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Nigel Barker: FROM WORLD-CLASS WIPEOUTS
TO CRAZY CATWALKS
TO THOSE UNBELIEVABLE MOMENTS THAT HAD EVERYONE TALKING.
THESE MOMENTS ARE SO OUTRAGEOUS,
SO OVER-THE-TOP, AND SO OMG.
WE'RE ABOUT TO ROCK THE RUNWAY ON...
I'M NIGEL BARKER.
WELCOME TO THE "BIGGEST, BADDEST MODEL MOMENTS."
THESE DAYS, TO MAKE IT AS A SUPERMODEL
YOU'VE GOT TO WORK IT AND WORK IT BIG.
OVER THE NEXT HALF-HOUR,
WE'RE BRINGING YOU SOME OF THE CRAZIEST, WILDEST,
OMG MOMENTS EVER ON AND OFF THE RUNWAY.
SO LET'S GET THIS FASHION SHOW ON THE ROAD
AND SEE WHAT REALLY GOES DOWN ON THE RUNWAY.
♪
WITH AMAZON-LIKE BODIES, MODELS TOWER OVER MOST WOMEN.
BUT YOU MIGHT SAY THE TALLER THEY ARE,
THE FARTHER THEY FALL.
- I PEP TALK MYSELF. I SAY, "SELF, PULL UP.
"NO FALLING."
AND WHEN YOU MIX DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEELS
WITH A SLIPPERY SURFACE, THESE CATWALKERS
ARE JUST ONE STRUT AWAY FROM DISASTER.
- IT'S A MODEL'S NIGHTMARE.
AT PARIS FASHION WEEK,
THIS MODEL STRUTTED DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH A WATERING CAN.
WHEN SHE STARTED TO WEAVE AND WOBBLE,
HER CAN WASN'T THE ONLY THING THAT TOOK A SPILL.
- THAT'S WHAT THEM SKINNY *** GET.
SHE HUNGRY.
THAT'S WHY SHE CAN'T WALK.
LET THIS NEXT WIPEOUT
BE A LESSON TO ALL MODELS OUT THERE--
IT CAN CAUSE A MAJOR COLLISION.
- THIS IS WHY I DON'T DO MODELING.
Y'ALL NOT GONNA LAUGH AT ME.
CAUTION-- ROAD IS SLIPPERY WHEN WET.
UH-OH, MODEL DOWN.
- OOH, SHE FELL ON HER ***. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY?
- YOU KNOW, A FALL LIKE THAT,
YOU SIMPLY CURTSY AND YOU GET BACK UP AND SMILE.
AT LEAST THEY HAD A GOOD LAUGH.
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME, LADIES.
NO ONE WANTS TO DO A FACE PLANT AT A FASHION SHOW,
BUT IN 2006, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JESSICA STAM DID
ON THE CHLOE RUNWAY.
- I BET THAT HURT.
- OMG. THAT WAS SO BAD.
INSTANT REPLAY, PLEASE.
FORTUNATELY, SHE MADE A FULL RECOVERY
AND EVEN GOT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE.
- IF YOU COULD FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MAKE SOME KIND OF MIRACULOUS RECOVERY,
THERE IS YOUR GOLDEN TICKET.
BRAVO, JESSICA.
♪
CRASHING ON THE CATWALK CAN BE A DISASTER,
BUT MODELS EXPERIENCE CATASTROPHES
OFF THE RUNWAY AS WELL
ESPECIALLY IF SHE'S HAVING A BAD MAKEUP DAY.
- I ACTUALLY HAVE A NO-MAKEUP BACK-UP,
AND THAT'S CALLED SUNGLASSES AND LIP GLOSS.
TYRA BANKS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE ALL-TIME TOP MODELS,
SO EVEN WHEN SHE'S OUT ON A JOG,
SHE CAN'T ESCAPE THE FLASHING CAMERAS.
- WITHOUT MAKEUP, TYRA LOOKS LIKE THAT GIRL FROM THE HOOD
THAT'LL BEAT YOU UP.
