TheBaronOfFratton

^Apologies, I didn't even know about it. I did used to lurk on this thread occasionally - but you always seemed (at those times) to be going on about the Champions League, a competition I don't really have any vested interest in...

From the Esquire(USA) daily blog: Behati Prinsloo: The (Slightly More) Attainable Victoria's Secret Model December 1, 2009 at 6:54PM by Matt Sullivan A supermodel is a many splendored thing. And, as one colleague who had a chance to meet several of them told me the other day, an occasionally inarticulate one. Also, as another who had not reminded me yesterday, increasingly alien. I mean, supermodel assumes some sort of Kryptonian freakishness, but the splendor is no longer slender. It is buxom and it is intimidating and it is foreign. Long gone is the stringbean off the bus from Kansas, which isn't such a bad thing given body issues and humanity's general lack of, you know, rump — except that supermodels are no longer accessible in the imaginative way a man would wish them to be. You could blame the entire country of Brazil for this. You could thank it, too. But nowhere has the procession of too-good-to-be-true vixens trampled on the off-the-bus-from-Kansas stringbeans than in the pages of an underwear catalogue for women from Kansas. As a former colleague who flew on a private jet with the too aptly named Angels once wrote: "Victoria's Secret models aren't the forbidden fruit; they're the plastic, decorative kind." Gisele? Makes her alien husband feel right at home. Adriana Lima? Goes to the gym in her sleep. Miranda Kerr? Stop it. And now Candice Swanepoel? Looks like she's a product of a 3D printer. Out of this statuesque starship, blessedly, comes Behati Prinsloo. I met this supermodel, whom I had never heard of, a couple weeks back immediately after meeting (Alessandra Ambrosio) and (Marisa Miller), who were in town for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which is not really a fashion show but nonetheless airs tonight at ten on CBS. This supermodel was twenty years old and spoke articulately and reminded me of Mariel Hemingway in Manhattan and liked Metallica. Sure, she turned out to be a runway veteran and from Namibia and reminded a lot of people of someone because she's in about every fashion ad in every magazine in the world. And Marisa Miller likes good music, too. But she was just real enough to make one think there needn't be a women's underwear catalogue and a primetime special and the entire country of Brazil between man and splendor. So after tonight's other primetime special, flip over to CBS, get distracted, then find this supermodel. She's the one with the freckles who laughs by accident. We're not in Kansas anymore, but it couldn't hurt to pretend. ^The Manhattan reference is a beaut - but "She's the one with the freckles who laughs by accident", well that's just nigh-on perfect...

^And yet they still prospered in the draw - with their 'seed' being the host nation. There's just no justice in the world! I'd like to say our group looks relatively easy - but after the absolute shambles of qualifying I'd say we're eminently beatable. Nigeria and South Korea to go through...

^Ah - the eternal question!!! I shouldn't take too much stock in the show's intro - they also listed Rosie, Candice, Lindsay and Erin (who wasn't even one of those 5 in the 'Is She Or Isn't She A New Angel?' debate from a month or so ago). I guess all that was the network's doing anyway..?Suffice to say she was front and centre with the established 'Angels' at the Times Square photo-shoot (plus the finale), and is listed as one of them on the VSAllAccess site. She's certainly the PINK spokesperson - but beyond that I wouldn't want to commit any further. Some people around here get very anal about who is and who isn't an Angel...

^I'm Señor Bife De Lomo!You can be my Señora Provoleta Completa...

^Afraid it's fairly endemic in the fashion world... Surely this must be the last of these? Despite being on the runway for roughly a nano-second, we seem to have a fair few pictures to appreciate her by (from VSAllAccess):

^Aye! (Y)

Isabeli - (Y) (Y) (Y)

^That's a lot of pressure to live up to now! OK: ?

^Only so I know that he's not at his house - then I can go round there and shit on his carpet! :evil:

^Very cute, Joe! (Y) Is this 'blocking' in aid of a competition? Let me know if she's being entered for something (not that I could bear to read any negativity! ).

^OUCH! Stop shouting! I forgot to mention before - and credit where credit is due - but at least this year they stopped their fascination with members of the audience. There was the one token pan (culminating in Jay-Z), but perhaps they've realized we WANT to see the stage NOT other people looking at the stage with a better view than us. Baby steps to a better show, but baby steps nonetheless...

^Ach, of course! It's Velvet Goldmine isn't it? Completely misread the first clue ( hats off to you) now it all comes flooding back... Thought I was going to love this movie but it ended up being a bit of a chore.

Would love to know what these are in aid of? Found on her Supreme page: *SIGH* Her eyes are just the business...

^Loving mean ELVIS with a flick-knife! :knives: Thank you...

