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Janice was not the first supermodel
Although she always claims to be the frst supermodel, she is not. Both Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy were so described in the 1960s when Janice was still a schoolgirl
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Let's go all the way back to Helen of Troy. Her face apparently launched a thousand ships. To be honest, I really don't care. Janice can claim what she likes. As far as I know the term supermodel wasn't even coined until the 1980s anyway.
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it will be debated in pubs and cafes forever and no-one will agree
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I like Janice but to be honest, I hadn't even heard of her until she was in her fifties and doing the reality thing.
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Although she always claims to be the frst supermodel, she is not. Both Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy were so described in the 1960s when Janice was still a schoolgirl
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Let's go all the way back to Helen of Troy. Her face apparently launched a thousand ships. To be honest, I really don't care. Janice can claim what she likes. As far as I know the term supermodel wasn't even coined until the 1980s anyway.
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Wikipedia has some interesting stuff to say on the origins of the term
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermodel#Origins It's clear that Janice did not coin the term, but I think it's possible that she may have popularised it and brought it into common parlance |
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Wikipedia has some interesting stuff to say on the origins of the term
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermodel#Origins It's clear that Janice did not coin the term, but I think it's possible that she may have popularised it and brought it into common parlance |
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I like Janice but to be honest, I hadn't even heard of her until she was in her fifties and doing the reality thing.
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I like Janice but to be honest, I hadn't even heard of her until she was in her fifties and doing the reality thing.
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Let's go all the way back to Helen of Troy. Her face apparently launched a thousand ships. To be honest, I really don't care. Janice can claim what she likes. As far as I know the term supermodel wasn't even coined until the 1980s anyway.
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It actually seems to have started in the 30s, Lisa Fonssagrives if you want to believe wikipedia. Janice is the first self-proclaimed supermodel but she was stunning in her day
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Wrong. Both J. If you Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy were called supermodels in the 60s. If you can't remember it it doesn't mean it didn't happen
Alright, calm down. There's a perfectly good reason why I can't remember it, I wasn't even a twinkle in either of my parents' eyes at that juncture! |
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She has now passed on her throne, apparently it's now ingrained into Farrah's back.
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I've already mentioned this in a previous post, but the first real supermodel was from the 1930's, so much, much earlier than the 1960's. But yes, you have to take things that fall from from Janice's mouth with a bucket of salt.
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On ANTM, she was referred as "one of the world's first supermodels" but in recent years, she is now "the world's first supermodel". She isn't. I think someone told her she is and she uses it to her advantage. I love Janice but i cringe as she uses it as a suit of armour.
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I've already mentioned this in a previous post, but the first real supermodel was from the 1930's, so much, much earlier than the 1960's. But yes, you have to take things that fall from from Janice's mouth with a bucket of salt.
It's Janice's truth, okay
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Alright, calm down. There's a perfectly good reason why I can't remember it, I wasn't even a twinkle in either of my parents' eyes at that juncture!
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I'm quite calm, thank you. You have just confirmed my point Supermodels were around long before you were born
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Isn't a super model, just a model? Adding super to the start doesn't make it different.
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Wrong. Both J. If you Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy were called supermodels in the 60s. If you can't remember it it doesn't mean it didn't happen
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Alright, calm down. There's a perfectly good reason why I can't remember it, I wasn't even a twinkle in either of my parents' eyes at that juncture!
I had thought adwalton's comment was a play on the old adage that if you remember the 60's you weren't there. The inference being that anyone who was there was so high on LSD and the like, that the 60's passed in a sort of halcyon haze.
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Isn't a super model, just a model? Adding super to the start doesn't make it different.
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I think the idea of a supermodel came about when the names of these women became celebrated in their own right. Seemingly, historically, models were usually nameless clothes horses without a public persona. I believe the supermodel tag denotes a point where the model became famous as an individual and their name went into the public domain. And when their celebrity started to match that of the Hollywood actresses.
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