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I didn’t think landing a modeling contract can happen at a very young age. I thought child models from ages 5 to 10 are very lucky to have modeling contracts but what I didn’t know that  younger ones can score bigger deals! Especially those who are blood related to the world’s most loved celebrities like David and Victoria Beckham.

Less than a year old, Harper Beckham has been offered to become the new face of my1styears.com! she has been offered a huge amount of money, more than what a 10 month old baby could ever need! Because Harper is that young and so innocent of what’s going on right now, her loving and famous parents need to decide if  they want their youngest child to start modeling at ten months.

Recently divorced model, actress, TV Host; Heidi Klum has channeled her inner rock chick for  Hunger Magazine’s music video

Heidi who’s about to be 40  boldly sings Turn Up the Night without any assistance from Auto Tune. Rebel, rock habits get pointed out but what is really highlighted here is her naughty pole-dance scene where she was supported by a leather harness.

Hmm. Seeing this makes you wonder how Seal is doing now that they’re divorced.

Yves Carcelle, Louis Vuitton’s President and CEO says that they have partnered with Yayoi Kusama to launch a collection that can be expected in the market on July 10. This is to be followed by a second collection which is targeted to be released in October.

Kusama is an 82 year old Japanese designer  who is known for her infinity paintings which are made up of dots. Both parties are happy with this collaboration as they’re certain that they will be releasing something anyone can call iconic.

Louis Vuitton stresses out  the fact that this collaboration is not a marketing strategy. Instead, this team-up is to showcase a cultural collision; one that highlights the strength of Kusama and the strength of Louis Vuitton.

Lola Astanova is a virtuoso pianist. She is remarkable for playing the compositions of Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff — in designer gowns and heels. Aside from her musical talent, she also stands out for her Russian American good looks.

Her childhood was full of concert rehearsals and tours. But she’s never regretted not having to live the kind of life that “normal” people experienced.

“It was an unusual childhood with rehearsals instead of playtime and concerts instead of hanging out with friends.  Some might even say I didn’t have a childhood, but I don’t regret any of it.  I think I was lucky to experience the world in ways that few of my peers could even imagine, which helped me to mature and prepare for the road ahead.

“I think the most important advice I could give is to never let go of your dream, no matter how unlikely it might seem, and to surround yourself with people who share that dream and believe in you.  Once you have that, the rest is ‘easy’: practice, practice, practice…”

Lola Astanova

Read her interview on Urbanette Magazine:
Who is Lola Astanova?

Calling all Latino college students!

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund and Nissan North America have come together to provide financial assistance to outstanding Hispanic college students. The chosen students from selected geographic regions within the USA will be awarded $5,000 to finance their college education.

Aside from being Hispanic and a legal US citizen, all applicants must:

- be a Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Fifth-year Senior or Masters student studying full-time at a four-year US accredited institution in the 2012-2013 academic year;
- be pursuing a major in Advertising, Accounting, Human Resources Management, International Relations, Marketing, Public Relations or a Business or Engineering discipline
- have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

The last day of application will be on March 31st, 2012. If you think you deserve this scholarship, apply now via:

http://www.hsf.net/Nissan.aspx

Good Luck! ☺

Do you want to know what type of women get casted on the Victoria’s Secret runway? Clue: not Kate Upton.

Just because 19-year-old Kate Upton is tall, beautiful, and voluptuous doesn’t mean she can walk the fashion runways of the giant lingerie company. To the covers of the Sports Illustrated magazine, her 36-25-34 vital stats is just perfect. But Victoria’s Secret Casting Director Sophia Neophitou has a different opinion:

“We would never use Kate Upton. She is too obvious. She’s like a Page 3 girl. She’s like a footballer’s wife, with the too-blond hair and that kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy.”

So is there a body and face deemed classy? And a body and face deemed lewd? Since when did these standards come to exist?

By “too obvious”, Ms. Neophitou is probably talking about how apparent Kate Upton’s plastic surgeries are. Well, too much body alteration might be relatable, but not that marketable anymore.

Bu then again, you can never please everybody…

MATTHEW FEENEY, famous Child Casting Director in Twin Cities, is now facing charges of child molestation of a 14-year old boy from Massachusetts.

It was found out that the agent (who also works part-time as actor) already had another child molestation case from 20 years ago. He used to work as a counselor at a Catholic youth camp in Aitkin County that time when he molested 3 teenage boys. He went through sex offender treatment, but has been spared from registering as a sex offender after his probation period expired six years ago.

