“Seize the moment. Because if you don't, there's always another girl waiting right behind you breathing over your shoulder.” -Wilhelmina C.. watch this video next “Gia Carangi supermodel who died of AlDS at 26 had final warning for the industry!” th-cam.com/video/qyZ4y5vDqnI/w-d-xo.html
This quote is very true, it’s something I’m starting to learn to do more often. Thank you for the video Karine, hope you’re having a amazing Monday love ❤
She had been made so obsessive over her weight that she lived off of cigarettes and coffee. She died of lung cancer in 1980, age 40. 40. Let that sink in, whenever you find yourself wishing you could be just as self-disciplined as she was.
Yes but look at the life she lived in such a short period of time. Most people don't get to live a lifestyle like that, they lead long and boring lives, she also never had to grow old although she had enough money said she could have had surgery to stay youthful-looking
All the big time models who were not blonde hair and blue eyed and were “ethnic” looking basically signed to Wilhelmina after being rejected by Eileen Ford. I love that she gave models who were not of the traditional beauty standards a chance. She really created a lot of household names in the modeling world.
That’s actually funny what it used to be like that because I auditioned with them and was told I was not what they were looking for even tho I am of multiple ethnicities and definitely look ethnic. I never really understood what they meant.
@@SocialExperiment232it probably doesn’t have anything to do with your ethnicities but they didn’t feel you had what it took. Not everyone is cut out for it
My father's younger sister was a Wilhelmina model and at a hair over 6 feet was pressurised constantly to reduce her weight even though she was already super-skinny. Stimulant abuse and extreme dieting was the order of the day. Yes, Wilhelmina was beautiful but at what cost? I remember spending Xmas there as a kid and although the table was groaning under the weight of beautiful food, my aunt sipped champagne and nibbled on salad leaves while we all pigged out! At 5' 11" myself, I also wanted to go into modelling as a younger woman and my dad was dead set against it due to the depredations that the industry wrought on his sister. Some part of me wishes I could have been a part of that world while the majority of me senses that I definitely dodged a bullet. Thanks for the video.
When I was around 19 or 20, I was approached by a modeling agency recruiter and handed a card. He said, “You have amazing cheekbones. If you lose 20 pounds, give me a call.” I ripped up his card and threw it at him. First of all, I’m not losing weight to please anybody but myself. Secondly, I’m 5’ 4”. The best I could have hoped for as a model would have been low-end catalog work. I also knew it was entirely possible he was a scammer or just trying to funnel people into one of those expensive modeling schools like Barbizon. There are lots of easier ways to earn money without starving yourself, so I’m not sure why so many people are dead set on modeling.
good for you! I went to school with a famous model. As a teen she had huge mental issues. She was constantly looking for attention, a bully, troublemaker. She had an abusive husband, suicide attempt. She then became a famous model, but she was better than everyone & and "didn't remember" her classmates. She worked for years in Europe. She now is in Texas doing go fund me for her car air conditioning, broken leg and living with her sister. I just can't imagine how she's lived. So sad. You would think she would have made some money. She was really thin earlier, but is obese now. I guess she just fell for it, sad.@@tarabooartarmy3654
@@Blabette not sure who the model is, but I’m guessing the GoFundMe is the one posted by someone named Travis Coulter since all the details match. Might also be Brianna Dickson, though that’s GFM is closed now.
Older woman here..fyi.. models were always very slim until Twiggy and it got so much worse. I remember reading Seventeen magazine and a model/ actress on the cover had an interview inside. She claimed that she understood what it was like to be fat..at 5’10” she once weighed 130 lbs. I was 5’7” and weighed 125 lbs. I was thunderstruck. I thought…I’m hideous! My friends and I didn’t eat. I look back at pictures of us..we constantly worried about how “fat” we were. I don’t blame Twiggy. She was very young and naturally very thin. I wish all women could look in the mirror and see how beautiful they really are. This is madness and I can’t believe it’s still going on. Please, just be happy and enjoy your life. Don’t let others, the fashion industry or any partner you have put you down. There’s lots of people out there that will love you just the way you are. ❤️❤️
The more I learn about the modelling industry, the scarier it gets. Growing up in WWII much have got her used to starvation and rarely eating. Imagine what she could have done if she'd been allowed to eat on a daily basis and really fuel her brain!
@user-bw2zt5jd9u It's not necessarily that we eat too much (although many people do), it's that we don't exercise anywhere near as much as we used to.
I had a friend who was told that she must be able to have a quarter between legs by NYC agencies. Wanted her to lose 20 more pounds at 5’10 which would have made her dangerously under weight. The modeling industry is scary!
Her story always fascinated me. I cannot imagine existing on coffee and cigarettes for the sake of beauty. You just have to wonder what drove her to such extremes.
Insane. Reminds me of Jackie O who also had a very strict, controlled diet. They must have had chronic headaches and no joy in their lives, not to mention all the health problems that come with starvation and likely use of pills.
Jackie O's mother told her to never go over 120 pounds and she stuck with that. She also smoked. She also ruined her health and died with cancer. She burned her candle at both ends, but was it worth it?
@@linniem5982 Plus she had to put up with a philandering husband, who was later assassinated as she sat by him, and those pesky paparazzi. I see nothing admirable in the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Templeman, but it must have been an excruciatingly difficult life. I am sure she had her virtues, I just am not aware of them.
A lot of women back then had to credit their husband's for their intellect and success. So sad we all know who the brains behind the operation really was.
Excellent point especially considering she had the contacts and knowledge of the industry. Gosh things change and for the better but as such a successful woman she probably had to diminish herself so her husband could cope. I know only a few women currently who do a version of that but I believe it’s way less common today!
Oh wow! She’s gorgeous. Nice to know the lady behind the agency… never even occurred to me she was an actually person and not a company name.. thanks for another great video Karine!
age of 40, so young, but then you hear: not eating, smoking too much, cancer... there you go. Health and wellness is far more important than a number on a scale or dress
She was incredible. When I was a kid my mom got Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Glamor, Mademoiselle magazines. I cut her pics out and idolized her. I was a skinny teen and wanted so be a model, but I was 5"7" with a chest. I did do some modeling but not the high fashion I wanted. I went to NYC at 25 (over the hill for models). Needless to say I'm thrilled you're featuring Wilhelmina. To me, she'll always be #1. Thank you.
She definitely was incredible especially since her starting her own modeling agency was soo extraordinary during that time. The fact she did it while eating like 1000 calories a week? Don’t know if you feel lucky to have not become a high fashion model but honestly it seems like a very sick profession so bullet dodged!
@ryanlewandowsky2077 I starved all the time. Modeled mostly in Seattle. NYC is hard to break into. These days models do not need to be bone thin, and healthy food has evolved.
@@MinnieBlues4444 based on these criteria I believe you when you say starving. I know currently all of us may throw that word out there when we mean hungry but when we’re talking about maintaining an underweight body for 20+ years starving really is the best term and it’s no way to live.
