“Celebrities Are Not Pretty Enough To Model”

Remember how Tyra Banks reacted to the trend of fashion models losing out to Hollywood celebrities in terms of product endorsements? Well, she has just found a new supporter in the person of fellow black fashion model Tyson Beckford who now cries “Celebs aren’t pretty enough to model!”


The top male model finally let go of his sweet talks to express his sentiment over the use of celebrities in high fashion campaigns instead of models. Tyson Beckford can’t hold his dismay any longer over the fact that the media has been favoring celebrities when it comes to modeling gigs. He claims that actors are not beautiful enough to naturally look good in glossy print.

In the middle of his antagonism, he declares “You have to do a lot of tweaking and airbrushing to get the same from a celebrity that you would get from a model. A lot of celebrities - I’m gonna tell you right now - they’re not 5′11″; they’re not a size two to fit into these designer dresses, but the designers want exposure so they’re willing to make the specific dress for that actor or actress to get them to look good on the cover.”

Tyson Beckford has all the right in the world to say such things, despite being subjective. He’s a fashion model (a top one at that) and perhaps he has also been affected by the trend. Nevertheless, the 38-year old hunk believes that it will not take long for the fashion industry to realize that it’s sickening to use less-than-perfect stars.

“It’ll all come back around. One day some designer will wake up and say, ‘You know what? I don’t want to use Gwyneth Paltrow. I want to use Adriana Lima, I want to use Gisele Bundchen, I want to go back to the high fashion.’ I think slowly but surely you’ll see that start happening,” he predicts.

Tyson Beckford is the current host of Bravo’s “Make Me A Supermodel” reality TV show. He is also one of the highest paid and richest male supermodels in the world. He is known for his muscular physique but with his latest “breakout” over how celebrities are not pretty enough to model, he might soon become a damsel in distress.