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work and stuff! If you don't believe me, just take a look at all the stuff I had to do today:
I had a half-day job booked in the morning. I had to get up at 9:00am! I had to ride the subway four stops and
then walk all the way to a salon to get my hair done. Can you believe the stylist actually laughed at my bedhead?! I mean, hello, brushing it is YOUR job.
The job was a very minor editorial about Loewe handbags, shot in the Loewe store. The male model was SO hot! (Hello, aren't they all?!)
We finished a little bit early so I had time for a belated Thanksgiving dinner. I was SO bloated after!
In the afternoon, I had two castings. The first one was near the job site, so I went straight there. I had to try on a horrendous orange tube top with some knee-length white stretch pants. The photographer and the client said I was "very photogenic," but I don't think they really meant it! I'm SO ugly! And I look really bad in orange!
Then the next casting was in the ass-end of the Bronx of Hong Kong (San Po Kong, if you happen to be down). Ew, riding the bus is SO icky, and there aren't ANY male models to check out!
Oh my god, where IS it?! I had to ask a construction worker.
There we go! #106 King Fuk Street (no lie!).
I tried on a nightmare of a pondscum-green dress that your mom wore to that ill-advised key party she and your dad threw in the 70s. It had rhinestone-studded fleshtone sheer nylon insets in the sides. It was way too big in the chest and I think I flashed my boobie when they took a Polaroid. Oh my god! They got me another outfit to try on: cream-colored tuxedo pants with rhinestone-studded stripes, and a delicate chiffon pondscum top. Same deal with the chest- I flexed my boobs as hard as I could, but it was way too big! Oh my god, they hated me because I'm ugly! What a waste of bus-fare.
In the evening I had a fitting for tomorrow's job. Dear Stella McCartney, Were you high when you designed those
grey corduroy pants? They do nothing for my ass!
Now I seriously have to get some beauty sleep and stuff. Job tomorrow's at the crack of 2:45pm. WHEN will I find time to cleanse and tone, not to mention moisturize?
Love ya! TTFN!
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Anonymous
December 6 2004, 15:57:20 UTC 7 years ago
Hehe....Elyse, you're SO cute! ^___^
Hiya Elyse!You seem so carefree and at home in Hong Kong, it's good to know. Darn, I wish I was a model, it's such wacky work, lol. I've been to Hong Kong twice and I really like the place too. Crazy mix of asian culture and western influence all gelling somehow in this frenetic city. Btw, that picture of you with the cup of coffee is simply adorable. Keep writing Elyse, I like your sense of humour. :)
December 6 2004, 16:04:02 UTC 7 years ago
Or I can adopt you for 52 cents a day, so you don't have to live such a "horrid" life.
Anonymous
December 6 2004, 16:10:22 UTC 7 years ago
check this out!...you were on TV!
hey elyse~that is very funny~you were on HK TV news!!Here is the chip~can you see yourself?
http://news.tvb.com/630pm/2004/1204/asx/1
here is some pics of the chip~haha
[img]http://img1.uploadimages.net/085322
[img]http://img1.uploadimages.net/744304
[img]http://img1.uploadimages.net/300999
i hope you will see these....^^
Anonymous
December 6 2004, 16:13:33 UTC 7 years ago
check this out!...you were on TV!
hey elyse~that is very funny~you were on HK TV news!!Here is the chip~can you see yourself?
http://news.tvb.com/630pm/2004/1204/asx/1
here is some pics of the chip~haha
http://img1.uploadimages.net/085322E01.J
http://img1.uploadimages.net/744304E03.J
http://img1.uploadimages.net/300999E06.J
i hope you will see these....^^
April 22 2005, 16:57:01 UTC 7 years ago
Re: check this out!...you were on TV!
is that Elyse?? ha so funny...December 6 2004, 16:27:09 UTC 7 years ago
Anonymous
December 6 2004, 16:47:03 UTC 7 years ago
What a day you had. Especially the part with the four subway stations. Good thing the male models look good. They are shy, but maybe you know how to make them like themselves better.
The Thanksgiving dinner makes us cry and so does Stella McCartney. And tomorrow you will have to be at work at 2.45 pm! There are people who hates unions (obviously because these people want to make more money on others cost). Well, your life brings all their arguments down.
Elyse. One more thing. You are not ugly!
Anonymous
December 6 2004, 17:13:08 UTC 7 years ago
Très Cool
So, you've, like, totally learned your lesson now? I mean, like, Miss said that being a model is totally about, you know, inner strenght and, you know, QUALITIES and stuff like that, you know, inner beauty and stuff? Like, she said that all you, like, brought to the table was being drop dead gorgeous. Coz you said it wasn't like you thought modelling was an INTELLECTUAL challenge or whatever. I mean, hey! Everybody knows that being pretty is not what modelling is about, coz Miss Tyra says it's all about being a ROLE model, and, you know, that's, like, really HARD. I mean, like, getting out of bed and going places and wear clothes and stuff.Yeah. Totally.
