“What makes me beautiful?” Finding an answer to that question has been a complicated growth process for me. Like many others, my concept of beauty has been shaped by the trends I’ve seen on TV and in magazines. I grew up in the '90s, idolizing famous teen bands and their perfect looks. 

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Modeling Agency Zandwagon Is Changing the Industry's Restrictive Beauty Standards

"Come, be yourself, and tell your story."

“I felt it was time for diversity. I want [everyone] to know they are not alone,” says Debora Spencer, one of Zandwagon’s founders. By representing models from all walks of life, the agency is painting a more accurate picture of society. “I think it's time for people of all ages, sizes, races, sexualities, ethnicities, and abilities to see others like themselves, as well as those that are different.”

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Fashion Industry And Advertisers Adjust To Reality Of Senior Buying Power With Older Models

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Lexie (them) in their first Times Square ad.

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https://www.facebook.com/zandwagon/videos/778239252365338/

See Zandwagon’s Didi and Stella in this Cadillac dream.

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Wear Your Pride 2 Rob Woodcox

As Rob has traveled all over the world, he has realized that racism exists everywhere. And although, people in every culture are trying to fight this phenomenon, but it is an unfortunate reality that continues to persist.  It’s especially apparent in the United States culture with the country’s historical foundation enmeshed in the dark policies of enslaving people. What the artist finds beautiful about the current day is that we’ve had the opportunity to move so far in our society. While there is still a lot of work to do, some of the most inspiring people have come from a different cultural background or different religion that what would be considered mainstream, allowing for the introduction of fresh  ideas and points of view.

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We all know our cultural beauty standards are pretty skewed. From the whitewashing of people of colour to the marginalization of those who don’t conform to a specific body type or shape, gender identity, or sexuality, it’s fair to say current beauty standards are far from realistic, or empowering. 

But one new modelling agency is on a mission to change all that. Enter: Zandwagon. Co-founded by Kavyon Zand and Debora Spencer in summer 2017, the agency is founded on a few core principles: moving away from conformity, embracing individuality, expanding ideas of beauty, and empowering its talent. And their signed models reflect that, encompassing a broad range of ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities and body types and shapes.

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Mainstream media rarely offers up depictions of androgynous or masculine-of-center women as eye candy. Every so often, The L Word or Orange is the New Black gives us a treat, but Kate Moennig and Ruby Rose shouldn’t bear the burden alone. 

Instagram has become the go-to place for finding swoon-worthy, masculine-of-center, binary-smashing, tomboyish types who bend toward butch. And we go crazy for them.

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Watch Stella’s “House Tour: A Pink Palace in Brooklyn” on Apartment Therapy.

VH1 wanted their opener for Beauty Bar to look fabulous. So they brought in G and Sydni.

Here is a peek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dpToux1Cc8

After nailing the cover for Free Magazine shot by Nicola Formichetti, Jess is on fire and nailing the competition, literally in this case! Check out the six page spread In Zink Magazine shot by Mike Ruiz!

You may not be strutting down the street in your underwear, but your base layer should give you the confidence to work it everyday, all day. Unapologetically who you were born to be—pull on these high-fashion TomboyX styles and feel good in your skin.

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https://tomboyx.com/blogs/news/style-the-runway

For decades, working models were forced to adhere to a narrow and homogeneous standard of beauty. However, recent years have seen a shift (albeit a gradual one) towards more body diversity and inclusivity in the industry. And now, the New York-based model management agency Zandwago is kicking it up a notch.

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A few weeks ago, TomboyX took part in a revolutionary fashion show put on by DapperQ during New York Fashion Week. We selected many of our models from a New York agency called Zandwagon. Zandwagon breaks beauty standards by representing people from all walks of life. We had the pleasure of interviewing Creative Director Debora Spencer, a force in the fashion world that is seeking to change the way beauty is viewed in the industry.

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Zandwagon's own Julia, Jace and Contessa walked in Dapper Q in Tomboy fashions.

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https://nylon.com/articles/Dapperq-nyfw-fashion-show-2017

Zachary Zane is not only model gorg but he is an amazing writer!

Here is an article 18 of the Funniest Drag Queen Names

By Zachary Zane with Zandwagon’s PC

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The Advocate did a beautiful story on Zandwagon.

