Anna selects about 30 young women during each of her Siberian scouting trips. If she loses a little weight, she could end up in Paris within the year, modeling the creations of top designers.īut few are chosen. They learn fashion photography techniques and how to sway their hips on a catwalk.įifteen-year-old Kristina Churina, a recent graduate, catches Stephane Hababou’s eye. It’s a unique breeding ground for girls who start training as early as age 10 or 12. Russia’s largest modelling school is in Novosibirsk. The visitors still take a few photos and recommend she go on a diet. “Marina is a little overweight.” At 93 centimetres, her hips are too wide. The 17-year-old barely has the time to take two steps before a cutting remark welcomes her into the world of modelling, even if pronounced under the guise of humour. Three Centimetres Too WideĪnna invites Marina Korotkova to step forward. It’s an opportunity to follow both an American and French dream, a chance to escape the daily drudgery of life in Siberia. Everyone knows Hababou holds the key to a possible career abroad. The presence of this visitor from Paris ramps up the pressure. Anna and Stephane stop in every large city of the region, holding a casting call that is open to all.Ībout 50 teen girls in black undergarments and stiletto heels greet Anna and Stephane at every stop. Hababou says it’s the best way for him to find new prospects ahead of his competition. He represents the prestigious Marilyn agency in Paris. Her travelling companion, Stephane Hababou, watches the photos of would-be models scroll across the screen. Four times a year she crosses her native region by train searching for the next top models, the ones who will one day strut the catwalks of Paris or New York. She discovers new talents for the Noah Models agency in St. They are the result, she says, of years of mixed marriages by citizens from different republics of the former Soviet Union.Īnna is a scout. She wants to show her international visitor the many charms of Siberian beauties. Will Nadya, and the other girls like her, be able to find anyone to help them navigate this maze, or will they follow a path like Ashley’s, having learned the tricks of the labyrinth but unable to escape its lure?įollowed by Q&A with filmmakers Ashley Sabin and David Redmon. Co-Presented with Hardy Girls Healthy Women and the Maine Women’s Fund.Anna Yuzhakova takes her laptop computer with her to the restaurant car. As we enter further into this world, it more and more resembles a hall of mirrors, where appearances can’t be trusted, perception become distorted and there is no clear way out. Girl Model is a lyrical exploration of a world defined by glass surfaces and camera lenses, reflecting back differing versions of reality to the young women caught in their scope. As Nadya’s optimism about rescuing her family from their financial difficulties grows, her dreams contrast against Ashley’s more jaded outlook about the industry’s corrosive influence. After Ashley’s initial discovery of Nadya, the two rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a thirteen-year-old plucked from the Siberian countryside and dropped into the center of Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions.
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