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  • Model of the Week: Chantelle Brown-Young

    Meet Chantelle Brown-Young

    Chantelle Brown-Young

    Beauty renewal.

    From appearing on America’s Next Top Model to being a self-proclaimed vitiligo spokeswoman, 19-year-old Canadian model Chantelle Brown-Young also known as Chantelle Winnie or Winnie Harlow is often referred to as the “non-traditional contestant.” As a child, she was called just about every farm or zoo animal with dual tones but the words of others did not discourage her. Since diagnosis with the rare skin condition, Winnie was a contestant on the 21st series of ANTM, photographed by the incredible Nick Knight, and has walked the runway.

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    According to Philly.com, “Her Instagram has well over 100,000 followers and Brown-Young first used social media to speak out about her condition when she took to YouTube in a 2011 video titled “Vitiligo: A Skin Condition not a Life Changer.”

    Above all, we commend her for her courage. Ms. Brown-Young is not only a person to follow but a young woman to be intrigued by.


    For more about Chantelle Brown-Young, just click here.


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  • Bad Girls Do It Well: A Sexy Editorial by Łukasz Ziętek

    Recently, Łukasz Ziętek ventured out from Poland to Southern California to shoot the beautiful Shay Maria for PLNY LALA. View our top picks from the bunch above.


    For more Łukasz Ziętek, just click here.

  • Model of the Week: Nadja Bender

    Meet Nadja Bender

    Nadja Bender
    Photos: Models.com

    The face of Fendi.

    According to Vogue (United Kingdom), Nadja Bender was scouted at the age of 21 when a neighbour put in a good for her. Two years after at 23, she is noted “as a firm favourite of Karl Lagerfeld’s”. Now, she is the face of Fendi (Spring / Summer 2014) but you must know that before embarking on modeling, she was a full-time nanotechnologist who studied physics and chemistry at university.

    I thought I was too old to be a model,” she jokes. “It wasn’t really something I had considered – I didn’t know anything about fashion. But I love it and I’m going to go back to university and maybe study history or criminology, whatever I find interesting,” adds Bender.

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    For more about Nadja Bender, just click here.


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  • Model of the Week: Aleece Wilson

    Meet Aleece Wilson

    Aleece Wilson
    Photo: Models.com

    It’s been awhile. Our last Model of the Week article was published in December and that’s for a number of reasons. One of them being that we weren’t really moved by other fresh faces like we are this week with Aleece Wilson. Word around town is Aleece Wilson was signed on the spot when she visited the Elite offices in Toronto, Canada. Since last Summer, the young freckled Canadian beauty has worked with adidas and Topshop, and walked the catwalk for several shows at Toronto Fashion Week — I was supposed to attend. As Wilson prepares for major markets, we’ll just kick back and gaze at her beauty in the photo above.

    For more about Aleece Wilson, just click here.


    *Update (May 15, 2014): Beyoncé used an image of Ms. Wilson in this video: Part 2: #WhatIsPretty.


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  • Model of the Week: Aleece Wilson

    Meet Aleece Wilson

    Aleece Wilson
    Photo: Models.com

    It’s been awhile. Our last Model of the Week article was published in December and that’s for a number of reasons. One of them being that we weren’t really moved by other fresh faces like we are this week with Aleece Wilson. Word around town is Aleece Wilson was signed on the spot when she visited the Elite offices in Toronto, Canada. Since last Summer, the young freckled Canadian beauty has worked with adidas and Topshop, and walked the catwalk for several shows at Toronto Fashion Week — I was supposed to attend. As Wilson prepares for major markets, we’ll just kick back and gaze at her beauty in the photo above.

    For more about Aleece Wilson, just click here.


    *Update (May 15, 2014): Beyoncé used an image of Ms. Wilson in this video: Part 2: #WhatIsPretty.


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  • Model of the Week: Anne-Lise Maulin

    Anne-Lise Maulin
    Photos: Models.com

    Meet Anne-Lise Maulin

    More than just a pretty fresh face, this 5’9.5” Aix-en-Provence native named Anne-Lise Maulin is a true artist. In her day-to-day activities, she creates and hosts art installations on rooftops in New York City, and she’s a dancer who gracefully dominates Ballet, Contemporary Modern and Hip-Hop styles. She’s also a good illustrator. She’s known to draw portraits of fellow models she meets and is also easy to work with. Industry photographers and fellow creatives are all raving about Ms. Maulin because she’s that awesome and inspirational. The pressure is on now, honey. Bring it!

    Anne-Lise Maulin


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  • Model of the Week: Anne-Lise Maulin

    Anne-Lise Maulin
    Photos: Models.com

    Meet Anne-Lise Maulin

    More than just a pretty fresh face, this 5’9.5” Aix-en-Provence native named Anne-Lise Maulin is a true artist. In her day-to-day activities, she creates and hosts art installations on rooftops in New York City, and she’s a dancer who gracefully dominates Ballet, Contemporary Modern and Hip-Hop styles. She’s also a good illustrator. She’s known to draw portraits of fellow models she meets and is also easy to work with. Industry photographers and fellow creatives are all raving about Ms. Maulin because she’s that awesome and inspirational. The pressure is on now, honey. Bring it!

    Anne-Lise Maulin


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  • Model of the Week: Bence Farkas

    Meet Bence Farkas

    Bence Farkas
    Photos: Models.com

    If it isn’t obvious, we really love red hair and this is no exception. Discovered on the streets of Budapest by an agent from Icon Model Management, we are sure that Farka’s long legs and a short torso were the perfect fit for the industry and his staggering jaw bone and masculine structure are the components that helped him ink the deal. He’s 6’1”, Hungarian and is ready to get to work. Oh, yeah, he looks good in colour photography too. See?

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    Bence Farkas


    For more about Bence Farkas, just click here.


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  • Model of the Week: Dani Witt

    Meet Dani Witt

    Dani Witt
    Photo: Joy Model Management RS

    Why? She is an absolutely gorgeous lady embodying what seems to be a free and easy personality.


    For more about Dani Witt, just click here.


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  • Model of the Week: Dani Witt

    Meet Dani Witt

    Dani Witt
    Photo: Joy Model Management RS

    Why? She is an absolutely gorgeous lady embodying what seems to be a free and easy personality.


    For more about Dani Witt, just click here.


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