Written by Zandwagon's own Zachery. Beautiful portraits shot by Zandwagon's Paul Brickman.

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Zandwagon's Jack has a six page spread in VOLANT magazine.

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https://issuu.com/volantmagazine/docs/volant_adore_n01/22

Photographed by Mike Ruiz for L'Officiel Singapore 

The Challenge Creator Reflects on 30 Seasons of a Reality TV Dynasty

While the competition show is mostly known for its debauchery and backstabbing politics, it also promotes conversation in the same way its mothership series The Real World has done with iconic stories like Pedro's battle with HIV during Real World: San Francisco and transgender activist Katelynn's journey on Real World: Brooklyn. The Real World: Go Big or Go Home alum Christopher Ammon, now going by Ammo, joins The Challenge for the first time on XXX and will provide a valuable opportunity for the audience at home to discuss gender and sexual identity. 

"[Ammo] comes back to the next challenge and he's had an evolution as far as his identity. I think viewers are going to find that really interesting," Murray teased. 

The producer goes on to explain conversation has always been the driving force of his reality TV empire.

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New NYC Talent Agency “Zandwagon” ISO Queers, Queens & Unique Freaks. Do You Give Good Headshot???

BY PAISLEY DALTON ON JULY 13, 2017 10:25 AM

This is AWESOMENESS!!! Finally, there’s an agency that is truly setting their sights on being fully inclusive, catering to ALL the beautiful creatures out there, regardless of age, color, size, sexuality or gender identity. Founded by NYC nightlife super promoter Kayvon Zand, Zandwagon is a model management and specialty casting company that represents and casts people who are breaking beauty standards in television, print, beauty, fashion and reality TV… shaking up the norm, promoting anyone else who falls into a category of otherness.

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"Gaga for Gogo!" In Cakeboy Mag's Summer '17 Print Issue.

Shot by Morgan T. Stuart. Styled by Douglass Cornwall, III using Bernhard Willhelm. Makeup by Stephanie Perez. 

The Zand Family Reveal How Their Daughter Inspires Them To Be More Accomplished

“I want her to be curious about the world that she’s in”

“Night life has been my university. I think people go to school to gain their confidence, to figure out who they are,” says performance artist Kayvon Zand. “I was able to really experiment with my expression with finding out who I was in a space where I wasn’t judged.” 

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DISRUPTIVE DISTORTION: YOLO 4 LIFE APPAREL

Yolo For Life Apparel is back and we've got the first look. 

Adina Viarengo is the talent behind the label that was first conceived and birthed in Montreal. Now bi-coastal by taking up roots in both NYC and LA, Y4L's second collection is radically different from the first one.

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Meet Stella Rose Saint Clair, the Brooklyn-based designer and self-proclaimed misfit who is ready to take the fashion world by storm. From styling pop-stars like clown babies to creating kawaii-punk accessories for her friends and fans, Stella’s name has always been ringing in the ears of the industry. Now, with her full clothing line launch in collaboration with Print All Over Me, all eyes are on her too. Take a peek at our interview with Stella to find out about her creative process, how she finds inspiration and what it really takes to build your own brand.

See the photos of Stella shot by Zandwagon's photographer Morgan and read more here

The stunning Raquel on the cover of Total Tattoo magazine  wearing Verity Hill's white/silver reversible sequin corset! Pick up your copy!

Patrick McDonald, self-proclaimed “dandy of New York” and a favorite subject of the late famed fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, thought his days of catwalks and posing for Halston campaigns were long behind him.

Though he left the modeling world in the late ’70s, at “61 years young,” McDonald has remained a prominent figure in the New York style scene. He’s collaborated and worked with several designers, and in 2009, participated in the Bravo reality show competition “Launch My Line,” where he vied for the chance to launch his own fashion line.

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THE CHALLENGE IS GOING DIRTY FOR SEASON 30

GET THE FIRST LOOK AT 30 TROUBLEMAKERS COMPETING FOR A CHUNK OF $1 MILLION

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Diamonds and pearls are traditional gifts for 30th anniversaries, but The Challenge is celebrating the landmark occasion by serving up one particularly down and dirty ass-whooping. Hope you brought your crash helmet.

