Find me a Face on BBC Three
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:29 pm
Just watching this on BBC Three and yawn, here we go again!
It's a show about the modelling industry and scouting for models, and surprise surprise, we're getting the same old story as always.
Instead of taking this opportunity to find girls who don't fit the same old stereotype, the message which comes through once again is that models HAVE to be tall, unbelievably slim and have that slightly 'pinched-face' look.
"I've been searching all day in this busy street/shopping centre and all I've found is one girl, and she's a model already", says one of the expert types pervading this show. Yes, that's because you're so blinkered, you're only looking for one type of girl, and we're all bored with those...
It's a show about the modelling industry and scouting for models, and surprise surprise, we're getting the same old story as always.
Instead of taking this opportunity to find girls who don't fit the same old stereotype, the message which comes through once again is that models HAVE to be tall, unbelievably slim and have that slightly 'pinched-face' look.
"I've been searching all day in this busy street/shopping centre and all I've found is one girl, and she's a model already", says one of the expert types pervading this show. Yes, that's because you're so blinkered, you're only looking for one type of girl, and we're all bored with those...