I'm Gonna Be a Supermodel...

Sep 19, 2007 @ 1:50pm

you want to v me.jpgDo you think you have what it takes to be the next Christy Turlington? Or at least the next Behati Prinsloo?

V magazine and modeling agency Supreme are here to help.

They're running a web-based modeling search through November 1st. It's both slightly more democratic and a whole lot cooler than ANTM:

Anyone can uphold her photos to the site, where you can cast your vote. The popular vote winner will get her own online editorial, and a judging panel including Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa will pick five finalists to come to New York and do test photos and go sees. The winner will get an editorial in V's print edition, a three year contract with Supreme, and $5,000 worth of Calvin Klein clothes.

Supreme is an agency with major clout, so there's a chance that the girl who wins this contest might end up on the runway for Marc...not the Snoopy fashion show (like Jaslene).

We read the fine print so you don't have to:

You have to be at least 13, between 5'7" and 5'11", and a legal resident of Russia, Latvia, Estonia, the UK, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Brazil, or the States. And if you're a Canadian resident, you have to "correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question" in order to be eligible to receive the prize.

So, Ukranians and those who opted out of calculus are of out of luck. Even if they're skinny and pretty.

Life is so unfair sometimes.

-ANNA FIELDING GRIGGS

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posted by Gabriela

Sep 19, 2007 2:38PM

That's so unfair... I'm from Chile and I'd love to participate... why Brazil is the only southamerican country they consider? =(

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posted by Kendall

Sep 19, 2007 3:06PM

That DOES seem unfair Brazil is the only South American country...I mean, I know there are a lot of beautiful Brazilian models, but come on, it's only one country on a large continent.

That said, I'm a resident of the U.S. and I think I'll enter. Not that I expect to win - it's just all good fun!

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posted by rc

Sep 19, 2007 3:17PM

i hate to be negative, because I think women should embrace their faces and bodies and forget about the model ideal, but half of the applicants are a) too short (5'4?? come on!) or b) too old to be fashion models. Catalogues, sure. I don't know how likely you are to be picked up by a modelling agency when you are 26 and 5'5, unless you have something absolutely exceptional about you (something that makes people want to be you).

Sure, there have been revolutions in the modelling industry, and we're probably due for one very soon, but I'm not sure how successful this contest will be if they're not editing their entries.

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posted by missryanm

Sep 19, 2007 3:22PM

But I loved the Snoopy fashion show!

...for the free sno-cone makers in the gift bags ; )

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posted by Zoey

Sep 19, 2007 3:35PM

Why do Canadians need to pass a special math question? Thats a little bizarre? If you're from any other country you can be a completely numbnutted pretty girl and it's all good. And what if you are very intelligent but never excelled in math? I got an 95 average but I nearly flunked math. I just happen to take to philosophy and ethics better.

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posted by rc

Sep 19, 2007 3:48PM

zoey: It's some bizarre regulation that they have for all contests here. You can't win something off the side of a cereal box without answering a skill testing question. But the questions are usually easy... like, what is 5 + 10 - (6 x2)?

I think our legal system bans for-profit contests outside of legally sanctioned avenues (ex. lotteries). So, if you have to answer a question, it becomes a game of skill and is therefore no longer prohibited.


Or something like that.

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posted by Miss Jeffrey

Sep 19, 2007 3:54PM

I got this email from V yesterday, the girls in the competition leave little to be desired, there are maybe 2 that have potential.

Maybe Supreme chose those countries since they already have legal working relationships with agencies in those countries.

Unlike ANTM, I think this competition is looking for a model (that may not be the ideal model,) but at least has real potential to book real jobs.

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posted by Zoey

Sep 19, 2007 4:02PM

That shows me to do a little research before protesting. Haha thanks RC. Gee I feel foolish.

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posted by ani

Sep 19, 2007 7:49PM

Err maybe it has something to do with Brazilian models having more of an influence over the years. Ironic they did include participants from Argentina, since models like Romina Lanaro, Milagros Schmoll, and (Supreme's) Cecilia Mendez are all from the land of the guacho! As for Chilean models, sadly they have not had the same impact.

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posted by Lauren Fowler

Sep 25, 2007 7:05PM

i just entered after seeing it on here. a lot of the girls that are ranked the highest seem to have professional photos though and i had to take mine myself.

aaahh I'm actually really nervous now I've never even had the confidence to go to an agency never mind be judged be random people !

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