November 1, 200816 yr for the same reason that KK, Doutzen, Poly, Izabel, etc etc all don't. those subforums haven't been updated in AGES. and they don't plan on changing them any time soon.
November 3, 200816 yr Miranda is on the November cover of magazine Ocean Drive. Here are pictures: Miranda Kerr is enjoying the rare day off in her New York apartment—alone except for her Yorkie, Frankie, who announces her presence with one sharp and authoritative bark during our conversation—on a recent Friday afternoon. “On average my schedule has been six days a week and two different countries each week,” Kerr explains. “But I love hard work, and I’m very grateful that I get to travel and see the world and experience something that a lot of people only dream of.”The 25-year-old Australian supermodel indeed has been living a dream life since signing on with Victoria’s Secret in 2006. “Sometimes I have to pinch myself, you know?” she says. “I actually feel really flattered to be part of such a wonderful team. And as a model, when you’re thinking of exactly what you would want a [photo-shoot] crew to be, well, that’s what Victoria’s Secret creates for us.” It’s undeniable that Victoria’s Secret never does anything by half; the most high-wattage example of this is the lingerie megabrand’s annual fashion show, which this year comes to Miami Beach to be staged at the Fontainebleau. The event, which is being taped before a live audience November 15th for a December 3rd airing on CBS, also will serve as the official and—considering that the telecast and on-line viewing draw a combined audience of approximately one billion worldwide—highly public unveiling of the historic Fontainebleau, which is reopening this month after a two-and-a-half year, $1 billion renovation. This will be Kerr’s third year walking the show, but her first as an official Victoria’s Secret Angel; the designation was finalized in early October and is considered to be the highest tier of modeling contract one can attain. Like fellow Angels Marisa Miller and Alessandra Ambrosio, Kerr started out modeling for another category in the catalog—in Kerr’s case, for the Victoria’s Secret Pink line, positioned as the more collegiate-oriented sleepwear and ready-to-wear collection—before graduating to the brand’s marquee lingerie collections and Angel status. What is it about Kerr that makes her Angel material? “Miranda has many of the qualities we look for in Victoria’s Secret Angels,” notes Monica Mitros, executive vice president of public relations for Victoria’s Secret and one of the fashion show’s four executive producers. “Not only is she a stunning beauty and sexy and has a perfect and beautiful body, but she also has a great personality. To become an Angel you can’t just be a beautiful woman and look good in photographs; you’re also a brand ambassador, doing television appearances, autograph signings, interviews. And the other difficult thing to find in a Victoria’s Secret model is someone who can walk on the runway in her underwear in front of millions of people—you’d be amazed by the thousands of women we see every year. But Miranda’s qualities extend way beyond the physical.” The 5’9” Kerr has been modeling since she was 13, when a friend convinced her to enter a contest in her native Australia. “It was for this magazine called Jolly, which was this young girl’s magazine, and I won,” she remembers. “It was very surreal at the time.” Kerr decided she wanted to finish school, but even though she continued to book jobs well after graduation, she says she wasn’t passionate about the idea of modeling. “I was studying nutrition, and I knew that I wanted to do something that could make a difference in the lives of other people,” Kerr says. “It was my dad who pointed out the impact I could have through modeling; he said, ‘With a face and a name you can make a difference.’ That has turned out to be very true.” For several years Kerr has supported Children International, a humanitarian organization dedicated to overcoming poverty and hunger in third-world nations, while she also plans to get involved in the Peace Angels Project, which crafts original artworks out of melted weaponry and donates the proceeds to community projects that promote non-violence, as well as Clean Up the World, an Australia-based environmental group. “A lot of our Angels are philanthropic, and Miranda is, as well,” Mitros says. “Being a Victoria’s Secret Angel is a very high-profile platform, and our Angels are able to take advantage of that to help causes around the world.” A few days after our conversation, Kerr was due to head off on the next round of photo shoots for Victoria’s Secret’s February swim catalog. “On Tuesday I go to Saint Barth’s, and then from there to the Turks and Caicos and then Hawaii,” she reports, but dismisses my mention that non-stop travel can be a tough schedule. “I’m used to it now; once I was in Hong Kong right before Christmas, and Victoria’s Secret called and said, ‘We need you in Saint Barth’s for one day.’ It would have been so easy to go to Australia from Hong Kong and spend Christmas there, but off to Saint Barth’s I went, and then back to Australia from there. I like to think I have a really good attitude about it; I want people to see me as someone who likes to work hard and who shows up on a set ready to make the shoot great.” And the upcoming fashion show is no exception. “I’m really excited the show is in Miami; the Fontainebleau is such an iconic venue,” Kerr says. “And a show like this is so extravagant, easily the most theatrical thing we do.” Before you think such a job is only about the glamour, consider what it takes to work a live runway show, modeling lingerie accented with a pair of oversized angel wings—“Yeah, sometimes they’re pretty heavy,” Kerr notes—while negotiating a runway covered in two inches of glitter that finds its way into your five-inch heels. Sound glamorous? “Of course it is, it’s amazing,” Kerr says. “Yes, it’s work, but apart from the nerves and everything else that goes with it, you can’t ask for a better example of fashion, fantasy, sexiness and fun.” And with that Kerr is off to answer to Frankie’s needs, though not before I ask the newest Angel about what the future might bring. “For now I’m just really enjoying this,” she says. “Obviously I know it won’t last forever, so I should enjoy it while I can, right? When I’m 80 I don’t think I’ll be doing this—no matter how much I keep exercising.”
November 3, 200816 yr I got DIBS on page 246! I have a bad feeling about that Ocean Drive Magazine edit. Usually when all the photos are released on the website, its highly unlikely that most of them will be used in the magazine. When Hana Soukupova was on the September cover of OD, only ONE photo was published in the issue. But then again, Miranda is some kinda popular model, so maybe they might use TWO pictures. BTW, I posted a giant screencap from EXTRA TV (post #4877) and apparently that picture was from the OD photoshoot.
November 3, 200816 yr My scan Thank you, John! That's a lovely cover! And as we're talking about covers ... ... Are you going to get your hands on that Ocean Drive issue to scan the cover? And if so, is there a tiny chance you're scanning the editorial too? :brows:
November 3, 200816 yr Ahh the OD shoot looks amazing! I hope we get all of the pictures in better quality.
November 3, 200816 yr These pictures are wonderful and they inspired me in creating some new icons: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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