On a serious note: Great pics, hilarious reading, muchas gracias!
La Norvegiènne
Anonymous
December 6 2004, 18:58:11 UTC 7 years ago
What a life
Oh, you're so brave to go out in public with a bedhead like that. It reminded me of the time that Cindy Crawford had to have her ass photographed in a swimsuit. ("They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave.") Not every model could do it.It's good to see that you've admitted that Miss Tyra Was Right, About Everything. Models really do save the world, in their scanty spare time.
A job on King Fuk Street has nothing on working for K.Y. Ho, though. And that male model you were groping? Sorry, but he's totally gay.
Anonymous
December 6 2004, 18:59:09 UTC 7 years ago
Thanks
Hi Elyse,As a model myself, I love hearing another's point of view on the industry, especially from half way around the world (I'm in Chicago). Thanks!
~Lauren
December 6 2004, 19:33:12 UTC 7 years ago
This one time at modeling camp...
Like, oh my god, this entry is SO totally awesome! :-) Bedhead is sooooo grody! :-( Was the construction worker hot and stuff? ;-)P.S. If you happen to run into the pre-lobotomy Elyse, let her know picture #4 is unspeakably beautiful. And tell her to stop groping mannequin genitalia. It's not ladylike.
December 6 2004, 20:25:26 UTC 7 years ago
"Does Howdy Doody have wooden balls?"
Damn. Some people can even make bedhead look hot. That's just not fair! I know it's not cool to judge someone by their looks but it seems to me that the male model you encountered was a complete airhead. His pose looks a little stiff but that might be because you were grabbing his package...Chuck
December 6 2004, 21:25:46 UTC 7 years ago
(ha ha ha ha ha ha....)
December 6 2004, 23:39:11 UTC 7 years ago
Anonymous
December 7 2004, 00:23:59 UTC 7 years ago
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December 7 2004, 02:29:57 UTC 7 years ago
December 7 2004, 07:29:57 UTC 7 years ago
it's interesting to see you always joke around in your journal..!
at least i can have a good laugh
December 7 2004, 14:03:17 UTC 7 years ago
Gee...
Dear Elyse,I think you are awesome!!!
But you must be very brave to walk out like that...
but the stylist should not laugh at you !!
The stylist you encounter must be a airhead,Cause they should not make fun/laugh at their client.
Anyway, You are amazing! Absolutely beautiful,
you don't need to mind those people at all ^^
Oh yeah,you ask Carol where can you find the picture
you did with Giordano...
Well it is in Humphreys Ave ,tsim sha tsui
You can still see your pic.on giordanos web site..
Hope I can help you !
~Joanne
Anonymous
December 7 2004, 14:25:07 UTC 7 years ago
Happy to know that u are now in HK.
Really hope to 'meet' you on the street one day in HK.
^^
January 21 2005, 19:30:26 UTC 7 years ago
...a pondscum-green dress....
...a pondscum-green dress that your mom wore to that ill-advised key party she and your dad threw in the 70s.haaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha....nice Elyse :)))
April 22 2005, 16:45:10 UTC 7 years ago
i luv the way u talk~
i enjoy reading yur journal as yur way of talking is so interesting...it's so hilarious and, just like a chinese saying, "there r bones in yur talk"...meaning that yur words hav hidden meanings. imagine the feeling u hav when a fish bone stuck in your throat... need to think carefully b4 i swallow...cuz my english's not so well, though it's fun to guess~how long did u stay in HK?? i think the promotional clips of ANTM 3 filmed by TVB Pearl are quite shitty...u're sitting outside the IFC mall and look darn pale... the filming's so poor~
i still think ANTM 1 is the best.
April 22 2005, 18:33:51 UTC 7 years ago
Re: i luv the way u talk~
I wrote a journal entry about that!! I thought those promotions were quite shitty too, don't worry... it's not only you. :)June 18 2005, 16:24:53 UTC 6 years ago
Your eyes and brows look amazing in the second to last pic.
Hello from Germany!
June 19 2005, 05:10:18 UTC 6 years ago
6 years ago
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October 29 2005, 22:29:05 UTC 6 years ago
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You are so funny!I love the kinder chocolate bar you are holding!
May 27 2006, 00:15:05 UTC 6 years ago
grey corduroy pants? They do nothing for my ass!"
Hahaha I'm not sure but I'm high reading back thru your old entries. I love your bedhead look. What the hell was the lady laughing at?
King Fuk Street. Hahaha! I love Engrish! Have you ever been to www.engrish.com ? I sincerely recommend it!
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