While MTV’s resident competition series has previously sought out good guys in Inferno II and Inferno III and heralded heroes across The Duel,it’s going all in on villains and sinners, as The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30has exclusively cast conniving players to compete for a pretty paycheck: a chunk of $1 million. It’s enough to make a good guy or girl go bad (the proof is below in the first look at the upcoming season, premiering July

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Ever since we got a peek into designer and artist Stella Rose Saint Clair’s Brooklyn, New York, abode, we’ve been absolutely entranced by her quirky-cute (and, okay, a little out-there) style. Once we caught wind that she was teaming up with Print All Over Me for an exclusive collaboration, we knew some magic was about to happen.

If you’re not already familiar with Print All Over Me, it’s the innovative platform that allows users to customize a series of blank clothing silhouettes (from bomber jackets to baby doll dresses) with their its own graphics or purchase pre-printed pieces from other artists. Throw some of Saint Clair’s adorable prints into the mix? The collection was destined to be gold.

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Indigo, an 18-year-old trans man and aspiring model, is tired of being expected to shop in certain departments of stores. The North Carolina native, who also identifies as bisexual and has been living in New York for roughly two months, has found that gender binaries have followed him even after assuming what he knows to be his true identity. “If you identify as a certain gender, usually people expect you to adhere to stereotypes,” he says. “It's like, 'Hey, if you're a trans guy, why aren't you wearing basketball shorts?' And then it's like you're stuck there, because people tend to believe you don't really want to be the gender you are because you're not following those set rules. There's a double standard, and I'd like to break that down. Because in my personal style, I don't even pay attention to gender labels. If I see something and I like wearing it, I'm going to wear it.”

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I was never allowed to watch MTV growing up.

Having been raised in a very strict LDS (Mormon) home, I had always been taught that MTV was the primary purveyor of filth and wickedness on cable television.

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http://www.mtv.com/news/2868711/real-world-christopher-ammon-mormon-church/

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Merlot, 21, musician/model

What is the story of your hair? 
My hair was always something I had trouble figuring out when I was growing up. It was an entirely different texture than anyone else's I was growing up with, and I had trouble trying to style it and find products that worked for me. It wasn't until I got to college and met friends with hair like mine that I was able to get a formula figured out. That was when I was able to grow my hair out longer and healthier for the first time, and I shaved the sides and styled it into something I felt expressed me a lot more. Now I have a lot more leeway to play around with it.
 

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https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/trans-creatives-tell-their-hair-stories

beauty norms

sneak peekseason 22 ep 346/12/2017

On this episode of True Life, you’ll meet two people who defy the typical standard of beauty. Dakota has spent her whole life hiding her beard, and Curtis is a young man with Vitiligo. Will they be able to handle the limelight, responsibility, and the haters?

http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/2072xi/true-life-sneak-peek-i-m-breaking-beauty-norms

Read the story in Teen Vogue here.

I am a fashion photographer, performance artist, and a queer LGBTQ activist. My name Monarx is inspired by the butterfly who transforms from something small into something beyond....

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The following feature appears in the April 2017 issue of NYLON. 

“So you know in Addams Family Values when Uncle Fester marries that blonde woman and then she totally redecorates the house into, like, ’90s-suburban-lady pastel meets Addams Family gothic?” asks Stella Rose Saint Clair, gesturing toward the sofa where her elderly cat, Inch (as in, Hedwig and the Angry—), is sprawled out lazily in a patch of sun. “That couch basically came from there.” 

http://www.nylon.com/articles/nylon-stella-rose-saint-clair-april-2017

By day, Dakota Cooke works for a record company in Thousand Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles. On her own time, she maintains a private Facebook group for bearded women and has begun notching TV appearances.

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http://www.adweek.com/digital/ventura-county-star-dakota-cooke/

There are so many disgustingly talented queens who do not get the recognition that they deserve. They are redefining, recreating, and revolutionizing what drag entails. No longer is it about appearing as fishy as possible, (although who doesn’t love being served some tuna from time to time?). It’s about appearing bigger.

So here are 20 queens - or more specifically, some Lewk Queens - who are straight-up slaying:

https://www.grindr.com/into/now-pose-20-insta-lewk-queens/