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Debenhams Win Award For Using Older, Curvier & Disabled Models

Up against nominees ASOS Curve, La Redoute and Vivien of Holloway, high-street retailer Debenhams was awarded the Body Confindence Retail Award. Continue reading

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Talent Management Trend Alert: The Male Platform Is Back!

As an all-inclusive agency, the male models here at Talent Management come in all shapes, sizes and heights. But for those who think life’s too short and would love to gain an inch or two, we have word of a new trend that may be of interest – platform shoes for men. Continue reading

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Transgender Model Jenna Talackova Makes History At Miss Universe Canada Pageant

Models Direct has just seen the first images of transgender model Jenna Talackova making history as she took to the stage last night at the Miss Universe Canada Pageant… Continue reading

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Caryn Franklin Explains Why The Body Confidence Awards Are So Necessary

Last month, the first ever Body Confidence Awards took place at the Houses of Parliament, and pro-diversity modelling agency Talent Management has been particularly vocal about its importance, as has Caryn Franklin, co-founder of body confidence campaign All Walks Beyond the Catwalk. Continue reading

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MORE Research Suggests Young Women Prefer Natural Models In Advertising

Talent Management has just come across additional research, released late last year, that strengthens the agency’s long-established argument that real, realatable and natural models are good for business. Continue reading

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Top Model Karlie Kloss & Designer Jason Wu To Participate In 2012 AIDS Walk

Talent Management is happy to hear that one of our favourite modelling heavyweights has lent her much sought after time to help in the fight against AIDS. Continue reading

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Boots Win Body Confidence Award For Unretouched Models In No7 ‘Ta Dah’ Campaign

Last week, Talent Management checked out the winners from the first ever Government-backed Body Confidence Awards in association with Bare Minerals. And while knitwear designer Mark Fast may have hogged the Body Confidence Awards headlines, having won the All Walks Beyond the Catwalk visionary fashion award for casting curvy catwalk models, he wasn’t the only one hailed for promoting model diversity. Continue reading

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Researcher Claims ‘Real’ Models Sell TWICE As Many Clothes

Attention all models! Models Direct has just read news of apparent proof that women are more likely to buy clothing when it is modelled on a woman of their size. Since in the UK this would most often be a size 14-16 that’s good news for the plus-size model and model agent! Continue reading

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Clements Ribeiro Designs Plus-Size Range For Evans

It’s been a while since we did a fashion piece for all our plus-size models at the agency, so when we heard that the industry’s latest designer-highstreet collaboration was for plus-size fashion brand Evans, Talent Management had to tell you all about it. Continue reading

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Athletic Models Cover US Vogue’s Olympic-Themed June Issue

As any of our readers will know by now, Talent Management is a big advocate of model diversity. That’s why, when we clapped eyes US Vogue’s June cover, we were happy to see a body type not often seen on a fashion magazine – athletic. Continue reading

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