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News and Events => People news => Topic started by: Jamie D on October 18, 2013, 08:38:49 PM

Title: Lady looks like a dude: Female model goes male to get more jobs
Post by: Jamie D on October 18, 2013, 08:38:49 PM
Lady looks like a dude: Female model goes male to get more jobs (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/lady-looks-like-a-dude--female-model-goes-male-to-get-more-jobs-171123533.html)

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Mike Krumboltz | Yahoo News

If you're looking for a career that can take you into retirement, don't be a female model. But if you already are one and find yourself approaching the (gasp!) big three-oh, consider doing what Elliott Sailors, 31, did and switch genders.

The New York Post reports that Sailors, a stunning blonde who for years worked steadily as a Ford Agency model, decided to switch things up once she found the offers were drying up. She cut off her hair, ditched the makeup and made use of her strong jawline to become a "male" model.


Full article and galley at link above

My comment:  Without knowing more, I would say this was a switch in gender presentation.
Title: Re: Lady looks like a dude: Female model goes male to get more jobs
Post by: Adam (birkin) on October 18, 2013, 09:10:00 PM
Quote from: Jamie de la Rosa on October 18, 2013, 08:38:49 PM
My comment:  Without knowing more, I would say this was a switch in gender presentation.

Agreed. But she makes a pretty good looking guy if I do say so myself.
Title: Re: Lady looks like a dude: Female model goes male to get more jobs
Post by: Jamie D on October 18, 2013, 10:48:22 PM
Here is another image

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