Posted yesterday online:
ATLANTIC BEACH - A city resident who's achieved supermodel fame has had another accolade heaped upon her this year.
Whitney Thompson has been selected as part of Microsoft Network's Lifestyle list of most influential woman in 2008. The 21-year-old Thompson was named in the list in an MSN Lifestyle report this month.
The latest honor for Thompson comes in a good year for the daughter of Atlantic Beach Assistant City Manager David Thompson. Whitney won the television reality show America's Next Top Model in its 10th season.
The 5-foot-10-inch Whitney Thompson is in New York, where she has signed two major modeling contracts with Cover Girl and Fashion Bug among others and she did so in the "plus-size" category, which is why MSN named her among the influential women's list. Others on the list include Michelle Obama, wife of President-elect Barack Obama, and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
The MSN report on Thompson said she "could very well set the standard that the champagne-and-cigarettes-starved chic look is out and a healthy hourglass figure glow is in."
David Thompson said Friday he was beaming with pride at the honor for his daughter.
"Certainly, if you look at the other people on the list, it's quite a spectacular list. For her to even be on that same list with those people, it's quite an honor. Whitney is doing something that she loves doing. She represents herself and represents women well."
It's a relief that media and other women are willing to recognize Whitney for her unique contribution to modeling and establishing a positive image for young women, David Thompson said.
"She's showing people that you can have curves and you can be intelligent. You can be so much more than a stick figure in the fashion world. She's in an industry that's full of emaciated women and she's trying to make changes," he said.
In addition to her modeling work, Whitney is the national spokeswoman for Autism Awareness. David Thompson said his daughter is more than just a superficial face and it's an image that should be emulated by young women.
whitney is SO cool! I mean, she's just such a great role model! I've learned SO many things from her, like that ANYONE thinner than you is emaciated, anyone who's prettier than you has implants, and anyone more important than you is a terrible role model or in rehab! We can all only hope that we can one day be sexy as whitney!
p.s. I see orange skin making a new trend!
LOVE YA, whitney!
I live in the northeast where a natural tan is not attainable in the wintertime and I can tell you that there are tons of girls around with that exact skin tone. Her tan in that picture is not natural it is beyond FAKE. No amount of a sunlight will turn you orange.
My favorite line:"and she did so in the "plus-size" category, which is why MSN named her among the influential women's list."
I see she is still ONLY acknowledged for her size. They never said "for whitney's good wishes" or "for landing a Vogue cover so shortly after ANTM". But no..."Because she did so in the plus-size category."
And then again, what does MSN know about fashion modeling?
Vogue covers, I would hate. MSN, she can keep. They're not paying her. It doesn't advance her career as anything more then a celebrity. It just gives her another thing to say in her interviews, since she can't say "I'm America's Next Top Model" anymore. And regardless of my hate or your worship, she STILL is a mediocre model.
Yes. Now she can go to Hiroko Koschino or Gucci and say "I was on MSN's most influential women or 2008 list, therefore, you should hire me." That makes perfect sense.
Its an honor for her "celebrity status" however that remains C list at best. Its a hinderance to her modeling career. Its not like you can say oh yes I was on the bla bla list of top 10 rising stars for 09. She'd get laughed at by saying, "I was on MSN's most influential women of 08"
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ATLANTIC BEACH - A city resident who's achieved supermodel fame has had another accolade heaped upon her this year.
Whitney Thompson has been selected as part of Microsoft Network's Lifestyle list of most influential woman in 2008. The 21-year-old Thompson was named in the list in an MSN Lifestyle report this month.
The latest honor for Thompson comes in a good year for the daughter of Atlantic Beach Assistant City Manager David Thompson. Whitney won the television reality show America's Next Top Model in its 10th season.
The 5-foot-10-inch Whitney Thompson is in New York, where she has signed two major modeling contracts with Cover Girl and Fashion Bug among others and she did so in the "plus-size" category, which is why MSN named her among the influential women's list. Others on the list include Michelle Obama, wife of President-elect Barack Obama, and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
The MSN report on Thompson said she "could very well set the standard that the champagne-and-cigarettes-starved chic look is out and a healthy hourglass figure glow is in."
David Thompson said Friday he was beaming with pride at the honor for his daughter.
"Certainly, if you look at the other people on the list, it's quite a spectacular list. For her to even be on that same list with those people, it's quite an honor. Whitney is doing something that she loves doing. She represents herself and represents women well."
It's a relief that media and other women are willing to recognize Whitney for her unique contribution to modeling and establishing a positive image for young women, David Thompson said.
"She's showing people that you can have curves and you can be intelligent. You can be so much more than a stick figure in the fashion world. She's in an industry that's full of emaciated women and she's trying to make changes," he said.
In addition to her modeling work, Whitney is the national spokeswoman for Autism Awareness. David Thompson said his daughter is more than just a superficial face and it's an image that should be emulated by young women.
Bring ON the hate.
p.s. I see orange skin making a new trend!
LOVE YA, whitney!
Im SOOOO loving this. omg.
and ps. Shes from Florida, thats not orange, its called a TAN.
My favorite line:"and she did so in the "plus-size" category, which is why MSN named her among the influential women's list."
I see she is still ONLY acknowledged for her size. They never said "for whitney's good wishes" or "for landing a Vogue cover so shortly after ANTM". But no..."Because she did so in the plus-size category."
And then again, what does MSN know about fashion modeling?