 An American Beauty...
The woman wed all love to look like has definitely changed. Shes still as American as fireworks on the Fourth of July, but she isnt blond, blue-eyed or even particularly tall. Perfect example: mulitcultural, multifaceted, multitalented Josie Maran.
By Barbara Sgroi
...is naturally healthy
Over the last few years, theres been a change in our ideas about beauty. "People want to see a model who inspires strength and self-confidence now," explains modeling guru Katie Ford, president of Ford Models. Open any current magazine and youll find fresh-faced American beauties like Josie Maran, whose look exemplifies the new ideal. A 23-year-old, 5 6" California-born woman, Maran has the confidence to face the world looking perfectly unadorned and natural (she came to our photo shoot...straight out of bed!). "I think the emphasis on cleanliness is very much an American tradition," explains Kathy Peiss, author of Hope in a Jar: The Making of Americas Beauty Culture (Owl Books). "American women make up their faces to have a clean look." And unlike the blond-haired, blue-eyed standard popular in the seventies--"Thats when the American images was actually Swedish," laughs Ford--today there isnt one look that represents a national fantasy. "My dad is Russian and Polish; my mom is French, Dutch, and German," says Maran. "Im an American mutt!" |
 An American Beauty...
The woman wed all love to look like has definitely changed. Shes still as American as fireworks on the Fourth of July, but she isnt blond, blue-eyed or even particularly tall. Perfect example: mulitcultural, multifaceted, multitalented Josie Maran.
By Barbara Sgroi
...is naturally healthy
Over the last few years, theres been a change in our ideas about beauty. "People want to see a model who inspires strength and self-confidence now," explains modeling guru Katie Ford, president of Ford Models. Open any current magazine and youll find fresh-faced American beauties like Josie Maran, whose look exemplifies the new ideal. A 23-year-old, 5 6" California-born woman, Maran has the confidence to face the world looking perfectly unadorned and natural (she came to our photo shoot...straight out of bed!). "I think the emphasis on cleanliness is very much an American tradition," explains Kathy Peiss, author of Hope in a Jar: The Making of Americas Beauty Culture (Owl Books). "American women make up their faces to have a clean look." And unlike the blond-haired, blue-eyed standard popular in the seventies--"Thats when the American images was actually Swedish," laughs Ford--today there isnt one look that represents a national fantasy. "My dad is Russian and Polish; my mom is French, Dutch, and German," says Maran. "Im an American mutt!" |
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