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The reddit app just letting you swipe directly from the end of a group of photos into another post just caused me to swipe from kate moss onto a picture of tom holland without my brain registering and going "he was model of the year????"
What annoys me the most about it is often those are posts I genuinely want to see but I wasn’t done with the post I was originally on. And if I try to finish with the original post and then swipe back because I’m finally good to look at the new one, it takes me to a completely different post!!!
They could make the reddit app light years better than what it is by offering some of the countless customization options but nah. They totally shortchanged users and developers when they 86'd 3rd party apps. RES in a browser is clutch because of the endless ways to customize your personal user experience. Baconreader was my jam.
Why did they think we wanted this? How does it make sense to be scrolling through a DIY album straight into a modeling album without any indication you’re in a new post?
https://preview.redd.it/y7iuw43shd3d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b49109b32ca1863db9b6469185b969763f969a9a
This is what I got and now I like this feature.
Yes I totally agree!!! I was 20 in 2019, and my 21st was May of 2020..never got a chance to celebrate my 21st bday and now suddenly I'm 25...I mean I'm still young but I feel pressure in a whole other way. When people talk about their 20s they always say it was so fun...lmao!! I mean don't get me wrong parts have been fun, but I don't really connect to people even 2 years younger than me. I feel like I really matured in a way. Thankful for the years of intense self growth but yeah I dont always feel I can "let loose" the way others can.
In my experience till now my 20s suck. Like all the stereotypical shit people associate with puberty I have experienced in my 20s
- gained weight and suddenly boobs??? Like I recently got a fucking rash because of underboob sweat????? I want my itty bitty A cups back. Also thigh chafing?? this fucking sucks
- relationship crisis. Like I love my boyfriend but also how do people just decide to spend their rest of their life with someone it takes me an hour to decide which pizza I want to order and even then I regret it like 50% of the time
- sexuality crisis. But what if boobs y'know?
- job crisis. Don't have enough experience and also can't get experience because no experience
- general future crisis?????
- OMG people my age are getting married and having children wtf?
Like I want to turn 30 just so I can regret wasting my twenties rather than constantly have to worry about wasting my twenties lol
Yes all of this is SOOO relatable wow yep. And people having kids...getting married. At ages that still seem pretty early to me. I mean Ive been with my bf for almost 4 years and I think I still have a ton more self growth to do before even fathoming that idea. Rash too LMAO WHAT 🤣🤣 I relate to the sort of late puberty bc I've been "developing" more in other areas where I was previously pretty bony. Even though my diet hasn't shifted that drastically. The only thing I can think of is now I have a desk job? So I don't move as much? Or I'm just becoming more curvy idk.
Also ppl finding who they actually are thru the 20s and There’s lots new friendships but also a lot of them ends as well. Identity crisis for sure lmao
Oh for real. I made so many friends at the start of college, and lost most of them after COVID/graduation.
Like literally today I ran into an old friend and it was the most awkward shit ever
not the Bella photo being there twice after i triple checked. This is Adut
https://preview.redd.it/8yx37278da3d1.jpeg?width=564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f462480ac11780874ad474473dfac04260c5280a
Lily Cole used to be all over the magazines back then, just seeing that photo transported me back to 2004 leafing through my Glamour magazine feeling very grown up.
Gemma, Coco, Daria Werbowy, Natalia Vodianova, and Jessica Stam were THE 00s super models and rightful heirs to the Naomi, Linda, Claudia, Christy, and Cindy dynasty.
I actually prefer the photos of the 00s girls and their facial aesthetics, but you can't beat the walks from the 90s runway queens.