Nicotine cuts your appetite and that’s what they used back then. Then some models started using coc@ine to cut their appetite and developed addictions. There are some natural things to cut the appetite like coffee, black tea or Garciana gambogia or cayenne pepper.
Really interesting video. My suggestion though is to not have the flashing lines behind your photos as it is distracting to people’s eyes and takes away from viewing the photos you’ve carefully curated.
I can't imagine eating twice a week. The starvation and smoking ultimately gave her lung cancer! She was the jewel and the crown of a beautiful model. Wilhelmina's star will always shine! R.I.P. Queen.. 🙏⭐️🙏
My twins were signed with Wilhelmina modeling agency for a while. Such a scam! We paid,paid,paid and never got any work. Now looking at all of the child trafficking etc. I’m happy we got out of it. I was hoping to make some money for their future college education but I would’ve been better off investing that money.
Wow can I ask how long you were signed with them and what they had you guys paying for? That's crazy that's such a well respected modeling agency can do that.
@@maddfinn11 my kids were about 8 or 10. They are beautiful is I do say so myself. Lol. Seriously though we were always getting compliments everywhere we went so I got this bright idea that maybe they could make a little money to put back for college. Wrong! A woman named Stephanie Stein was the owner. She apparently had just purchased the company name same as if you bought into a fast food franchise. I didn’t even know they did that. We live in a small WV town and had to drive 2 hours each way to go there every time we had to meet with her,get pictures etc. She had a girl with a camera go around town and do photo shoots with the kids in different outfits then charged us $200 for doing it and $500 for comp cards which had the different poses on it. Every time you go to a job you take one of those to give them. When we got our daughter’s they were about 25 cards like you can print at Walmart. We never did receive my son’s cards. Then there were the sessions where we’d drive clear up there and they’d sit around a table with other kids practicing reading these fake commercial lines. The really big thing was this convention in Atlanta where we had to pay $2,000 to stay at this big hotel but couldn’t enjoy any time we were there because you had to sit through these grueling lectures etc. They had one little catwalk for the kids to take turns walking down so these supposed scouts could see if they were worthy of signing or not. We had to wait until they posted the kids’ names who were worthy of getting a quick interview with each company that was supposedly represented. Our kids got only one interview which nothing ever came of. Later I realized we’d have been way ahead to have taken all that money and put it into a high interest savings account or something. At least we’d still have our money. Oh and for some reason they didn’t want the parents to get to know each other or talk outside of readings. But we did! A few years later I found out that not one kid ever got called for any auditions. I felt so stupid and used. About a year later the building her business was in in Columbus,Ohio burned to the ground. Hmmmmmmm.🤔 I also have a friend who has identical twin girls. Beautiful, blonde very cute! In HS her girls were approached by a modeling agency too. They took some photos but then wanted them to go to I think it was Japan or the Philippines to do a shoot. Only catch was their mom wasn’t allowed to go! Of course she refused but now as I see the movie Sound of Freedom I often wonder. I shudder to think they could’ve been kidnapped so easily. Be very wary of ANY modeling “agencies “ because more often than not it’s a scam. And they may be out for more than your money. Hope this helped elaborate on our experience.
@@maddfinn11I'm a Wilhelmina model my mom also was back in the 70's and my sister were wayyyy before I was. I have never been charged for anything besides comp cards. Also people don't know that just because you are signed to an agency doesn't mean you are going to get work. It's not the agency it's the companies they pitch you to. You should always be working on your portfolio constantly which may cost you but it's always worth it. 9/10 the agency will set up test shoots for free. Some models have been signed for years but never worked simply because of weak portfolios which clients don't like. Weak portfolio = less work. But it's your job to make sure you're building your portfolio for clients not your agency. Your agency is just there to connect you to designers and companies.
It's even more amazing that she could give birth to two children after having subsisted on practically nothing for years. Then she bounced back to her former self and lived on cigarettes to avoid the truth about her marriage.
Well, assuming that Wilhelmina maintained an optimal waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7, or close to that, then she would have been fertile (that's the main fertility marker in women). Additionally, Wilhelmina's alternation between starvation (fasting) and eating would have actually helped her fertility overall. Also, Wilhelmina died at only age 40, so she was fully in her child-bearing years leading up to that. My own mother gave birth to me at age 44.
This one bothers me - what good is looking good when you cannot enjoy the pleasures of life like great food? And to have a crappy husband and to die so young - I see nothing good about her life - she never ate and smoked herself to death
Gosh not only do I adore your content I am gonna at least give credit to Wilhelmina that she didn’t just require her models to lean into their eating disorders she was willing to follow possibly the most restrictive diet ever. Not sure how she had the strength to start her own agency when she probably needed a hospital stay.
She had to have felt weak and tired All of the TIME ! Poor Girl but I have to give her credit. She was Beautiful, Talented, Wealthy and Lifelong Famous, all in a Short, Short time span ! KUDOS to Her ! May she Rest in Peace.
It is very possible to survive on a diet of cigarettes and coffee for many decades and be a perfectly functional, not even very,very skinny, human being. Living on nerves and adrenaline becomes a way of life. Until either the cigarettes win or the adrenal glands give out. Wilhelmina was very, very unlucky, but I think that when you are running on your nervous system, essentially in full-time hyper-function mode, meant to kick in in times of stress, not all the time… having an intimate relationship which is emotionally, physically and mentally abusive with the one person who is supposed to love and care for you takes an enormous toll. And if that person is already running on their reserves when things are ok, they will have no reserves left to help their body cope with the abuse..hence, that makes them more susceptible to falling ill early.
@@virginiaviola5097 I agree with everything but your first sentence. Definitely her awful marriage did not help her health but the only way you can survive on black coffee and cigarettes is if you have body fat to lose. I’ve experimented with water and black coffee fasting to lose weight and it worked great for me but once you get to a low body fat level my experience has been that you don’t need to overeat but you do need lean protein veggies fruits and other nutrient dense foods. I was shocked the first time I tried fasting because it gave me energy suppressed my appetite and my mood was almost too happy for people to take. Once I reached a certain point I became a bit fatigued and I realized I was going to need to adjust my diet for the last 5-10 pounds. I’m not making fun of you but there are no calories in black coffee or cigarettes so eventually you’ll either die from starvation or need to eat. Sincerely Ryan
I've seen pictures of her before during her last year's and she looked 10 to 15 years older in my opinion. But still beautiful with an amazing face. It could have been because she was sick or just thin. Her style was a bit classic too, especially her hair. Instead of wearing long flowing hair, she wore 60's updo's, wraps, scarves or hats. Maybe these little things made her appear older than what she was. I had no idea she was still young.
