The Elite Model Look winner of France, Manon Pieto arrives and is already shooting with some of fashion’s finest. (Polaroids courtesy of Elite New York).

Scoop has 2 lovely new faces Caroline (above) and Axel (below). Both pics from the Ones2Watch.

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We adore Mathu Placek’s polaroids for V Magazine fall blowout party. Check out Sessilee Lopez, Liya Kebede and Cecilia Dean up close and personal.

Speaking of V, their new beauty issue has THE top beauty names in the biz. It’s a must buy…

Death is the new black. There’s something about some of the newest images out there that are definitely disturbing.

New classic Brazilian guy by Didio,Leandro Cagliari, in various states of undress of course.

Josh Beech can do it all. Besides the modeling and singing, he’s taking pictures that comment on the personal, political and cultural influences in his travels. A snippet appears on The Malcolm which showcase that this handsome young man is more than just a pretty face.

The Last Magazine, the ultra cool, ultra large fashion/art magazine, needs interns.

Maryna Linchuk surrounded by the boys, RJ Rogenski, Ben Hill, Vladimir Ivanov. Pic JD Ferguson for V Magazine.
The V Magazine/Marc Jacobs after party celebrating Lady Gaga and V’s new issue was THE place to be last night. Everyone from models Lily Donaldson, Dree Hemingway, Liya Kebede, Karmen Pedaru,  Julien d’Ys, Pat McGrath, DSquared2’s Dan & Dean, to Janet Jackson joined Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone and V/Visionaire co-founders Cecilia Dean and Stephen Gan celebrate Lady Gaga, V Magazine and the MJ SS10 collection. To see which music stars/art stars and of course a gaggle of supermodels showed, go to V Magazine to check out JD Ferguson’s exclusive pics.

Zoe/MC2 Model Management. Pol by MDC
Zoe, MC2’s new face stops by the MDC office. A most unique combination of Greek and Swedish origins, Zoe certainly is a beauty.
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Italian Vogue celebrates black Barbie, click here to see wonderful shots of the new look for Barbie.

Frankie Galati Ellis, MDC’s top 10 new face is Australian!

The Daily Beast goes behind the scenes of male modeling with rising young star, Lyle Lodwick.

Rugby.com has a cool section called, Meet the Models, check out their newest face, Carly Foulkes.

Maybe one of the coolest on line stores ever! Showstudio has items such as papier-mache animal heads from Dior’s F/W 07 show, Nick Knight’s stuffed tiger and Simon Foxton’s graffiti jacket.

Tatiana, the anonymous model from Jezebel who penned insightful and sometimes scathing stories of the fashion industry has revealed herself. She’s Jenna Sauers, was with Next and Elite Paris and just gave up modeling to write full time. Get a look at her portfolio here.

Iconic singer Sade? No way, they said. A sad comment on the fashion mags of today.

Men.style.com to close down. GQ and Details will get their own sites.

No wonder Liya Kebede, supermodel, mother, activist is one of our favorite supers. She writes for the Huffington Post about speaking at the U.N.

Topless supermodels and skateboards? Isabeli Fontana, Lara Stone, Raquel Zimmermann and Edita Vilkeviciute. Click here to see the coolness.

Agyness Deyn has a new puppy and it’s pretty adorable.

The fabulous Tom Pecheux will do a makeup line. We say, it’s about time!

Ponyryder interviews Stephanie Carta for their model guide to Paris. 

Hop on the Spiralbitch has a new editorial out with Paul Pavlovska and photographers Reed and Rader. Paul blinks, and moves her hands…

Elite Chicago, the agency that launched the careers of Cindy Crawford, Liya Kebede and actress Michelle Monaghan, has kicked off their new online modeling contest. Are you a girl 13-20, 5′7-6′0″? Go to Elite Chicago TV for a chance to win a contract with the prestigious agency or to vote for your favorites. Thinking of nominating a friend or family member? If you submit the winning contestant, you will also get a prize. Looks like a win-win situation to us!

