{"id":8681,"date":"2009-09-03T13:08:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T17:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=8681"},"modified":"2009-09-06T11:57:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T15:57:05","slug":"paradigm-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/paradigm-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradigm Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8722\" title=\"bt10\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2009\/09\/bt10-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"bt10\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2009\/09\/bt10-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2009\/09\/bt10.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The glorious <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/Ubah-Hassan\">Ubah Hassan<\/a> champions the cause for new faces Ayaan and Alise with Major and Lily from Muse.<\/p>\n<p>Diversity is one of the most talked about issues within the world of modeling and <strong>Bethann Hardison<\/strong> is always at the forefront of the discussion. The legendary Miss Hardison is leading the charge towards a more racially diverse industry and OTM dropped by the &#8220;Paradigm Shift&#8221; event hosted by Bethann and supermodel <strong>Tyson Beckford<\/strong> to meet some of the freshest faces of color in town. The gathering was a chance for top casting directors <strong>Anita Bitton, Daniel Peddle<\/strong>, <strong>James Scully<\/strong> and <strong>Jennifer Starr<\/strong> to view and &#8220;re-view&#8221; some the most promising minority models and keep this topical discussion going.<\/p>\n<p>[flashvideo filename=https:\/\/v.models.com\/oftheminute\/images\/2009\/09\/tyson.mov image=https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2009\/09\/untitled-1.gif width=600 height=450 controlbar=over bufferlength=10 \/]<\/p>\n<p>[flashvideo filename=https:\/\/v.models.com\/oftheminute\/images\/2009\/09\/bethann.mov image=https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2009\/09\/bethann.gif width=600 height=450 controlbar=over bufferlength=10 \/]<\/p>\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"0\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a 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