Models and stars with a distinctive appearance. The most non-standard models
The fashion industry has been waiting for them for a long time. Having driven herself into a narrow framework of standards, she was tired of churning out fashionable “clones”. The era of new faces has come, which once you see, it is simply impossible not to remember and confuse them with someone else. Let's get to know them!
1. Maria Telnaya
An elf girl, an “alien” with eyes on a cosmic scale – Masha Telnaya, originally from Ukraine. Now she is already 27, and she began her modeling career at the age of 18. A year later, she conquered the catwalks of Milan and Paris - Masha entered the TOP 10 best debutante models in the world. Today Telnaya collaborates with major fashion houses as a fashion model and fashion model. "Behind beautiful eyes"She has earned contracts with Nina Ricci, Givenchy, YSL, Dries Van Noten, John Galliano and other leading fashion brands.
2. Allison Harvard
American Allison Harvard is also 27 years old and her eyes also look like saucers. The girl participated in the 12th and 17th seasons of the show “America's Next Top Model”, where she took second place both times. However, this did not stop her from successfully pursuing her modeling career and trying herself in films.
3. Chantal Brown-Young (Winnie Harlow)
The 19-year-old Canadian, a participant in the 21st season of the show “America’s Next Top Model,” was able to prove to everyone that neither an unusual appearance, nor even a doctor’s diagnosis is an obstacle to a dream. Chantal has vitiligo, a disorder of skin pigmentation. Just a few years ago, such a “defect” would have meant unsuitability for the model. But today this girl was able to turn unusual features your appearance into dignity. And in general, looking at the photographs of the beauty, you see absolutely no flaws. Well, isn't she perfect?
4. Kelly Mittendorf
There is something primal about the face of this 25-year-old American woman. Rough large features, slanting narrow eyes, hard look from under her brows... Kelly is not afraid to be unattractive, she often participates in art photo shoots, where she allows the most unusual experiments with her appearance, and works a little less often as a catwalk model. Indeed, her sculpted face is the dream of any fashion photographer.
5. Lily McMenamy
Two years ago, this 21-year-old American woman rose to stardom as a model thanks to her participation in a shocking Marc Jacobs advertising campaign. Then there was participation in the show Saint Laurent and Lily’s strange, disharmonious and, from some angles, even frightening face graced the covers of the world’s leading fashion publications. The fashion world wanted anti-aesthetics or is it simply because the girl’s mother is successful? American model Kristen McMenamy, who has many useful connections in the fashion world?
6. Lindsay Wixson
Plump bow lips and wide-set expressive eyes make the 21-year-old American woman look like a cute fish. Beautiful, but how unconventional! Since childhood, Lindsay dreamed of becoming a model and at the age of 15 she posted her photo on the website models.com. The girl was invited to film in Vogue magazine. And it was this photo shoot that became a lucky pass into the world high fashion. Now Wixson is the face of Miu Miu, her arsenal includes advertising contracts with Chanel, Versace, Alexander McQueen, Sisley and other famous brands.
7. Diandra Forrest
25-year-old American Diandra Forrest is an African-American albino. Is it any wonder that on this basis modeling business does she have any competitors?
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The fashion industry has always been about strict physical limitations, so it's no surprise that when you look at the girls and guys who walk the runways of the world, they all have similar physical attributes: tall, thin, good-looking, and most often European in appearance.
For many years, the modeling industry has been under pressure from the public to showcase diversity in our society, away from the strict modern standards of modeling appearance.
The Ugly Models modeling agency was founded by two photographers who were tired of the lack of diversity in the modeling industry and decided to put together a collection of models with interesting and unconventional looks. Currently, this agency is very popular even among fashion houses around the world.
Despite the non-standard nature of such models, many of them achieved greater fame only due to their uniqueness. Such models inspire ordinary people with some flaws, showing them that classic beauty is not the main thing in life.
Some of these models will be discussed in our rating. So, the most unusual models in the world!
