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One of the models who walked the runway in Planete Chic
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Sept.15.2011
Event Held @ The Midtown Loft
Planete Chic New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 Couture and Ready Wear Collections
Designers Collections featured Alberto Rodriguez, Sarli Couture and Adriana Cobo (making their New York debut) for more info www.thefashioninsidermagazine.com
These photos represents: Back Stage Hair with Scott J/Aveda Crew www.scottj.com and Makeup Team lead by Rudy Miles(former Global Creative Director at Aveda) www.beautybyrudy.com
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Alyssa Campanella, a 21-year-old auburn-haired California girl, won the Miss USA crown on Sunday night.
Campanella, who is from Los Angeles, topped a field of 51 beauty queens to take the title at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. She will represent the nation in this year’s Miss Universe pageant in September in Brazil.
Campanella won after strutting across the stage in a blue bikini with white polka dots and a dark turquoise evening gown with beading on its top.
She also answered a question about legalizing marijuana by saying she didn’t think it should be fully legalized as a solution to help ailing economies.
“Well, I understand why that question would be asked, especially with today’s economy, but I also understand that medical marijuana is very important to help those who need it medically,” she said. “I’m not sure if it should be legalized, if it would really affect, with the drug war. I mean, it’s abused today, unfortunately, so that’s the only reason why I would kind of be a little bit against it, but medically it’s OK.”
Miss Tennessee Ashley Durham was the first runner-up. Contestants from Alabama and Texas placed third and fourth.
Campanella replaces Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih. The Michigan woman teared up as she walked across the stage for a final goodbye.
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24 year old Luo Zilin (also known as Roseline Luo Zilin) is the Miss Universe China 2011 Title Holder from Shanghai, China. She was crowned in the presence of Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori (of Japan). She is nearly 6 foot and pursuing career as a professional model in China.
She represented China in the Miss Universe 2011 contest held on 12th September, 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was placed in top 5 contestants and eventually finished as 4th Runner-up.
In the final round of the Miss Universe 2011, each of the remaining top five contestants was asked a question. Isabeli Fontana asked Luo Zilin: “Nude beaches are common in some parts of the world. Is public nudity appropriate or inappropriate and why?”.
Speaking through an interpreter, Luo answered, “Every country has its rules and regulations and every country has their own habits as well. We should respect them and be more understanding.”
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Carmen’s parents were Italian and Hungarian. They were constantly breaking up and getting back together. Because of this, Carmen lived in foster homes and sometimes with other relatives.
In 1942, Carmen reunited with her mother and moved to New York City. At the age of 13, while riding a bus to ballet class, she was approached to model by the wife of photographer Herman Landschoff. Her test photos, taken at Jones Beach, were a “flop” according to Carmen. Her godfather though introduced her to Vogue, where Carmen signed a contract for $7.50 per hour in 1946 at age 15. She appears in the December 15, 1946 issue of VOGUE as Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Cinderella along with supermodel Dorian Leigh, actors Ray Bolger and Jose Ferrer.
Despite modeling, Carmen and her mother were poor. They had no telephone and Vogue sent runners to their apartment to let Carmen know about modeling jobs. She roller-skated to assignments to save bus fare. Carmen was so malnourished that famed fashion photographers Horst P. Horst and Cecil Beaton had to pin back dresses and stuff her body with tissue. Carmen and her mother were also accomplished seamtresses and made extra money making clothes. One of their customers was Dorian Leigh. Carmen would later become best friends with Dorian’s younger sister, model Suzy Parker. Together they would be bridesmaids at Dorian’s second wedding to Roger Mehle in 1948.
In 1947, Carmen got a raise to $10–$25 per hour. She appeared on the October 1947 cover of Vogue, at age 15, one of the youngest Vogue cover models ever (along with Niki Taylor, Brooke Shields, and Monika Schnarre). Carmen was also on the November 1948 cover of Vogue. She worked with the most famous fashion photographers of the era including Irving Penn, Francesco Scavullo, Norman Parkinson, and Richard Avedon. She also became Salvador Dali’s muse.
Despite early successes at a very young age, modeling agent Eileen Ford refused to represent her and Vogue lost interest in her. After doctors prescribed shots to start puberty, she instead started working for catalogs and lingerie, making $300 per hour. It was then that she joined Ford in 1953.
