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Q&A
HUFFINGTON
09.30.12
understand their issues and feels
trapped, found some sort of relief in talking to me.
When you appeared on the cover
of Dossier Journal in 2011 wearing
makeup and curlers while exposing
your chest, the issue was censored
at Barnes & Noble and other retailers. What were your thoughts on the
controversy? I just feel like controversy kind of follows me, even
where it doesn’t need to be. It
was so unexpected, and I found it
laughable. My view on the whole
situation is that I don’t think the
image is offensive, whether it was
the top of a girl or the top of a
boy. I don’t think it should have
been censored either way.
Another recent controversy was when
FHM listed you as number 98 on its
“100 Sexiest Women In The World”
story. They subsequently removed
wyou from the list and issued an
apology. I found it as flattering
as any woman would. It’s great,
but I never thought that I would
become a sex symbol. To be seen
like that is exploring another
type of beauty, being accepting
and breaking a boundary.
Do you ever feel like you’re being hired
just for the media attention that follows
you or some kind of shock value?
I bring a lot of media attention
to a brand, and I guess the “cool”
factor or whatever, but I think
that’s just part of what I can
bring to a brand. At the end of the
day, it is a business and if I sell
clothes, then they’ll hire me.
I found it as flattering as
any woman would. It’s great,
but I never thought that I
would become a sex symbol.”
Who are some brands you would love
to work with that you haven’t yet? I
would love to work with Covergirl.
And Playboy would be great at
some point.
What is it about Covergirl and Playboy that makes you want to work with
them? I think that they are just
so mainstream and such a part
of American culture. It would be
nice do things on that scale, because from the beginning of my
career, I was thought to be very
high fashion and very limited.
It would be a way to break that
mold, just by selling bras.