- I LOVE TYRA'S APPROACH.
SHE'S JUST LIKE, YEAH, I WOKE UP.
YEAH, I HAVE BAGS.
VANESSA PARADIS IS A FRENCH MODEL, SINGER, AND ACTRESS.
BUT WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT IN PARIS,
SHE COULD HAVE TAKEN A TIP FROM HER EX JOHNNY DEPP.
- WELL, HE WORE THE MAKEUP. SHE DIDN'T NEED TO.
HE HAD ALL THE EYELINER.
- WITH OR WITHOUT MAKEUP, WE NEED TO PRAY FOR HER.
AND THEN THERE'S DANISH SUPERMODEL HELENA CHRISTENSEN,
A TOP MODEL IN THE 1990s,
AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL VICTORIA'S SECRET MODELS.
BUT WHEN SHE TRAVELED THROUGH THE BERLIN AIRPORT,
SHE WASN'T PREPARED FOR THE PAPARAZZI.
- HELENA CHRISTENSEN WITHOUT MAKEUP STILL LOOKS AMAZING.
SHE JUST LOOKS A LITTLE SWEATY
LIKE SHE GOT [BLEEP] WHICH IS EVEN HOTTER.
NO WONDER A MODEL DOESN'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT WITHOUT MAKEUP.
AFTER ALL, HER BODY IS HER STOCK IN TRADE.
AND THESE GIRLS ARE CASHING IN.
WITH OR WITHOUT MAKEUP,
OUR NEXT FOUR WOMEN ARE SO FIERCE
THEY MAKE MORE MONEY THAN YOUR AVERAGE NBA PLAYER.
AND HERE'S HOW THESE MEGAMODELS BREAK DOWN
INCH FOR INCH.
♪
ADRIANA LIMA'S VICTORIA'S SECRET COMMERCIAL
WAS THE MOST WATCHED AD OF THE 2008 SUPER BOWL.
- SHE HAS THIS GORGEOUS INTERNATIONAL FLAIR,
AND SHE CAN REALLY TRANSFORM INTO ANYONE.
- SHE REEKS PROVOCATIVE.
SHE HAS THIS WAY ABOUT HER, YOU KNOW?
- I GIVE HUNDRED PERCENT OF MYSELF.
THIS FIVE-FOOT, TEN-INCH BRAZILIAN BOMBSHELL'S
PROVEN WHY SHE'S WORTH EVERY DIME
OF HER $7.3 MILLION PAYCHECK
WHICH BREAKS DOWN TO $104,286 AN INCH.
- SHE WAS CROWNED BEST LALAS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
BEST LALAS, HA, HA, HA.
DIDN'T WANT TO SAY ***.
RUSSIAN-BORN SUPERMODEL NATALIA VODIANOVA
USED TO SELL FRUIT ON THE STREET TO HELP HER FAMILY.
- THAT'S TRUE AND DOING, TRYING TO SURVIVE.
BUT THIS FIVE-FOOT-NINE STUNNER DITCHED THE APPLE CART
AND NOW MAKES AN $8.6 MILLION SALARY
OR $124,638 AN INCH.
THAT'S 68 TIMES MORE THAN WHAT
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN EARNS.
SHE MAY BE THE SHORTEST MODEL ON THE LIST.
- SHE IS NOT FIVE-ELEVEN. SHE'S NOT FIVE-TEN.
SHE'S NOT FIVE-EIGHT. SHE'S FIVE-SIX.
BUT KATE MOSS AIN'T SHORT ON CASH.
- NO WAY.
AT AN AGE WHEN MOST MODELS HANG UP THEIR STILETTOS,
THIS FIVE-FOOT-SIX BEAUTY
MAKES A KILLING WITH A $9.2 MILLION SALARY
WHICH PUTS HER AT $139,394 PER INCH
- WE WORK HARD AND WE TRAVEL A LOT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN.
- SHE IS THE EPITOME OF A MODEL.
SHE'S DRIPPED IN MODEL JUICE.
STANDING HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST
IS FIVE-FOOT-TEN SUPERMODEL GISELE BUNDCHEN.
