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<\/a>Tyra would heart me!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nMaybe America’s Next Top Model will hire me to give smiling eye lessons<\/a> to the girls! Or maybe I can just win ANTM! Sure, I’m 40 and 5’4″ but it seems the main qualification for the show is “would never make it as a model in the real world” so I will fit right in. At least my eyes smile, dammit!<\/p>\n I eventually was able to get my eyes under control, even though I had a laugh attack when the photographer told me to “go to your dark place.” I will probably get in trouble if I post one of the Polaroids they gave me, even though the particular look isn’t going to be used because I looked “too Asian,” which was a problem only because I’m not Asian. (Maybe that would be an asset on ANTM: “is believable as other races.”) Instead, here is a rare non-smiling picture from 2003.<\/p>\n The 2003 photo was taken by my gorgeous (she really WAS a model!) and talented friend Cristina Khuly, who is the director of the documentary film Shoot Down<\/a>.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to find out what Shoot Down is about. You’ll learn something!<\/p>\n UPDATED TO ADD: See how the shoot turned out here<\/a>! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday I was doing a photo shoot with Marie Claire for a portrait to accompany an essay I wrote for the magazine (I’ll let you know when it’s time to buy my issue). As you may have noticed, I’m always very smiley in photos, but the magazine wanted a “serious” look. I thought I had…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R-PeChNsaZI\/AAAAAAAACeA\/kydif0qU74M\/s320\/W%26GDining-1.jpg\")
<\/a>WendyB: “I’m secretly smiling.”<\/span>
\nGigi: “I don’t like her sweater.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R-Pf3RNsaaI\/AAAAAAAACeI\/vRTP86W4dYA\/s320\/20071014_0758.JPG\")
<\/a>WendyB and Cristina in 2007<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n