Nicole Richie, Next Model

Sep 04, 2007 @ 1:05pm

Jaslene isn't the only reality star with a modeling contract -

We were stalking some new favorite girls on the Next website, and realized Nicole Richie is on their roster.

The quiet partnership mirrors similar deals, like the one IMG has with Drew Barrymore that helps align her with magazine covers and product contracts (most recently, cover girl).

But while Nicole's agents are helpful if L'oreal wants her to sell mascara, they're not the ones who book her for fashion show front rows -

Not that it would matter this time, since we hear Nicole won't make the runway rounds with her friend Mischa Barton this time around... too bad, since we think she looks prettier than ever with her bump.

posted by CynthiaC

Sep 04, 2007 2:53PM

Pregnant Nicole or skinny Nicole? Also, does it bug anyone that short celebrities can get modeling contracts while other petite women are, well, pretty much worthless, in the eyes of the fashion industry?

posted by ani

Sep 04, 2007 7:40PM

Mischa does the whole ATM thing pretty well.

posted by Jac

Sep 04, 2007 7:47PM

I read this site everyday, but I really wish you guys wouldn't cover Nicole Richie unless absolutely necessary. She just represents anorexia, drug use, spolied brattiness, and general uselessness. I can handle that stuff if the person is actually doing something else, but she does nothing--her stylists are the ones who make her.

posted by Rebe

Sep 05, 2007 12:23PM

Nicole looks just like Jerri Blank from Strangers with Candy in this photograph.

Which is a.....um, unique presence to bring to the modelling world. I guess.

posted by Rebe

Sep 05, 2007 12:27PM

Oh, and Cynthia C:

"Pregnant Nicole" and "Skinny Nicole" are one and the same, IMO, as four month pregnant Nicole clocks in at an breathtaking (and, considering the context, disgusting) 105 lbs.