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Originally Posted by Ditosta
For the Alt police!!!
Alternative model
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Alternative modelling is a branch of the modelling industry that features models who do not conform to mainstream ideals of beauty. Alternative models are often niche-specific, with a personal style that represents subcultures like goth, burlesque, latex and fetishism. An alternative model may for example be tattooed, pierced, or have distinctively subcultural hair (shaved, dyed a distinctively unnatural colour, or in dreadlocks).
Alternative modelling can be clothed or unclothed.
Alternative modelling was given substantial mainstream media coverage in the last decade, partly through the creation and popularisation of community-based alternative modelling sites, like Gods Girls and Suicide Girls. Alternative modelling community sites promoted their models for their personality as well as for their looks and portfolio.
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I deliberately avoid looking at Wikipedia because I have actual work to do (and very very important GFY posting
) and I'd never get anything done if I spent all my time correcting wikiality. Having been in this niche since 1992, first in print and then online, I find the whole notion of altmodels replacing actual cool people kind of nauseating. But I don't think GFY is really the place for a debate on what alt means as a term or whether altmodels are culturally beneficial or damaging.
I'm going to toss a couple of links up for your stuff and hopefully it will convert for me.