New #1 at MDC.

[Thiago.]

MDC means models.com

WHO's On First?

Submitted by Wayne on Sun, 2007-11-18 02:57.

Raquel: V: Inez & Vinoodh Sasha Pivovora: Vogue Italia: Meisel

There's an interesting showdown brewing over at MDC. General agreement among the clients and contacts feeding us info at the day job is Gemma Ward has pretty much transcended her No 1 slot on the Top 50 since she now behaves in that iconic way of working at her leisure. For that, you can't blame a girl who's been treading the mills from age 15 ! The big Q is who inherits her spot as No 1? My phones are lighting up with advocates for two frontrunners, IMG's artistic Russian Sasha Pivovora and the eternal Brazilian must-have, Raquel Zimmerman. Right now it is a deadlock so it would be fun to get some feedback from the commited modelwatchers out there. Here are the relative pros and cons of our two contenders.

ARGUMENTS FOR RAQUEL:

1. The girl, after working tirelessly for the last 7 years deserves No 1 by merit of her track record , her proven longevity and her body of work. In other words Raquel's 7 years beats Sasha's 3.

2.As a physical presence in both runway shows and in photo-shoots, Raquel looms as the better model in terms of emotional range, body type and editorial versatility.

3.Raquel connects to the entire idea of fashion, is a great backstage politician and by stint of her warm and charismatic personality has kept a wide range of clients , from Vogue to Fendi to Chloe to Valentino (SS08 if she's in the final edit) in the past 5 years

ARGUMENTS AGAINST RAQUEL:

1. No standout, long term make-up contract or multi-million dollar client commitment as seen in the likes of former No 1's like Daria, Liya, Karolina, Gisele or Angela. In other words, a great seasonal fashion model but not a contract model.

2.Obvious money bookings for department store catalogues has kept Raquel's booking record from being nearly as immaculate as Sasha's who has been nothing but exclusive, exclusive, exclusive, her ENTIRE career

3.At least the current No 1, Gemma has made an effort at being a public figure in her forays into Hollywood, her Vanity Fair booking with George Clooney and her general air of mystery. Raquel it is argued would be the most "anoymous" model out of a generation of painfully anoymous models to hit No 1.

ARGUMENTS FOR SASHA

1. Her run as THE face of Prada for two and a half years in a row is unprecedented . Given the power of Prada as a star making vehicle, this fact marks Sasha as a historic model on the level of the Angela Lindvalls and the Amber Valettas as long term faces of the house.

2.Sasha's booking record is crystal clear, ultra-blue chip and as immaculate as immaculate can be. There has never been a dip in the quality of her jobs, unlike the ambigious state of Raquel Zimmerman's career prior to the moment when she opened the FW 04 Prada show.

3. Sasha has a far better track history as a cover model, including four covers in Sept 07 (British, Japanese and Russian Vogue+Numero) alone, not to mention 3 recent covers of Italian Vogue and apparently, there are still even more cover level bookings in her cycle.

ARGUMENTS AGAINST SASHA

1.One brand alone should not make a model No 1 at MDC. Until Sasha goes into a post Prada-exclusive booking cycle her career potential cannot be fully evaluated. Will she be coveted by Chanel, Valentino, Dior, Vuitton etc after being so long associated only with Prada? The long term alignment for instance with Calvin has not seen Natalia Vodianova become red hot with subsequent campaign clients. (Not that, for the record, Natalia gives a damn).

2.As with Raquel, Sasha boasts no long term multi-million cosmetic/fragrance/VS contract on the order of a former No 1 like Gisele. If she gets this anytime soon however, Sasha would automatically graduate to the No 1 slot regardless of who might have preceded her in the ranking.

3.Simply put, haters complain that Sasha is too short and therefore not an ideal couture or editorial icon in the way that Raquel is. Sasha is accused of being a "cold and beautiful face and nothing else" This con I'd question though and Exhibit No 1 would be the iconic career of another 'Too Short" legend, Kate Moss.

Well these are the facts as they have been presented. What do you think kids?

Source: The imagist.

[Thiago.]

My thoguhts:

Arguments against Sasha are bigger! She can't get to #1 only being the face of 1 brand! Raquel has done innumerous campaigns! Though Raquel doesn't have so many covers, she was still on the cover of Vogue US, Vogue Brazil, V Magazine twice, Elle Brazil, Elle Korea, Elle France, I know Elle is not HUGE but it's something. Not to mention 3 only-girl campaigns for Fendi! Described as a best client on Angela's icon descrition.

