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An Open Conversation With Real Housewives on the Plastic Surgery They've Had Done


It sounds like something out of an Andy Cohen fever dream: a group of beloved Real Housewives gathered together to film a music video celebrating all the work they’ve had done. But, somewhat miraculously, it actually happened—all thanks to Fiber One, whose new campaign highlights the “work” the brownie has undergone to have less calories, less net carbs, and less grams of sugar. (Get it?)

The accompanying song, “Work Done,” includes lyrics like “Yeah, I’ve had some work done but Rome wasn’t built on wishes” and a video featuring what I’d call the champagne-soaked Justice League: Melissa Gorga (Real Housewives of New Jersey), Porsha Williams (Real Housewives of Atlanta), Sonja Morgan (Real Housewives of New York), Dorinda Medley (Real Housewives of New York), and Tamra Judge (Real Housewives of Orange County).

“Obviously, Housewives are known for putting it all out there,” Gorga says when I meet up with her, Williams, and Morgan the day after the campaign’s launch. “When I heard I was going to be in a music video—which, by the way, my fans have been asking me to do for years—I was very excited about it. The fans are going crazy because there’s Housewives from different franchises together, we’re singing, we’re dancing…I mean, we’re giving everybody everything they’ve ever wanted.”

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For Williams, it’s important to make it clear the song’s message is all about celebrating who you are, in whatever way that looks like to you. “If you’ve had actual work done, surgically or not, it’s a lifestyle of living better and being guilt free,” she explains.

Says Morgan, “We like to empower women and not put them down and say, ‘Oh, you’ve had your nose done’ and ‘you’ve had your boobs done.’ We’re not about that.”

“It’s not about shaming,” Gorga adds. “If something is going to make you feel a little more confident—if you want the bump out of your nose, if you want to enhance your boobs, whatever it may be—it’s it’s fair and it’s you. If it makes you feel good, then good for you.”

Here, we ask the women to tell us more: about plastic surgery, about the pressure of being on TV, and what work, if any, they might do next.

Glamour: So what work have you had done?

Sonja Morgan: Everybody wants to know that!



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In Open Letter, More Than 100 Models Urge Victoria’s Secret to Take a Stand Against Sexual Harassment in Fashion


A new petition urging Victoria’s Secret to take a stand against acts of sexual harassment and violence has been signed by more than 100 models, many of whom have worked with the brand in the past.

In an open letter written by the Model Alliance and addressed to Victoria’s Secret CEO John Mehas, current and former runway stars call on the company to take a role in remedying sexual harassment, citing “numerous allegations of sexual assault, alleged rape, and sex trafficking of models and aspiring models,” as several photographers associated with the company have been accused of misconduct, plus the links between various L Brands executives—including company head Leslie Wexner—and convicted sex offender and former financier Jeffrey Epstein. (Sara Ziff, the founder of Model Alliance, has written about Epstein in the past.)

It has already been signed by Christy Turlington Burns, Doutzen Kroes, Milla Jovovich, Gemma Ward, Carolyn Murphy, Caitriona Balfe, Karen Elson, among others. Time’s Up has also co-signed.

“In the past few weeks, we have heard numerous allegations of sexual assault, alleged rape, and sex trafficking of models and aspiring models. While these allegations may not have been aimed at Victoria’s Secret directly, it is clear that your company has a crucial role to play in remedying the situation,” the letter reads. “From the headlines about L Brands CEO Leslie Wexner’s close friend and associate, Jeffrey Epstein, to the allegations of sexual misconduct by photographers Timur Emek, David Bellemere, and Greg Kadel, it is deeply disturbing that these men appear to have leveraged their working relationships with Victoria’s Secret to lure and abuse vulnerable girls.”

In the letter, the Model Alliance pointed to the position Victoria’s Secret holds in the industry and its platform as a means to combat abuses in the industry: “We are calling on Victoria’s Secret to take meaningful action to protect its talent and those who aspire to work with the company. Victoria’s Secret has the opportunity to be a leader, to use its power and influence to bring about the changes that are urgently needed in our industry. Every day, fashion brands, publishing companies, and agencies set the norms of what’s acceptable and what’s not in fashion. If Victoria’s Secret were to take a stand against these abuses and commit to meaningful change by joining the RESPECT Program, this would go a long way in helping our industry chart a new path forward.”