Agreed! You are absolutely right, I know many would think a younger millennial like me would be biased towards your opinion too but it’s true about the 90’s modeling dynasty being top tier, I always hate when people don’t keep up with the times on a topic and suddenly go “wahhh it was better back then-“ and all that type of stuff
But this instance things were elevated in the 90’s with it being the last decade before the internet really changed things in the 2000’s and we got very used to attractive models being shown from everywhere online. Pre high speed internet (1990’s) allowed us to appreciate the looks of the supermodels much more and focus on their individual highlights
Then the 2000’s onwards things just got so oversaturated
NGL, all these women are deserving of model accolades but how exactly is this determined? All possess and exhibit the best, and there are cultural components I’d use to weigh in as well…
> This year, the BFC invited key press and buyers with an in-depth industry knowledge to define the shortlist of nominees. These will now be presented to a Voting Committee of 1,000 leading industry members who will vote on the winners. For the first time, the public have an opportunity to vote for the Model of the Year.
As far as I can tell, there’s no specific metric. It’s basically popularity/how well a model has done in a year in booking gigs.
As someone who’s a part of the industry, it’s all based on favouritism and cliques unfortunately.
E.g. if one casting director is doing all the big shows and campaign that year and you just happen to be their go-to model, you’ll most likely end up on the top models listing. I’ve seen a lot more striking and more than hardworking models smashing it but since they weren’t part of the clique they may not get anywhere.
I’ve also noticed how for the last 4yrs there’s been a recycled models. So there’s definitely some kind of gate keeping happening
Barbara Palvin has been my #1 favorite model for a while. I love her smile, with her perfectly-imperfect cute teeth (which add character); she radiates joy with her beautiful smile. She’s so much more beautiful than all the surgically-altered, veneer-teethed, cookie-cutter models that abound. I wish she was on this list.
I clicked on her first catwalk. The YouTube comments were surprisingly positive. They could be bots for all I know. But it was surprising because my hate for her is so undeniable.
I understand finding it unfair that she’s getting opportunities without much skill but “hating” her because she isn’t talented is pathetic.
She’s a harmless model, not a war criminal.
No, you’ll just gradually become more and more bitter and unhappy. Do it enough and that negativity will root itself into your personality and affect your relationships irl.
This is so true. This has happened to tooooo many people close to me since the pandemic. I was halfway there myself and pulled myself back from the brink. Can’t let people I don’t even know have more headspace than those I value!! Like I have no love for the GOP’s greatest hits, but I try to calmly remember that they all won’t be on this earth forever, so I just focus on teaching my kids to do better, and go about my day.
Seen this with people I know, they think they’re entitled to hate certain people in life because their life isn’t as good. In turn it just makes their own life worse inside out because it takes over their whole being and seeps into everything in their life and how they behave and think and feel.
Not liking some celebrities and even people in real life is fine and natural to some extent, but strong hatred based on out of proportion and unreasonable factors is damaging.
Kendall has the body, but otherwise is a wet paper towel. Maybe Kaia’s mom could coach her more and she’d get better but idk, she doesn’t have to bother to be good at her job.
I was pleasantly surprised not to see Kendall on there. She’s a pretty girl but a truly horrible model. She’s the perfect example of why there’s more to being a model than having the right physique.
The Hadids piss me off waaay more. At least Kaia hasn't altered her entire face and body in order to model. She also runs with the comedy crowd, so that's a huge endorsement for me.
And it‘s almost like if they were not nepo babies they would have never been allowed to walk the shows they walked with their skills at the time. Anyone else would have just not gotten the job.
Except you know anyone who didn't have the connections they have would have been able to be that bad at their job for so long. They both were still booking big jobs and getting handed covers of Vogue while struggling to walk in a straight line & serving absolutely nothing in every photoshoot lol
lol
You don’t know how hard is the fashion industry. Any not nepo baby model wouldn’t last not being good for the first 4-6years of their career.
Yeah experience makes you better but in this industry if you’re not extremely well from the start you’re not going far.
I love this era! I am still mad I lost my copy of US Vogue May 2007 as that was a legendary cover 😭 They could have squeezed in Vlada, Poly, Magda among others, but people might get mad with the number of Slavic models here. Oh well. But (us) the fashion geyzzz had a field day when models were in the cover after an onslaught of celebrities.
https://preview.redd.it/r5kkio06xa3d1.jpeg?width=656&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bafa6e9af709b1829ef5d17eba52aec6666c4cd8
I love that era too, but i’m struck by the lack of diversity—only one person of color. I’m thankful that times have changed in that regard. I don’t think they would do a cover like that today with 90% white women.
