Werk it, gurl - Ypir favorite supermodel

Karen Mulder so beautiful but so genuinely crazy. The poor thing was quite tortured by terrible mental health.

Christie Brinkley may be batshit crazy but she was smart about her plastic surgery and still looks great.

Patti Hansen

NO PAULINA??!?!? ARE YOU FUCKN CRAZY?!?!

Milla Jovovich for me.

Honestly, I wouldn't even know if Gisele was in the room with me-I find her that unremarkable.

Elle Macpherson

Gisele looks like a tranny

Actually, Kirsty Hume was amazing.

Nadja Auermann.

I voted for Linda but like R10 I really liked Nadja Auermann as well.

Gisele without makeup is rather plain

I have a tie for favorite - Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer.

Here's Claudia:

Linda Evangelista (great nose, great hair) and Elle Macpherson (legs, tan, grin). I loved how long and strong and healthy the 90s supermodels were.

Amber Valletta

Cindy "The Face" Turlington

Suzy Parker.

Dovima.

Jean Shrimpton

Ypir is my favorite! Remember her? Siberian supermodel Ypir.

I don't understand the huge deal with Gisele either.

I voted Cindy because she had some kind of 'it' factor and such amazing presence. Christy Turlington still looks amazing - she's aged so well. But she's a little dull.

R13 - those two are the most barbie-like, IMO

Thank you for clarifying. The term 'supermodel' is so overused and over-applied it's pathetic.

And if Janice Dickinson sees this and sees that she's not on it, she's gonna be pissed!

I love that Tyra is not included, not sure who ever told her she is a supermodel, she is not even on Naomi's level.

Anyway I voted for Linda. just gorgeous and timeless face

Tyra was NEVER a supermodel. A supermodel does editorials, high fashion & commercial work and must have made at least one american vogue cover. Christie never did high fashion but she is by all means the supe from the 70s and early 80s.

Where is Heidi Klum ? She is one of the biggest supermodels ever.

Heidi is a lingerie model, not a supermodel.

Lauren Hutton

Margaux Hemingway

Imma let you finish but you all know the answer is Kim Kardashian!

Carla Bruni. LOVE her!

[quote]Tyra was NEVER a supermodel. A supermodel does editorials, high fashion & commercial work and must have made at least one american vogue cover. Christie never did high fashion but she is by all means the supe from the 70s and early 80s.

Unfortunately, Tyra is often included in "Supermodel" lists.

The problem is in what the definition of a "supermodel" is. Everyone has their own definition. According to Wikipedia a supermodel is:

Supermodels usually work for top fashion designers and famous clothing brands. They have multi-million dollar contracts, endorsements and campaigns. They have branded themselves as household names and worldwide recognition is associated with their modeling careers.

By the 1990s, the supermodel became increasingly prominent in the media.[64] The title became tantamount to superstar, to signify a supermodel's fame having risen simply from "personality." Supermodels did talk shows, were cited in gossip columns, partied at the trendiest nightspots,[63] landed movie roles, inspired franchises, dated or married film stars, and earned themselves millions.[15] Fame empowered them to take charge of their careers, to market themselves, and to command higher fees.

And that just opens up the door for a lot of lame people to be named a "supermodel." They even list Kathy Ireland as one. Then again it doesn't list Tyra there.

I liked how Patti could serve feckled, corn-fed girl-next-door realness as easily as should could slutty rocker chick.

Patti and Janice

R31 I agree that Kathy Ireland was no supermodel but she was the queen of sports illustrated. She is a mega successful business woman now. Which is surprising considering she always came across as very sweet but not especially bright.

R33

Janice was so pretty when she was young.

Her plastic surgery ruined her.

And her claim as the first super model is laughable.

Naomi: then, now, forever!!!

Suzy Parker Jean Shrimpton Twiggy Lauren Hutton Cheryl Tiegs Beverly Johnson Iman

Does Helena Christensen count? I desperately wanted both her and Chris Isaak after seeing the Wicked Game music video.

Helena was a quasi supermodel.

Helena was most definitely a supermodel.

[quote] Ypir is my favorite! Remember her? Siberian supermodel Ypir.

Yippers, I do. Yes pir, I do.

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My post was eaten. I just want to be remembered, dammit! World's first supermodel and family to boot!

Ypir Bailey is my favorite

Gia wasn't the first supermodel. The term has evolved to include iconic models back to the 40s!

Put Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Karlie Kloss, and Cara Delevigne next any of the above in this thread, and they'd disappear. The supermodels today are not even remotely as beautiful as the supermodels of the 70's through 90's.

Gia wasn't the first supermodel, before her there were Jean Shrimpton,, Verushka, Twiggy, Lauren Hutton, Mariel Hemingway...

