This is the heroine of the novel into reality!
Two months ago, the University of Amsterdam announced a letter of appointment to Ashley Mears as professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Cultural Sociology and New Media.
The moment I saw the photo, the whole network shouted: Goddess!
That is, the 43-year-old Ashley is known as the "most beautiful professor".
He is 176cm tall, mixed race from Poland, the Czech Republic, South Korea, and the United States, with eyes like distant stars, and long hair with moonlight.
Standing on the podium, a pair of long legs are longer than my life, no wonder someone commented:
If my teacher looks like this, let alone skipping class, I will be the first to arrive at eight in the morning.
But what's even more explosive is that this sister has been an undercover agent for 5 years in order to do research.
At New York Fashion Week in 2006, Ashley amazed Diane Von Furstenberg on the runway.
The plate is straight, the skin is whiter than the snow, and the agency opens the champagne: "You are the most breakthrough model this season!"
She smiled and didn't speak.
It wasn't until soon after that Ashley's book "Beautiful Price" caused a sensation on the Internet, ripping off the underwear in the fashion circle, and people woke up -
TMD, undercover!
This big game of chess starts in 1996.
That year, at the age of 16, Ashley became a part-time model.
The mixed-race face of the four countries and the long legs that are higher than the sky make her quite marketable in the modeling circle.
Every summer vacation, she travels around Osaka, Milan, and Hong Kong, shooting magazines and walking the catwalk.
But after 6 years, tepid, Ashley pinched her fingers and counted, she was 23 years old.
In the modeling industry, real gods such as Tanya opened to Versace at the age of 16, and he is not popular at the age of 23, which is equivalent to breaking into the cold palace.
Beauty does not stand under the wall, and good women do not suffer immediate losses.
After graduating from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in sociology, she went on to graduate school at New York University.
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However, there are times in life that must be made.
When ordering at Starbucks, Ashley was targeted by a model scout again......
I know that I am good-looking, but the model is delicate, how old am I now?
Scout Youyou replied: "You can lie that you are 18 years old, and no one will check your ID card." ”
After speaking, a thought struck Ashley's brain—
You can use "models" as research objects!
A few years later, Ashley, who was already a professor, sat in the stack of books and said:
Michael Blow, president of the American Sociological Association, went to the factory for several years to move bricks in order to complete his book "Manufacturing Consent: The Transformation of the Labor Process of Monopoly Capitalism".
In order to complete his book Body and Spirit, Louik Wackerquandt became the first sociologist in history to compete in the Chicago Golden Glove Amateur Boxing Tournament.
I was working as a model and doing fieldwork at the same time, and it was like a wonderful frog seed eating a wonderful crispy horn, which was wonderful.
From that day on, there was one more "spy" in the modeling circle.
Backstage, other models rested and touched up their makeup, and Ashley pulled others to nag wildly.
In hindsight, my sister is setting up information.
During the interview, other models were rejected and sad, but she was cheeky to break the casserole.
There is a demon in the matter, and people are collecting data.
During the day, Ashley walked the catwalk to interview and shoot magazines, and at night, she worked at night to write essays.
But she later confessed in the book: "For a moment, I really didn't want to engage in academics, and I just wanted to be a model." ”
There's no way, Ashley is getting smoother and smoother in the fashion circle, and she's about to become popular.
There is a sense of undercover: if I don't close the net, I will be the top card.
Fortunately, the spirit of scientific research in sociology stabilized the morale of the military.
Moreover, those years also allowed her to see through the darkest scenes of the fashion industry.
"Exchanging beauty for profit, being a model is definitely not a good job. ”
Source: Yixi
Ashley once knew a girl named Liz, who had a lot of success and advertisements, so she dropped out of school to become a model.
Who would have expected a serious illness to hollow out her family, her figure was out of shape, and she had no diploma, one word: miserable.
And this is not an isolated case, Ashley found that the model has no health insurance, the salary is meager, and many girls do not make money, but owe a lot of debt to the company.
Moreover, the fashion industry talks about beauty and diversity, but in fact, thinness is always a constant curse.