- I GOT A LOT TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST OF A THOUSAND THINGS.
HER YEARLY INCOME IS A MIND-BLOWING $45 MILLION
OR $642,857 AN INCH.
- GISELE MAKES $45 MILLION AND SHE GETS TOM BRADY?
LIFE IS SO UNFAIR.
THOSE GIRLS DEFINITELY ESTABLISH THE GOLD STANDARD
FOR SUPERMODELS.
BUT SOME MODELS ARE SETTING A DIFFERENT KIND OF STANDARD
AND LETTING THE WORLD KNOW THAT BEAUTY COMES IN ALL SHADES.
♪
IN THE 1970s, MODELS LIKE BEVERLY JOHNSON AND IMAN
BROKE DOWN BARRIERS AND OPENED THE DOORS
FOR A NEW GENERATION OF MODELS.
- BEVERLY JOHNSON APPEARED IN 1974
ON THE COVER OF AMERICAN "VOGUE" AS, YOU KNOW, A BLACK WOMAN.
IT WAS SUCH A GROUNDBREAKING MOMENT.
- IMAN WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REACH SUPERMODEL STATUS.
- GO AHEAD, IMAN.
AND SHE MARRIED DAVID BOWIE?
LET'S DANCE!
IN THE 1980s, NAOMI CAMPBELL
WAS ONE OF THE TOP THREE WORLD SUPERMODELS
ALONGSIDE CHRISTY TURLINGTON AND LINDA EVANGELISTA.
AT 18 YEARS OLD, NAOMI ROCKED THE FASHION WORLD
BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK MODEL
TO APPEAR ON THE COVER OF FRENCH "VOGUE."
SINCE THEN, NAOMI HAS APPEARED ON THOUSANDS OF MAGAZINE COVERS
AND USED HER SUPERSTAR STATUS TO BUILD FASHION FOR RELIEF,
HER CHARITY PLATFORM THAT'S RAISED OVER $15 MILLION
FOR A NUMBER OF CAUSES.
- NAOMI CAMPBELL IS SUCH A POWERHOUSE.
IN 2012, THIS ICON WAS FEATURED
IN THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES
AND HAS INSPIRED COUNTLESS MODELS
FOLLOWING IN HER FOOTSTEPS.
- MY WALK IS ALL TRYING TO EMULATE NAOMI CAMPBELL.
I LITERALLY TRY TO DO EVERYTHING SHE DOES.
WOMEN OF COLOR AREN'T JUST BREAKING BARRIERS.
THEY'RE RUNNING BOARDROOMS AS WELL.
- I WANT TO PRODUCE. I WANT TO DIRECT.
I WANT TO-- I WANT TO HAVE MY OWN TELEVISION SHOW.
AS MEDIA MOGUL TYRA BANKS PROVED.
SHE'S GOT BRAINS AS WELL AS BEAUTY.
TYRA WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MODEL
TO APPEAR ON THE COVERS OF "GQ"
AND THE VICTORIA'S SECRET CATALOGUE.
- SHE IS THE TEMPLATE OF WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR MODELING CAREER.
THIS BUSINESS-SAVVY MODEL RUNS HER OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY
AND IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED $19 MILLION.
- SHE IS A BUSINESSWOMAN. SHE'S A MOGUL.
SHE IS AN INNOVATOR.
♪
MODEL ALEK WEK SHOWED THAT BEAUTY
COMES FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE.
- I'M FROM SUDAN, YEAH.
FROM THE DINKA TRIBE.
THIS SUDANESE SUPERMODEL
WAS DISCOVERED WHILE SHOPPING IN LONDON.
TWO YEARS LATER, WEK WAS NAMED MODEL OF THE YEAR BY MTV
AND WAS THE FIRST MODEL FROM AFRICA
TO APPEAR ON THE COVER OF "ELLE" MAGAZINE.
- BESIDES BEING A PRETTY FACE
SHE DOES SO MUCH WITH CHARITY WORK TO HELP IN SUDAN.