Ooops, MARGAUX Hemingway, not Mariel

What about Stephanie Seymour?

Seymour's income continues to... rise! Surprise

In all fairness, Tyra worked with top designers (Lagerfeld, St Laurent, Versace and others), and she had a multi-million dollar Cover Girl contract.

Rachel Williams - 80s Dyke Glamazon

I remember her she was everywhere!

[quote] Ypir Bailey is my favorite

Mines too!

Ypir uses uber.

[quote] Ypir uses uber

Ypir also uses yber which is cyber's circumcised cousin.

There were models that were world famous before Naomi, Cindy, Linda, Christy, tatjana and Claudia but they weren't referred to as "supermodels". That term was coined in the nineties and referred to this particular group of models. It was sometimes extended to include other famous and rich models like Helena, Elle, Karen and to a lesser extent Tyra but originally it referred to only those 6. You could even argue that in the end Helena replaced Tatjana but she wasn't in the original line up. So although someone like twiggy was world famous in the 60s she was never referred to as a supermodel because there was no such term then.

Kate Moss is the Queen. Only she and Natalia Vodianova have the power to make me buy overpriced cosmetics.

More Rachel Williams and her bronzed boobs

Ypir blew her out of the water

If you weren't named in RuPaul's masterpiece 'Supermodel', you didn't make the cut, honey

Natalia Vodianova is stunning IMO.

[quote] Natalia Vodianova is stunning IMO.

She's no Ypir.

Sorry for the typo (Ypir instead of your) I was typing in the dark.

Another vote for Jean Shrimpton.

[quote] Sorry for the typo

Typir

[quote] Sorry for the typo (Ypir instead of your) I was typing in the dark.

No problem, OP. You've given us much fun.

I'll admit- I googled Ypir (before op clarified) to see if it was some model I'd never hear of... Then I figured out it was meant to say 'your'

Cindy Turlington gets my vote out of the famous 6. She's still as gorgeous now as in her prime.

However, the model who I believe was the most beautiful of everyone was Yasmeen Ghuari.

If I was a woman she'd be who I wanted to look like. Stunning and exotic.

You can't top this

[quote] You can't top this

Ypir can.

R70, well poor Karen imploded in spectacular fashion.

Thanks to R58 my new favorite model is Vodianova. I had never heard of her (I don't keep up with models these days), but I think she's good in this photo shoot. She is not considered a supermodel in the way these others on the list are, but she is very popular and well-known in the modeling world it seems.

Ypir think she's good?

[quote] Horse's ass

Finally, Tyra posted.

LEAVE YPIR ALONE!!!1111

Cindy was gorgeous, in her prime she was a thing of beauty.

Our favorite gals..

R76

Crawford became a star but she never measured up to the original 6 IMO.

Crawford didn't have the lithe body to be a true runway model. She was too curvy and hippy.

Crawford excelled at makeup contracts and commercials.

Turlington and the other 5 had the bodies for runway and editorials on top of landing endorsement contracts.

Was Rachel Hunter considered a supermodel? I never thought she was beautiful, just pretty..maybe.

Rachel Hunter was very successful for a while but she wasn't considered a supermodel.

Ypir's daugher Taisia has a residency at Amnesia in Ibiza this summer. But she looks more like her father than Ypir.

[quote]Crawford became a star but she never measured up to the original 6 IMO.

Cindy WAS part of the big six: Cindy, Linda, Naomi, Christy, Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer

According to Vanity Fair, the big six are: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Stephanie Seymour, and Christy Turlington

Sadly, Ypir was left out.

R33 / R35 Janice sort of reminds me of Gigi Hadid in that photo.

Ypir was in Vanity Fayr not long ago

[quote]Crawford became a star but she never measured up to the original 6 IMO.

God, you're a moron.

A supermodel should be high fashion as well as commercial, and globally famous too. The only ones who meet that for me are Linda E., Paulina, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Naomi and possibly Christy. For the late 80's and early 90's girls, that has to be list. Paulina was more a early-mid-80's girl.

Elle, Claudia, Christy, Brinkley were more pin up models.

[quote]A supermodel should be high fashion as well as commercial, and globally famous too. [quote]Claudia, Christy, Brinkley were more pin up models.

Claudia did runway for Chanel, Versace and D&G, YSL and Valentino. That's not High Fashion Enough to count her in?

I never knew Karen Mulder's name, but I recognized her when I googled. I recall being so jealous of how beautiful she was. I never knew she had mental problems until R1 mentioned it,

Fucking media are worthless:

"On 31 October 2001, Mulder was interviewed on the France 2 show Tout le monde en parle (Everyone is Talking About It) hosted by Thierry Ardisson in front of a live studio audience. During the shows taping, Mulder claimed that various people had tried to rape her, including top executives at her former agency, Elite Model Management, and Prince Albert of Monaco.