Raquel has campaigned for such brands as: Chanel, Prada, Balenciaga, Hermes, Gucci, Dior, Chloe, Max Mara, Versace, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, DSquared2, YSL cosmetics, Dolce & Gabbana, Animale, Hugo Boss, Escada, H&M, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino...

Even though she doesn't have as many covers as Sasha has had lately, she was on the cover of Vogue(US, Brazil, Germany, Russia, Italy, Paris(Supplement)), Numero, Self-Service, French, Elle, Marie Claire etc.

And Sasha is like Gemma's twin, let Gemma be forgotten till Sasha hits #1

[moiselles]

Raquel by far. Her face is classic. I can see her landing a make-up or fragrence contract, unlike Sasha.

[buhlack7]

OMG!!!! it's too painful to decide! i love them both!!!

i really have to think about it.... but i'm leaning toward raquel because shes done SOOOOO many campaign!

its like... campaign? what? did you say Raquel?

and sasha's only done prada... BUT flip any american magazine and you're sure to find a runway picture of her in it!

but both Raquel and Sasha are all over the place!!!

[buhlack7]

ok i voted for raquel!

it feels like i just stabbed sasha for some reason

[Dajana]

Raquel

[harrietcamilla]

RAQUEL

[Thiago.]

Who voted for Sasha?

[fery]

Raquel deserves to merit that title. Big whoopie do Sasha is the face of Prada??? BORE. Seriously I think the campaigns most of the time are a borefest. Who gives a sh*t? Raquel on the other hand, has represented loads of brands, and done some commercial work. *cough*Gap*cough* Plus my brother thinks she's hot. He thinks Sasha is....

Raquel has def. positioned herself to have that certain longevity a la Angela. Plus have you seen her new Gucci ads???? Gorgeous, she's every inch blue chip! I sound like I'm writing for MDC. :rofl: Ahahahahaha.

EDIT: That face was made for a cosmetic contract. Estee? Who knows maybe they'll get tired of Carolyn and hire a hotter, younger, blonde bombshell!!! :woot: :woot:

:mignonne:

[Thiago.]

Raquel deserves to merit that title. Big whoopie do Sasha is the face of Prada??? BORE. Seriously I think the campaigns most of the time are a borefest. Who gives a sh*t? Raquel on the other hand, has represented loads of brands, and done some commercial work. *cough*Gap*cough* Plus my brother thinks she's hot. He thinks Sasha is....

Raquel has def. positioned herself to have that certain longevity a la Angela. Plus have you seen her new Gucci ads???? Gorgeous, she's every inch blue chip! I sound like I'm writing for MDC. :rofl: Ahahahahaha.

EDIT: That face was made for a cosmetic contract. Estee? Who knows maybe they'll get tired of Caroline and hire a hotter, younger, blonde bombshell!!! :woot: :woot:

:mignonne:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Love that part!

Well said!

[Diabolo Fraise]

Raquel

[penny-dreaddfull]

all that is written here pro raquel is right, but i say sasha simply becasue her eds are more extreme and interesting in my opinion. i love raquel.... shes like a baby jerry hall for me

but sasha calls to my weird lil heart

and i hit raquel by accident

[buhlack7]

Gap? really? I wanna see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I heart GAP!

But just because i voted for raquel doesn't mean i love sasha any less....

[irenistiQ]

ok..

i personally thinQ that raQuel should be no.1..

i'd rather see DARIA AT THE TOP [forever]

but between sasha and raQuel,

i would choose raQuel...

she has been worQin' a long time,

doin' campaigns and editorials,

but seems liQe she's not gettin' the amount of attention that a top model that's been worQin' that long should have.

not only that,

but i'm extremely impressed by her staying power in this industry..

while a lot of new models are comin' up,

she's still doin' fashion weeQs,

and kind of rarely taQes a breaQ...

[she needs a comestiQ ad]

GO ZIMMERGLIMMER!

[Julia]

SH*T ! i cant decide .. really, i'll be extremely happy if any of them become a number 1.

[Nemeside]

hands down Thiago

Raquel

[Layla90]

I haven't even read arguments for both Sasha and Raquel and your arguments people, but without knowing them it's obvious Raquel should be first. She's longer in this business, and she's this Nordic beauty

[penny-dreaddfull]

how long had gemma been around before she made #1??

im not arguing w/ you, raquel is amazing

but longevity isnt always what determines your status

its the impact youve made, even more so if its been achieved in a shorter amount of time.

[irenistiQ]

^ ^

[irenistiQ]

nod for layla 1st then penny