I MEAN, SHE'S SUCH A ROLE MODEL.
THESE MODELS PAVED THE WAY
FOR A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF RISING STARS.
SOON AFTER SHE BEGAN MODELING AT 16,
JESSICA WHITE LANDED CAMPAIGNS WITH MAYBELLINE AND CHLOE.
- JESSICA WHITE, SHE'S LIKE THE CHOCOLATE SENSATION.
SHE BRINGS THAT COMMERCIAL ENERGY TO HIGH FASHION.
- SHE KIND OF HAS A LITTLE EDGY STREAK TO HER WHICH IS GOOD
BECAUSE I DEFINITELY THINK THAT ALSO BRINGS
NEW LIGHT INTO THE MODELING WORLD.
IN 2009, LIU WEN
BROUGHT SOMETHING NEW AS WELL TO THE RUNWAY.
SHE BECAME THE FIRST CHINESE MODEL
TO WALK THE VICTORIA'S SECRET SHOW.
- I'M NERVOUS BECAUSE I NEVER DO
THE VICTORIA'S SECRET SEXY SHOW BEFORE.
- THERE IS A MILLION COLORS OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD
AND I THINK THAT ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTED ON THE RUNWAY.
- SURE, THE LIFE OF A FASHION MODEL
CAN BE WILD, CRAZY, AND OUT OF CONTROL.
BUT WHEN WE RETURN, WE'RE KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR
WITH EVEN BIGGER BADASS MODEL MOMENTS.
COMING UP, THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS RUNWAYS
THAT PUSHED MODELS TO THEIR ULTIMATE LIMITS.
AND LATER, OUR BIGGEST, BADDEST MOMENT.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE BIGGEST, BADDEST MODEL MOMENTS."
I'M NIGEL BARKER.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BEING A MODEL
THAN LOOKING LIKE A PERFECT TEN.
THESE WOMEN ALSO NEED TO SCORE ON THE RUNWAY.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, THERE'S SOME CRAZY CATWALKS OUT THERE.
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL WHETHER THEY'RE SUPERMODELS
OR CIRCUS PERFORMERS.
♪
- I THINK THERE'S THIS GREAT THEATER ASPECT TO FASHION.
ALEXANDER McQUEEN'S ALWAYS HAD
SOME SORT OF INTERACTIVE TECHNO SET DESIGN.
- THE McQUEEN RUNWAY WITH THE MASKS AND THE WATER,
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
IN 1997, McQUEEN MADE HIS MODELS
DESCEND A SLIPPERY STAIRCASE
AND WADE THROUGH A POOL OF WATER.
- WALKING ON WATER,
THE ONLY ONE THAT DID IT WAS JESUS.
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY.
ALL THIS WHILE WEARING WHAT APPEARED TO BE
HAUTE COUTURE TORTURE DEVICES.
- A FASHION SHOW THAT INCLUDES TORTURE?
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY GET, SKINNY ***.
♪
BUT FORGET THE THEATER AND THE HELLACIOUS HEADGEAR.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GRAB PEOPLE'S ATTENTION,
DO WHAT KARL LAGERFELD DID,
STAGE A RUNWAY SHOW ON THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
- THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
WON'T EVEN LET THEIR CITIZENS USE GOOGLE.
HOW THE [BLEEP] DID KARL LAGERFELD GET A RUNWAY SHOW
ON ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD?
IF YOU THINK STROLLING DOWN A CATWALK IS EASY,
THINK AGAIN.
IN COPENHAGEN, MODELS HAD TO WALK
ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNWAYS,
TWO EXCRUCIATING MILES ROUND-TRIP.
- THE ONLY OTHER WOMEN WALKING IN HEELS THAT LONG ARE HOOKERS.
AND APPARENTLY, KARL LAGERFELD
ISN'T CONCERNED ABOUT THE MELTING ICE CAPS.
FOR HIS 2010 CHANEL SHOW IN PARIS,
THE DESIGNER IMPORTED 240 TONS OF SNOW FROM SWEDEN
WHICH WAS SHAPED INTO A GIGANTIC ICEBERG.
