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Crazy Catfish Story Ends With Woman Dating the Model Whose Photos Were Used to Fool Her


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Are you ready for the best catfishing story in maybe all of history? On Thursday, The Atlantic published a modern-day fairytale that’s almost too good to be true — much like the first guy Emma Perrier fell in love with. Two years ago, restaurant manager Emma Perrier, who lived just south of London, decided to sign up for a dating app called Zoosk. She was looking for a relationship, not just a hookup. “I’m a romantic,” Emma, originally from France, told The Atlantic. “I love to love, and I want to be loved, too.”

Soon, she got a message from a good-looking guy who called himself Ronnie, short for Ronaldo Scicluna. He said he was 34 (Emma was 33 at the time) and an electrician. He was Italian but lived in England. They began exchanging messages and hit it off right away. Emma was flattered that Ronnie was interested in her. But there was a catch (of course): Ronnie was actually 53-year-old Alan Stanley, recently divorced and very lonely. He’d uploaded pictures of a “random male model” that he found online — a practice known as catfishing.

To keep the ruse going, Alan made excuses for not meeting Emma in person, even as their relationship became serious, or at least, serious to her. Eventually, though, friends and family convinced Emma that something was up; she used Reverse Image Search to find out where “Ronnie’s” pictures were from and discovered that they were actually of a Turkish model named Adem Guzel. Emma kept the relationship going while she did more research and eventually uncovered Ronnie’s true identity: Alan.

This is where the story gets downright unbelievable. Emma messaged Adem on Facebook to tell him that his pictures were being used in a scam, and they began talking on the phone and via FaceTime. They lost contact for a bit, during which time Emma and Alan, now using his real name and identity, met a few times in person. But eventually, Emma realized she wasn’t interested in Alan and wanted the man she’d seen in those pictures. She called it off with Alan, and this past April, met Adem when he arrived to London to see her. And then they fell in love. Adem and Emma have been living together for six months. Finally, something good in the world!



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This Model Is Giving Women in the Fashion Industry a Platform to Share Their Sexual Harassment Stories


The Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment and sexual assault scandal has taken down one of Hollywood’s most powerful power players and producers, and in the days that have followed the New York Times‘ bombshell report sharing women’s accounts of his misconduct, more women have stepped forward with their own accounts of business meetings or auditions that Weinstein allegedly set up to get women alone with him. For these women, the power dynamic was an undeniable factor in their encounters: pissing off Weinstein could essentially shutter their (often aspiring or beginning) careers in Hollywood, while to give in to his coercive alleged demands for a massage or more would compromise the person they were (not to mention leaving emotional scars).

Sadly, it’s not an usual dynamic: men in power across many industries have, not infrequently, taken advantage of women who had something to gain from a positive, professional relationship with them. The world of fashion isn’t immune to this, either—and one model, Cameron Russell, is taking a stand in Weinstein’s wake to give her colleagues, friends, and fellow models a platform to share their own accounts of abuse while on the job.

Her social media movement began when a friend reached out to Russell, and it has since spawned its own Twitter hashtag, #MyJobShouldNotIncludeAbuse, which has been buzzing with accounts from women or their experiences.

“We need a way to begin breaking the silence while remaining protected. We are not talking about one, five, or even twenty men,” wrote Russell in her initial post. “We are talking about a culture of exploitation and it must stop.”

The accounts don’t make for easy reading. Even more heartbreaking is the fact that many models begin working in the industry when they’re still underage. The fashion industry is also notorious for not setting up adequate protections for models—in the accounts below, more than one mentions being sent on a shoot alone to a photographer’s apartment or studio.

“We talked about how hard it is to share stories of assault. When they are the norm, calling them out can feel disruptive and unprofessional…” she continued. “And because the response has always been ‘are you surprised?’ or ‘that’s part of the job’ I tolerated them. When the offenses were bigger, calling them out is terrifying, and demands a level of exposure and backlash to what is already painful and sometimes shameful.”

Since this initial post, she’s shared the stories of dozens of others in the industry. Note: most of the accounts come with trigger warnings.

Russell also pointed out a telling sentence in one email: “It’s just the way he is.”

It’s also not only women who are the targets.

Russell’s work is opening up a new platform for women to band together—let’s hope that some real, effective change comes out of it. Some in the industry, like casting director James Scully, are actively working to make it a safer place for models, but there’s still a long, long way to go.

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Plus-Size Model Tess Holliday Just Clapped Back at Trolls Telling Her How to Work Out


She’s shot some seriously gorgeous pics for high-profile brands, but model Tess Holliday has also unfortunately had to deal with an unfair share of trolls in this Twitter age. She’s clapped back at online haters who accuse her of living an unhealthy lifestyle, and she’s even boycotted Uber because of an incident where a driver fat-shamed her. Now she’s an author and an advocate for size inclusivity in fashion—so when people start commenting on her body and telling her how to live her life, she’s not afraid to call them out.

Holliday posted a series of videos of herself at the gym on Friday and the comments blew up thanks to rude Internet lurkers. She reposted a few choice comments in a new Instagram post with a cutting caption, “Y’all just can’t handle seeing someone in a plus size body that isn’t deemed desirable by societies standards THRIVING & it kills y’all. Worry about your own life?? #FUCKYOURBEAUTYSTANDARDS #thenotsosubtleartofbeingafatgirl”

Unless you’re Holliday (or her trainer), it’s no one’s place to tell her—or anyone else—how to work out and what to do with her body. She posted videos of herself working out and was met with criticism and hate rather than love and support. That’s no way to talk to anyone, but thankfully she’s strong enough to call her haters out.