The producers of the show did not broadcast the interview. Not only was the show never aired, but the entire recording was erased. Her father blamed her troubles on drugs. "

Karen Mulder was perfection

I mean, R90.. sad thing is she was probably telling the truth.

R92, I have no doubt she's telling the truth

Paulina. I had one roommate at the time who was into Kathy Ireland (the bro's choice) and another (female) who preferred Condy Crawford because she thought she looked like her. Why Paulina? She was more bratty, than diva-ish, and I guess I identified.

[quote]Condy Crawford

I hear she's a cousin of Ypir's.

Recent Karen Mulder pic

Paulina was HOT in Her Alibi!

What's your favourite "acting" "performance" by a supermodel?

[quote]What's your favourite "acting" "performance" by a supermodel?

Tyra's performance in Higher Learning OWNS this. Poll closed!

Correction to R99. Tyra's performance in Life Size, owns this!

I love Cindy's tits in that movie with one of the Baldwins

Natalia Vodianova is fug now. Beauty is fleeting folks.

hahahahahahahahahahah R101, Talk to my agent, darling, but I believe I'm fully booked through 2020.

Talk to MY agent, dahlink

I'm pretty sure I saw Ypir in George Michaels "Freedom" video.

R82 you're right except for Kate Moss. She was huge when she arrived but she was younger and ushered in the heroin chic look. The other girls had been long established before waif thin Kate came along. She wasn't part of the original 6 however she made a big impact when she arrived on the scene. Out with fit tanned busty girls and in with anorexic androgynous looking stick figures.

[quote]Elle, Claudia, Christy, Brinkley were more pin up models.

R87, Christy Turlington a pinup model? Nonsense. She was up there with Linda and Naomi and did all the same things those two did. Cindy Crawford was closer to being a pinup, and so was Claudia, but that doesn't mean they didn't do the same haute couture catwalks Linda, Naomi and Christy were doing. Not sure how much Cindy did those, though but Claudia was there always.

Shalom Harlow

[quote]Cindy Crawford was closer to being a pinup, and so was Claudia, but that doesn't mean they didn't do the same haute couture catwalks Linda, Naomi and Christy were doing. Not sure how much Cindy did those, though but Claudia was there always.

Cindy (my least favorite super) didn't do the catwalks as often as the others. When she did, it was because of her commercial fame. Runway wasn't her strong suit, which she and many in the industry acknowledged.

R106

It was Brinkley who was described as more of a pin up.

Turlingtom is definitely a supermodel

[quote] I'm pretty sure I saw Ypir in George Michaels "Freedom" video.

Quite.

No Tyra??

It is true that Ypir and Straight Me had a falling out during the Red Cross Ball in Monte Carlo?

Ehm!

R111 why would she be? The only she's known for VS

Ah, Brooke - what a mginificent face, too bad it changed forever by the time she was 20.

Brooke worked with Ypir in a Versace campaign.

Ypir

Nadja Auermann. This one was multi-dimensional and could change so much from one shooting to the next that you could hardly recognize her. But always breathtakingly gorgeous.

Ypir as a meme.

R112 It was amfAR Cannes in the early 2000's.

before naomi

Christie Brinkley has the most amazing plastic surgery.

I used to work in high society philanthropy and in fashion and met many of the supermodels and saw countless other models. Many society women, movie stars, and high powered women as well.

Before I did this, I never paid much attention to Christie Brinkley.

However, Christie Brinkley - face to face - is superwatt energy. She radiates. She is electric. And for decades. I haven't seen her for 15 years in person so maybe her batteries have died down a bit, but I doubt it.

For the 20 years I saw her around, she was really really special.

Im not even sure she's the most beautiful or chic or alluring. She's like a 1000W lightbulb and a wig in a dress.

Miss Grace Jones

another vote for Nadja Auermann. I loved the ice princess look.

Grunge and Glory Vogue Dec 1992

Is that Ypir on the right, R 126?

Gay Card, please R127. That is jolie aide Kristen McMenamy, who I certainly consider a Supermodel.

Claudia Schiffer

There was a rumour before the Comme des garçons FW 2015 that Ypir had agreed to walk and would be incognito. Nobody ever confirmed it, but many thought this was Ypir:

Anjelica Huston walks for Halston

Nadja? in Mugler

Here Ypir is seen leaving, some say, her plastic surgeon's clinic.

I snapped her in Gstaad last winter.

Wow, R134. Nice! Were you starstruck?

Suzi Parker and Dorian Leigh

Now they say Ypir has bought one of the Richard Meier houses in Yalikavak above Bodrum. If it's true, she'll become the reclusive Ypir of Yalikavak!