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Pictured: Rick Genest Age: 30 yearsRick Genest— Tattooed model, known as zombie boy.
“No one will want to hire you if you have a tattoo!” - These are all too familiar expressions. This statement is truer in the fashion industry than in any profession. People are used to taking a “white canvas” to the podium; it’s easier to change and adapt such people for yourself.
One day this guy from Quebec decided to live on the streets. He used hitchhiking as his main method of getting around the country. He also began tattooing himself and eventually covered his entire body in fearsome bone tattoos. These tattoos gave him the nickname "Zombie Boy."
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Using his unique look, he began appearing in various freak shows across Canada. He gained enormous publicity for his appearance, which eventually led him to meet Lady Gaga's director Nicola Formichetti.
Since then, Rick Genest began participating in the Nicola Formichetti show, and also appeared in Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" video. He was later featured in leading magazines such as Vogue and GQ, became the face of Jay-Z and Roc-A-Wear's new European collection, and signed collaborations with some of the world's biggest brands.
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Moffy- The world's first cross-eyed top model.
Moffie was first noticed at the age of 14 at one of the festivals, but she began working as a model after she turned 18 - that’s when she accepted an offer to appear for Pop magazine. This work worked like a cannon shot for her popularity - millions started talking about her in an instant.
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to his appearance she made a lot of noise in the world of modeling business, because... there they are not at all used to girls with slanted eyes (from the point of view of a professional, she has one “lazy” eye).
Her career took off sharply, showing the public an example of how to break even the most entrenched barriers.
You can often hear that girls en masse strive for the same fashionable looks, becoming like chickens in an incubator. And indeed, the same hairstyles, makeup and clothes in schools, on the streets and at parties are not at all uncommon. But modeling agencies and fashion houses on the contrary, they value unique faces and non-trivial images. Let's get to know these unusual beauties who achieved success thanks to non-standard appearance.
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Anok Yai was accidentally spotted by a photographer at the festival, the pictures went online and the modeling agency Next Models drew attention to the 19-year-old girl with ebony skin. Now she has wonderful prospects, fame and expensive contracts.
Bright images and bold experiments made Nuanea Lebajoya famous on Instagram.
Katarzyna Juzecka is a model from Poland. Her fresh face was accidentally spotted on a train and now she is participating in shoots for Prada, Calvin Klein and Christian Dior.
Russian Yunia Pakhomova wanted to prove that even with such unusual appearance You can get into the modeling business. And she succeeded, she demonstrates outfits from Gucci, Alexander Wang, Balenciaga and other brands on the catwalks.
Ksenia Rein is not a model, she is an artist. And fame was brought to her not only by her work, but also by the creative images that she creates herself.
Maria Oz is known for her short animated videos under the nickname “Spiritual Person”. Many users thought that the girl draws huge eyes in photo editors, but she claims that unusual eyes she inherited from her father.
18-year-old Willow Hand has been compared to cute Disney princesses. Probably, companies such as Prada, Valentino, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Alexander McQueen and others love her for this cute appearance.
One of the most sought-after models in Sweden is Marjan Jonkman, who has become a muse for Saint Laurent.
Although beauty is a deeply subjective category, in fashion, strangeness and imperfection have always been considered beauty. Long noses, big ears, unnatural curves and unusual facial features, all this is poetry for fashion trendsetters. And in a world obsessed with overall perfection, is it possible to celebrate imperfection at the same time? There is something magical about this amazing mixture of strangeness and beauty. When you look at the models on this list, you don't just see Beautiful face, you see the person, the character and the story. Whatever may be said about such a face, you are unlikely to forget it.