- WHO IS DOING A FASHION SHOW WITH ICEBERGS?
THIS IS NOT "THE TITANIC."
SOMETIMES IT'S THE MODELS, NOT THE SCENERY,
THAT PROVIDE THE BIGGEST WOW FACTOR.
COCO ROCHA USED HER UNIQUE TALENT AS AN IRISH STEP DANCER
TO ADD SOME KICK TO JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER'S
RUNWAY SHOW.
TODAY, SHE'S SHARING HER RUNWAY TRICKS
AS A SUPERMODEL COACH
ON THE NEW TV SERIES "THE FACE."
- TO BE DARING, TO BE FEARLESS,
THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE RUNWAY CONCEPT IS ABOUT.
SO IT'S NEVER TOO MUCH. IT'S ART.
♪
THESE DAYS, MODELS AREN'T JUST PERFORMING ON THE RUNWAY.
A VIRTUAL PARADE OF BEAUTIFUL MODELS
FOUND SUCCESSFUL CAREERS
CROSSING OVER INTO MOVIES AND TV.
STARS LIKE HALLE BERRY, CHARLIZE THERON,
AND "MODERN FAMILY" STAR SOFIA VERGARA
GOT THEIR START POSING FOR THE CAMERA.
- Love: MODELS THAT CROSSOVER
TO THINGS LIKE ACTING, THAT'S JUST BEING SELFISH.
YOU ALREADY BEAUTIFUL.
NOW YOU TRYING TO TAKE JOBS FROM US UGLY PEOPLE?
STOP IT.
BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS AN EASY TRANSITION.
- IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
TO CROSSOVER FROM MODELING INTO ACTING,
SO DIFFICULT THAT I HAD TO CHANGE MY NAME.
I WENT FROM EVA PIGFORD THE MODEL
TO EVA MARCILLE THE ACTRESS.
Photographers: KAROLINA! KAROLINA!
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
CZECH BEAUTY KAROLINA KURKOVA
IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MODELS IN THE WORLD,
BUT SHE TOO HAS SET HER SIGHTS ON HOLLYWOOD
HAVING STARRED IN THE FILM "G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA"
AND TELEVISION SHOWS LIKE "CHUCK," "30 ROCK,"
AND "PERSON OF INTEREST."
AND MOST RECENTLY, KAROLINA CAN BE SEEN
AS A SUPERMODEL COACH ON THE NEW TV SERIES "THE FACE."
- SHE IS AN INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY
THAT HAS TAKEN HOLLYWOOD BY STORM
WITH HER AMAZING BODY, HER AMAZING FACE,
AND HER AMAZING HAIR.
NAOMI CAMPBELL HAS BEEN IN THE HOLLYWOOD SPOTLIGHT AS WELL
WITH GUEST STARRING ROLES ON TV SHOWS
LIKE "UGLY BETTY," "THE COSBY SHOW,"
AND MOST RECENTLY AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "THE FACE."
BUT THE TABLES HAVE TURNED.
TODAY, MANY CELEBRITIES ARE CROSSING OVER
INTO THE WORLD OF MODELING--
RIHANNA FOR EMPORIO ARMANI;
BLAKE LIVELY FOR CHANEL;
AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON FOR DOLCE & GABBANA MAKEUP.
- CELEBRITY SELLS, SO THAT IS WHAT MAGAZINES ARE RUNNING WITH
AND THAT IS ALSO WHAT BRANDS ARE USING FOR THEIR IMAGERY.
♪
BUT HOLLYWOOD IS COZYING UP TO MODELS
IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
SOME OF TODAY'S HOTTEST CELEBS PRACTICALLY MAKE A SPORT
OF CAPTURING THE AFFECTION OF GORGEOUS GLAMAZONS.
- IT'S JUST IN THEIR BLOOD
TO NOTORIOUSLY DATE GORGEOUS WOMEN.
SEEMS LIKE MUSICIANS ARE ALWAYS ON THE HUNT FOR A HOT MODEL.
