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   "alphakitten"  wrote in message   
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   > m~elizabeth wrote:   
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   >> I guess we are in a minority.  Oh well.  I still love getting my fashion   
   >> magazines and seeing models, model.  Perhaps SI was making a statement   
   >> of, "We wanted someone with a healthy BI and doesn't look emaciated".   
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   > I suspect it has more to do with sales and press. The issue used to get a   
   > great deal of attention, but I can't recall more than a couple of covers   
   > from the past 8 years or so. Beyonce guarantees more buzz than any model   
   > could deliver, I understand why they're experimenting.   
      
   You are absolutely right.   
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   > In terms of regular fashion mags, I think the biggest problem is that the   
   > field is dominated by two groups (the Brazilians and the Eastern   
   > Europeans), and that the members of each group are pretty much all the   
   > exact same type.   
      
   That makes sense when you break it down like that.  Now I can see the logic   
   behind America's Next Top Model.  Perhaps they can find someone unique.   
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   > Christy, Cindy, Linda, Naomi, Claudia, Helena, Kate etc, none of those   
   > women looked a thing alike, they all had different appeals. Aside from   
   > Gisele, there seem to be very few truly distinctive yet commercially   
   > viable girls around these days.   
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   >                                   ~Angel   
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