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Serena Williams Opens Up About Starting Therapy After Losing the 2018 US Open


At last year’s US Open final, Serena Williams squared off against then 20-year-old Naomi Osaka. Williams was poised to win her 24th Grand Slam title, when the umpire accused Williams’ coach of giving her signals from the stands. The umpire issued a violation, but Williams was adamant that she absolutely wasn’t receiving any coaching. As she put it at the time, “I don’t cheat to win. I’d rather lose.” Then things began to spiral. Williams lost the next point, and in frustration, smashed her racket—earning her another violation. Williams stood up for herself, accusing the umpire of penalizing her for being a woman. In turn, the umpire took away a game from Williams—and she went on to lose to Osaka.

Since the finals, Williams has been quiet on the subject. But now, nearly a year later, Williams opens up about it in a first-person essay in Harper’s BAZAAR.

For a long time after the match, Williams shares she wasn’t ready to pick up a racket. She suffered many sleepless nights, replaying what happened in her mind. Eventually she knew she needed to take action. “Days passed, and I still couldn’t find peace. I started seeing a therapist,” Williams explains. “I was searching for answers, and although I felt like I was making progress, I still wasn’t ready to pick up a racket.” She realized she couldn’t move forward until she apologized to Osaka—who instead of celebrating her first US Open win, was in tears as she received her trophy, crying over the controversy that had just taken place on the court.

“Hey, Naomi! It’s Serena Williams. As I said on the court, I am so proud of you and I am truly sorry. I thought I was doing the right thing in sticking up for myself. But I had no idea the media would pit us against each other,” she wrote in an email to Osaka. ‘I would love the chance to live that moment over again. I am, was, and will always be happy for you and supportive of you. I would never, ever want the light to shine away from another female, specifically another black female athlete. I can’t wait for your future, and believe me I will always be watching as a big fan! I wish you only success today and in the future. Once again, I am so proud of you. All my love and your fan, Serena.'”

Osaka then responded with a text that brought Williams to tears. “People can misunderstand anger for strength because they can’t differentiate between the two,” she wrote. “No one has stood up for themselves the way you have and you need to continue trailblazing.”

Williams was also candid about the many other times she’s been discriminated against throughout her career, both publicly and privately. “As a teenager, I was booed by an entire stadium (I took the high road and even thanked those who didn’t want to see me win). I’ve been called every name in the book. I’ve been shamed because of my body shape. I’ve been paid unequally because of my sex. I’ve been penalized a game in the final of a major because I expressed my opinion or grunted too loudly. I’ve been blatantly cheated against to the point where the Hawk-Eye rules were introduced so that something like that would not happen again. And these are only the things that are seen by the public. In short, it’s never been easy. But then I think of the next girl who is going to come along who looks like me, and I hope, ‘Maybe, just maybe, my voice will help her,'” she writes.

And while it hasn’t been easy for Williams, she acknowledges that it’s not a pain she’s suffered alone—it’s something women face daily. “This incident—though excruciating for us to endure—exemplified how thousands of women in every area of the workforce are treated every day. We are not allowed to have emotions, we are not allowed to be passionate. We are told to sit down and be quiet, which frankly is just not something I’m okay with. It’s shameful that our society penalizes women just for being themselves,” she writes. And now, with her racket back in hand, she promises to keep fighting for a woman’s right to be herself, in all workplaces.





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Real Women Open Up About Discovering They Weren't Receiving Equal Pay


Eventually, my group’s creative director—a woman—noticed there was a huge gap between my salary and my male colleague’s. She corrected it by giving me a raise, and also adjusting both of our titles. I was happy.

After that, we hired on a male creative director who was favorable toward his male employees. He promoted the male designer to a senior level, and boosted his salary by another $20,000. He didn’t promote me—and only adjusted my salary by $8,000. I spoke with my creative director plenty of times about this pay issue during our one on one meetings, and he’d cut me off after I would say something like, “Oh, there’s stats out there that females get underpaid next to their male coworkers,” with “Well, that’s not true anymore.”

He told me that me that my male coworker spoke up more and was very vocal, whereas I’d been maintaining and making clients happy. He said he wanted me to work on pitching to clients more and then we could discuss a promotion. So I tried to pitch more, but it never happened. In fact, the one chance I had at running a meeting with a client, the male creative director took over the entire thing! He didn’t even give me a chance to speak. Eventually, I left the company and vowed to never let that happen to me again. — Karen, advertising, Tampa

My boss felt bad I was paid less, but said the company didn’t have the budget to fix it.

Salary: $70,000; Pay Gap: $20,000: I was a section editor at a magazine, and my male colleague had a similar title. The main difference, though, is that I ran a team and was in charge of producing both daily and long form content for the website, while also curating and editing an entire print section. He, on the other hand, didn’t have any print responsibilities and also didn’t run a team.