- ADAM LEVINE HAS DATED A BUNCH OF VICTORIA'S SECRET MODELS.
OF COURSE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GORGEOUS, THEY'RE RICH,
AND THEY ALREADY COME DRESSED IN LINGERIE.
- I WISH THERE WAS VICTORIA'S SECRET FOR MEN-- HA!
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MODELIZERS ON THE PROWL,
THERE'S ONE GUY WHO'S THE KING OF THE CATWALK JUNGLE--
LEO DiCAPRIO.
- HE'S BEEN WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES
IN THE INDUSTRY-- GISELE BUNDCHEN,
BAR REFAELI,
AND MOST RECENTLY, ERIN HEATHERTON.
- HOW MANY MODELS HAS HE [BLEEP]?
I AIN'T EVER [BLEEP] LEO.
- I HAVE NEVER DATED LEO.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I WOULDN'T.
- Love: LEO DON'T WANNA DATE ME
'CAUSE HE'LL NEVER GO TO ANOTHER MODEL AGAIN.
HE WOULD BE A CHUBBY CHASER THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
♪
BUT NOT ALL THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE TEMPORARY.
SOME OF THESE GORGEOUS GALS
ACTUALLY END UP WITH A RING ON THEIR FINGER
AND BECOME ONE-HALF OF A SUPERSTAR POWER COUPLE.
- I'M WONDERING HOW GISELE GOT TOM BRADY.
I KNOW SHE WAS NEVER AT A FOOTBALL GAME!
HOW DID SHE GET HIM?
GO ON, GIRL. I'M NOT MAD AT YA.
- MIRANDA KERR AND ORLANDO BLOOM
ARE MARRIED AND HAVE AN ADORABLE LITTLE SON TOGETHER.
AND SHE ALSO IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST
VICTORIA'S SECRET ANGELS.
- CAMILA ALVES AND MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY,
ANOTHER POWER HOLLYWOOD COUPLE.
SHE, A STUNNING MODEL, HE, A BOX OFFICE SUPERSTAR.
- IS IT REALLY FAIR THAT THESE WOMEN ARE WEALTHY,
THIN, AND BEAUTIFUL,
AND THEY GET TO DATE THE HOTTEST GUYS IN HOLLYWOOD?
MMM, SOUNDS LIKE MY LIFE STORY.
THOSE WOMEN ARE RICH, GORGEOUS, AND DATE HOLLYWOOD A-LISTERS.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T CATCH A HOLLYWOOD PLAYER,
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE YOUR MARK IS TO GO VIRAL.
- A HOT VIDEO HELPS YOUR CAREER
BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW YOU EXIST, NOW DO.
♪
WHO SAYS THAT MODELS ARE NOTHING BUT HUMAN BARBIE DOLLS?
WELL, VALERIA LUKYANOVA, FOR ONE.
- [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
WITH THE HELP OF SOME CREATIVE MAKEUP,
THIS UKRAINIAN MODEL
TURNED HERSELF INTO A REAL-LIFE REPLICA
OF THE ICONIC FASHION DOLL.
- REALLY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW?
SINCE POSTING HER VIDEOS ON THE WEB,
SHE WAS FEATURED ON ABC NEWS AND IN "FORBES" MAGAZINE.
- WHAT I THINK IS SO FASCINATING ABOUT THEM
IS HOW THEY'RE GONNA LOOK WHEN THEY'RE 50.
THIS IS NOT A LOOK THAT AGES WELL.
SURE, EXAGGERATED BEAUTY CAN TURN A MODEL
INTO AN INSTANT INTERNET STAR.
BUT NOTHING GETS THE HITS LIKE A CATWALK FOUL-UP.
SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE WARNED THIS NEXT MODEL
ABOUT THE ROAD HAZARDS UP AHEAD.
BECAUSE SHE ENDED UP... WAIST-DEEP IN TROUBLE.
- THAT PROBABLY HAS TO BE THE MOST MORTIFYING THING
TO EVER HAPPEN IN YOUR MODELING CAREER.