I read her biography 30 years ago. She kept her weight down by chain smoking which was what killed her. It was very common in the 50’s and 60’s for women to smoke and not eat. And Gia died because she was an addict exacerbated by the fact that she was a lesbian at a time when people were still closeted and she had a hard time finding and maintaining a relationship. Both women had very hard, tragic and unglamorous lives
She did die of aids those of us who lived through it lost almost a generation. It was like Vietnam. But she was also a sick addict with a chaotic personal life.@@saraniah
Never knew her story. My grandmother was named Wilhelmina, not after her as she was older but it's a name you just don't hear too often. When you do hear the name you think of the model icon. What what a story. 💕
Wilhelmina was the name of the reigning queen of the Netherlands during WWII. I think the name was a bit more common in the Netherlands and Germany during that time period. Now it is considered a name only old people have.
Poor Dovima didn’t save a penny and ended up waiting tables after her modeling career was over.what a shame - that photo of her with the elephants is so iconic.
Some feedback: Interesting but the soundtrack in the background is very irritating and distracting. Also, the narration sounds as if it is being read. It needs to be conveyed more naturally in a conversational way. Don't need the visual lightning effect in the background either.
Thank you for this story! I grew in Wilhelmina's modeling then Agency age. You do not know how influencial she was as a trailblazer for me. The fashion world eas a culture that everyone was not invited too. So when I saw Iman, a Wilhelmina model and my favorite came along my entire world shifted. I became a freelance fashion designer and arts creative. This video was so well done that I will be watching it over and over again!
I’m 6’1 and was 127 pound when I was told to loose weight by Wilhelmina agency 😂🤣😂 I said fluck you all and decided never belittle myself by any jack wagon !!!!!
I was a Model in the 90s and worked with Wilhelmina agency. Had no idea of her eating disorder but she was Incredibly thin. Yes...she was a lovely person. Great video!!
Karine!!! I would love it if you did a breakdown of the timeless Christy Brinkley!🫶🏻 Of all the supermodels, she has defied aging beautifully. Wanna hear those girly tips.🌸
I find it really interesting about the carrott juice making models skin more fair. I drink carrot juice and I find my complexion gets more colour. I am white and have vitiligo so I am trying everything I can to put the skin “tone” back into my skin. I found that carrot juice doesn’t help the vitiligo but does make the rest of my complexion darker. Maybe it affects folks in different ways. I’d be interested to know about what tomato juice does!
@@Zerosk88 It is true. When my son was a baby, carrots were the only vegetable he would eat, and he did turn orange!!! Thankfully, it was only for a few months
Eating lots of beta-carotene from whatever source does give you a healthy glow somewhat similar to a tan so I agree with you. Don’t know if this would help with Vitiligo but I wonder if sunfree tanner would help. I know Sally Hansen’s legs in a can spray makeup would work
This was very interesting but please consider in the future not using backgrounds with flashing lights. Watching your video triggered one of the worst migraines I've had in a long time.
Carrots in huge amounts make you orange, not fairer. I remembwr my mom was drinking a lot of carrot juice and her skin, eyeballs and palms of her hands began to appear very orange. She was frightened and went to the dr, who figured it out and told her to stop until she became a normal color. It was wild.
I attended the Gloria Lavonne school of modeling and finishing in 1979 at the age of 19 in Portland Oregon. We all aspired to be signed with Wilhelmina in New York after we finished our classes. Willamina had a wonderful reputation and a few girls were signed over the years from Gloria Lavonne. Sadly the school doesn't exist any longer but the knowledge of modeling and social etiquette has stayed with me ever since. It was such a wonderful experience and every girl should try and reach for her dreams. Thank you Wilhelmina for all you did for the modeling industry. You were beautiful inside and out.❤️
Perhaps do Eileen Ford next. I don't think she'll give you the warm and fuzzies but you'll get an impression of the main player of the modeling industry at that time.
I've always been fascinated by the modelling business and how it works. But the more, I learn about it, the more I think, that it is much closer to human trafficking than glamour and beauty. You pick up 14 year olds, tell them to walk and smile and "people" take care of them." Don't get me wrong, I admire that beauty and coolness supermodels exhume, but it's like sparkling stars glued to a black coffin. Wilhelmina looked just glamouros and in control of everything, like an empress. However, she wasn't. She was certainly a great artistic woman that ran one of the most prestigious modelling agencies on this planet. But she was also a person with self-destructive behavioural patterns (starvation diet / chain smoking / abusive husband) that killed her at 40. I know, my presumptions are speculative.
She was such a GORGEOUS young woman! Her lips in particular are perfection, and hold lipstick like a painting. She has a real old money look to her, even when wearing the very young and modern fashions. I imagine she would have been just as lovely at a higher weight, I am sorry she felt she had to do that to herself. Expecting models to maintain the figure of a very young teenager during a growth spurt's thinness is the ugliest thing about the fashion world.
Thank you for giving us her history as I have only heard of the name. Sad she struggled with what she had once so desperately wanted, and dreamed about 😢 doesnt sound like it made her very happy ultimately but she was clearly a force to be reckoned with!
I loved this video. I never knew she died in 1980 at only 40 yo. I grew up in the 80s, and if you read Vogue and Harper's, you knew about Wilhelmina models. I'm subscribing and look forward to watching your other videos:)
I remember watching a vintage video of a Ms Universe pageant, where Wilhelmina sat as judge alongside Roberto Cavalli..She was a real stunner..So elegant, she reminded me of French model/actress Capucine..they had the same aristocratic beauty..❤
Wow, back then agencies gave models a hard time if they got married and had kids, since it affected their figure. In fact,, they had contracts prohibiting both. Glad times have changed.
My Mother used to talk about the Wilhelmina Agency along with Ford Models, John Casablancas Agency and Nina Blanchard Agency back in the 70’s and and 80’s
I am six foot. I was born in. CA I was always dieting to remain to 130 or under. The best thing that happened to me was moving out of CALIFORNIA. I am healthy. When i tell young folks that i ate air instead of eating healthy they do not understand.
Another great topic. I remember the name Wilhelmina as a model and didnt realize she was the face behind the agency. Another great topic would be Bethann Hardison. Model and activist.
She basically ahead of her time and extremely confident. She can give dozens of pose in one minute... I think that comes handy for photographers and she is there for business. It took great discipline to focus on the tasks and her uniqueness lies in the 'look' and 'attitude' as well
Damn I don't wanna be overweight, but I'm glad I get to enjoy food n eat what I want in moderation and not having to worry about upsetting somebody if I gain 5lbs
Hello, pls don’t take this the wrong way but the flashing backgrounds are really painful for those of us who suffer from migraines and are dangerous for epileptic’s. I really wanted to watch this video but had to stop as I started to feel ill. I truly mean no disrespect, I appreciate the effort in putting out the content.
What models went through with not eating and so many of them being on coca cola... it sets such an unrealistic standard even within the modeling world, forget the real world. So sad in many ways.
