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Video of ‘Britain’s Missing Top Model’…

July 4th, 2008

… has been posted on Youtube.

Among the high points: The show grapples with standard concepts of beauty; contestants discuss how they feel about their own disabilities and who is “worse off”; fashion industry people confess their discomfort and wonder whether disability “sells”; a photographer asks the model prospects if he can shoot their impairments; contestants cope with access problems; contestants pose in lingerie; and judges debate which prospect might make the best “role model.”

Quotes from the introduction:

Beauty sells. Beauty is perfection.

Competition to make it as a top model in the cut-throat world of fashion is second to none.

So what are the chances of a disabled woman making it in a world obsessed with perfection?

“God, New York would rather burn their city down than put a disabled model on the catwalk, I reckon.”

“Disability has a natural place in life, so why shouldn’t it be part of fashion?”

(BBC photo)

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