[quote][R111] why would she be? The only she's known for VS

You are clearly stupid. Please sit down and refrain from speaking until you have something intelligent to say.

VS is ALL she's known for? NO. Just no.

Tyra surpasses every single model named on this and any other list. Tyra is by far leaps and bounds ahead of every other model in terms of beauty, versatility, and intelligence. No other model has had the success she has had. Has any other model had an Emmy Award Winning Talk show? Or an Emmy Award winning series (ANTM)?

Not only is she an amazing Producer, but as an Actress she has been recognized as one of the best with critically acclaimed performances in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and the ratings juggernaut, "Life Size."

Tyra also has a far superior intelligence that has not been matched in the Model world. Have any of them bought, I mean Graduated from Harvard Business School (from the non-degree, extension 9-week program!)?

And who else but Tyra could take advantage of Naomi's emergency career make over by making her come on her show and apologize to Tyra for slights nobody but Tyra would be bothered by... meanwhile making Naomi grit her teeth and dig her nails into her own palms to prevent her from beating Tyra with her cell phone.

PLUS Tyra is the only amazing, super model to bring us such a timeless track that is PERFECTION!!!

wtf

While not traditionally thought of as a supermodel, I would say Cheryl Tiegs. I remember the exotic models of the 60s -- Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Veruska, etc. I prefer the California girl look

Without makeup. Noooo. :(

Was Yasmin Le Bon a supermodel?

Brooke shield still looks pretty without makeup

I thought that was Idina Menzel at R141.

Tyra and Heidi Klum were supermodels? More like super personalities. I don't think of them as top models, runway or otherwise.

R141 Yes Dafoe is handsome but I don't think he ever modelled.

Watching that Tyra / Naomi interview is PAINFUL. Tyra sounds like a 12 year old girl whining about Regina George and Tyra looks like she wants to roll her eyes and choke a bitch out.

I am generous and believe that top VS models are sometimes also supermodels.

Tyra walked for Versace, Chanel, Valentino and Oscar de la Renta? I seriously thought she only did runway for Victoria's Secret.

Tatjana Patitz and Milla Jovovich are my favorites.

I've always loved this photo.

Kate Moss!

[quote]Tyra walked for Versace, Chanel, Valentino and Oscar de la Renta? I seriously thought she only did runway for Victoria's Secret.

Initially, she started in high fashion and did the types of shows referenced above (see YouTube for clips) and magazines such as [italic]Elle[/italic]. Contingent upon whom you ask, she changed direction because Naomi felt threatened by her and convinced the top designers not to hire her, and/or because she got a boob job and was no longer as "high fashion" as she was initially. At that point, she essentially became a swimsuit and lingerie model (with the occasional acting job) pre-ANTM.

R153 I thought Tyra's story was that she got fed up with not being able to have her "natural" body and when Victoria's Secret came knocking she decided to shift her career because she wouldn't have to starve herself.

I mean, Tyra talks out of her ass though.

Was the Naomi/Tyra thing ever really a thing? I always just got the impression that Tyra talked up the whole, "Naomi was threatened by me," thing to make herself sound like a bigger deal than she was. Was Tyra even on Naomi's radar?

I also loved Nadja.

The OP's goofy Ypir typo ruined this thread.

Ypir is everything, but goofy!

NO ONE gave face like La Evangelista. All others are pretenders. Though I also loved Nadja and Tatiana. Shiffer looked like a Clydesdale stomping the runway and her look was BORING.

Naomi believed that there was only room for one black girl. Apparently, she was right as far as this DL thread goes.

Tyra was fantastic on the runway AND she featured in a George Michael video, so that makes her a supermodel.

I forgot about Claudia being criticised for her walk r158. It's coming back to me now.

As a teenager, Christie Brinkley was my "test" to see if I was gay or not. I would alternate between Kevin Costner and her to see which would make me hard / cum, etc... and when Kevin Costner kept winning....that was the end of that. And "Field of Dreams" really put an end to it.

So, I'd have to say CB is the winner for the era she was in, since her look was rather 90s... but I also posted the above pic of Iman because I think she had striking features & was in at a time when black women still were not given the same respect as others. I just realized we never had any asian supermodels....are there Indian ones? There are some gorgeous & stunning Indian women out there...though culturally, maybe it's not what they aspire to be.

Amber Valletta is tied with Jean Patchett and Claudia Schiffer as the 5th most-featured model on the cover of Vogue (16 covers total, and as a favorite of Anna Wintour, more could be in the pipeline). Additionally, she's one of a very few models who appeared on the cover of time magazine.

R161 Siberian Irina Pantaeva, inspiration for my posting about Ypir, was a really successful runway model, my dear.