Way back when they didn’t want you to have any curves or boobs. In the 70s I wanted to be a model and I weighed may be between 120 to 130 pounds. I was just under 5’ 10”. I had absolutely no fat on my body, I was thin and curvy, and I’m very good shape and they thought I should lose about 10 to 15 pounds. My hip bones were already sticking out at my current weight
It's amazing that she didn't lose her looks with such a poor diet. Is makeup that good at disguising malnutrition? Also amazing that she could get pregnant while so underweight. Did she take a prolonged vacation from starving herself first? Or was she eating normally by that time in her life? Women need a certain amount of body fat to even menstruate. High level athletes often stop menstruating during their sport's season because they get so lean, recovering in the off-season.
Just found your channel and truly enjoyed your video. Wihelmina was an icon. In the mid 70s to early 80s Rene Russo graced a lot of Cosmopolitan Magazine covers. I was fascinated by her beauty and later transitioning to being an actress.
Nicely done with a lovely voice. Just one note: The "s" in "Illinois" is never pronounced (it's French; the French colonized that area in our early history).
And this perfectly shows how, sadly, in a short therm, a healthy lifestyle not always = glowing appearance and vice versa. In a long therm, we all will pay if we live enough to see our bills being demanded. She deserves a film, totally agree🧛🏻♀️🖤
Yeah too bad there are no walking videos, you'd think she'd have a ton with her look and height but maybe that's not what she wanted to do. The starving is crazy but still the reality, certainly now it's even skinnier than at other times in history. I saw a story where they described how the fit model of the designer had to go to hospital for an I.V for her anorexia but would be back later. To just stand there and be dressed. Hardly the glitz and glamour.
In my late teens, early 20's, i used to stop eating thursday-saturday, so i could lose 3 kilos by saturday, it worked - it definitely doesn't now being in my 40's- but, oh my, before putting on my perfectly curated outfit on the Saturday, i was so jumpy, angry, hungry etc. not a nice feeling. Other times, when I would get out of bed in the middle of the night cause I couldn't sleep due to hunger, I would look at my skinny body in the mirror and go back to bed. Crazy days. (I was chubby growing up and had and have a metabolism that "even air could cause me weight gain")
Wow, she was such a stunning and talented woman. I think Christy Turlington reminds me a lot of Wilhelmina. I would love to see a video on Yasmin LeBon, Louise Vyent, Karen Alexander, Halima Aden or Jerry Hall.
Wilhelmina was a Taurus like me ♉️💪🏾 so that’s why she set that record and was always available for those models. We are talented yet humble and care soooo much!!!! Love her!!!!
I was signed to Helen Wells, a 5’10 120lb teen and was told to LOSE WEIGHT. I was athletic so I basically had to lose muscle to get under 115lbs.. it was horrible. Hated the catty behavior and constant criticism.. at 15 it wasn’t the best for my mental health. Love your content ❤
“Seize the moment. Because if you don't, there's always another girl waiting right behind you breathing over your shoulder.” -Wilhelmina C.. watch this video next “Gia Carangi supermodel who died of AlDS at 26 had final warning for the industry!”
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This quote is very true, it’s something I’m starting to learn to do more often. Thank you for the video Karine, hope you’re having a amazing Monday love ❤
Dang, don’t u know it, Wilhelmina.🤯
That is the epitome of the toxicity of the modeling industry.
that's why you get your PHD and you don't give a damn about the next pretty ingénue
Wasn’t Gia a heroin addict, which led to her contracting AIDS?
She had been made so obsessive over her weight that she lived off of cigarettes and coffee. She died of lung cancer in 1980, age 40. 40. Let that sink in, whenever you find yourself wishing you could be just as self-disciplined as she was.
40!😮
Well said. And it's always on women. My fellow women, stop being put on a cage and stand up for yourselves.
It's crazy but it's kind of like Betty Draper on Mad Men. They would rather die beautiful than get old.
Yes but look at the life she lived in such a short period of time. Most people don't get to live a lifestyle like that, they lead long and boring lives, she also never had to grow old although she had enough money said she could have had surgery to stay youthful-looking
@@audaciousred At 40? Please
All the big time models who were not blonde hair and blue eyed and were “ethnic” looking basically signed to Wilhelmina after being rejected by Eileen Ford. I love that she gave models who were not of the traditional beauty standards a chance. She really created a lot of household names in the modeling world.
Janice Dickinson signed with Wilhelmina after being rejected by Eileen Ford.
This is 100% true!
That’s actually funny what it used to be like that because I auditioned with them and was told I was not what they were looking for even tho I am of multiple ethnicities and definitely look ethnic. I never really understood what they meant.
@@SocialExperiment232it probably doesn’t have anything to do with your ethnicities but they didn’t feel you had what it took. Not everyone is cut out for it
@@WokOverEasy yeah maybe lol
My father's younger sister was a Wilhelmina model and at a hair over 6 feet was pressurised constantly to reduce her weight even though she was already super-skinny. Stimulant abuse and extreme dieting was the order of the day. Yes, Wilhelmina was beautiful but at what cost? I remember spending Xmas there as a kid and although the table was groaning under the weight of beautiful food, my aunt sipped champagne and nibbled on salad leaves while we all pigged out! At 5' 11" myself, I also wanted to go into modelling as a younger woman and my dad was dead set against it due to the depredations that the industry wrought on his sister. Some part of me wishes I could have been a part of that world while the majority of me senses that I definitely dodged a bullet. Thanks for the video.
When I was around 19 or 20, I was approached by a modeling agency recruiter and handed a card. He said, “You have amazing cheekbones. If you lose 20 pounds, give me a call.” I ripped up his card and threw it at him. First of all, I’m not losing weight to please anybody but myself. Secondly, I’m 5’ 4”. The best I could have hoped for as a model would have been low-end catalog work. I also knew it was entirely possible he was a scammer or just trying to funnel people into one of those expensive modeling schools like Barbizon. There are lots of easier ways to earn money without starving yourself, so I’m not sure why so many people are dead set on modeling.
good for you! I went to school with a famous model. As a teen she had huge mental issues. She was constantly looking for attention, a bully, troublemaker. She had an abusive husband, suicide attempt. She then became a famous model, but she was better than everyone & and "didn't remember" her classmates. She worked for years in Europe. She now is in Texas doing go fund me for her car air conditioning, broken leg and living with her sister. I just can't imagine how she's lived. So sad. You would think she would have made some money. She was really thin earlier, but is obese now. I guess she just fell for it, sad.@@tarabooartarmy3654
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@@Blabette not sure who the model is, but I’m guessing the GoFundMe is the one posted by someone named Travis Coulter since all the details match. Might also be Brianna Dickson, though that’s GFM is closed now.
@@Run4yourlives a friend of mine had a similar experience. She was 5’ 5” and 114 pounds and was told to lose at least 10 pounds.
