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Video: Gisele Bundchen on how she rose up from 'rock bottom'

Good Morning America speaks with Gisele Bundchen on how she rose up from 'rock bottom'. Source: Good Morning America Channel, YouTube.

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'Slaves to debt': fashion models speak out about catwalk misery

They appear to be living the dream, walking the catwalks of Paris, New York and Milan in the most beautiful clothes money can buy. But behind the glamour and the travel, many models are earning mere "pocket money", tied by debt to agencies and afraid to admit what they owe. "The worst thing is that it is impossible to talk about because in this...

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Agent Inc: can the Uber model prevent abuse in the modelling industry?

The #metoo and #timesup movements have helped to shed a new light onto what needs to change in the modelling industry to prevent models from being subject to misconduct and abuse. Many models start their careers at a very early age: according to a survey conducted by non-profit organization Model Alliance, 55 percent of working models based in...

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A day in the life of a male fashion model

Modelling - many connect this term with a glamorous profession that allows those working as models to travel the world and wear fabulous clothes. FashionUnited has taken the opportunity to speak with Himanshu Singh, a Mumbai-based print and catwalk model, to uncover some of the myths around modelling. He has four years of experience and has...

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A model life: from a business perspective - Part V (conclusion)

”I don’t get out of bed for less than a 10,000 dollars a day,” Linda Evangelista was famously quoted to have said. The era of the supermodel is far behind us, but in this generation there are still significant discrepancies between what ‘top models’ and ‘regular working models’ earn. The daily rate of a model depends on talent, experience,...