Being proud to call herself plus sized is her saying that she is proud of herself for not caving to the pressure to lose even more weight and also proud of her recovery from potentially disordered eating habits. Also, Karolin has hardly half-assed her way through modeling, regardless of what you'd like to think. Maybe…

Erm, 5'11" and only a few pounds heavier than her lowest weight, and my weight is perfectly in a healthy range for my specific body. I have always been thin. I will likely always be thin, as are all the women in my family. Please refrain from making generalized statements about what is and is not healthy as far as…

More questions about the fancy, dancing horse please!

She should definitely review her contract with a lawyer and determine whether that and her tax paperwork indicates that she should be paid sooner! Now I'm wondering what agency and if I've ever run into her, haha.

Ugh, I still worry that the coerced, naked pictures of me will end up on the internet if my emotionally abusive ex ever decides that he gives a shit about me again. My friends, parents and partner wouldn't be bothered by it, and I have art nudes hanging in freaking galleries, but still. I'm afraid of it.

Because models are independent contractors we have to wait the standard 60-90 days to receive payment for jobs, the companies I've dealt with have pretty much a standard net 60 in their accounts payable and from there my various middle-man agencies pay me within a week.

The entire show is fake, but yes, almost all of the contestants on ANTM already have a big agency they are signed with when they "compete" on the show. There are certainly still castings, and I'm sure a fair few of the contestants are relatively new to the industry, but they are almost entirely comprised of testing or…

Right on the day when I was looking for a substitute for my recent overuse of "moron". Perfect timing!

Color me shocked that none of the people bitching on rag trade today are commenting on this article too!

High five for pre-Iron Age knowledge!

Meh, male and female models have very different career trajectories within the fashion world, it really doesn't compare. Not that it actually even matters, as every contestant on that show comes from a generally high profile modeling background (Ford, Elite, MC2, etc) and the drama is almost entirely manufactured.

Nooo they actually all were drinking, and they drunkenly had sex. Also, her fiance was actually losing his shit (obviously justified response) on her over the phone, he definitely did cuss her out! Anyway, her look was amazing, it's unfortunate that she left the industry post-ANTM but I believe she is still working as…

Longchamp bags and Tory Burch flats are tacky and ugly (sorry to anyone that likes them), and Burch is from Philadelphia so we get everyone from middle school to senior citizen age wearing them here. If you're going to spend that much on a shoe why not just buy yourself something higher up on the designer food chain?

Also it causes headaches. That alone is enough for me to always ask hair artists that my ponytails aren't insanely tight. Really, hairspray will give the same effect without pulling my scalp around.

Why participate? Because I also need to feed myself, keep the heat on and pay off my college loans, and the only job that has consistently put food in my pantry and paid my rent while allowing me to graduate a year early from undergraduate after taking 20 credits per quarter (10 weeks each) for two years, is modeling.…

Girlfriend forgot to wash her hands post Jergens, I guess.

Really? I'm a convert and my rabbi was under the impression that Israel was totally welcoming of converts, I made my birthright trip with no issues at all and have only encountered issues, obviously, because I converted reform instead of with a more observant sect.

Yes to this and both of the responses. This is what I am always trying to explain to people, backstage is INSANITY. Also, maybe we have worked together at a show before?

The environment point was one small side effect of runway samples (which are kept in crazy vaults at design houses and usually not sold at sample sales) being small, not the motivation behind them being smaller. Small sample sizes cost much less for designers/design houses because they use less fabric, and because the…