Why would a former top model who has had multiple Vogue covers and other big time jobs be coming on this forum of all places to find out how models are making money in the present day? Do you have zero connection to anyone working in the industry today? Don't former top models usually still get a little work here and there? Why wouldn't you just ask those people? It makes zero sense the more I think about it. I don't believe it.
You'd be surprised at the
current top models with plenty of covers and nothing to prove that have come here just to debunk something that is really not worth their time, or worse, that VS one that only a few hours after the show, year after year, would come here in disguise like
'who do you guys think was the cutest? [insert her name], don't you think?!' lol. I knew this from my time as a moderator and being able to see the official/agency email accounts they signed up with.
I've noticed the glamorization of modeling in this particular forum among some really diehard (or just very young?) fans makes it hard to believe because.. how can someone in an idolized field be doing a 'normal' activity such as participating in an online forum, especially with members that signed up with the recently re-opened membership, but hopefully with time, you'll stumble upon old threads, see the high activity this site used to have and the information and potential for discussion it still has and that you can't find really in social media or any other forum for that matter, which is what makes people from all walks of life still want to register and it's not really a big deal.. eventually it
makes sense if you're involved (as an enthusiast, consumer, worker or former worker) in fashion.
Anyway, I used to follow a lot of models as a teenager (circa 2003-2006).. there was no social media to find out more about them and now as an adult, I will remember some of these names from time to time and look them up just to see what they're up to now.. many of them lead perfectly normal lives completely unrelated to fashion and not remotely networked with the 'big names' they once worked with. Besides being a well-known short-lived career, I've always thought that modeling at some point must get old.. unless you've become exceptionally rich and powerful in it (which doesn't seem to have been the case in the late 70s/early 80s, if I know my fashion history well it's only until the Supermodels when models show a capacity to become this extra powerful type of businesswomen), you probably want to do something.. different, after a few years?. Add to that the process of aging, I think only Lauren Hutton still gets "a little work here and there".
Back to the main question of this thread, is it awful that I think some of the not-so-huge models do some escort-ish jobs to keep afloat, too?