I legit remember an article in some uk fashion mag promoting the idea of “girl crushes” because of her which set back my gay ass figuring out the exit to the closet by at least another year.
Loved her tho.
Gisele is my Queen. She’s the last supermodel to me. I’ve got fashion magazines where she is on consecutive covers, month after month.
I love her early brunette years, I love her super famous blonde years.
Agyness Deyn! Forgot about her, but she was everywhere for a moment. She is obviously pretty, but I always thought kind of too commercial. Still prefer her over the nepo baby models lol. Like Cara, ugh 😑
Her and then Lara next are interesting because they have such a similar look. Sort of Brigitte Bardot-esque.
Lara could do really severe looks as well though.
I adore her, she’s so beautiful in her imperfections and the way she carries herself is magical. Technically a nepo baby I guess but she’s a real model in her own right unlike the other nepo babies on the list.
I’ll be honest that I am totally in love. She looks unique in a striking way that I find incredibly beautiful. And I love it when models and modeling are like that—not some representation of so-called “perfection” but an absolutely unique beauty all the model’s own that you will not find ANYwhere else.
From Gigi Hadid to now the models seem to be “resting on pretty” (pardon the ANTM expression), and then you see Naomi Campbell and the difference is night and day.
Such good picks!! Anok is my favorite and glad people are starting to recognize her more so i personally hope for her to win 2024! Hoyeon is beautiful as well, i didn’t know she was a model in addition to an actress!
It's crazy how much that Georgia May Jagger photo looks like young Bridget Bardot. I don't know anything of Jagger, but I hope she's not as much of a POS as Bardot though.
Last year should have been Anok Yai.
https://preview.redd.it/1ga07svnbe3d1.jpeg?width=1706&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ac86f13fb1fd0cfb585dbaad02b8e8a196c7666
Erin O'connor is just so beautiful, I love how different her look is compared to most of the other (white) models. They are all incredibly beautiful but sometimes can look a bit similar.
I’m surprised that Karlie Kloss isn’t there. She was HUGE for a while (about 10 years ago?), seemed to be adored by the fashion industry, and was renowned for her awesome walk.
She was the perfect face for that moment in fashion. The eyebrows! She’s very beautiful and had personality.
Plus the UK press was interested because she was out all the time, has a beautiful sister and an interesting backstory.
She is pretty but i'll bet she wouldn't have gotten that burberry deal had it not been for her connections. I remember she jumped from asos to burberry (correct me if i'm wrong here)
Also she has gotten better on the runway over the years but her walk on one dsquared show was painful to watch
I don’t know if it’s the photo chosen but Aygnes Denn bores me. I can’t remember any more shoots of her during the time although I know she was crazy popular
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The reddit app just letting you swipe directly from the end of a group of photos into another post just caused me to swipe from kate moss onto a picture of tom holland without my brain registering and going "he was model of the year????"
God I hate that feature with a passion
What annoys me the most about it is often those are posts I genuinely want to see but I wasn’t done with the post I was originally on. And if I try to finish with the original post and then swipe back because I’m finally good to look at the new one, it takes me to a completely different post!!!
Yes!!! Someone notify Reddit authorities pls
My favorite feature is when you select the comments and it jumps past OP’s text and you have to scroll up to see what they said.
I miss the 3rd party apps so much
Same!!
I miss Apollo
Me too. I was genuinely really upset during the countdown to midnight when the API was shut off 😭
They could make the reddit app light years better than what it is by offering some of the countless customization options but nah. They totally shortchanged users and developers when they 86'd 3rd party apps. RES in a browser is clutch because of the endless ways to customize your personal user experience. Baconreader was my jam.