In the years when Ashley was a model, the modeling circle set off a No. 0 figure, and "the waist circumference should be the same as that of a seven-year-old child".
The worst example of this is Brazilian model Ana Reston.
Her father is senile and demented, and her family is poor and white, and the girl hopes to make money as a model.
Because she was considered "too fat" during the interview, Anna only ate apples and tomatoes every day, and finally suffered from anorexia and starved to death.
At the time of her death, she was only 21 years old, weighing 172cm and weighing less than 80 pounds.
Ashley hits the nail on the head in her article: the fashion industry is a winner-takes-all landscape, with a pyramid full of bowls, no bones left at the bottom, and those in power are often men.
"The female body confers status, or rather luxury, status symbols, especially for men. Women play a central role in flaunting assets that are largely controlled by men. ”
That's what the model is.
As soon as this book came out, Ashley overturned the fashion circle, but what was even more terrifying was that this girl, who seemed harmless to humans and animals at first glance, also hid a big move.
In order to investigate, he actually went to the bar as a "party accompaniment".
Source: Yixi
In the course of her research, Ashley discovered that models in the 18th line were often "assigned" to various parties.
Along the way, she found an intermediary under the pseudonym Drey.
"Ugly, I should call it a pimp. ”
So, Ashley put on a small suspender, changed into a miniskirt, broke inside, and went undercover for many years.
The "dirty truth" behind it is finally revealed.
At each party, Dre would arrange for 5-10 models to come in, and he would be paid for their taxis, meals and gifts, which cost hundreds of dollars each.
And Dre can earn up to $20w a night, because models have long been reduced to "currency".
First of all, the appearance of the model made the wine market soar, and the price of a bottle of champagne in the bar increased by more than 1000%, making a lot of money.
Second, the model used beauty matchmaking to "help the promoter make social connections with wealthy men." ”
"Even though models are valuable to the scene, both the organizers and the clients look down on them as non-serious women," Ashley said. Just use their physical capital. ”
"Customers love to be with party girls at night, but they don't want to see them during the day.
Because they think that such a woman is promiscuous and not suitable for long-term relationships. Party girls are a group of hook-up partners, but not a group of future wives. ”
And these drinking games not only make the little model fall into the mud, but even the supermodel will not escape the clutches.
Friends who have watched Victoria's Secret should know Queen Eugene, right?
The gods descended to earth, as beautiful as oil paintings, but they were exposed to a scandal in 2009.
That night, she was "arranged" by the club owner to participate in a drinking party and introduce herself to 56-year-old veteran actor Mickey Rourke.
In the photo, Eugene is kissed by his hands and neck.
As soon as the news came out, her endorsement was withdrawn, which indirectly led to her rushing show at the peak of her 25-year-old.
Later, Ashley wrote what she saw and heard into the book "VIP", which cut through the mask of the fashion industry and made her more determined to follow the path of sociology.
"For a scholar, it is more meaningful to go into the dark than to stand under a flashing light. ”
Today, Ashley is 43 years old and has become a mother.
She went deep into Vanity Fair, but she was always sober, she went through the fashion circle, but her original intention has not changed.
She went from assistant professor to full professor and now the new director of the University of Amsterdam.
In her lectures, she always admonishes girls who dream of becoming models over and over again:
In any case, you have to study hard and have a skill.
"Trading beauty for benefits is a terrible deal for women because the terms themselves are unfair. ”
Beauty is an asset that will eventually depreciate, and knowledge is the capital of life.
Because she deeply understands that women face countless shackles in society, even she who has "gone ashore" is not spared.
"Colleagues think it's a superficial thing to talk about fashion. ”
"But I will still do this 'superficial' thing well, so that more women can treat this society and their lives soberly. ”
Perhaps, this is the real teaching by word and deed.
On January 1 next year, Ashley will officially take office.
I believe that on that day, she will stand firmly in front of the classroom and use her experience and knowledge to lead young students to explore the world.
Just like in an interview 10 years ago, she talked about her vision:
I hope that more women can become brave, strong and sober through learning Xi.