Weathering History on Instagram: "Modeling as a distinct profession began in the mid-1800s when designer Charles Frederick Worth used his wife, Marie Vernet Worth, to showcase his designs, replacing mannequins with live women to show clothes in motion. The 1920s saw the rise of modeling agencies and schools, turning it into a recognized career, while the haute couturemid-20th century (1930s-1950s) brought the first “supermodels” like Lisa Fonssagrives, elevating models to recognizable figures th

H Craig Blue on Instagram: "FromFeminist News In 2001 she recorded an interview for the French TV show Tout le Monde en Parle in which she tearfully claimed she had been sexually assaulted repeatedly from childhood by modeling executives, celebrities, and a member of a European royal family; the segment was deemed too legally risky and never aired. Reports and later social-media retellings say she accused figures connected to Elite Model Management, including European boss Gérald Marie, of drugg