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  1. Adira replied to Миша's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    isn't that a repost? ^
  2. Adira replied to seshiru's post in a topic in Actresses
    thanks & some more
  3. Adira replied to Petite-Patrie's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    thanks everyone for all the help..i just wanted to know where Bar is originally from...
  4. Adira replied to supermodelKK's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    yea ^^ agreed she was so much more beautifulllll London Fashion Week, London, 2010
  5. thanks everyone for the lovely pics..she is really pretty i was hoping to see her on the runway
  6. Adira replied to funnyfan's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    Spring 2011 Emanuel Ungaro
  7. Adira replied to Lea's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    some more
  8. Adira replied to sedirea's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    sorry if repost Nylon – Oct 2010
  9. Adira replied to babylola's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    in some shots i like her is some she looks really different.. Nylon Guys – Nov 2010
  10. Adira replied to Petite-Patrie's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    does anyone know where Bar's grandparents are from?
  11. Adira replied to Миша's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    FHM Spain – Oct 2010
  12. Adira replied to funnyfan's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    Cover feature: Jessica Gomes 5.10.2010 In 2007, Jessica Gomes called her modelling agency, close to tears. “I hate this,” she told her rep. “I want to get a breast reduction. I really do.” The 1.75m model had just been to a casting for one of the big French couture houses, who had responded with a “thanks but no thanks”, explaining that the then-22-year-old’s breasts were too big. It’s something she was hearing regularly and she was fed up. Luckily, her agency had news that kept Gomes away from the knife. “They said, ‘Jess, don’t worry, okay? Are you sitting down? I’ve got something to tell you. You’ve been booked for Sports Illustrated. They love you for your curves. They love your boobs,’” says Gomes, who was beyond thrilled. A Sports Illustrated spread is considered one of the most prestigious jobs any model can land. Screw surgery. It wasn’t always easy for Jessica Gomes to accept that her particular modelling genre is sexy/curvy/healthy as opposed to pin-thin for the catwalk. “Sports Illustrated made me a household name in America and gave me a niche,” she explains. “Before that happened I was confused about what I was meant to be doing and where I fit.” It’s that sexy/curvy/healthy look that inspired madison to choose Gomes as the nude cover model for our annual Body Issue. A week after our shoot, Gomes is working a laid-back beach-happy style, clad in faux fur-lined boots, a casual T-shirt and a denim mini as she gets her hands on the shots for the first time. She squeals. And gasps. And hides her eyes behind her hands. And says things like, “They’re beautiful!” And, “Oh it’s so weird to look at them!” Then, “They’re beautiful!” again. And then, “Ugh… I want to get rid of that little podgy bit here.” Andfinally, “Oh my God, they’re amazing and beautiful.” Basically, it’s the kind of mixed bag of reactions any woman would have if these proud, elegant pictures had been taken of them. They’re indisputably beautiful. Amazing and beautiful, even. But like any woman, Gomes’ eyes fixate on the parts she perceives as flaws. It makes her seem refreshingly normal. It’s the second time we’ve met and past experience tells me the 26-year-old, Perth-raised model will have pretty forthright views about posing naked. She might be a clothes horse, but refreshingly, she’s one with brains and un-airbrushed opinions. So how did she feel about baring all? What does she think about showing her curvy, sensuous body to the world? Does she expect Australia to raise a collective eyebrow? “We’re all insecure about our bodies,” answers Gomes. “People think that because you’re a model and you’re supposedly beautiful you wake up every morning and look in the mirror and think, ‘Cool!’ But I’m not perfect.” She points out a tiny curve of belly and explains she’s started working out hard to get her abs “really tight” for an upcoming Sports Illustrated shoot. But she doesn’t seem anxious or perturbed. “I think a lot of girls can relate to me because I’m not super-thin and I’ve got boobs and a bum,” she says. “And I actually look pretty good.” What about the shoot itself? How was it to throw caution – and clothes – tothe wind? “I was nervous before I got to the shoot because, like anyone else, I have things I don’t like about my body,” she says. But Gomes knew the crew well and they all made her feel secure. Ever the professional, she stepped into the light, counted to 10 and dropped the robe. Curves and clothes are not the only things on Gomes’ mind. What she’s most excited about, she says, is the fact she’s an Asian woman on a mainstream magazine cover. I’m a little taken aback. Here I was thinking the focus would be nudity, shape and the body beautiful. The fact that Gomes is Eurasian – her mother is from Singapore, her father from Portugal – hadn’t crossed my mind. It had crossed Gomes’ mind. Repeatedly. And after I think about it, I can see why. Very few Asian faces have been seen on the front of mainstream Australian glossy fashion magazines. Actress Lucy Liu made the cover of Harper’s Bazaar in tandem with her Charlie’s Angels co-stars in 2003, while Gomes herself was part of madison’s ovarian cancer/Witchery gatefold (alongside eight other Australian models) in November 2008. British model and TV presenter Alexa Chung pops up every so often. But they’re rare. It’s a pretty astonishing omission when you consider that some 1.65 million Australians are of Asian descent. My initial reaction is to be wary of making too big a deal over this. By creating a song and dance over our differences, we fuel the notion that these very differences are remarkable enough to warrant comment. But it’s Gomes’ reaction ? the way her face lights up when she tells me about the personal significance of this shoot for her, for her family and for other girls who look like her ? that makes me realise this is a big deal. “It means so much to me,” she says. “I can remember being a little girl and always feeling so different. Even as a model, I’d always accepted that I could never get on the cover of an Australian magazine. The thing is, I am ethnic and Asian and I hope this [cover] makes other Eurasian women out there proud.” This upbeat attitude is typical Gomes. Everything about her seems cheerful and sunshiny. Last time we met she told me she likes the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Bars by the beach. Organic food, offset by a bit of beer and chocolate. She’s proud of her career without being rabidly ambitious about carving a tandem business in retail or acting (though she likes the idea of starting a swimwear range one day). There’s a real self-assurance about her. Perhaps it’s innate or maybe it comes from the fact she’s been in the industry for 16 years and has weathered a fair few smackdowns over the course of her career.
  13. Adira replied to Petite-Patrie's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    thanks for the links katchitup they look so cute together & i hope they last
  14. Adira replied to Evelyn's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
  15. Adira replied to dcrim's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    she is soo prettty Lowe party
  16. Adira replied to Petite-Patrie's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    Kanye's song Christian Dior Denim Flow mentions Bar "I heard Bar was friends with Esti Ginzburg Coco Rocha, Kate Mimosa Alessandra Ambrosia, Anja Rubik, get Olga (?) tell her I’m very single"
  17. Adira replied to a post in a topic in Alessandra Ambrosio
    Ale is soo sexy with that mask The 90th anniversary of Vogue in Paris, France, September 30 HQ
  18. Adira replied to seshiru's post in a topic in Actresses
    Milla Jovovich and singer Katy Perry during the German game show "Wetten Dass" (Bet it…?) october 2
  19. Adira replied to Миша's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    sorry guys..but i could see other videos on other threads
  20. Adira replied to babylola's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    thank u guys soo much..i love this girl
  21. Adira replied to Миша's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    this was new to me by Stewart Shining for A Mag
  22. Adira replied to Миша's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    she is soo cute
  23. Adira replied to Fiammifero's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    welcome BlackBook – Oct 2010
  24. Adira replied to babylola's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    thanks soo much..id love to know what they are saying
  25. Adira replied to Petite-Patrie's post in a topic in Female Fashion Models
    i do hope to see Bar in the VSFS..she would be aweesome