Is Everybody a Model Now?

Just a few short years ago you had to actually be working for a talent agency to be considered a model. I mean, you had to actually have face shots, and in most cases, a real, live, walking, talking agent.
But along came Myspace, Facebook, Bebo, Black Planet, and Xango, or whatever.
"Models" exploded out of the woodwork. Their credits were simply club shots that somebody took of them with a group of people on the dance floor. Some simply bought a new bikini, a lace front and slapped it on the Internet -- POW -- a model, just like that.
I mean, what would Tyra Banks say?
Now, don't get me wrong a person can choose to make a living or be as entrepreneurial as their work ethic allows, but com'on. All of a sudden the Internet is filled with fiddyleven models?
And the only pose they know? The booty pose, that's it.
Is it me, or can anybody be a model nowadays?


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Kandi, Tiny, Diamond, Toya, Rasheeda, Nivea, & Neffe drop it on stage

Looks like the girls of A-town wanted to take it back to 1988 with a live and upclose version of Sir Mixalot's "Back Got Back". Go, 'Sheeda, Go, 'Sheeda, Go Kandi, Go Kandi, Go Neffe, Go .... just go.

Let Your Man Stare at Others? Hmmm

Had to repost this letter to LaDawn Black, East Coast radio personality and relationship guru/author. I think she kind of missed the boat on this one though. What do you think?


Dear LaDawn:

My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 2 years and in that time we have never cheated on each other. We have also been able to build a successful business together. One of the biggest problems we have is that he has a fetish with females' bootys. There have been a few times when he has been gawking at a girl's butt and I have found it disrespectful. Now its at a point that he does it and he lies about it. After seeing him do it several times I have reached a conclusion that I don't want to deal with it at all. I talked to him about it in the past several times, I explained to him how it makes me feel disrespected, it hurts and if I would have known that it would be like this in the beginning, I would not have engaged in this type of a relationship with him, I would have kept him as a friend. He protests that this is a small thing and that I should not be bothered by it and the fact that I am bothered by it is my problem.

We have both invested a lot into our relationship and our business, but I feel like his immature behavior is causing me a great deal of stress which in turn is affecting the business and everything else. He says often (and I know it to be true) that things could always be worse. I tell him, "Should become accustomed to settling for less?"

Please tell me if this is just some psychosis of my own mind, blatant immaturity, disrespect or something that comes along with dating a black man in Northern California.

Sister:

Let me be really honest with you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with looking/gawking/appreciating the human form. If your man likes to look, let him look because the truth is that you probably get your "look" on when a fine brother crosses your path. The difference is that you are probably more subtle, your man doesn't care and doesn't notice or you don't discuss your fondness for broad shoulders or sexy lips with him. Yes, you are being extremely sensitive and to ask the man not to notice other women is simply insanity. There is nothing wrong with looking. When he tries to get closer to the booty by asking its phone number or following it home -- then get concerned.

REALLY?

2 women critical after 'J-Lo' surgery goes wrong

Tampa police are searching for a woman that performed two unauthorized cosmetic surgeries on women who wanted "J-Lo" booties, media outlets say.
The two women remained in intensive care after suffering organ failure.

Andrea Lee, 30, injected with industrial silicone, is suffering kidney failure.

Her friend Zakiya Teagle, 33, is in a critical condition; her internal organs have stopped functioning.
Police are looking for Sharhonda Lindsay, 32, who has no medical license, who performed the booty shots at her home recently.
One question: WHY????
See article here.

Study: Pear-Shaped Booties Better Than Apple-shaped

'The apple shape is more dangerous."
That's the actual quote that jumps out at you from a new study about disease linked to body shape.
First of all what is it with these doctors and food analogies for the human anatomy? What's next, banana-shaped penises over celery-shaped? Anyway, a new study now says it is actually healthier for a woman with a big butt and who is top heavy. Apparently it decreases the risk of diabetes. According to the study done by researchers at Harvard Medical School, hip fat and buttock fat act to block harmful deposits that thinner, skinnier women would be exposed to. It's not all good news for the pears though: Maladies such as osteoporosis, varicose veins, eating disorders, and even negative self-image perceptions such as low self-esteem are more common in women who carry extra weight in the lower body, Dr. Eric Braverman says. Dr. Braverman is an author on nutritional subjects, but has his sayers and naysayers.