Matthew Feeney owned the Walden Entertainment casting agency in Bloomington. He resigned as its CEO after reports of the new child molestation case broke out.

Aside from holding children casting calls in his office, a neighbor has also told FOX News that Matthew Feeney regularly holds children Halloween parties in his home in Cottage Grove. Every Christmas, he also plays Santa Claus.

As of today, Matthew Feeney is back in Minnesota after posting a $25,000 cash bail. Although he is not allowed to have contact with any children under 17, he has hired one of the best attorneys in Boston, J.W. Carney Jr., to help him win the case.

Unless proven guilty, we can’t judge on the man though.

But true or not, please be vigilant in protecting your child talent from the many scammers and sex offenders that offer too-good-to-be-true gigs in exchange for your children’s innocence.

The country should craft a law that prohibits people with child molestation history from working directly with children, regardless if their probation period has expired or not. Allowing them to work with children will only provoke them to commit the same crime again. All children should always be protected from pedophiles and other sex offenders, many of whom are lurking in the shady allure of Hollywood.

Meet Romanian model Ioana Spangenberg. She says she has natural 20-inch waist. Does this look natural to you?

Are you a struggling actor who gets more discouragement than praises for all the efforts you devote in your craft? Forlorn not. Not a few popular Hollywood actors have pursued showbiz even after they were told to pack up.

What’s remarkable about them is that, despite not being initially “welcomed” in the industry, they remained passionate about acting and went their way to prove that they can make it.

Here are some of them:

1. Lea Michele
The Glee star is anything but unwanted these days. Despite her professional experience in Broadway, talent managers don’t have faith in her looks. “Managers told me you’re not pretty enough. Get a nosejob”, the stunning performer recalls.

2. Salma Hayek
An A-list actress, the Hispanic talent used to be belittled because of her accent. Had it not been for her determination to learn to speak American, she remained a stereotyped Latina maid on films. “People advised me to go back to Mexico, settle down and have kids.”

3. January Jones
It’s bad enough when people you don’t know discouraged you from pursuing your passion. But it’s worse when the words of discouragement came from your boyfriend’s mouth. When the Mad Men siren was just starting her career in Hollywood, her then boyfriend Ashton Kutcher told her “I don’t think you’re going to be good at this”.

4. Adam Pally
Aside from boyfriends, another epic discouragement that a struggling actor could receive may come from an established actor, someone who’s already “up there”. When the Happy Endings actor did an improv with Chevey Chase, the latter bluntly said, “If I were you, I’d quit. It’s not going to happen.”

5. Harrison Ford
The star of Star Wars and Indiana Jones was a part-time carpenter early in his career. Movie executives would tell him he did not have what it takes to be a star. He was helping George Lucas built his home and the latter discovered his acting potential. He landed in Lucas’ Star Wars movie as the iconic Han Solo.

6. Charlie Chaplin
Now a cultural icon, his act was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs. They thought it was bullshit. They thought it would never sell. Fast forward to 2012 and the comedian became known as one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era.

7 & 8. Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood
These veteran actors were fired after co-starring in the Riverboat television series. “They said I had no talent and Clint’s Adam’s apple was too big,” Burt Reynolds recalls.

9. Lucy Ball
The late actress is best remembered for her starring role in I Love Lucy. But before the thirteen Emmy nominations and four wins and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors, Lucy Ball was but a B-list movie star. Even her drama teachers didn’t see her awesomeness. One month after attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, her mother received a letter from the school saying, “Don’t put any more money into this. This girl will never make it.”

10. Jeanne Moreau
At 21, the French acting legend was told by acting director that her head was too crooked and she wasn’t beautiful and photogenic enough to make it in films. Instead of giving up, she just said to herself “Alright then, I guess I will have to make it my own way.” In 1997, the legendary actress received the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, after making about 100 films… in her own way.

You will make it in Hollywood.

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No, this one isn’t talking about political activism and cannabis.

In the modeling world, a hippy is a woman with hips deemed too wide that it violates an agency’s rule on maintaining a certain hip measurement.

Ex: Holland’s Next Top Model Season 4 winner Ananda Marchildon is fired by Elite Models for being too hippy. Her hips, which measure 92cm, violated Elite’s alleged “rule” that their models maintain a 90cm measurement or less.