ACTRESS ANGELICA HOUSTON
Angelica She is best known for her roles in The Postman Always Rings Twice and The Addams Family. The 63-year-old actress is the winner of numerous awards, including 3 Oscars, 8 Golden Globe awards, 3 BAFTA, 6 Emmy Awards and 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
TOP MODEL AND ACTRESS DEVON AOKI
AMERICAN MODEL KELLY MITTENDORF
At the age of 16, Kelly got her first job as a model. It was a shoot for a Prada campaign with the brilliant photographer Steven Meisel and makeup artist Pat McGrath. Since then, ordinary girl from Arizona has become a recognizable figure in the fashion industry. She was able to overcome the barrier of popularity in a matter of months and appear on Vogue covers Italia, V Magazine, Dazed & Confused and ID, something many of her peers have failed to achieve over the years.
FRENCH MODEL, SINGER AND ACTRESS LOU DOILLON
Lou Doillon(Lou Doillon) has many creative talents, including not only the ability to behave correctly in front of the camera, but also the ability to truly act. As a model, Doillon appeared in one of the Gap publications, and subsequently became the face and muse of the Givenchy fashion house. She also starred for Pirelli calendar 2007. In the same year, the popular denim brand Lee Cooper made her its creative partner, but, unfortunately, this union was not crowned with success. In 2014, Doillon starred in the spring-summer advertising campaign for the Chloé fashion house.
DAPHNE GROONEVELD AND HER STRANGE PROPORTIONS
The girl was awarded the title of Best at the Marie Claire Fashion Awards in the Netherlands in 2011. Daphne She first appeared on the cover of the December Vogue Paris in 2010 with Tom Ford, and after a successful fall-winter season in 2011, her career took off sharply, after which fashion critics around the world started talking about her. Groeneveld participated in campaigns for Miu Miu Eyewear Fall/Winter 2010, Givenchy Spring/Summer 2011, Versace and H&M Fall/Winter 2011, Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2011, Calvin Klein Sheer Beauty fragrance campaign in 2012 and Dior Addict Parfum. In addition, Daphne appeared on the covers of Vogue Paris, ID-Magazine, Numero, Vogue Japan, Vogue Russia, Vogue Korea, LOVE and V. She walked for such designers as Anna Sui, Chanel, Dior, Donna Karan, Emilio Pucci, Etro , Fendi, Gucci, Jason Wu, John Galliano, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Shiatzy Chen and Versace.
MODEL AND ACTRESS STACY MACKENZIE
Stacy McKenzie Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she is a Canadian model school teacher and a judge on Canada's Next Top Model. Her path in the modeling business was thorny and full of ups and downs, however, she was able to achieve the status of a supermodel. During her debut season, she worked for top designers including Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler and Christian Lacroix. She has appeared in a number of major campaigns, including Calvin Klein CK, Jean Paul Gaultier, MAC, Mexx, Reebok, Todd Oldham Jeans, Nordstrom, Barneys and Banana Republic. Mackenzie also made her film debut in the 1997 film, The Fifth Element, as a VIP Flight Attendant, and she has also starred in two indie films, receiving 5 NAACP Theater Award nominations (and a win for Best Choreography) and two NAACP Theater Award nominations. "Black Leather Soles". In 2005, she founded Walk This Way workshops, which are aimed at helping girls aspiring to work in the fashion and entertainment industries. Her seminars were highly appreciated by everyone scientific institutes as courses that have made a huge contribution in countries North America And Caribbean. Stacey is a trusted face in the industry and continues to work with some of the elite fashion houses. She was recently nominated for numerous awards, including one from the University of Ottawa Students' Federation, for her outstanding support of youth through her Walk This Way workshops.
85-YEAR-OLD MODEL DAVNA SELF
The age model of British-Irish origin is the oldest in the world. Having started her career in 1950, she still works as a fashion model and model, proving to the whole world that age is not a barrier to success in this profession.
TOP MODEL MEGHAN COLLINSON
27 year old Canadian model Megan Collison was born in Edmonton, Alberta and was discovered at a local bowling alley. At the age of eighteen, she moved to New York, and immediately took a place among the... international level on best markets fashion. Her big break came in October 2007 when she appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by photographer Steven Meisel. Since then, she has been doing shows and participating in campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Anna Sui, H&M, Topshop, Swarovski, Valentino, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and other prominent fashion designers.