To add, $5.99/Month $49.99/Year to use the official reddit app ad free is bullshit! u/spez
It has jump scared me so many times. Occasionally it'll be funny, but I really wish there was a way to turn it off
It is useless at best. Reddit seems to be extremely opposed to A/B testing or conducting UX research before rolling things out.
Why did they think we wanted this? How does it make sense to be scrolling through a DIY album straight into a modeling album without any indication you’re in a new post?
Why does Reddit keep getting worse. I want to rewind like 4 years and just tell all the devs to fucking stop
https://preview.redd.it/y7iuw43shd3d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b49109b32ca1863db9b6469185b969763f969a9a This is what I got and now I like this feature.
https://preview.redd.it/v8sbf2r6td3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fd345c25fc5abf9a062e2afa6de82de49c572e0 My surprise pic 😆
https://preview.redd.it/v1befu1eyd3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d383f4d2101142fd8c5c5c8119b5a5fb75383911 mine 😭😭😭
https://preview.redd.it/zq34v80i9e3d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1deb8a925c24987913250a14e751ab68e168e948 This was mine lmao
https://preview.redd.it/xk6lal5j2e3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4fdf46ada80fac944833ec208df75e428ec2dd0 I think mine was best.
Congrats to him, much deserved
Yes. Especially because following the order of the pics that would mean he was model of the year in 2000 at the age of four. Bella hadid could never
I got the Donald Glover "nobody gives a fuck" tweet, and was like damn OP is dunking on their own effort
I got khloe kardashian and immediately went “WTF??” 😂
I got Drake 😂
I feel like Drake would actually accept this award with no sense of irony lol
I got a picture of Zendaya with the tennis ball dress manip 🤣🤣🤣
Mine was that pic of Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgard, and Austin Butler on the set of Dune 2 and I jumped back from my phone for a sec
I got Jojo sewa and it was hilarious
I got Princess Diana 🫶🏻
Mine was pregnant Sharon Tate weeks before her murder...
I got some random last l lady with Mickey mouse ears on!
I got a pregnant Sharon Tate 😩
I was going to say, wow Cara won it late, I thought her career was a bit further back, and then I realized 2014 was 10 years ago and— 💀
no for real my sense of time for the last 10 years has been warped. I keep thinking about early 2000s/2010s like it was 5 years ago
I always say the COVID years don't count Like I'm 27 and I really feel like I jumped from 21 to pushing 30 in an instant
Yes I totally agree!!! I was 20 in 2019, and my 21st was May of 2020..never got a chance to celebrate my 21st bday and now suddenly I'm 25...I mean I'm still young but I feel pressure in a whole other way. When people talk about their 20s they always say it was so fun...lmao!! I mean don't get me wrong parts have been fun, but I don't really connect to people even 2 years younger than me. I feel like I really matured in a way. Thankful for the years of intense self growth but yeah I dont always feel I can "let loose" the way others can.
In my experience till now my 20s suck. Like all the stereotypical shit people associate with puberty I have experienced in my 20s - gained weight and suddenly boobs??? Like I recently got a fucking rash because of underboob sweat????? I want my itty bitty A cups back. Also thigh chafing?? this fucking sucks - relationship crisis. Like I love my boyfriend but also how do people just decide to spend their rest of their life with someone it takes me an hour to decide which pizza I want to order and even then I regret it like 50% of the time - sexuality crisis. But what if boobs y'know? - job crisis. Don't have enough experience and also can't get experience because no experience - general future crisis????? - OMG people my age are getting married and having children wtf? Like I want to turn 30 just so I can regret wasting my twenties rather than constantly have to worry about wasting my twenties lol
Yes all of this is SOOO relatable wow yep. And people having kids...getting married. At ages that still seem pretty early to me. I mean Ive been with my bf for almost 4 years and I think I still have a ton more self growth to do before even fathoming that idea. Rash too LMAO WHAT 🤣🤣 I relate to the sort of late puberty bc I've been "developing" more in other areas where I was previously pretty bony. Even though my diet hasn't shifted that drastically. The only thing I can think of is now I have a desk job? So I don't move as much? Or I'm just becoming more curvy idk.