Yasmeen Ghauri, half-pakistani, 90's success

Liu Wen walks in many shows AND does Victoria's Secret

Another vote for Ms Liu Wen:

Ms Liu on the cover of NYT's T-magazine:

Ms Du Juan:

A wind-swept Du Juan:

Snow-bound:

Uncle Karl's favorite new gal!

Get with the program, bitches!

2 for the price of 1!

If I could look like anyone, it would be Stephanie Seymour. My god, she's gorgeous!

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Basic Bitches: Don't hate us simply because we're BEAUTIFUL!

THREE Beauties!

Please keep Kendall and any newer models out of this thread.

They aren't fit to shine the shoes of REAL supermodels.

[[quote] Yasmeen Ghauri, half-pakistani, 90's success

She should shorten her name to Yari. It worked for Ypir.

[quote] Yasmeen Ghauri, half-pakistani, 90's success

She should shorten her name to Yari. It worked for Ypir

[quote] he OP's goofy Ypir typo ruined this thread.

No, cunt Naomi. It made this thread. It's the only reason I'm still reading.

Dear r178: You call?

Redefining 'Supermodel'!

I created Ypir, my greatest creation, and it destroyed me!

NSFW

Ypir is a supernova supermodel with a black hole for a heart. Any designer who takes her for a muse, jets from ecstasy to destruction.

Oops, Thierry Mugler!

No one can work a camera like my sister, Claudine. She's the prettier sister.

Condy Crawford, Typo Banks and my queen (OMG I ADDDORE HER) Ypir. All the others are lame.

ypir WALKS, others talk

[quote]Tyra was fantastic on the runway AND she featured in a George Michael video

Bitch, please. I was featured in THE George Michael video. Nobody remembers or gives a fuck about that other one.

Ypir was booked for Too Funky. All the girls were being such bitches she had enough. She butt fucked George Michael using her Mugler designed satellite probe and left the set. Her costume mysteriously disappeared and as we know, it was the beginning of George Michael's long slide to tearoom.

Amber Valletta was huge - but only came in the tail end of the Supermodel craze. Karen Mulder looked like a doll sometimes - it was distracting.

That Jenner girl is NOT a supermodel - she's not even that attractive. Just tall and thin - nothing special besides her last name and TV.

[Quote]Karen Mulder looked like a doll sometimes[/quote]

She [italics]was[/italics] a doll once.

Oops.

*She [italic]was[/italic] a doll once.

Karen Graham modeled before the ridiculous term "supermodel" came to be, but she was the face of Estee Lauder for 12 years, which was about as good as it got in the '70s and '80s. She was also on the cover of Vogue more than a dozen times. Beautiful, classy woman. She came back in the '90s for another campaign and was as beautiful as ever.

Helena Christensen

50 Iconic Supermodels: Then and Now

Remembering...Margaux Hemingway

The face of a generation.

[quote]She was also on the cover of Vogue more than a dozen times.

So what?

Talk to me when she's done more than two years worth of covers, okay, bitch?

Who hasn't been turned into a doll?

Doll? Ahem.

Oh please, R199!

While Lauren Hutton is indeed the most-featured model on the cover of Vogue (26 covers), Kate Graham is tied with Jean Shrimpton as the second most-featured model (20 covers each). That might not span over 2 years, but it's a good 1 year and 8 months!

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Again, bitch... talk to me when you've reached 24 and you're a household name.

The most magnificent model doll... how could it not be? It was modeled after the bigget, most beautiful Supermodel of them all.

I'm a household name with a world-famous gap.

That's not Tyra its one of those Russian barbie girls, R205

YASSSSSSSSS

Poor Tyra was never given a Vogue cover because Naomi called Anna up and said if she ever put Tyra on a cover she would never do another.

Ashley Richardson. I liked that she was less of a string bean than most of them.

R195

Your link for Karen Graham doesn't work.

It's funny that the Naomi doll has blue eyes.

Ypir doll doesn't have eyes

Who was Ypir? What is the genesis of this meme?

Paulina Porizkova for me.

R214: OP meant to say YOUR in the subject, but instead wrote Ypir. Some people decided to run with it.

Will 2016 be the year of the Ypir revival? Will Anna Wintour pay tribute to her at the gala?

It does for me, R211. But you can easily google Karen Graham.

Okay I love the Ypir meme now I especially how she has been anointed the first muslim supermodel.

Ypir does it again!

Claudia Schiffer may not have a graceful runway walk but if I could have looked like any of the models it would have been her. Her face is not boring. She really does resemble Bridget Bardot. I always noticed her, Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Elle, Cindy, Naomi, Patti Hanson, and some others named here and some I didn't know their names. Linda and Christy didn't really stand out to me as much. Maybe they stood out on the runway.

A toss-up between Tatjana Patitz and Kristen McMenamy

Ypir sighting

[quote] ] Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Sypir

[quote] Paulina Porizkova for me.