Older woman here..fyi.. models were always very slim until Twiggy and it got so much worse. I remember reading Seventeen magazine and a model/ actress on the cover had an interview inside. She claimed that she understood what it was like to be fat..at 5’10” she once weighed 130 lbs. I was 5’7” and weighed 125 lbs. I was thunderstruck. I thought…I’m hideous! My friends and I didn’t eat. I look back at pictures of us..we constantly worried about how “fat” we were. I don’t blame Twiggy. She was very young and naturally very thin. I wish all women could look in the mirror and see how beautiful they really are. This is madness and I can’t believe it’s still going on. Please, just be happy and enjoy your life. Don’t let others, the fashion industry or any partner you have put you down. There’s lots of people out there that will love you just the way you are. ❤️❤️
Those flashing lights were dreadful, distracting and give those prone to seizures to have one. Most people put up warning signs that they are there.
I agree, not necessary, distracts from the images showing. I thought it was just me.😂😂😂
The more I learn about the modelling industry, the scarier it gets. Growing up in WWII much have got her used to starvation and rarely eating. Imagine what she could have done if she'd been allowed to eat on a daily basis and really fuel her brain!
I just don't get it unless it's exaggerated . She's done way more than me on a full tank and if I were on her diet I'd be comatose.
Twice a week is absurd.
But we eat FAR too much!
@user-bw2zt5jd9u It's not necessarily that we eat too much (although many people do), it's that we don't exercise anywhere near as much as we used to.
@@Catherine-u8lthis is completely false a large amount of the world is malnourished and food insecure
She was German not in an interment camp. My grandparents used rations stamps but they didn't starve.
I had a friend who was told that she must be able to have a quarter between legs by NYC agencies. Wanted her to lose 20 more pounds at 5’10 which would have made her dangerously under weight. The modeling industry is scary!
Thigh Gap?
@@mmr7484 yep that skinny
A quarter between the legs?that's nothing
Her story always fascinated me. I cannot imagine existing on coffee and cigarettes for the sake of beauty. You just have to wonder what drove her to such extremes.
"Drove her to" is right!
....or, what was she "running from" that could've been most powerful.
She did it just to not eat food! Smoking made her lose her appetite. She had to stay slim!!
the cruel truth . if she had not left early she would have lost her health and looks. Its so wrong @@Chutney1luv
Men and money
Ironic that what she did for the sake of beauty (coffee and cigarettes) would have aged her more rapidly.
Insane. Reminds me of Jackie O who also had a very strict, controlled diet. They must have had chronic headaches and no joy in their lives, not to mention all the health problems that come with starvation and likely use of pills.
Jackie O's mother told her to never go over 120 pounds and she stuck with that. She also smoked. She also ruined her health and died with cancer. She burned her candle at both ends, but was it worth it?
@@linniem5982 Plus she had to put up with a philandering husband, who was later assassinated as she sat by him, and those pesky paparazzi.
I see nothing admirable in the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Templeman, but it must have been an excruciatingly difficult life.
I am sure she had her virtues, I just am not aware of them.
She ate every day though, and good food, and a variety of food too.
She had a very symmetrical face, making her so attractive.
Models are like bodybuilders. The look good, or at least get paid too, but are some of the most unhealthy people around.
A lot of women back then had to credit their husband's for their intellect and success. So sad we all know who the brains behind the operation really was.
Excellent point especially considering she had the contacts and knowledge of the industry. Gosh things change and for the better but as such a successful woman she probably had to diminish herself so her husband could cope. I know only a few women currently who do a version of that but I believe it’s way less common today!
No you!!! Ha ha he he
Not much has changed.
Yeah now we oppress men. Especially white men.
Wilhelmina was the brains with the experience. Bruce was an abusive alcoholic.
Oh wow! She’s gorgeous. Nice to know the lady behind the agency… never even occurred to me she was an actually person and not a company name.. thanks for another great video Karine!
I know right, I was pleasantly surprised that she was an actual person. And a wholesome person too. ❤
Same😮
She was absolutely gorgeous. Probably uppers to keep her awake & kill her appetite; downers to help her sleep.
age of 40, so young, but then you hear: not eating, smoking too much, cancer... there you go. Health and wellness is far more important than a number on a scale or dress
She was incredible. When I was a kid my mom got Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Glamor, Mademoiselle magazines. I cut her pics out and idolized her. I was a skinny teen and wanted so be a model, but I was 5"7" with a chest. I did do some modeling but not the high fashion I wanted. I went to NYC at 25 (over the hill for models). Needless to say I'm thrilled you're featuring Wilhelmina. To me, she'll always be #1. Thank you.
She definitely was incredible especially since her starting her own modeling agency was soo extraordinary during that time. The fact she did it while eating like 1000 calories a week? Don’t know if you feel lucky to have not become a high fashion model but honestly it seems like a very sick profession so bullet dodged!
@ryanlewandowsky2077 I starved all the time. Modeled mostly in Seattle. NYC is hard to break into. These days models do not need to be bone thin, and healthy food has evolved.
@@MinnieBlues4444 based on these criteria I believe you when you say starving. I know currently all of us may throw that word out there when we mean hungry but when we’re talking about maintaining an underweight body for 20+ years starving really is the best term and it’s no way to live.
@ryanlewandowsky2077 Now I'm old and skinny and wish I hadn't starved. Good to have padding 😃
I tried eating two times a day and I failed😂😂. And miss ma'am ate TWO TIMES a week😮
Lol 😂😂 not two times a day. Yeah I don’t know how she survived that long. It’s so sad.
I have heard some models eat baby food , even yogurts , eat banana slices , smoothies. Still gotta eat. She may been fed through a tube in tummy.
Or fed with a IV cause that be the only way
The number of people who are obese 40lbs over healthy weight is obese in this country is mind-blowing. 🤯
Nicotine cuts your appetite and that’s what they used back then. Then some models started using coc@ine to cut their appetite and developed addictions. There are some natural things to cut the appetite like coffee, black tea or Garciana gambogia or cayenne pepper.
she looks so pretty
Really interesting video. My suggestion though is to not have the flashing lines behind your photos as it is distracting to people’s eyes and takes away from viewing the photos you’ve carefully curated.
I can't imagine eating twice a week. The starvation and smoking ultimately gave her lung cancer! She was the jewel and the crown of a beautiful model. Wilhelmina's star will always shine! R.I.P. Queen.. 🙏⭐️🙏
People have no idea what we eat or don't eat, which affects our bodies positive or negative.
I bet she could have remained thin without going to such extreme lenghts.
I think she would have been more attractive if she wasn't as thin.
Only obese people can do this because they have body fat to burn through.
she died at 40... so that tells you anything you need to know about this diet
I eat twice an hour 😂
Lol like a newborn and I’m 46!!
There's a slice of leftover pizza calling my name......😅
My twins were signed with Wilhelmina modeling agency for a while. Such a scam! We paid,paid,paid and never got any work. Now looking at all of the child trafficking etc. I’m happy we got out of it. I was hoping to make some money for their future college education but I would’ve been better off investing that money.