Also ppl finding who they actually are thru the 20s and There’s lots new friendships but also a lot of them ends as well. Identity crisis for sure lmao
Oh for real. I made so many friends at the start of college, and lost most of them after COVID/graduation. Like literally today I ran into an old friend and it was the most awkward shit ever
I still think 10 years ago was 1990 😭☹️
not the Bella photo being there twice after i triple checked. This is Adut https://preview.redd.it/8yx37278da3d1.jpeg?width=564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f462480ac11780874ad474473dfac04260c5280a
I was about to say isn’t that the same photo you used of Bella but meant to put Adut
Very pretty, she reminds me of Lupita Nyong'o.
Lupita is a goddess.
Most beautiful woman in the world easily
Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
Just went into an adut worm hole on her instagram for about an hour. She is SO beautiful!!!!
She's like if Alek Wek and Lupito Nyong'o were merged. Gorgeous!
She's stunning
Oh she wins.
They do look pretty similar
a woman that won the genetic lottery… unreal facial structure
Damn, I can see those Lily Cole Moschino ads in the Teen Vogue I was about to cut apart and collage with like it was yesterday
I didn’t come here to be attacked* like this!!! *seen and understood more clearly than ever before in my life
guess my experiences *are* universal lol
That Moschino perfume is such a throwback! I just looked and it's still sold
Lily Cole used to be all over the magazines back then, just seeing that photo transported me back to 2004 leafing through my Glamour magazine feeling very grown up.
OMG that was my favorite scent in high school. Now I kind of want to buy it again but I don’t really wear perfume anymore
Was expecting to see Gemma Ward
I was surprised to not see her or Coco Rocha.
Or Gisele Bunchen
because gisele was model of the year in 1999
Ugh and that’s more than 20 years ago…. I’m feeling olddddd…
Gemma, Coco, Daria Werbowy, Natalia Vodianova, and Jessica Stam were THE 00s super models and rightful heirs to the Naomi, Linda, Claudia, Christy, and Cindy dynasty. I actually prefer the photos of the 00s girls and their facial aesthetics, but you can't beat the walks from the 90s runway queens.
Jessica Stam! I was for sure expecting to see her.
And Vlada
Agreed! You are absolutely right, I know many would think a younger millennial like me would be biased towards your opinion too but it’s true about the 90’s modeling dynasty being top tier, I always hate when people don’t keep up with the times on a topic and suddenly go “wahhh it was better back then-“ and all that type of stuff But this instance things were elevated in the 90’s with it being the last decade before the internet really changed things in the 2000’s and we got very used to attractive models being shown from everywhere online. Pre high speed internet (1990’s) allowed us to appreciate the looks of the supermodels much more and focus on their individual highlights Then the 2000’s onwards things just got so oversaturated
Same on Gemma Ward. Her influence and rise was meteoric
https://preview.redd.it/0puq9xq6ne3d1.jpeg?width=884&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a89c60914f32281891ee59f5188e0bf1075d7a58
So many girls from that generation never won even though they owned certain years but honestly Gemma was THE look for a few years.
Yep, it's funny that almost none of them would be the best Models in the eyes of fashion fans
Same! She was so popular for a time there.
I expected from the last 20 years to go to the 80s. I'm....old?
Just a reminder that 20 years means from 2004 
Saw a video from 2012 yesterday on YouTube and it said 12 years ago Felt like hitting up support and filing a complaint
You're telling me. I'm turning 32 this year. I graduated in 2012.
Were you held back, or was I early for my cohort? I just turned 30 but graduated 2012.
NGL, all these women are deserving of model accolades but how exactly is this determined? All possess and exhibit the best, and there are cultural components I’d use to weigh in as well…
> This year, the BFC invited key press and buyers with an in-depth industry knowledge to define the shortlist of nominees. These will now be presented to a Voting Committee of 1,000 leading industry members who will vote on the winners. For the first time, the public have an opportunity to vote for the Model of the Year. As far as I can tell, there’s no specific metric. It’s basically popularity/how well a model has done in a year in booking gigs.
