Gabi as a model

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cecelia_lisbon — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 10:03 AM)

Gotta chuckle at the notion of 5'-1" Gabi as a runway model. Anybody find it funny that the show tried to pull that one on us?

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desertdude1953 — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 10:23 AM)

It was a short runway.

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cecelia_lisbon — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 12:05 PM)

Haha.

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ksouthworth68 — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 02:50 PM)

True, not the way the real world works. Though being 4'9" the industry seems kind of bizarre to me. I mean who is supposed to model clothes for me? Someone over a foot taller than I am?

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cecelia_lisbon — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 05:20 PM)

I don't understand why models are all tall to begin with. I've tried to figure it out and I can't. They don't look any better than any other women. It doesn't make a difference to the clothing. It's something that I just don't get.

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paranoja — 9 years ago(December 07, 2016 12:59 PM)

Models work as clothes racks essentially. That's why the industry favours tall and slim women.

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cecelia_lisbon — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 03:59 PM)

For some reason I can't wrap my head around the tall thing. I guess more of a presence, and the clothes hang better.

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shrilltrills — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 11:25 PM)

Yeah, I think that's ridiculous and always have. I never understood why only women with a very specific body type that almost no women have are allowed to be models. Isn't the whole purpose of runway modeling to model clothes and how they are going to look on actual people? So how are short women, average sized women, et cetera, supposed to know how clothes are going to look on them when all the models are 5'10" and 110 pounds?

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TaraDeS — 3 months ago(January 02, 2026 07:55 PM)

Understandable thoughts, but the truth is pretty simple:

• If all models are nearly the same size, only one dress size needs to be stocked.
• Generally, dresses look better on tall, slim people.