Chile, you took the words right out of my mouth. It took 215 posts to get the correct answer.

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That's condy krawford

Her mole looks cancerous

I didn't really get Linda's and Christy T's appeal in the 90's but I do now after watching videos of them modeling. I have to say most of the models mentioned (except for the current crop - Kendall, Karlie, etc. have yet to prove themselves IMO) so far are very talented (not sure about Ypir) and for me it's hard to say one is better than the other. They are all great.

Elle Macpherson is not on the list but she is adorable in this video clip. I can see why she was nicknamed "the body".

[quote] not sure about Ypir

Blaspheme!

Nadja for the face, Yasmeen for the face and body (her waist was tiny):

r210- I loved Ashley too, until she got a giant boob job, then she couldn't do high fashion anymore. All she could do was swimsuit stuff.

[quote] Yasmeen for the face and body

There's only one "Y" supermodel, and we know who she is.

[quote] Yasmeen for the face and body

There's only one "Y" supermodel, and we know who she is.

It's weird how boring the current crop of girls look like when compared with this bunch. I know it's my age talking, since I was 18 when this pic was taken and I was just getting interested in Vogues. My interest was mainly in its photography but I got to know the girls quite well at the same time.

Peter Lindbergh took so many amazing shots of the girls.

Lindbergh.

Lindbergh

Lindbergh with baby Helena and gorgeous Tatjana.

Von Unwerth / Herzigova

Eva was up there but she was definitely more pinup than other girls, especially with her Guess gig. She did do some nice editorial work and walked the big runways, though.

Jean Shrimpton WAS the 1960s

I think it's deliberate that very few girls are household names these days r235. In fact you could argue that with the exception of Giselle anyone not into fashion could barely name anyone other than Giselle.

The 90s supermodels became bigger than the designers. People were turning up to certain shows just to see the girls. It started to annoy the designers so now the preference is to use nobodies with perhaps just one "big" name. They need to be human coat hangers showing off the clothes not stars in their own right out shining the couture. These days putting a certain model on a cover of a magazine doesn't guarantee sales, but with the 90s models it did. If you put Claudia or Cindy on the cover of any magazine it would have flown off the shelf. Now you need a popular actress on a cover to get high sales numbers. Or a freaking Kardashian.

Did any of you here have the pleasure of watching Ypir's talk/variety/game show in her home country? I believe the name was something like "Come, sit, and talk with Ypir". I am no expert in the language but am told that is an approximation as it is difficult to render in English without loss of fidelity.

This must have been at least 25 years ago. While she had lost some of her legendary radiance to age, she was a rose who as she aged exuded a more complex aroma, agreeable to certain, more experienced men who have lived life to know that perfection is but fleeting but that its essence remains. Not being one of those fortunate men, I was content to see her show in person. It was while I was on long-term assignment in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. I still smile a bit, wistfully, when I think of that night.

There are mere snippets on YouTube now. I understand her government do not want any traces of what they see as Western decadence to be shown. They say the original recordings have been destroyed or lost. Who knows? Perhaps it's for the best. I understand a knife fight between a female guest and Ypir led to the cancellation. It's not known, given the destroyed tapes, who or what started it. Despite high ratings it was thought the new regime wanted to do away with the show and that the knife fight was a pretense (or an orchestrated ploy?) to incite an event serious enough to burn the show into but memories.

I must go now. It's time for my morning bath and breakfast accompanied by a bit of prosecco and one of those lovely cigarettes I'm chided about by the children of the neighbors, some of whom still help this old man.

R225... actually it only took 4 replies.

How does one pronounce Ypir's name? Is it like "E-pir?"

r245- it's "EEE". The "pir" is silent.

Kid's Choice Award Winner Kendall Jenner of course!

LOL!!!!!!!

The only true era of Supers were the late 80's early 90's. There is no comparison to today.

Karlie Kloss is horrendous.

I liked Gemma Ward, whatever happened to her and the doll faced models?

Ypir now Ypir Forever!

Karlie Kloss as supermodel makes as much sense to me as Taylor Swift as superstar. Two negligible nothings made famous for the blandness of their "talent."

R250 thin the brows and Cara Delevingne has a doll face

I lurve Gemma

Twiggy

Yasmeen Ghuari made her money and got out while still in her 20s.

She could have had a much longer career.

She married a wall street mucky muck.

She was absolutely gorgeous.

Jean Shrimpton

R254, I love YPiR

I stand corrected. Thank you, r246.

Oh, and I pick Naomi Campbell.

Ypir's ex-husband's yacht arrived Monday in Bodrum with Marina-Marimekko onboard, after 2 weeks with her father. A last few days with Ypir and then it's back to school in Rolle. Ypir will spend another fall season discreetly in nearby Genève.