Wow can I ask how long you were signed with them and what they had you guys paying for? That's crazy that's such a well respected modeling agency can do that.
@@maddfinn11 my kids were about 8 or 10. They are beautiful is I do say so myself. Lol. Seriously though we were always getting compliments everywhere we went so I got this bright idea that maybe they could make a little money to put back for college. Wrong! A woman named Stephanie Stein was the owner. She apparently had just purchased the company name same as if you bought into a fast food franchise. I didn’t even know they did that. We live in a small WV town and had to drive 2 hours each way to go there every time we had to meet with her,get pictures etc. She had a girl with a camera go around town and do photo shoots with the kids in different outfits then charged us $200 for doing it and $500 for comp cards which had the different poses on it. Every time you go to a job you take one of those to give them. When we got our daughter’s they were about 25 cards like you can print at Walmart. We never did receive my son’s cards. Then there were the sessions where we’d drive clear up there and they’d sit around a table with other kids practicing reading these fake commercial lines. The really big thing was this convention in Atlanta where we had to pay $2,000 to stay at this big hotel but couldn’t enjoy any time we were there because you had to sit through these grueling lectures etc. They had one little catwalk for the kids to take turns walking down so these supposed scouts could see if they were worthy of signing or not. We had to wait until they posted the kids’ names who were worthy of getting a quick interview with each company that was supposedly represented. Our kids got only one interview which nothing ever came of. Later I realized we’d have been way ahead to have taken all that money and put it into a high interest savings account or something. At least we’d still have our money. Oh and for some reason they didn’t want the parents to get to know each other or talk outside of readings. But we did! A few years later I found out that not one kid ever got called for any auditions. I felt so stupid and used. About a year later the building her business was in in Columbus,Ohio burned to the ground. Hmmmmmmm.🤔 I also have a friend who has identical twin girls. Beautiful, blonde very cute! In HS her girls were approached by a modeling agency too. They took some photos but then wanted them to go to I think it was Japan or the Philippines to do a shoot. Only catch was their mom wasn’t allowed to go! Of course she refused but now as I see the movie Sound of Freedom I often wonder. I shudder to think they could’ve been kidnapped so easily. Be very wary of ANY modeling “agencies “ because more often than not it’s a scam. And they may be out for more than your money. Hope this helped elaborate on our experience.
@@maddfinn11I'm a Wilhelmina model my mom also was back in the 70's and my sister were wayyyy before I was. I have never been charged for anything besides comp cards. Also people don't know that just because you are signed to an agency doesn't mean you are going to get work. It's not the agency it's the companies they pitch you to. You should always be working on your portfolio constantly which may cost you but it's always worth it. 9/10 the agency will set up test shoots for free. Some models have been signed for years but never worked simply because of weak portfolios which clients don't like. Weak portfolio = less work. But it's your job to make sure you're building your portfolio for clients not your agency. Your agency is just there to connect you to designers and companies.
It's even more amazing that she could give birth to two children after having subsisted on practically nothing for years. Then she bounced back to her former self and lived on cigarettes to avoid the truth about her marriage.
Well, assuming that Wilhelmina maintained an optimal waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7, or close to that, then she would have been fertile (that's the main fertility marker in women). Additionally, Wilhelmina's alternation between starvation (fasting) and eating would have actually helped her fertility overall. Also, Wilhelmina died at only age 40, so she was fully in her child-bearing years leading up to that. My own mother gave birth to me at age 44.
@@sheila6186 1,000 calories a day for a diet is unhealthy for a woman 1,000 a week is almost suicidal.
@@sheila6186 eating twice a week is continuous starvation
This one bothers me - what good is looking good when you cannot enjoy the pleasures of life like great food? And to have a crappy husband and to die so young - I see nothing good about her life - she never ate and smoked herself to death
Her legacy lives on. She is a household name. Unfortunately in the industry you have to sell your soul. Your time is limited
She had a miserable life like a lot of other models
idk, i can’t speak for others but sometimes the sacrifices you make for success are worth it in the end.
@@watermelon520bbut she isn't here to enjoy it
The flashing background is going to give someone a seizure.
Gosh not only do I adore your content I am gonna at least give credit to Wilhelmina that she didn’t just require her models to lean into their eating disorders she was willing to follow possibly the most restrictive diet ever. Not sure how she had the strength to start her own agency when she probably needed a hospital stay.
She had to have felt weak and tired All of the TIME ! Poor Girl but I have to give her credit. She was Beautiful, Talented, Wealthy and Lifelong Famous, all in a Short, Short time span ! KUDOS to Her ! May she Rest in Peace.
It is very possible to survive on a diet of cigarettes and coffee for many decades and be a perfectly functional, not even very,very skinny, human being. Living on nerves and adrenaline becomes a way of life. Until either the cigarettes win or the adrenal glands give out. Wilhelmina was very, very unlucky, but I think that when you are running on your nervous system, essentially in full-time hyper-function mode, meant to kick in in times of stress, not all the time… having an intimate relationship which is emotionally, physically and mentally abusive with the one person who is supposed to love and care for you takes an enormous toll. And if that person is already running on their reserves when things are ok, they will have no reserves left to help their body cope with the abuse..hence, that makes them more susceptible to falling ill early.
@@virginiaviola5097 I agree with everything but your first sentence. Definitely her awful marriage did not help her health but the only way you can survive on black coffee and cigarettes is if you have body fat to lose. I’ve experimented with water and black coffee fasting to lose weight and it worked great for me but once you get to a low body fat level my experience has been that you don’t need to overeat but you do need lean protein veggies fruits and other nutrient dense foods.
I was shocked the first time I tried fasting because it gave me energy suppressed my appetite and my mood was almost too happy for people to take. Once I reached a certain point I became a bit fatigued and I realized I was going to need to adjust my diet for the last 5-10 pounds. I’m not making fun of you but there are no calories in black coffee or cigarettes so eventually you’ll either die from starvation or need to eat.
Sincerely
Ryan
@@virginiaviola5097 I'm surprised she didn't lose her hair and teeth from malnutrition. I'm not surprised she died at 40 though.
I've seen pictures of her before during her last year's and she looked 10 to 15 years older in my opinion. But still beautiful with an amazing face. It could have been because she was sick or just thin. Her style was a bit classic too, especially her hair. Instead of wearing long flowing hair, she wore 60's updo's, wraps, scarves or hats. Maybe these little things made her appear older than what she was. I had no idea she was still young.
I read her biography 30 years ago. She kept her weight down by chain smoking which was what killed her. It was very common in the 50’s and 60’s for women to smoke and not eat. And Gia died because she was an addict exacerbated by the fact that she was a lesbian at a time when people were still closeted and she had a hard time finding and maintaining a relationship. Both women had very hard, tragic and unglamorous lives
I met Wilhelmina twice in L.A., you are correct....she WAS a cigarette!!!