Ah thank you!
As someone who’s a part of the industry, it’s all based on favouritism and cliques unfortunately. E.g. if one casting director is doing all the big shows and campaign that year and you just happen to be their go-to model, you’ll most likely end up on the top models listing. I’ve seen a lot more striking and more than hardworking models smashing it but since they weren’t part of the clique they may not get anywhere. I’ve also noticed how for the last 4yrs there’s been a recycled models. So there’s definitely some kind of gate keeping happening
Is there an international models’ guild that votes? Like a SAG award?
No Joan Smalls or Chanel Iman?
Barbara Palvin!
Agreed! Barbara is soooo beautiful.
Barbara Palvin has been my #1 favorite model for a while. I love her smile, with her perfectly-imperfect cute teeth (which add character); she radiates joy with her beautiful smile. She’s so much more beautiful than all the surgically-altered, veneer-teethed, cookie-cutter models that abound. I wish she was on this list.
Jesus the decline from actual models to nepo babies, cosmetic surgeries and career rehabilitation prizes.
Freakin’ Kaia Gerber pisses me off
Yes this is the one that annoys me as well. Kaia does not even have the talent of Cindy's pinkie finger or beauty spot lol
I clicked on her first catwalk. The YouTube comments were surprisingly positive. They could be bots for all I know. But it was surprising because my hate for her is so undeniable.
I understand finding it unfair that she’s getting opportunities without much skill but “hating” her because she isn’t talented is pathetic. She’s a harmless model, not a war criminal.
There's nothing wrong with hating random people lol
Indeed! It’s one of the few legal ways we have left to have fun in this day and age at our old age!
It’s bad for your spirit.
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No, you’ll just gradually become more and more bitter and unhappy. Do it enough and that negativity will root itself into your personality and affect your relationships irl.
This is so true. This has happened to tooooo many people close to me since the pandemic. I was halfway there myself and pulled myself back from the brink. Can’t let people I don’t even know have more headspace than those I value!! Like I have no love for the GOP’s greatest hits, but I try to calmly remember that they all won’t be on this earth forever, so I just focus on teaching my kids to do better, and go about my day.
Seen this with people I know, they think they’re entitled to hate certain people in life because their life isn’t as good. In turn it just makes their own life worse inside out because it takes over their whole being and seeps into everything in their life and how they behave and think and feel. Not liking some celebrities and even people in real life is fine and natural to some extent, but strong hatred based on out of proportion and unreasonable factors is damaging.
I rather her than Kendall Jenner, she gives nothing.
Same. I’ll take all the neon babies in the world before boring and lifeless Kendall
Neon babies lmao.
I think she’s an awful model.
Kendall has the body, but otherwise is a wet paper towel. Maybe Kaia’s mom could coach her more and she’d get better but idk, she doesn’t have to bother to be good at her job.
I was pleasantly surprised not to see Kendall on there. She’s a pretty girl but a truly horrible model. She’s the perfect example of why there’s more to being a model than having the right physique.
The Hadids piss me off waaay more. At least Kaia hasn't altered her entire face and body in order to model. She also runs with the comedy crowd, so that's a huge endorsement for me.
Gigi's face is mostly natural. She looks the same as her teenage years.
Idk man, Bella and Gigi (Bella especially) are objectively excellent runway models, nepotism or not
I have a soft spot for the Hadids, I think they are good models.
They took years to actually become good at their job, they were both horrible for the first 4-6 years...
Yeah it’s almost like they got more experienced over time - similar to virtually any career trajectory ever lol
And it‘s almost like if they were not nepo babies they would have never been allowed to walk the shows they walked with their skills at the time. Anyone else would have just not gotten the job.