MODEL LAURA O'GRADY AND HER PROMINENT EARS
Dizzying career Laura O'Grady started after signing a contract with the Select modeling agency in London in 2013. But was noticed by Castleknock model booker Anne Morgan when she entered a competition Elite Model Look in 2010. And while Masha Telnaya became popular primarily because of her huge eyes, Laura O'Grady gained success thanks to her unusually large ears.
Models with a non-standard appearance attract the eye. The immaculate, retouched faces of beauties have become boring. Flipping through magazines, people are increasingly studying unusual looks, without focusing on the ideal divas or what they advertise. Meanwhile, the main objective- sell goods
The viewer's gaze is “catched” on the “terribly beautiful”, as they say in the fashion world, mannequins. By focusing on them, you also pay attention to the girls’ clothes, cosmetics, accessories, that is, everything that you should buy.
Gradually, unusual models are changing beauty standards. After all, Twiggy’s appearance was once controversial. Meanwhile, it was this Englishwoman who introduced the fashion for thin people in the 60s, tall girls boyish appearance. Those who recently seemed scary models"with gaps between their front teeth are already recognized as charming, as are persons covered from head to toe with freckles. Perhaps the ten most non-standard models listed below will become a measure of beauty. For now, they remain peculiar, but successful.
Melanie Gaydos.
The bald girl is 24 years old. She weighs 42 kilograms, but the lady’s height is far from 180 centimeters. Melanie barely reached 160. Her downturned nose and drooping eyelids can be intimidating. However, after starring in the video for the German band Rammstein, the girl unexpectedly became part of high fashion. While others were gossiping that Gaydos was a victim of unscrupulous plastic surgeons, the model was invited to photo sessions by famous couturiers. The designers were not put off by Melanie’s lack of eyebrows, eyelashes and the so-called “cleft lip.” Gaydos was dubbed an alternative model. She is called mainly to shoot in a gothic, gloomy setting. The star “stirs up” interest in herself without talking about the reasons for her unusual appearance
Gillian Mercado
Jillian Mercado has muscular dystrophy, but despite her disability, she is a successful fashion reporter. One day she received an invitation to a casting from the Diesel fashion house. They required models with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Not expecting a positive response, she sent in her resume. To my surprise, they became interested in her and offered to send more photos.
Out of 22 participants, Gillian was chosen to represent the Diesel brand in their next campaign. At first, the newly minted model was very shy about her wheelchair. But after she posted photos on Instagram and received the carriage good reviews, Gillian relaxed.
Masha Telnaya
Masha Telnaya, a top model with unusual eyes, which are considered the largest in the world. She is called a “Slavic elf”, “alien”, “space alien”, and her detractors even call her “a legacy of Chernobyl”. The daughter inherited her unusual eyes from her father, and on her pretty face they looked simply fabulous. One day in the life of sixteen-year-old Masha there was a meeting that radically changed her entire fate. She and her grandmother were leaving the supermarket when suddenly a woman approached them from a suddenly stopped car. The stranger introduced herself as Yana Zamekhovskaya, director of the modeling agency ‘Nika models,’ and invited the girl to a photo shoot. Masha was shyly silent, and her grandmother was quite wary of the proposal, not too trusting the words of the unknown lady. family council It was decided that Masha would go to the shoot, accompanied by her parents. The shooting was a success and within three months Maria received an invitation to Paris from one of the largest agencies “Women”, and modeling career Masha Telnoy developed surprisingly rapidly, and her unique data was appreciated by leading fashion houses and the most famous photographers
The girl’s alien appearance brought her to the catwalks of Paris. Having worked for several years under contracts with rather difficult conditions (when she was not only forbidden to marry and have children, but even to give her phone number to new acquaintances), Masha realized that in addition to fashion shows, there are many other things to do in the world. She became a student at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, and in July 2013 she married musician and performer Denis Zasteba. In November 2014, their son Artem was born, and Masha, instead of fashion shows, happily immersed herself in maternal responsibilities. Her a slim body Has not changed at all since giving birth. Currently Maria Telnaya is working on joint project with Tamani Fashion Group and is engaged in teaching activities.