- SHE JUST GAVE UP.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN FINISH WALKING DOWN THE RUNWAY.
- SHE DID THE RIGHT THING.
HER HUMILIATION ONLY LASTED A MOMENT,
BUT THANKS TO THE INTERNET, THIS MODEL'S MISSTEP
LIVES ON FOREVER.
♪
HERE'S ONE PLUS-SIZED MODEL
WHO REALLY KNOWS HOW TO WORK IT ON THE RUNWAY.
IN FACT, SHE WORKED IT RIGHT INTO THE GROUND.
- WHOO, GET IT, GIRL!
UH-HUH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
BLOW THAT KISS, GIRL, I LIKE THAT ATTITUDE-- OOH!
LOOK, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A PLUS-SIZED MODELING SHOW,
YOU NEED SOME PLUS-SIZED PEOPLE TO HELP HER UP.
- SOMEONE NEEDS TO HELP THAT GIRL.
WHO KNOWS WHETHER HER MODELING CAREER TOOK OFF?
BUT SHE CERTAINLY MADE AN IMPACT ON THE INTERNET.
IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY THOSE VIDEOS GOT SO MANY HITS.
BUT HOLD ON, BECAUSE WE'VE SAVED THE CRAZIEST,
MOST UNBELIEVABLE MOMENT FOR LAST.
UP NEXT, THE BIGGEST, BADDEST MODEL MOMENT
THAT'S SO INCREDIBLE,
YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.
WELCOME BACK. I'M NIGEL BARKER.
SO FAR, WE'VE SEEN MEGASTAR MODELS,
WILD WIPEOUTS, AND KOOKY CATWALKS.
BUT HERE'S OUR #1 BIGGEST, BADDEST MODEL MOMENT.
♪
WHEN KATE UPTON LANDED ON THE COVER
OF THE "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" SWIMSUIT ISSUE IN 2012,
IT SOLD MORE THAN A MILLION COPIES.
BUT THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO HER CAT DADDY VIDEO,
SHOT BY FAMED PHOTOGRAPHER TERRY RICHARDSON.
- ALL RIGHT!
THAT SAME YEAR, UPTON'S BIKINI-CLAD RENDITION
OF THE POPULAR HIP-HOP DANCE WENT VIRAL
AND GOT MORE THAN 12 MILLION HITS.
- THAT WAS A BIG MOMENT.
- EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE KATE UPTON DANCE IN A BIKINI.
- SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PHYSICALLY.
BUT THEN YOU GOT TO SEE HER FUN SIDE.
- I GIVE IT TO HER.
IF I HAD THAT, I'D SHAKE IT, TOO.
GO ON, KEEP SHAKING IT, GIRL.
UPTON'S CAT DADDY WAS THE SHAKE SEEN 'ROUND THE WORLD
AND SHOOK UP SOME MAJOR CONTROVERSY ALONG THE WAY.
- WHEN THIS VIDEO FIRST HIT YOUTUBE,
IT ACTUALLY WAS TAKEN DOWN FOR BEING TOO SEXY.
AND THEN IT WAS REPOSTED LATER WITH SOME PARENTAL GUIDELINES.
THIS VIDEO PROVED ONE THING-- REAL MODELS HAVE CURVES.
- AT LEAST SHE GOT A LOT OF CUSHION.
- SHE DOES THE SAME DANCE WE DO IN THE CLUB.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.
AND, I MEAN, SHE'S REALLY SEXY.
WITH HER SEXY MOVES, AND A BODY THAT WON'T QUIT,
IT'S NO WONDER KATE SKY-ROCKETED TO SUCCESS
AND FOUND HERSELF AS OUR #1 MODEL MOMENT.
- THAT'S IT? THAT'S ALL YOU GUYS GET?
- WELL, THERE THEY ARE--
OUR BIGGEST, BADDEST MODEL MOMENTS.
BUT WE'VE GOT MORE MODELS, AND BIG MOMENTS,
COMING YOUR WAY.
STAY TUNED FOR A SNEAK PEEK