Register here

Ph: courtesy of Elite Chicago

Just who is this Brazilian beauty?

And from the Imagist (if you missed these stories): Tyson Ballou looking like the supermodel he is still; i-D magazine issue 300 is guaranteed to be multi covers again; Abbey Lee Kershaw in Gucci- the commercial (who by the way looks like she has the superpower of moving the wind, a la X-Men or Heroes)

We love illustrators! Check out the interview with Jed Root’s Jenny Mortsell (and the delightful Drew Barrymore pic).

Liya Kebede feels the Obama effect on fashion!

You could be the next Sean John face!

After 20 years shooting exclusively at Elle, Gilles Bensimon is at Redbook, and it looks very beautiful!

Naomi Campbell gets another award. We love the dual Naomi, sometimes the narcissistic diva, sometimes the selfless humanitarian.

Grazia digs up Madonna’s first photo shoot.

Curious for more pics on Jesus Luz? Click here and here.

A friendly reminder for all of you who work in the “biz”, this guy lost an advertising campaign because of Facebook and Twitter. Learn from this poor guy’s mistake.

Production thinks Stephanie Seymour’s interview with Alber Elbaz is fabulous!

Don’t worry, young up and coming female models, Angela Missoni supports you!

OH NO, in very sad news…. makeup artist Louie Sibley (who worked with Dick Page, Pat McGrath) has passed away at the too soon age of 42.

If you are like most of us in the industry, Steven Meisel holds an extra special fascination because of his prodigious talent and vision, his longevity and his ability to instantaneously create a star. What also sets him apart from any other photographer is, in the word’s of Vogue’s Jonathan Van Meter an “almost impenetrable mystique“. It was with great excitement that we read the excerpted interview with Meisel on Style.com. There are so many intriguing and never known details about the legendary lensman. The complete story appears in the May Vogue along with some personal pictures and a page of “Defining Moments” when he captures the changing moods of fashion. Get 2 copies. It’s most definitely a keeper. (Read excerpted interview here)

Ph: Steven Meisel from Style.com. In the picture with Meisel: (Clockwise) Carolyn Murphy, Liya Kebede, Kristen McMenamy, Coco Rocha, Jessica Stam, Amber Valletta, Linda Evangelista, Gisele Bundchen, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Karen Elson, Natalia Vodianova, Guinevere Van Seenus, Stella Tennant, Agyness Deyn.

The girls are here and they’re better than ever.  Liya Kebede, Natalia Vodianova, Anna Jagodzinska, Isabeli Fontana, Lara Stone, Jourdan Dunn, Raquel Zimmermann, Caroline Trentini and Natasha Poly grace the cover of May’s epic issue of Vogue. Fashion addicts have been waiting for this one forever and the cover is more than worth it. Looking as polished and elegant as vintage Breck girls the chosen 9 are pitch perfect representatives for the model as a muse. The force behind this must have issue? None other than Steven Meisel, who is featured in a special article about his lasting influence on the world of modelling.

You’re going to want two copies.

Lurve magazine, a new magazine for these tough times? Brave they are…

Liya Kebede, supermodel, mother and designer for J Crew!

Chanel Iman, the next Tyra?

Elle McPherson on an Ashton Kutcher produced show about models? Could be very interesting. (Tidbit: Ashton was with Next Models when we met him 12 years ago. Even then you knew he was going to go far.)

Grazia is obsessed with the new House of Style. Watch Bar Rafaeli and her hair looking gorgeous as she interviews Justin Timberlake.

Model closet, whose would you want?

Jed Root artist Dick Page does a new story on 90’s muse Annie Morton for WWD.

Lyndsey Scott, one of the new faces at the Calvin Klein show was found on MODELS.com’s scouting service by Click Models. Read all this and more in Pony Ryder’s exclusive interview with the beautiful newcomer.

Also from Pony Ryder, the Model City Guide with Ali Michaels, Hyoni Kang and Jenny Sweeney.

Lyndsey scouted on MODELS.com’s scouting service by Click Models. Pic from Pony Ryder