245 I've always pronounced it Yipper

I thought it was yuh-peer.

It's eeepeer.

It's YPIR, always has been, always Will Be!

JERRY HALL you bunch of "basic bitches"!

Paulina looks amazing here (it's mislabeled as Jill Goodacre, but it's Paulina)

No R266...

Paulina looks amazing HERE!

Will Ypir ever come out of retirement? If Lauren Hutton is still around, with her gap teeth, surely Ypir can make a comeback.

Ypir? Fuck her. Bitch stole my calcium pills!

Garrett Neff

YPIR LIVES!!!!

Sweat is YPIR doing for Halloween?

[quote] Sweat is YPIR doing for Halloween?

Sweat?

That bitch never breaks a sweat, YPIR is the ice queen

Why the long face Gisselle?

What, no love for Carol Alt?

Bettina, the First French Supermodel and Vogue Cover Girl

I pick Naomi, she's a hilariously bitchy brit.

She was also a real cutie.

Anyone remember Carre Otis?

A friend of mine went to high school with Linda Evangelista in St. Catherines, Ontario. She really likes her even now and claims that Linda was a very nice, friendly girl.

I remember the name, R280. I'll have to Google her to remember the face.

Niki Taylor

Oh, Ypir..

I missed Ypir!

Christy hunny

Yippee! for Ypir!

There were the Big 6 :

Cindy Crawford

Christy Turlington

Linda Evangelista

Naomi Campbell

Tatyana Patitz

Kate Moss, Helena Christensen, Stephanie Seymour came later, replacing an original or two.

Claudia Schiffer was drop dead gorgeous. When she burst upon the scene as the new Guess? girl, I did a double-take. I thought her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot was uncanny.

Almost 300 posts and not even an honorable mention for VENDELA ? She of one word name recognition? Really..? She wasn't as super as some of these girls, but her striking resemblance to Grace Kelly, the beauty ads, cosmetic campaigns and multiple Sports Illustrated covers, should've garnered her a little more recognition. Talk about camera lens meltingly beautiful...Vendela brought it.

If we're going back to the REALLY old days....I love Jean Patchett

R288 Tatiana Patitz? She wasn't part of that class. Hot girl and she got a chance to be Pierce Brosnan's spermcatcher for a time but she was not in Naomi or Linda's category. She wasn't a household name like Cindy,Naomi or Linda either.

Vendela? The model of Turkish and Norwegian(yes she is half Turkish) model looked too much like Grace Kelly. Much like Carolyn Murphy later on. Both hot girls BUT when you look too much like a star from the past that can be a drawback. That is why Claudia Schiffer moved away from the Bardot look after a time.

Carolyn Murphy didn't look like Grace Kelly until after she had her nose and teeth done. Btw, later on she had a boob job, too.

Carolyn came to prominence as a Grace Kelly clone BTW.She didn't look that different after her "surgery." Neither did Naomi Campbell.

"Carolyn came to prominence as a Grace Kelly clone BTW."

No, she came onto the scene as a "quirky" model with a pixie hairdo and slightly crooked teeth. She was actually compared to Romy Schneider because of the overbite. She didn't become a Kelly clone until later. Then she got a boob job and became a Sports Illustrated pinup girl. Here's what she looked like when she first came on the scene.

Loved Linda Evangelista, but young Paulina P was perfection. Perhaps one of the most beautiful women ever...

I thought this thread was about Ypir.

That old rag?...

My eyes have never seen anything as beautiful as Paulina's face. A truly mesmerizing beauty like no other.

Agreed, r297. And when you consider that incredible body, that long elegant neck, and her intelligence, she really is perfection...

Nastassia Kinski was hauntingly beautiful. Though she's an actress, she's had enough Vogue covers to merit a mention.

I didn't know Vendela was half Turkish. Not that it makes a difference, to me anyway. She's a classic beauty.

I also didn't think Tatyana was deserving of her rank as an original 6, just repeating popular opinion. Patitz is very.. meh.

The "Trinity" IMO, Linda, Naomi and Christy were the 3 most beautiful and all around successful of all other supermodels. These 3 commanded the runways, ad campaigns and public regard as the best of the best.

Still, noone in 300 posts thought enough of Vendela to run a link to when she was THE face and muse for Elizabeth Arden? Nadjia (sp) was spellbindingly stunning, her catwalk strut in the George Michael video was a clinic in sexy.

Nastassja Kinski took way prettier photos than the one posted. Her spread in Vogue with the snake was truly something a gayling nerd had ever seen before. Those lips, those eyes..

Of course Claudia and Vendela would ultimately change their original looks, but baby, they dropped upon the scene like 2 nukes...DEVASTATING.

