Comments by "Wobbles And Bean" (@WobblesandBean) on "Plastic Surgery Goes Horribly Wrong For Miss BumBum [Graphic]" video.

  1. I do feel bad for her - I was a model at age 19, and all the horror stories you hear about the fashion industry are 100% true. Now that I'm 31, am starting to get smile lines and weigh 140 - you know, looking like a real, average person - I freak the hell out because literally everyone I knew up until just a few years ago would now look at me like I was a hideous beast.  There's even an industry term for it - if a model gained weight, got pregnant or reached a certain age, they would quietly drop her from the agency and tell everyone she "self-destructed". Classy, huh?  So I understand her desperation. I still think it was stupid of her to get illegal injections, anyone with an internet connection can see what that shit does to you, there are news stories abound about how bad it is. But I at least understand the paranoia that develops when your entire livelihood depends on your looks.
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  2. JRMCNEA I never said I was any better or worse, only that I empathize with this girl and others who develop dangerous eating disorders and whatnot. And I'd be lying if I didn't feel like sort of a failure, despite the fact that I went on to have a very successful career in another industry. It's just the mentality that sticks with you. You have no idea how vulnerable it feels when a client literally has you stand in your underwear and slowly does a 360 around you, making "hmms" and whatnot, making live commentary on how ugly your butt would look in his designs, or how big my nose was, or that my legs were misshapen, or whatever.  As bad as clients can be though, agencies are the worst. They'll call you out on your flaws and pick at them constantly because they know the less secure you feel, the further you'll be willing to push yourself in order to continue getting work and making them money. With me, I weighed 104 and they said I had a "beer gut" and wanted me to reach a goal of 95 (my healthy weight is 120). So even at my thinnest I'd always try to cover my stomach with my arms during family gatherings and such. There was a guy I knew who had patchy facial hair, and his agency threatened to drop him because a client wanted him for a shoot, but wanted a "stubbly look", and he had to tell them that yes, he'd find a way to somehow will hair follicles into existence on his face, even though it's something out of his control and could have easily been fixed in post. It's ridiculous, and it's no surprise that a lot of former models wind up becoming drug addicts or batshit crazy. "Then why not just leave"? When you're first offered a job with an agency, you feel amazing, like you could be famous, you made it in Hollywood, important people think you're worth something! And it usually happens when you're in your teens, who, let's face it, make stupid decisions. But you stay because of the constant abuse and the desire to make it, you know? You get beaten down to the point where you feel worthless, and the agency is the only thing allowing you to continue earning money, despite the fact that you're "ugly". So you stay, because you feel that no one else would ever want you for anything else. Sorry for the text wall, I just needed to vent and explain a few things to the detractors...if anyone actually read it, hooray, gold star! 
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  3. Michael o'donnell I have a BS in biology. Not that it made a lick of difference during my short career, but still.
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  4. Cool Guy Hehe if I weighed 140 kilos I don't think I'd even be able to fit in my desk chair to be typing this! 
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  5. Jason Wyman Hehe, nope! Definitely from laughter. Mostly from marrying a wonderfully geeky goober who tells the best jokes. :p
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  6. JRMCNEA Well, one could make the argument that you chose to enlist in the armed forces. But I never meant to turn this into a pissing contest and I genuinely apologize if that's how my last comment appeared. I want to thank you for the sacrifices you've made for our country, I respect the hell out of you for it, and I wish nothing but happiness and good health for you and your family.
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  7. ***** Shit, I couldn't tell you how many. I only did one legit professional fashion show since I'm only 5'4'', and that was for Betsey Johnson (squee!). I did mostly print stuff and they usually don't tell the models who the shoot is for unless it's super huge like Chanel or something. Did some makeup print ads and clothing catalogue shoots. I was advertised as being "alternative" so I got to do some weird stuff, you know, artsy shit like window posters for boutiques, counter-culture magazines and crap like that.
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  8. ***** Well, that was the most famous brand I modeled for, anyway. As I said I was too short to be a runway model. But you're right, I was never gonna be Kate Moss or anything. :p 
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