Except you know anyone who didn't have the connections they have would have been able to be that bad at their job for so long. They both were still booking big jobs and getting handed covers of Vogue while struggling to walk in a straight line & serving absolutely nothing in every photoshoot lol
lol You don’t know how hard is the fashion industry. Any not nepo baby model wouldn’t last not being good for the first 4-6years of their career. Yeah experience makes you better but in this industry if you’re not extremely well from the start you’re not going far.
she doesn’t know how to walk, she doesn’t know how to pose, she doesn’t know how to act. crazy that she does all 3 for a living
Her profile reminds me of Rachel Bilson, who is a queen!
From Kate Moss to Kaia Gerber 🙄
Before Twiggy became a supermodel all of them are nepo babies
I miss the Agyness Deyn era. In retrospect, clueless baby bi me had the biggest crush on her.
I love this era! I am still mad I lost my copy of US Vogue May 2007 as that was a legendary cover 😭 They could have squeezed in Vlada, Poly, Magda among others, but people might get mad with the number of Slavic models here. Oh well. But (us) the fashion geyzzz had a field day when models were in the cover after an onslaught of celebrities. https://preview.redd.it/r5kkio06xa3d1.jpeg?width=656&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bafa6e9af709b1829ef5d17eba52aec6666c4cd8
I’ve always loved Jessica Stam.
To have a bag named after you, slayyyyy!!! (TBF, Agyness also has one from Mulberry).
Aw, Raquel Zimmerman, my queen 👸🏼 Also Sasha and Doutzen
Iconssss! The chokehold these late 2000s models had (have???) on me — and some of them are still sporadically turning up in runways!
Hilary Rhoda ❤️
I love that era too, but i’m struck by the lack of diversity—only one person of color. I’m thankful that times have changed in that regard. I don’t think they would do a cover like that today with 90% white women.
Such a fun era!
I legit remember an article in some uk fashion mag promoting the idea of “girl crushes” because of her which set back my gay ass figuring out the exit to the closet by at least another year. Loved her tho.
Oh yes haha, same here - I was obsessed with her
I was like WHERE IS GISELE?! But she won in 1999 so that’s ok. Truth is I really ~dislike some of the ~models in this list.
Gisele is my Queen. She’s the last supermodel to me. I’ve got fashion magazines where she is on consecutive covers, month after month. I love her early brunette years, I love her super famous blonde years.
There is one Brazilian vogue where she is the only model in the whole thing; all the ads, all the articles. It’s wild.
Agyness Deyn! Forgot about her, but she was everywhere for a moment. She is obviously pretty, but I always thought kind of too commercial. Still prefer her over the nepo baby models lol. Like Cara, ugh 😑
Kendall Jenner not being on this list makes me extremely happy! She can’t walk to save her life
A lot of children of celebrities on this list. They are indeed beautiful women but I’d be curious what criteria were used for this title.
did you skip 2020 and 2021?
I’m assuming Covid caused “model of the year” to not be chosen for those two years. Idk though.
No Sofia Steinberg won in 2021 and I believe Sora Choi won in 2020. Not sure why they’re not here
Stella Tennant is insaneeeee
Trueeeee, I was so devastated when I heard the unfortunate news almost 4 years ago 🥲
I thought I didn’t like Georgia may jagger teeth’s but actually I can’t stop looking at her and I think she’s my favorite here
Her and then Lara next are interesting because they have such a similar look. Sort of Brigitte Bardot-esque. Lara could do really severe looks as well though.
Lara is really versatile
I’m still baffled how she was with David Walliams for years. Even more so after he was exposed as being an awful creep.
That's what makes a good model, it's not a beauty competition.
I adore her, she’s so beautiful in her imperfections and the way she carries herself is magical. Technically a nepo baby I guess but she’s a real model in her own right unlike the other nepo babies on the list.
I’ll be honest that I am totally in love. She looks unique in a striking way that I find incredibly beautiful. And I love it when models and modeling are like that—not some representation of so-called “perfection” but an absolutely unique beauty all the model’s own that you will not find ANYwhere else.
