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Laura James, the most recent winner of America’s Next Top Model, is already living up to her title.
As part of her winning package, James landed a contract with Nine West, and she traveled to N.Y.C. Wednesday to shoot the line’s newest lookbook. And because we can’t resist a backstage peek (or a look at amazing shoes) we asked James to go behind the camera to share her experience with us.
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–One of our favorite style stars, Lauren Conrad, is releasing a beauty book this fall [Refinery29]
–Get your credit cards ready, ladies: Jason Wu is launching an affordable line for Nordstrom [FabSugar]
–Another day, another collaboration: DJ Tiësto is designing a capsule collection for Guess [ELLE]
–New ANTM judge Bryanboy once got so fed up with a contestant that he threw a wad of paper at her [The Cut]
–Who needs models? Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz hired regular old (literally, 80 years old) people for the line’s fall campaign [Racked]
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–Hair today, gone tomorrow! Rihanna‘s new dreadlocks were very short-lived; the singer had to cut them off for a new fragrance campaign shoot [Twitter]
–Style of Jolie — Angelina Jolie‘s jewelry line — will head to the South of France this summer [WWD]
–Believe it or not, Paris Hilton‘s fragrance business is worth over $1 billion — and she’ll add to her fortune when she releases her 15th scent, called Dazzle [Huffington Post]
–From blogger to TV star! Fashion blogger Bryan Boy is America’s Next Top Model‘s new judge [The Cut]
–If you’re getting out of town this weekend for Memorial Day, here’s a (chic) packing list for your three-day jaunt [OliviaPalermo.com]
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–Tyra Banks fires Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and J. Alexander from America’s Next Top Model [The Cut]
–Submit your photo to Dove and you could appear in the brand’s big billboard in Times Square! [Dove.com/ShowUsYourSkin]
–The Bachelor‘s Ben Flajnik talks personal style — and wine [StyleCaster]
–A slew of stars have signed on to appear at the Clarins Million Meals Concert for FEED in New York next month [Playbill]
–Ten easy ways to mask a bad hair day (we’ve been there!) [Stylelist]
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The new season of America’s Next Top Model is going to be fierce: a battle between seven girls from the U.S., and another seven from the U.K.
“The British girls are very competitive,” host Tyra Banks tells PEOPLE. “They have some spunk.”
To further divide the catwalking wannabes, in promotional shots for the show, the girls sport temporary lip tattoos by Violent Lips in patriotic patterns of the American flag and Union Jack. You’ll see the appliques ($10 for three) — which last up to eight hours — in the eliminated model’s parting shot each week, too.
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Tyra Banks has worked the runway in some of the world’s most fabulous fashion, but deep down inside, she says she’s actually not a haute couture girl. The model-turned-mogul — and current business student — tells New York that all the years spent doing fittings for designer gowns actually made her a little, well, nervous. “I always still felt intimidated,” she tells the magazine. “Karl Lagerfeld is dressing me, Yves Saint Laurent is like smoothing my hem or something, and I felt like a little teenage girl and that these amazing designers were around me and that they were like these Greek gods. So I knew it wasn’t my truth. Although I was, like, flattered and like, ‘Oh, this is amazing!’” But the America’s Next Top Model host has still managed to start a few trends; for instance, the meat dress phenomenon, which happened in an ANTM challenge months before Lady Gaga wore her version to the Video Music Awards. “You know I never saw it, I just read about it,” Banks explains, saying she never thought Gaga stole the idea from the show. “Lady Gaga is such an artist that I doubt that she was looking at Top Model or her stylist was looking at Top Model and saying, ‘We should do it.’ I think they just did it and we just happened to do it first.” For more with Banks, check out nymag.com. –Kim Peiffer
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Tyra Banks has never been shy about flaunting her curves–and now one of her protégés is following suit. Whitney Thompson, America’s Next Top Model‘s first-ever plus-sized winner, is boldly baring it all to promote Love Your Body Day, which will take place in West Hollywood on October 23. Whitney (left) is joined in the daring photo by Chenese Lewis, the event’s creator and President of the Hollywood Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Learn more about NOW Hollywood’s curve celebration and see more shots from the campaign at loveyourbodyday.com Tell us: What do you think about Whitney’s campaign shots? –Katherine Kluznik Rentmeester
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