Ask a Supermodel: How Was Modeling Different Back in the Day? - Stylehive

It€™s no secret that the modeling industry has changed A LOT since models like Tyson Beckford, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and co ruled the runways, and the changes haven€™t necessarily been for the better, that€™s Tyson€™s stance at least. On the show Make Me A Supermodel, the contestants were pushed to the limits and the bitter reality of life as a model- that you can go from so-hot to so-not in a matter of minutes- was drilled into their pretty little heads week after week. This wasn€™t merely for the sake of good TV, it was truly to prepare the contestants for the tough road that lay ahead. You hivers wanted to know what Tyson thinks about today€™s world of modeling.

Stylehive: How is the modeling industry different today than when you started?
Tyson: The kids are slimmer, the money's not as good as it used to be. They'd rather take a look-alike more than they take the real thing, if you know what I mean. It's cheaper to take a new face than to take a face that's well known. It's definitely cheapened, in a way, as far as quality of models, but it's a natural cycle of constant change, it's normal. You'll go through what is going through now, and then you'll get real quality models again soon. I just think the era of the supermodel is definitely over. Now you're getting the no-name kids that you don't really know. They're not as great as the Cindy's and the Tyson Beckfords and the Naomi Campbells. You're not getting that same quality anymore.