here it is...had quite a lot of trouble getting it on the computer, cus i first had to make it smaller to be accepted or something...it's not so easy to read the article, ill post it seperately after each picture... ;D sorry if it came out crappy, im real bad with computers.
(oh, and the last page is cut off in the middle cus there's only some shampoo ad or something)
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Eighteen-year-old MJ’s rise to fame reads like a fairytale. Girl goes to beach on a surfing mission. President of Next models spots girl. He signs girl. Girl hits model big time. Since her rise to fame in Europe in 2004, MJ has appeared in ad campaigns for Prada, Versus and Yves Saint Laurent and shot her first Vogue cover earlier this year. This lush-lipped Brit is one of the youngest cover girls this prestigious magazine has ever featured. With her striking confidence and baby blues, she has won the hearts of men and women in Europe, which will soon be followed by the US.
i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/silylily/mj2.jpg(most of the article) “I have the best time with the best girls. I know deep down that we have to do everything to keep it this way.” So says Lorenzo Pedrini, superagent to the supermodels – Kate Moss, Linda Evangalesta, Naomi Campbell and Amber Valetta – when we meet for coffee at New York’s Balthazar bistro. “Models are just being signed left and right, but we’re doing it a little different now. We went for a ‘model hunt’ all over to find some real special ones. And amazingly, models are rocketing back to fame as we speak.”
“And that’s where they should be,” says designer Donna Karan. “If you asked me a model’s name today, I wouldn’t have a clue. But that will soon change. I saw these new girls, and they’re gorgeous.”<br>Are the big models being eclipsed by No-Surnames-Required movie stars (Nicole, Renée, Gwyneth)? I still believe there’s nothing like seeing clothes being worn by a woman who is genetically, temperamentally and professionally specialised in the business of, well, wearing clothes. As star photographer Mario Testino puts it, “Actresses have to say something; they have a famous personality. A model is someone you can convert into what you want.”<br>“There’s an amazing team of girls coming up,” says makeup artist, Pat McGrath. “Just give them a little while, and they’ll be the next supermodels.” They’re an individual bunch.
There’s Brit MJ Matthews, spunky attitude galore. This 18-year-old is what Pedrini calls ‘the real super deal.’ “She’s different; everyone from Missoni to Stella McCartney is dying for her attention at the moment. And even the famous Tommy Hilfiger and Victoria’s Secret are showing visible interest in her. She’s going to be huge!” MJ just raises an eyebrow and giggles at the absurdity of it all. “In interviews people are always saying, MJ, you’re so normal,” she says with a laugh. “What am I supposed to be? Biting you?”
“I got a look at the new girls backstage at designer Isaac Mizrahi’s show,” says supermodel Kate Moss in an earlier interview. “I was watching them from the doorway. A different lot those girls are, especially the blonde one, MJ. Everyone was sitting around reading or something and she walked in and looked at everyone like they were crazy. It was hilarious; she just burst out, “Good God people! Wake up already! This isn’t a funeral!” Then she switched on the stereo, grabbed a brush and started singing and dancing all over the place, pulling people along as she went.” Kate laughs and shakes her head. “I wanted to meet her, but she had to go back to the UK for a family emergency.”
And let’s not forget the others, Daria Werbowy, a Canadian with an intelligent face who, according to supermodel Amber Valetta, “has it.”
There’s Liya Kebede, an Ethiopian beauty who’s the first black face of Estée Lauder.
There’s Australian Gemma Ward, Natalia, Karen and Hana.
Over the years, the reign of the models had diminished. Firstly, there’s the competition. Naomi (Campbell), Christy (Turlington), Kate (Moss) and Stephanie (Seymour) never had to contend, in their early years, with the likes of Scarlett Johansen (new face of Calvin Klein), Ashley Judd (Estée Lauder), Keira Knightley (Asprey) or Monica Bellucci (Dolce & Gabbana).
IMG, the agency that made stars of Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, and Gisele Bündchen, is opening a Paris office specially to win luxury-brand modelling contracts for actresses. When Oscar winner Hilary Swank does lingerie ads for Calvin Klein, you’re in a new time. “It’s like they’re stealing our jobs,” says Gisele.
i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/silylily/mj3.jpg(the last bit) When Linda goes shopping, it makes the news. If Kate Moss wears Lanvin to a party, you can bet Serah Jessica Parker and Charlize Theron will try the brand. These days modelling is a job, not an identity. “I’m a tomboy, in jeans, tank tops and sneakers,” says MJ. “I was never a fashion person, even if it’s changing a little now. I think modelling is a little like acting: a job. Pretend, and then go home to your real life.”
Things are starting to get back to the way it used to be. Everything’s surrounded by chaos and excitement. The new supermodel era is on its way. “It’s wild. Everyone’s wild,” says Pedrini happily. “Everyone’s screaming, everyone’s late…perfect! Just like old times.”<br>When sultry MJ Matthews climbed into one of Isaac’s confections, she looked fabulous – super, you might call it. Isaac zipped her up. “The supermodel? She can and will return. Actually,” he added with a smile, “I don’t care if they’re super or plain. I like models.”<br>
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