Gia died of full blown Aids, sadly. 😢
She did die of aids those of us who lived through it lost almost a generation. It was like Vietnam. But she was also a sick addict with a chaotic personal life.@@saraniah
@@xopi2521 Yep, it was from the use of drugs, and sharing needles. I feel like she didn't have a strong, healthy support system..
Never knew her story. My grandmother was named Wilhelmina, not after her as she was older but it's a name you just don't hear too often. When you do hear the name you think of the model icon. What what a story. 💕
Wilhelmina was the name of the reigning queen of the Netherlands during WWII. I think the name was a bit more common in the Netherlands and Germany during that time period. Now it is considered a name only old people have.
Did you ever or will you do a profile on Capucine. Model / Actress from the original Pink Panther. Beautiful, stunning and then she kills herself.
Love the "old" classic models. Wilhelmina, Dovima, Susie Parker, et al. So gorgeous!
Poor Dovima didn’t save a penny and ended up waiting tables after her modeling career was over.what a shame - that photo of her with the elephants is so iconic.
They looked like skeletons with pretty faces.Gorgeous...not!
And sick with disentigrating bones falling apart.
I don’t know how they could survive without eating for a few days. I feel dizzy when I skip a meal.
Cigarettes
Some feedback: Interesting but the soundtrack in the background is very irritating and distracting. Also, the narration sounds as if it is being read. It needs to be conveyed more naturally in a conversational way. Don't need the visual lightning effect in the background either.
It's a fascinating video, but I wish it didn't have the flashing light streaks in the back, which are making me dizzy.
Girl her diet was crazy. Please do a video on Donyale Luna next.
She has a video on her. She did it a few months back.
Thank you for this story! I grew in Wilhelmina's modeling then Agency age. You do not know how influencial she was as a trailblazer for me. The
fashion world eas a culture that everyone was not invited too.
So when I saw Iman, a Wilhelmina model and my favorite came along my entire world shifted. I became a freelance fashion designer and arts creative.
This video was so well done that I will be watching it over and over again!
I’m 6’1 and was 127 pound when I was told to loose weight by Wilhelmina agency 😂🤣😂 I said fluck you all and decided never belittle myself by any jack wagon !!!!!
I was a Model in the 90s and worked with Wilhelmina agency. Had no idea of her eating disorder but she was Incredibly thin. Yes...she was a lovely person. Great video!!
Karine!!! I would love it if you did a breakdown of the timeless Christy Brinkley!🫶🏻
Of all the supermodels, she has defied aging beautifully. Wanna hear those girly tips.🌸
Yes she’s on my list. She has such a beautiful personality too 😍😍
@@KarineAlourde eeekkk!!! Yes! I love her vibe, too! Can’t wait for this!🥰🥰🥰
True, she has aged well.
Christy Brinkley, oh please no! She is 98% plastics and looks like it too!
Gosh I do love Christy! Myself and 3/4 of the boys I was friends with all had her blue bathing suit poster!
I find it really interesting about the carrott juice making models skin more fair. I drink carrot juice and I find my complexion gets more colour. I am white and have vitiligo so I am trying everything I can to put the skin “tone” back into my skin. I found that carrot juice doesn’t help the vitiligo but does make the rest of my complexion darker. Maybe it affects folks in different ways. I’d be interested to know about what tomato juice does!
Drinking too much carrot juice or eating too much carrot can turn you yellow , idk if this is true but my mom would tell me this growing up 😅
@@Zerosk88 It is true. When my son was a baby, carrots were the only vegetable he would eat, and he did turn orange!!! Thankfully, it was only for a few months
Eating lots of beta-carotene from whatever source does give you a healthy glow somewhat similar to a tan so I agree with you. Don’t know if this would help with Vitiligo but I wonder if sunfree tanner would help. I know Sally Hansen’s legs in a can spray makeup would work
@@Zerosk88myth
You're correct. It's the chemical that makes the produce orange that also make your skin orange/darker.
This was very interesting but please consider in the future not using backgrounds with flashing lights. Watching your video triggered one of the worst migraines I've had in a long time.
You bring so much compassion to these vids on all these stunning and complex women. Thank you!
Carrots in huge amounts make you orange, not fairer. I remembwr my mom was drinking a lot of carrot juice and her skin, eyeballs and palms of her hands began to appear very orange. She was frightened and went to the dr, who figured it out and told her to stop until she became a normal color. It was wild.
I attended the Gloria Lavonne school of modeling and finishing in 1979 at the age of 19 in Portland Oregon. We all aspired to be signed with Wilhelmina in New York after we finished our classes. Willamina had a wonderful reputation and a few girls were signed over the years from Gloria Lavonne. Sadly the school doesn't exist any longer but the knowledge of modeling and social etiquette has stayed with me ever since. It was such a wonderful experience and every girl should try and reach for her dreams. Thank you Wilhelmina for all you did for the modeling industry. You were beautiful inside and out.❤️
You look amazing! I hope you had a good experience.
You always do such amazing videos, thank you, but the lasers behind the pics are very distracting.
Thank you Karine from bringing to life these enigmatic characters from the past and shed a light on their contribution to society!
Perhaps do Eileen Ford next. I don't think she'll give you the warm and fuzzies but you'll get an impression of the main player of the modeling industry at that time.
I've always been fascinated by the modelling business and how it works. But the more, I learn about it, the more I think, that it is much closer to human trafficking than glamour and beauty. You pick up 14 year olds, tell them to walk and smile and "people" take care of them." Don't get me wrong, I admire that beauty and coolness supermodels exhume, but it's like sparkling stars glued to a black coffin. Wilhelmina looked just glamouros and in control of everything, like an empress. However, she wasn't. She was certainly a great artistic woman that ran one of the most prestigious modelling agencies on this planet. But she was also a person with self-destructive behavioural patterns (starvation diet / chain smoking / abusive husband) that killed her at 40. I know, my presumptions are speculative.
She was such a GORGEOUS young woman! Her lips in particular are perfection, and hold lipstick like a painting. She has a real old money look to her, even when wearing the very young and modern fashions. I imagine she would have been just as lovely at a higher weight, I am sorry she felt she had to do that to herself. Expecting models to maintain the figure of a very young teenager during a growth spurt's thinness is the ugliest thing about the fashion world.
Thank you for giving us her history as I have only heard of the name. Sad she struggled with what she had once so desperately wanted, and dreamed about 😢 doesnt sound like it made her very happy ultimately but she was clearly a force to be reckoned with!
The flashing in the background is a bit hard on the eyes, but otherwise enjoyable. Thank you.