^Mighty kind of you Transsoul - these are for you:

CRISP LOVER CHANGES NAME TO MR MONSTER MUNCH A man who is obssessed with crisps, eating a different flavour for breakfast, lunch and dinner, has changed his name by deed poll - to Mr Monster Munch Chris Hunt, a plumber, starts the day with packet of pickled onion Monster Munch, has a roast beef Monster Munch sandwich for lunch and a Flamin' Hot flavour bag for dinner. He is so obsessed with the corn snack that he has even devised recipes to include Monster Munch in rice and pasta dishes. THe 26-year-old finally changed his name after being dared to by friends. Mr Munch - or Monster to his pals - said: ''I just can't get enough of them. I love all the flavours, but admit roast beef is a particular favourite. ''I used to just eat three bags of roast beef a day, but I decided I needed a bit of variety in my life, so now I vary the flavours between breakfast, lunch and dinner.'' He often mixes his Monster Munch with traditional meals - but is yet to crack the secret of mixing the crisps with his breakfast. ''Don't knock it until you've tried it - everybody secretly loves crisp sandwiches, which I have for lunch,'' he said. ''The only thing I've not figured out yet is how to have my Monster Munch for breakfast. ''I've tried pouring milk on them, but they go soggy too quickly and on toast they are a bit dry. ''I'm sure I'll figure something out, though - maybe they would be good in a fry-up.'' Mr Munch, of Evington, Leics., made the name change without consulting Walkers, which makes the crisps, and says his mates were ''amazed''. ''They looked at me like I was nuts and dared me to change my name,'' he said. ''I don't think they thought I would go through with it - but now I demand to be called either 'Monster' or 'Mr Munch'.'' He said he was not worried about overeating as he runs five miles a day and works out in the gym three times a week. ''I know it's a bit extreme, but I make sure I eat a balanced diet and I run 35 miles a week and train in the gym three times a week,'' he said. ''I just don't want to give up Monster Munch - I loved them when I was a lad and when they brought out the new retro packs I must admit my heart skipped a beat. ''It took me way back to when I was a little boy and used to get Monster Munch as a treat.'' Paul Sanderson, a friend, said: ''Chris has always been a bit crazy, but this is taking things a bit too far - even for him. ''I'll call him Monster, though, because that's his name and that's what he wants - and I suppose it is a bit more interesting than boring Chris Hunt.'' Mark my words - this man will not amount to very much!

Hey - when this kind of thing happens I think WHAT WOULD ADRIANA LIMA DO? I do believe she'd give us one of her oh-so special smiles, maybe point and wiggle her finger a bit, give a BIG sign, and tell us to just all get on and love each other. That's what makes her so treasured, and so, so missed from this year's show. I'm sure, had she been there, then NONE of this ugly argument would ever have happened... Yeah, you know it. Ariesdior, phenobarbie - look deep into your hearts and think about Adriana and her little tiny new baby Jesus and think: WWALD?

VS back in New York stuff - presumably 'bumped' for more scintillating Model Search nonsense... Late night pizza - the best!

Hmmm... "This year, for the first time ever"... Said Heidi (and whoever was worried we wouldn't be seeing plenty of her? <_< ) ...they'd be opening their doors to a brand new girl. Well technically yes - but what was all that college gubbins two years ago about then? And then they were off, in a flurry of (my personal Bête Noire) idiotic and forever repetive voices-off stating the obvious, and in-your-face BEP nonsense. Hey, fellas - GET OUT OF THE BLOODY WAY there are models 'modelling' and all I can see is you walking in front of them and pulling silly faces. "I've been called the Master of the Ass" - Yeah, I'll just bet you have! And a hundred other things behind your back, Ass-Master... "This woman - she's had a baby... It's out of control." WHAT? A baby? Out of control? This thing might kill us all: Was that what he meant? ^You're not wrong Pretty! But then again we didn't really get to see anybody really, saving the omnipresent Kluminator - and those tedious Model Search girls. Incidentally, why did they bother with that pre-amble? Why not automatically cut it down to the two blonde girls with the biggest tits if they were going to persevere with this 'voting' guff. Did you, like me, look at those two groups of five rather forlornly - knowing immediately who was going home? "OK, all us ethnic types are over here together - I'm, like, totally sure we're the five going through..." And then, when Kylie-Linn or whatever she was called (as if that's ever going to be worth putting to memory!) won, it was treated like the Second-Coming: "She's moving, she's moving, she's moving" (glad to see the triplicate assault back!) I hadn't realized she had previously been in a coma... "Stop at the bottom of the stairs for the make-up" ........"KEEP MOVING!" ^Make your minds up, or at least don't bother us with it. "Look at her! Top!" ^NO Rosie is on the catwalk - I WANT to look at her. Not old open-gobbed wannabee... I didn't really go for the flat-hair thing either. I didn't think Candice looked all that (and I adore her otherwise), and I also remain immune to the charms of Abbey Lee . The PINK girls were saddled with some absolute Horror-Show outfits, but Eniko looked cute. Aside from Behati, who did a good enough job with what she had(!) the ladies who caught the Baron's attention were Rosie and Edita. And mbinebri, you must be a bigger man than I, because I did have a little laugh at the total non-presence of one Adriana Lima. As shit as this undoubtedly was, it did have a positive in that I didn't have to sit through it with her gurning and gesticulating wildly on the screen to demand my attention... (Y) Oh, and Kylie - let me introduce you to Katie Wile and Deanna Miller. You have much to discuss! Finally:

^Indeed!

(Toga's gone..?) HUZZAH! Morgane - Wine Carmen - Grape Juice Candice - Vinegar Alessandra - Urine

More Hobo shoot:

^As little as I cared for that 'show'( <_< ) - it did give Ms. Crandell a sudden boost in popularity. Painful as it is to say, it seems to have gone pretty quiet since those heady days...Watch out, sheerness: http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/166/alliesheer.jpg Come back soon you doe-eyed dolly!

Terry Richardson naughtiness! So, NUDITY: