I knew it was going to get to this point sooner or later, but this agency’s been around since 1969!!!!
For the record, I don’t think these people are ugly. Actually, the agency’s name is “UGLY”, and it doesn’t mean to be a representation of them. They’re just playing on the name to say that their models are ‘unique’ and ‘average’, which in the high fashion industry, is normally considered ‘ugly’.
“Ugly,” founded in 1969, looks for unique models who are not considered traditionally beautiful. According to agency founder Simon Rogers, “beauty really does come in all shapes and sizes,” and in the modeling industry, there’s room for all. Realizing that the word “ugly” carries a rather negative connotation, Rogers admits his agency’s name is more “tongue in cheek” than literal, but don’t expect Gisele Bundchen on their roster anytime soon. “We now represent a really candid cross-section of what America is,” he said.
Read everything here.
Here are some of the “Ugly” agency’s models. Some of the women are just gorgeous!
This guy freaks me out because I’m scared of vampires, zombies and the like and he looks like one to me.
My favourite of the bunch. I love her mohawk and her entire look.
But that’s an interesting question for me, because I find some supermodels quite ugly, but in the right lighting and in the right situation, they’re beautiful. Ugly beauty I guess. But not classically beautiful like Adriana Lima or Gisele Bundchen.
So the question is: What IS beautiful?
If natural looks, or ‘nature’ is considered beautiful, then everyone from a logical and philosophical standpoint, is beautiful.
But it’s clear that beauty is something else. It’s not just skin deep, as we all know because a beautiful woman or a handsome man can seem like an ugly disgusting beast when their personality doesn’t meet our expectations.
Beauty, as I understand it, is set to something called a “Golden Proportion” a.k.a. “Golden Ratio”, a.k.a. “Golden Mean” with the idea that if your face is perfectly symmetrical, then you’re considered to be the ideal beauty. But when scientists created the perfect face, people didn’t think that they were pretty because it was something they weren’t used to. Even with a perfectly symmetrical face, people want (in their supermodels for example) to have a slight flaw. Hooked nose, crooked teeth, wonky eye. Something small and imperceptible.
Go figure 🙂
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver.
I cleared $60,000 in 18 months earning $65,000 gross/year.
Now I am self-employed, and you can read more about 
Making an ugly modeling agency and calling anyone an ugly model is truly ugly.
They call it \”ugly beauty\”, which is something I\’ve heard recently, even for top supermodels.
really? That's just so weird dude. I don't agree with it though. It just seems weird to me that an agency would do this.
What I find interesting is that supermodels aren\’t exactly conventional beauties either. If you look at them closely, Coco Rocha for example has an \”ugly\” beauty around her nose and lips, but she is so beautiful in photos and in shows. It\’s interesting what we consider conventionally pretty is not really model pretty, and in the modeling world, it\’s the supermodels vs. Ugly beauty models like the ones pictured.
Maybe they should have called them Unusual Models.
i totally agree with you! i think these people are NOT ugly at all – they are quite attractive (the albino guy is slighty creepy though)
beauty in the eye of the beholder
there are SO many celebrities that are “beautiful” but if they were just ordinary people – they would never get looked at twice (ahem Jennifer Aniston)
they all look pretty darn gorgeous!! i love mr “vampire”. what unique looks!! see, i always wanted to be unique. i know i am, but i think it’s the way i carry myself, not the way i look. i wonder if his hair and all is all died, or if he is albino. but, i love that look!!! so many tattoo chicks there too. i love the first lady you featured. she’s beautiful.
Those people are gorgeous, and there’s absolutely nothing ugly about them! Except maybe the vampire guy :S
BB
nothing ugly about that bunch! except the vampire guy. he was a little scary.
the article states “Anyone who evokes a certain character or charm that breaks the mold, who could potentially be used in a movie, television show or print ad, is what Rogers is looking for”
i definitely see that in everyone pictured.