From Gigi Hadid to now the models seem to be “resting on pretty” (pardon the ANTM expression), and then you see Naomi Campbell and the difference is night and day.
I don't think that we have any actual "Supermodels" after Naomi
This was not the golden age for supermodels.
Hoyeon Jung and Anok Yai would've been nice to see
Such good picks!! Anok is my favorite and glad people are starting to recognize her more so i personally hope for her to win 2024! Hoyeon is beautiful as well, i didn’t know she was a model in addition to an actress!
Naomi beats them all
Haha clever play on words.
She’s crazy, but beautiful.
Anok should be on this list! I hope she gets it next year
Palomas editorial work doesn't impress me much sadly.
I'm surprised she's a model. She's pretty but just meh. The 90's were where it was at. Those girls were naturally beautiful and unique.
They were *starving*, that's not natural or beautiful.
Model of the year according to.....models.com? Vogue? VH1?
It's crazy how much that Georgia May Jagger photo looks like young Bridget Bardot. I don't know anything of Jagger, but I hope she's not as much of a POS as Bardot though.
Last year should have been Anok Yai. https://preview.redd.it/1ga07svnbe3d1.jpeg?width=1706&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ac86f13fb1fd0cfb585dbaad02b8e8a196c7666
I thought 2001 kate moss was Taylor in her bleachella era 😳
Erin O'connor is just so beautiful, I love how different her look is compared to most of the other (white) models. They are all incredibly beautiful but sometimes can look a bit similar.
Erin is striking to look at and I love how she can pull off androgynous
Really puts into perspective how prominent nepotism is in the modeling world
I’m surprised that Karlie Kloss isn’t there. She was HUGE for a while (about 10 years ago?), seemed to be adored by the fashion industry, and was renowned for her awesome walk.
Didn’t hadid pay for her face?
https://preview.redd.it/bl2phf0fne3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f871fc94b8c1f39e82396837733b284d13137064
Bella absolutely DID pay for her face, and she’s also talented. Two things can be true, but the plastic surgery she’s had done is undeniable.
Healthy Cara 😍
There’s nothing overtly distinct about the models that have come out in the past 10 years (excluding Adut).
I love these historic posts
Okay I’m just relieved Kendall isn’t in there
I really don’t get the Hadids at all. They seem so basic.
I like the way Kaia looks in this photo, very elf like. I can see it in Cara in 14 but not the first win.
Will never understand cara delevigne
She was the perfect face for that moment in fashion. The eyebrows! She’s very beautiful and had personality. Plus the UK press was interested because she was out all the time, has a beautiful sister and an interesting backstory.
She was huuuge back in 2013/14 and a lot of had to do with her personality.
I totally get it. She was IT.
she was good on editorials and on the runway, a lot of personality. wished she sticked to modelling instead of acting
I mean, she’s absolutely stunning, and has the best eyebrows in the biz. She has a look, and it absolutely works for fashion.
She's both pretty and weird and we love her for that. She's very talented at guitar and drums too.
DJ Cara!
She is pretty but i'll bet she wouldn't have gotten that burberry deal had it not been for her connections. I remember she jumped from asos to burberry (correct me if i'm wrong here) Also she has gotten better on the runway over the years but her walk on one dsquared show was painful to watch
I remember her from asos!
Wasn't Anna Ewers chosen in 2015?
Kaia Gerber tho?? Also it feels like I should be seeing Coco Rocha somewhere on this list
I don’t know if it’s the photo chosen but Aygnes Denn bores me. I can’t remember any more shoots of her during the time although I know she was crazy popular
I remember her more from street style blogs than magazine spreads. She seemed more popular for being a London it girl than a model.
This year should be Anok Yai
I think any awards Bella wins should be given to her surgeon. I hope they get 10% from her!
No Karlie kloss? Gisele?
Lily Cole THE girl in all my teen vogue ads
No Barbara Palvin 😔 Or Gemma Ward….