I still say Ypir's career could have lasted well into the 70s if it wasn't for the botched abortion she got at that project in Spanish Harlem. Yes yes, I know that all the previous abortions were starting to take a toll on her health and that all the Seconal had her nearly comatose on the weekends. But put her in a turban, slather on some rouge, and hand her a cigarette holder and a small leopard cub (or some such prop), and Ypir could still sell a garment better than any of her contemporaries. A shame, really. Definitely one of fashion's greatest losses of the 20th century.

All-time Vogue magazine cover record-holder (28!) - the late Wilhemina Copper

The Original Naomi (Sims) - also the first model to ever land a contract, with Revlon, in 1969. Even before a white girl did it!

R301 she could've had a career into the 80s if Jackie on Assistance hadn't stolen her turban thinking that's where the Seconal were stashed.

More of the original Naomi.

YPIR CHLUFF DOTTACHLANCH

R250 Gemma got fat after Heath Ledger died and the fashion industry dropped her. I loved her too. She was stunning.

Carlyn Murphy and Vendela looked NOTHING like Grace Kelly. The only woman who ever resembled her was the young Sharon Stone.

The real supermodels end up as magazine editors because they know the business so well...

Ypir had that special something...

Meghan Douglas

She really was a revelation, R310.

I always liked Tatjana Patitiz's "smokey eyes". She'd be considered fat by today's modeling standards.

Tatjana Patitz:

Tatjana had that genetic feature/flaw of the beautiful upturned, feline eyes that don't hold up well during the aging process. Ali Larter is another stunner who comes to mind whose beauty kinda takes a hit after the early 20's.

Linda Evangelista did make me sit up and take full notice of her whenever I saw her image in print or on T.V. She smolders.

Karen Graham Has a awful nose.

Ypir was the undoubted star of a George Michael's FREEDOM '90 video.

[quote] didn't know Vendela was half Turkish.

Do you think that Ypir resented her given that they both had heritage from that troubled part of the world?

[quote] She really was a revelation

Ypir was a revelation by not revealing.

Kim Alexis nuff said!

Or Ypir probably resented the fact that Vendela was so fucking gorgeous, that she knocked Ypir on her not so famous ass R318.

It's just an opinion. Mine. Vendela rocked the cover of Sports Illustrated, twice. No love for her half Turkish ass on this thread that's for sure. I think DL period, for Vendela. Not one pic posted @ 300+

Vendela's Red Door perfume ads were stunning and made her a "super" model, along with her S.I. covers.

Kim Alexis

Joan Severance

Dayle Haddon -- 100% beautiful ads

Iman

Brooke Shields

All brought some very serious model perfection to their era.

Cindy was the perfect mix of fashion model and bombshell. She was THE supermodel of the 90s. She wins for me.

Followed by Naomi closely then Evangelista, Turlington, Moss, Schiffer.

90s Supermodel Personified. With a fat Pepsi check to boot.

Ypir favorite superfashon modelka yes yes

The Shrimp, Sweetie Darling!

R276, another Carol Alt fan. Very underrated.

For sheer beauty: Paulina and Shrimpton.

For that something undefinable but enduring: Brinkley.

For high fashion awesomeness: Linda and Naomi.

For beachy and attainable(in your dreams straight boys) hotness: Elle, Kim Alexis, Ashley Richardson and Kathy Ireland.

[quote]90s Supermodel Personified. With a fat Pepsi check to boot.

Big hair too!

Love her.

"Karen Graham Has a awful nose."

Nose job or was she born with that nose?

I have to admit, I also googled Ypir to see who she was.

Anyone remember Elaine Irwin and her natural all-American beauty?

I loved Ypir, but I still blame her for starting that stupid "big hat" trend...

But what a body!

I love Naomi. Because she will fuck a bitch up and scared Tyra.

Naomi looks the best now of the 80s-90s supermodels.

Has anyone caught Paulina P. on the Pop! sitcom NIGHTCAP? She plays a Czech makeup artist, and is pretty funny.

Pop!

BREAKING: Ypir is presenting the Beat Picttur award tonight!

BUMP

Naomi, Cindy, Christy, Paulina were my favourites.

And Naomi has the most amazing walk.

I hear Ypir is making a comeback.

Young Cindy Crawford is the most beautiful woman of all time.

Ypir had an enchanting mix of glamour, sensuality, and class rarely seen in modern models. I know she tired of people constantly mispronouncing her name, it's pronounced ee-PEER ,in case anyone here didn't know. Fun fact, she was actually the first choice for the role of Vivian in Pretty Woman.

Get a fresh list, OP. Most of those are elder now.

Ypir for president in 2020!

I can't decide who I like more, Ypir Ardashir or Ypir Bardakçi. Both were stunning goddesses.

Dame Lesley Lawson. aka Twiggy