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Exploring the World of Modeling

This quiz explores various aspects of modeling, including classroom settings, historical measurements, alternative modeling types, and the social impact of fashion representations.

1 In the ________ classroom setting, the purpose is to learn how to draw humans of all different shapes, ages and ethnicities, so there are no real limitations on who the model can be.

2 [3] The ideal measurements used to be 35.5-23.5-35.5 in (90-60-90 cm) which were the alleged measurements of ________.

3 An alternative model is any model that does not fit into the conventional model types, and may include emo, punk, goth, fetish, ________ models or having a distinctive attribute.

4 What does the following picture show? Modeling a Dress. Glamour models posing on the red carpet - Hollywood, CA 03/09/2008 Masked nude, drawing by Thomas Eakins (c. 1863–66) Glamour models posing on the red carpet - Hollywood, CA 03/09/2008

5 Some instructors don't mind at all (especially with younger or inexperienced models), while others, including the Register of Artists' Models (RAM) in the ________, consider this as cause for termination.

6 Although commercial motives dominate over the esthetics in ________, its 'artwork' commonly employs models.

7 [citation needed] ________ and cosmetic surgery also enable people who formerly displayed body imperfections to act as models and change their looks to suit a certain role.

8 Their body weight is usually similar to (or heavier than) fashion models, but they have a lower ________ due to increased muscle mass relative to fat mass.

9 [4] Organizers of a fashion show in ________ in September 2006 turned away models who were judged to be underweight by medical personnel who were on hand.

10 Various representations of ________ and fashion using models have caused controversy and is known to have some social impact, particularly on young people - both male and female.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Wayne McLaren, an American model who portrayed the Marlboro Man in the famous cigarette advertising campaign, died of lung cancer.
  • before Korean American Tessa Ludwick became a child actress, she worked as a model, starting when she was only two and a half years old.
  • before starting her modeling career and appearing on America's Next Top Model, Celia Ammerman lived across from a chicken slaughterhouse in Brooklyn.
  • the unconventionally named Boots Mallory was a teenage dancer and model who appeared in Hollywood films of the 1930s, largely as a result of her good looks.
  • Shruti Haasan, the daughter of Indian actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika, is a singer turned model who is now also venturing into acting.
  • Sabine Ehrenfeld, the Overstock.com spokesmodel, is fluent in German, French, English, and Italian and that she is an experienced pilot and equestrian.
  • model Albert Reed, selected to appear in September 2007 on the United States television show Dancing with the Stars, admits that he cannot dance.
  • Keith Munyan, Jr., the Los Angeles photographer who has done publicity shots for Hilary Duff, Cindy Crawford, Jessica Simpson, and other celebrities is himself a former model.
  • Larissa Riquelme, who gained international fame as a spectator at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is Paraguay's highest-paid model.
  • British model Daisy Lowe began her modelling career at the age of two.