadow is like painting, it has so much more appeal... also though (this being the biggest problem) I just can't find lipstick that's not worn off in an…

I think the worst is when they learn how to unlatch their kennels. Nobody has time to chase you down while you go pee on things outside, buddy! ;)

drum's right about that, but let me just say WOW those are some Cara DeLavigne level nice brows. I've never thought about putting much (any) work (or time, or effort) into mine beyond making sure I don't get a unibrow going, but I can see how those brows + lips combo works miracles to make a look relatively easy.…

Sexy spice, like the redhead, right?

Nah, that's where it starts and ends for me. "I have a problem with X that happened as I grew up", "I don't have a problem with Y that happened when I was doing my thing". I take her at her word that being there, she knows just a little bit better than I do, and if she were offended, I'd be the first to say it was…

She does, in fact, go on to discuss the racism she experienced growing up. Because she was too lightskinned, and mixed. And how she wasn't black enough to get into certain clubs. But apparently the way she is 'marketed' when she is being unapologetically herself is the part I am supposed to believe is the racism? I…

No, what I'm saying is, she has been very up front about having been just who she is from the get go, and that if someone sees who she is represented being as a racial trope, perhaps that is in the eye of the beholder, because she has said 'I'm just being me', and then people totally outside the situation are pointing…

"It was just a journalist who couldn't be bothered to remember our names, so it was like, I'll call that one that, and this one this. I did hear that people were thinking it was because I am black, mixed, dark, ethnic, whatever you want to call it. Some people did get offended by it, but I didn't. I found it…

I was under the impression that all this was the choice of the girls. In fact, if she herself had a problem with it, why would she have kept the leopard print suit, and even dressed up as scary spice for a halloween party last year? http://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertai…

I assume (and assumed) that they chose the nicknames themselves. Does it state anywhere that they were somehow imposed by someone else? If so, would you let me know?

I thought it was more along the lines of identifiers for characters they were playing as sort of a hook, and in that sense... yeah, not great, but makes sense, given the formulaic nature of boy bands with 'the sweet one' (baby spice), the bad boy (scary spice), the sporty/athletic looking one (outright there w/sporty…

That said, I always loved when she'd let her hair down, she had/has gorgeous hair.

I thought all their names were just sort of a shout out to the tropes they fit closest with, as a wild child with a tongue ring in the 90s, she got scary, just like the vavavoom redhead got sexy/ginger (depending on the day) for emulating kinda trampy persona and also the red hair, and baby spice always wore dresses…