I agree...I would LOVE to see a film on Wilhelmina! You've done a great job, Karine as always🫶! Thank you, She sure is beautiful... certainly a star!💛
I loved this video. I never knew she died in 1980 at only 40 yo. I grew up in the 80s, and if you read Vogue and Harper's, you knew about Wilhelmina models. I'm subscribing and look forward to watching your other videos:)
I remember watching a vintage video of a Ms Universe pageant, where Wilhelmina sat as judge alongside Roberto Cavalli..She was a real stunner..So elegant, she reminded me of French model/actress Capucine..they had the same aristocratic beauty..❤
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Wow, back then agencies gave models a hard time if they got married and had kids, since it affected their figure. In fact,, they had contracts prohibiting both. Glad times have changed.
This woman was Iconic woman. Thanks for sharing her story ♥
My Mother used to talk about the Wilhelmina Agency along with Ford Models, John Casablancas Agency and Nina Blanchard Agency back in the 70’s and and 80’s
What a great video!!
Glad you liked it! 🫶🏾♥️
I am six foot. I was born in. CA I was always dieting to remain to 130 or under. The best thing that happened to me was moving out of CALIFORNIA. I am healthy. When i tell young folks that i ate air instead of eating healthy they do not understand.
Another great topic. I remember the name Wilhelmina as a model and didnt realize she was the face behind the agency.
Another great topic would be Bethann Hardison. Model and activist.
She basically ahead of her time and extremely confident. She can give dozens of pose in one minute... I think that comes handy for photographers and she is there for business. It took great discipline to focus on the tasks and her uniqueness lies in the 'look' and 'attitude' as well
Wow! She was gorgeous ❤❤❤❤ I knew about the agency, but not the woman. What an exceptional beauty and woman! Great video, Karine!
Damn I don't wanna be overweight, but I'm glad I get to enjoy food n eat what I want in moderation and not having to worry about upsetting somebody if I gain 5lbs
She only ate two times a week … is this supposed to be some kind of accomplishment?
Yeah that is messed up. People get some thrill over depriving themselves. They also do the opposite extreme.
I remember Gia, so sad. I could care less about all the Hollywood actors on the covers now.
Hello, pls don’t take this the wrong way but the flashing backgrounds are really painful for those of us who suffer from migraines and are dangerous for epileptic’s. I really wanted to watch this video but had to stop as I started to feel ill. I truly mean no disrespect, I appreciate the effort in putting out the content.
Another beauty that was eaten up by the system! Thank you for spotlighting her!
I love the old magazines and models, they were so polished and classy.
What models went through with not eating and so many of them being on coca cola... it sets such an unrealistic standard even within the modeling world, forget the real world. So sad in many ways.
That background has got to go. You could trigger seizures with it!
How did she have children? That diet was insane.
Oh Karine....YOU ATE AT LEFT NO CRUMBS🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Would love to hear about China Machado.
Great request ❤
Some of these comments are honestly sad. Love who you are ladies you are amazing
Way back when they didn’t want you to have any curves or boobs. In the 70s I wanted to be a model and I weighed may be between 120 to 130 pounds. I was just under 5’ 10”. I had absolutely no fat on my body, I was thin and curvy, and I’m very good shape and they thought I should lose about 10 to 15 pounds. My hip bones were already sticking out at my current weight
You didn't have the look Just because you were skinny didn't mean you had the look of a good looking model
she was lovely......a quintessential brunette . rip wilhelmina✝✝✝✝.................
I remember hearing about wilhelmina from the movie gia starring Angelina Jolie
It's amazing that she didn't lose her looks with such a poor diet. Is makeup that good at disguising malnutrition?
Also amazing that she could get pregnant while so underweight. Did she take a prolonged vacation from starving herself first? Or was she eating normally by that time in her life? Women need a certain amount of body fat to even menstruate. High level athletes often stop menstruating during their sport's season because they get so lean, recovering in the off-season.
I've definitely heard of Wilhelmina, but I had know idea her modeling regimen was so stringent... Thank you for sharing this video...
Just found your channel and truly enjoyed your video. Wihelmina was an icon. In the mid 70s to early 80s Rene Russo graced a lot of Cosmopolitan Magazine covers. I was fascinated by her beauty and later transitioning to being an actress.
I’m so proud of your channel growing!! You are the kind of person that deserves this! ❤️💗
Nicely done with a lovely voice. Just one note: The "s" in "Illinois" is never pronounced (it's French; the French colonized that area in our early history).
And this perfectly shows how, sadly, in a short therm, a healthy lifestyle not always = glowing appearance and vice versa. In a long therm, we all will pay if we live enough to see our bills being demanded. She deserves a film, totally agree🧛🏻♀️🖤
What does this even mean?
I'm sorry I don't see this woman beautiful. But she shows elegance and class.
Cigarettes, wine and only eating twice a week? She died at age 40.
I am obsessed with this channel. It's such a niche channel and it's exactly what I was looking for 🙌🏻
Yeah too bad there are no walking videos, you'd think she'd have a ton with her look and height but maybe that's not what she wanted to do. The starving is crazy but still the reality, certainly now it's even skinnier than at other times in history. I saw a story where they described how the fit model of the designer had to go to hospital for an I.V for her anorexia but would be back later. To just stand there and be dressed. Hardly the glitz and glamour.
She was so beautiful, accomplished and young. Tysmfs. 🎉❤
👀👀👀 I'm only 5’4 and weigh 125. I could not even imagine being 5’11. In regular non-model life that would be painfully thin. 😮
In my late teens, early 20's, i used to stop eating thursday-saturday, so i could lose 3 kilos by saturday, it worked - it definitely doesn't now being in my 40's- but, oh my, before putting on my perfectly curated outfit on the Saturday, i was so jumpy, angry, hungry etc. not a nice feeling. Other times, when I would get out of bed in the middle of the night cause I couldn't sleep due to hunger, I would look at my skinny body in the mirror and go back to bed. Crazy days. (I was chubby growing up and had and have a metabolism that "even air could cause me weight gain")
Omg I always wondered what her name was, wow she is just beautiful! She looks ethereal and unreal 💕💕💕
She's gorgeous
One super model, only ate 600 calories a day. That seems like a virtual feast compared to eating twice a week.
What kind of face? Her bone structure was immaculate!
Wow, she was such a stunning and talented woman. I think Christy Turlington reminds me a lot of Wilhelmina. I would love to see a video on Yasmin LeBon, Louise Vyent, Karen Alexander, Halima Aden or Jerry Hall.
Wilhelmina was a Taurus like me ♉️💪🏾 so that’s why she set that record and was always available for those models. We are talented yet humble and care soooo much!!!! Love her!!!!
Sadly, the psychedelia is too straining. 😢
I was signed to Helen Wells, a 5’10 120lb teen and was told to LOSE WEIGHT. I was athletic so I basically had to lose muscle to get under 115lbs.. it was horrible. Hated the catty behavior and constant criticism.. at 15 it wasn’t the best for my mental health.
Love your content ❤
Would do one on the iconic Lauren Hutton.
Are you trying to give me a migraine, with the background mess !!!