I found out that he was being paid $20,000 more than me through a coworker, who had been told firsthand. I’ve always tried to be pretty transparent about how much I make, because I think the idea that it’s “impolite” to talk about money is perpetuated by men who don’t want to be confronted with a pay gap—and therefore feel morally responsible for fixing something that they benefit from. Like, if they don’t know then it can’t really happen, right?

My first thought upon finding out was embarrassment, to be honest. I don’t know why, I just felt kind of humiliated. Like maybe I wasn’t doing a good job, even though I was doing so much work and my team seemed to really like me. But then I got pissed. I was well-regarded by my superiors and the people who reported to me, I was doing the job of two people—two actual people!—and I was making less than someone with far fewer responsibilities? That made me mad.

I brought it up at my next review, which was maybe a couple months later. I don’t recall my exact words, but I basically said that I wanted a raise and deserved one, and that I knew what my male colleague was making. The difference in our responsibilities was pretty evident, so just my knowing about it underlined the point. And my manager was aware that it was unfair, and was even sympathetic about it. But unfortunately, I was told they were on a budget freeze, and couldn’t offer to give me more until at least the end of the year. I waited a few months and when the money never materialized—and a few other issues arose—I finally quit.



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The Sweet Reason Meghan Markle Didn't Open Up Presents at Her Baby Shower


Meghan Markle‘s much-anticipated baby shower happened this past Wednesday, February 20. The star-studded event took place in New York City’s Upper East Side and reportedly featured jazz music, food by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and flower-arranging activities.

One thing that didn’t happen at the shower, though, was present opening. Gayle King, one of the celebrities who attended the baby shower, revealed Friday (February 22) on CBS This Morning that Markle opted not to open up her gifts during the actual celebration. And her reason is very sweet.

“She didn’t open up any of the gifts because she wants to do that when she and Harry are back together,” King said. “So I really don’t know what everybody got [her].”

King said a “good time was had by all” at the baby shower, which was also attended by Amal Clooney, Serena Williams, and Markle’s Suits costar Abigail Spencer.

“She’s a very private person,” King also noted. “I think she should decide what she wants to say about [the shower].”

Watch King discuss this for yourself in the videos, below.

The only tidbit King reveals here is about the flower-arranging activity. “We all each made an individual base, and then Meghan, at the request, got in touch with an organization I’ve never heard of, Repeat Roses, and all of those [bases] were donated to different charities. I thought that was a very sweet thing. It just speaks to who she is: She’s very kind. She’s very generous and a really, really sweet person. I think her friends just wanted to celebrate her.”

King says Williams and Markle’s longtime friends, Genevive Hillis and Jessica Mulroney, hosted the shower: “It was a very small, private affair and just a very special time for her.”

Kensington Palace announced in October 2018 that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were expecting their first child. She’s due this spring.



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Serena Williams Brought Back the Catsuit for the 2019 Australian Open


Serena Williams‘ signature catsuits have been the subject of public fascination since she returned to the tennis court last summer for the French Open, wearing a formfitting black style from Nike that would go on to be banned by the French Tennis Federation. (The Women’s Tennis Association stood by Williams, updating its dress codes to approve “mid-thigh-length compression shorts” like hers.) Now, for her first tournament of 2019, the G.O.A.T. is making it clear that the look isn’t going away any time soon.

On January 15, Williams faced Tatjana Maria at the Australian Open in Melbourne. She not only won her first match of the competition, but she did so wearing a familiar silhouette.

PHOTO: James D. Morgan

Williams appeared on the court wearing another custom catsuit by Nike. Unlike the French Open one, this version was short and green, with black and white stripe details and a keyhole cut-out in the back.

2019 Australian Open - Day 2

PHOTO: James D. Morgan

Oh, and she wore it with fishnet tights.

2019 Australian Open - Day 2

PHOTO: Fred Lee

Ever since she began her career in the mid-1990s, Williams has dominated the tennis court not only with her incredible skill, but with her sense of style. Her latest Nike outfit offers her fans the slightest throwback to the start of her fashion journey: Its reminiscent of her original catsuit, designed by Puma for the 2002 U.S. Open.

Top seed Serena Williams wears a winning smile on the way to

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Williams’ Australia Open look is her first catsuit since the 2018 French Open. It was her first tournament since giving birth, and the divisive look was specifically engineered to prevent blood clots. Though the French Tennis Federation wasn’t a fan of it. Nike stood by the athlete, calling Williams a “superhero.”

2018 French Open Tennis Tournament. Roland Garros.

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Williams didn’t seem too concerned, though: She told ESPN she likely wouldn’t wear that catsuit again, anyway, because “when it comes to fashion, you don’t want to be a repeat offender.”

Her Australia Open uniform already has a big fan: Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, tweeted that he was “here” for her romper.

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