“I told them, don’t ask me to grow out my hair or lose any weight. I want to represent real women who have curves.”

— Amber Rose on signing with Ford Models.

Short little video featuring Roman Ivanic from Ford Models dressed in Emanuel Ungaru and Lanvin.

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My ambivalence toward Amber Rose, whose overnight celebrity is as capricious as her taste in clothing, was beginning to wane until I came across this recent pic of her leaving Villa Lounge in West Hollywood last weekend. I say, “do you”, but I can’t help but wonder why anyone would purposely be out and about looking like an Oompa Loompa with titties. Aside from abusing a bottle self-tanner, the girl goes out of her way to match her unoriginal hair with those omnipresent leggings, played-out watch, pack of Newports AND sunglasses that, for some reason, she decides to wear at night (I still don’t get it). You can take the girl out of Philly but you can’t take tacky out of the girl. Ford Models would not approve.

52 year old Jerry Hall, the iconic model from the 80s has been once again signed with Ford Models. Her sexy photo shot by Karl Lagerfeld (above) for a Chanel accessories catalogue must have turned heads over at Ford.

Kendra Spears for the Akiabara Ad Campaign.

Kendra Spears in Trovata S/S 2009.

Kendra Spears for Ford Models contest.

Like any sane person, I deleted my Myspace account once I realized that I wasted at least four hours each day changing my layout design, took pathetic photos specifically for new Myspace defaults and stalked my ex-boyfriend to see who he was macking on that week. Now granted, I’ve been Myspace sober for over three years (thanks to Facebook. damnit) but Kendra Spears, the new face all over the runways, owes her whole aspiring career to Myspace. 

Say sayonara to the typical college co-ed and hello to the winner of Ford Models’ Myspace.com contest! So she didn’t win the $100,000 contract with Ford Models, but who can complain walking for Gucci, Hermès, and Valentino in Paris and Milan? Recently the 20 year old Portland State University student has been working on shoots for Dazed and Confused, Italian Marie Claire and an upcoming BCBG ad campaign. 

Anyone else wondering why Kendra Spears didn’t wind up in New York Fashion Week last month? Well, according to bookers, they aren’t too keen on Spears’ Cindy Crawford lip mole. Well too bad for us here in the States, it looks like European bookers know a pretty face, mole or no mole, when they see one! 

Thanks NY Mag!

October 11th was a tragic day for Ford Models and the family and friends of Randy Johnston. The 20 year old model passed away on Saturday of unknown causes. The half German, half English model was discovered by Ford Models through a mailed in photograph. Johnston was the featured model of the 2007 Dior Homme campaign and will appear in November’s i-D Magazine with Lara Stone. Ford Models had this to say about their recent loss:

“Randy Johnston, a beautiful, sweet, and loving young man. There are no words to express how much he will be missed.”

To view the tribute to Randy Johnston, please visit Ford Models. 

Thanks Models.com, NY Mag and Sbastien’s World!

Despite Janice Dickinson’s rants, there were plenty of supermodels before her time. Dorian Leigh was a 1950’s ford model and revolutionized Revlon cosmetics. In fact, she was one of the first models to be signed to Eileen Ford’s prestigious agency. Soon after retiring from modeling, she started her own successful agency in France. Leigh was the quintessential chic model and booked major campaigns like Revlon and appeared regularly in Harper’s Bazaar. Her employers adored her. Eileen Ford called Leigh “truly the best model of our time, She instinctively knew what every photographer wanted, and she came alive just at the moment the shutter clicked” Dorian Leigh died earlier this month and will truly be missed.

Erin from Ford Models is probably one of my favorites from the agency. She’s got a very healthy look and her curls are perfectly coiffed. Thankfully, she offered some tips on how she gets her perfect locks.

Check out the vid.

Hedi Slimane has gotten his shots in and V Man is finally ready to announce the winner of their Ford Models cover. And the winner is (drumroll please) ….. Petey.

Actually from this shoot I don’t know who the fuck Petey is.  All the men look the same with the exception of the blondie, whose name is Adam, but between the other two it’s anyones guess who Petey is.

Personally, I think the Bowie double should have one cause the other two look more like high school students than models. But I guess that’s the new look for men, juvenile.

Watch for Petey on an upcoming cover of VMan and to hit the runways this season as Ford pushes his skinny ass out to the masses.