Two naive Midwesterners were taken on a extraordinary trip last fall, when a suave fellow from the East persuaded them to model what he called "a new line of winter sporting goods" on a photo shoot in the north woods of Minnesota."You wouldn't believe how far we had to go for these pictures," exclaimed Denise Hardesty, one of the hard working models. "We canoed for days just to take a couple of shots. There was no crew to carry our stuff, except this one guy, Ben, and we all slept in the same tent. It was a little weird."
"Yeah, and you shoulda seen these clothes," said Mary Connor, who is shown here in a fetching hunter-orange poncho. "I mean a teal hat and pink and maroon striped gloves with all that orange? Who's this guy think he is? Donatella Versace?"
"What about me?!" Hardesty added. "Cucumber green with violet and yellow accessories?! Even Backpacker Today won't go for that!"
The models say that they lived in harsh conditions for a week, dealing with cold, snow, and wind, though it wasn't all bad. "Most of the skin on my face chapped after a week of cold and blowing snow," Connor explained. "I saved a lot of money on dermabrasion."
"Yeah and all that paddling got my arms really toned," Hardesty noted. "But we still haven't gotten paid. What's up with that?"
The shadowy Easterner, known to the women as "Joe," could not be reached for comment.
7 comments:
at long last the sassmaster general graces our humble hia pages, and well worth the wait it was! those poor models, i would feel sorry for them if they were not so naive(and so hot).
Wow. I know it's probably too much to hope for, but do you think they will develop a line of clothing for men?
Oh, they have. And you could probably catch an invite to go to the BWCA and model them, but be warned: The boots leak.
I feel so badly for all those models forced to work on sunny beaches in tropical climes....Hmmm...with Renee going to Florida soon, I wonder if we'll see proof of how those St. Tropaz and Tahiti appointments only LOOK fun and glamorous....
oh yeah right . . . like any of us normal sized people can begin to hope we're gonna look as good in ponchos and parka vests as those models . . . just hand me another cupcake.
Did I say money??? Wasn't the satisfaction of modeling cutting edge northwoods fashions in a variety of natural settings (frozen river, portage trail, wind swept lake) enough? Gisel, Kate Moss, and Niomi Campbell would have jumped at such an opportunity, but none would ever have looked as good.
Joe
Awwww, Joe, you're such a sweet talker. I understand they're going to use balancing on pointy, slippery rocks as a challenge in the next cycle of "America's Next Top Model."
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