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Coco Rocha is known for her contagious antics, posting silly photos of herself and videos dancing around with fellow model and best friend Behati Prinsloo (below). The craziness seems to run in the family. In Rocha’s newest video with father Trevor Haines, the father-daughter duo lip-dub tunes from the Jungle Book, dancing around, imitating monkeys with jazz hands and fake-sharing a banana. I am not sure many dad’s can pull this off but at least we know who she inherited her personality from.
Just about every guy I know thinks he has what it takes to be a model. Boys just have an unfounded confidence when it comes to the personal appearance department. But thanks to Show Studio partnering with Vman and Ford Models it’s now their opportunity to prove their worth in the modeling world. You have until June 15th to submit photos for a chance to score a contract with Ford Models. If anything it’s definitely worth it to check out the applicant gallery. I particularly like the silver foxes and the blurry cell phone camera pics.
CNN featured Natalia Vodianova for two My City My Life segments where she shares her love for her home city Moscow. The 27 year-old model was born to a poor family in Russia, selling fruit on the streets to help her family to survive before her career took off. After having three children of her own and a successful modeling career she gives back to her native city and has even started her own charity, the Naked Heart Foundation, aiming to provide an inspiring and safe environment for children living in urban Russia.
An uncommon cover for Vogue UK focuses on a nude Natalia Vodianova for their June body issue. In the editor’s letter Alexandra Shulman explains “Vogue generally deals with how we choose to clothe our bodies, but for this special issue we have diversified and looked at how we feel about those bodies, whether clothed or naked.”
Natalia touches on her comeback after having children, “My agency thought that I might never do shows, because I was a bit shorter and not skinny enough. But, when I gave birth to my first son I was 19, so I lost a lot of weight. I guess the stress on the body was extreme and I suddenly just turned into this stick – just the way designers love models – and after Lucas was born that’s when my career took off. I opened a lot of shows on the runway and that’s where stars are made in my industry.”
Purple Mag shared an awesome video here of their photo shoot for the current issue of Purple Magazine with Natasa Vojnovic shot by Terry Richardson. In the video Natasa spins, crawls on the floor and screams at the camera. Being the true model that she is, Natasa remains serious and fierce while Richardson and crew seem to be having a good time watching the show she puts on. Something tells me this is not what a typical photo shoot is like.
Coco Rocha has been working it on the runway and backstage as the newest correspondent for the E! network. After doing a few projects with style.com Coco has validated that she can do more than just walk the runways. Her first stint as an E! reporter was backstage with Erin Fetherston. Rocha talks about her intense experience on her blog and we will just have to anxiously await her backstage adventures.
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