The highlight of fashion model MOffY is squint
MOffY is very young, beautiful and slim, and could become a standard supermodel. But her pronounced squint places the girl among the unformatted representatives of the fashion world.
Physical disability did not prevent MOffY from becoming a very popular model. Rather, he even helped in this, making her image as original as possible. After MOffY took part in a photo shoot for POP Magazine, sincere and pure beauty the girls were interested in many modeling agencies
Chantel Brown-Young
20-year-old Canadian Chantelle Brown-Young suffers from a rare incurable skin disease- vitiligo, as a result of which the production of pigments in the epidermis is disrupted. In other words, on the chocolate skin of Chantelle’s face (she is dark-skinned), uneven bright spots of different sizes and shapes randomly turn white. However, white spots affected not only the girl’s face, but her entire body. At the same time, she has an excellent figure, and one day she managed to turn her disadvantage into an advantage - and become a model. According to the official version, Michael Jackson once had such a disease. However, this thought was of little comfort to the girl, who was almost driven to suicide by the ridicule of her classmates.
But then she pulled herself together and decided that by her example she would inspire people who had to face a similar problem. And to destroy stereotypical ideas about beauty, the brave girl went to the casting of the next season of the show “America's Next Top Model,” which she not only successfully completed, but also reached the finals. Chantelle worked in several photo shoots, and it soon became clear that she was quite in demand as a model. Now Chantelle has a lucrative modeling contract, shooting in a Desigual commercial, participating in an Ashish show and starring in an Eminem video.
In addition to modeling, Chantelle spends a lot of time being a motivator and speaker in the vitiligo community. She tells them her story, on by example proving that skin blemishes in no way affect your success in life. And Chantelle laughs - there are dark-skinned people, there are white-skinned people, and she easily fits into both categories.
Ashley Graham
The fashion for girls in the body has made it possible to become a real star American Ashley Graham, who 5-7 years ago could only dream of a modeling career. Moreover, Graham really has very feminine curves: with a height of 1.75 cm, her weight is about 80 kg. However, this does not prevent her from successfully starring in advertising campaigns lingerie brands and periodically appear on the covers of glossy magazines. This year, an advertisement on the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue with Ashley in leading role: Gloss first approved a photo shoot with a plus-size model
But it wasn’t always like this; speaking to teenagers, Ashley admitted: she once literally tormented herself because of her obesity. Today the model boldly declares that she loves herself for who she is, “including folds of fat and cellulite.”
“After moving to New York, I gained almost ten kilograms. Looking at myself in the mirror, I repeated: “You’re fat and ugly, it’s disgusting.” What I did to myself was terrible."
Quoted by the Daily Mail model.
This position lowered the girl’s self-esteem and had a detrimental effect on her life. Only over the years did Ashley learn to accept herself for who she is and love her body.
“I read in one book that if you repeat the same thing every day, it will definitely come true. I learned to love my body, started working on it, taking care of myself. There was no self-deception, I just told myself: “Everything has changed, you are beautiful and worthy.” Neither a man, nor a girlfriend, nor anyone will tell you this. Only I can tell myself this.”
Ashley says.
Ashley's Instagram page is simply a holiday for all lovers of curvaceous figures. The girl boldly publishes photos of herself in a bikini and lingerie, and in all the frames she is exceptionally beautiful. Her fans sincerely believe that being overweight is not a reason for complexes, and they praise Ashley for raising the self-esteem of others with her photographs. There are, however, those who criticize the model’s position, considering her too lazy to lose excess weight...