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This Model Is Making the 'Unibrow Movement' Happen


Sophia Hadjipanteli is not your average Instagram model. Yes, she has almost 85,000 followers and a vibrant feed, but the reason for her social media fame is thanks to a little more than just an engaging page. The Greek Cypriot model and student has epic eyebrows—well, an epic eyebrow to be more specific—that lead her to create the #UnibrowMovement. According to Hadjipanteli, she doesn’t tweeze or wax her brows because she doesn’t want to, and why should she? No surprise, her mission to take a stand against beauty standards is resonating far and wide online.

In a recent Instagram post she shared that the main reason behind the moment is “about normalizing something that society pressures us to hide or fix.” However, this being the Internet where everyone has an opinion and a keyboard to voice it, a lot of people still feel the need to critique her and criticize her for her personal decision. But instead of getting upset by the hateful comments she rises above them. “I feel like striking high is being the bigger person—I try to educate [people online] in the most neutral, respectable, and encouraging way,” Hadjipanteli told Glamour. “I’m not just doing it for myself; it doesn’t affect me personally in most cases. I’m doing it for the people who message me and say that I inspired them or that they feel more proud and confident.”

Hadjipanteli points out that when society is used to a certain type of beauty standard, people become uncomfortable with anything that doesn’t fit inside that “norm.” This is where the #UnibrowMovement comes in. Her mission is simple, and one that is easy to get behind: “I just want magazines to embrace different types of people because I feel like the more diversity we have, the more it becomes normalized to see different kinds of people. And then, people feel less uncomfortable when they see others unlike themselves.”

You can’t deny, she’s a beauty.

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Model Teddy Quinlivan Comes Out As Transgender


You might recognize model Theodora Quinlivan (known as Teddy), with her red hair and confident walk, from the countless runway shows she’s worked during New York Fashion Week and beyond. (This season alone, she’s walked Coach, Tory Burch, Carolina Herrera, Diane von Furstenberg, Derek Lam, Oscar de la Renta, Self-Portrat, Jeremy Scott, Monse, and Jason Wu… phew.) Today, on the last day of NYFW for Spring 2018, the 23-year-old came out as transgender.

In an exclusive interview with CNN Style, the 23-year-old explained that she decided to reveal her this about her identity in the hopes of increasing visibility for trans models working in fashion. (Only 0.17% of models cast for the Fall 2017 season back in February, across all four Fashion Weeks, were trans, according to The Fashion Spot.) But also, the current state of politics had something to do with the timing. “I’ve decided to reveal my trans identity because of the political climate in the world right now—particularly in the United States,” Quinlivan said. “I was ready to come out, but I think the times we live in elevated the sense of importance and urgency.”

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Another thing holding her back from coming out, she explained to CNN Style, was that she has presented as a cisgendered woman since she was discovered by Nicholas Ghesquière of Louis Vuitton in 2015 and began modeling professionally. “Since I transitioned when I was 16, I’ve been living as a cis female,” Quinlivan said. “That privilege [of presenting as cis female] gave me a lot of confidence to walk down the street, date and [work] in the fashion industry, where people I would presume I was a ‘normal’ girl.'”

Tory Burch Spring Summer 2018 Fashion Show - Runway

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As a white, cis-passing model, Quinlivan recognizes the privilege that has shielded her from some of the uglier realities of being a trans woman. “There’s been violence against transgender people—particularly transgender women of color—since before I even knew what transgender was,” she said to CNN Style. Because there are so few trans voices within the fashion community, specifically, she said that “[i]t’s really important to take advantage of a time like this” to speak up about her identity.

Jeremy Scott - Runway - September 2017 - New York Fashion Week: The Shows

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Of all the demographics represented in the fashion industry—both in ad campaigns and on the runway—transgender women are the least prevalent. That 0.17% from earlier represents only 12 models who appeared on the catwalk last season—and it was a record high.

Ulyana Sergeenko : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018

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While Quinlivan is only one more name on that list, her appearances in so many big shows can definitely be said to make a difference. She explained to CNN Style that she had few transgender role models growing up (working in fashion or otherwise), so visibility matters to her. “There are not a lot of openly trans people in media, and I think it’s really important to show people that not only am I trans, I’m (also) very successful and good at what I do,” she said.

Oscar de la Renta - Runway RTW - Spring 2018 - New York Fashion Week

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Since she shared her story this afternoon, there’s been an outpour of support for the model. Her agency, Women Management, posted clips of Quinlivan’s CNN film on Instagram, and wrote: “We are so proud of @teddy_quinlivan’s bold disclosure and we celebrate the Woman who she truly is.” On Twitter, the Human Rights Campaign thanked her for coming out.

Self-Portrait - Runway - September 2017 - New York Fashion Week

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Moving forward, Quinlivan hopes that her experience will help other models feel more comfortable with their gender identities—and push the needle in the industry to a point where diverse model castings are the norm. “If being transgender is something that gets attached to my name throughout my career, then it’s for a worthy cause,” she expressed to CNN Style. “But I look forward to the day when it doesn’t matter.”

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