just thought I will share an article from TNP.
Source : http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,156435-1203199140,00.html?
Some beautiful folks have an ugly side
By cara van Miriah
February 16, 2008
THERE is a lot more to life than being really ridiculously
good-looking.
So said one model to a few others at a party.
'And I plan on finding out (now) what that is,' he pouted and
strutted to the nearest bar for his free drink (yet again).
The entourage cackled. The infamous line was borrowed from Ben
Stiller's character from the 2001 movie, Zoolander.
But this intellectual pygmy took the one-joke character a tad
too seriously.
You see, he and his entourage of beautiful people -
pseudo-celebrities, models and socialites - are fixtures at every
free-booze party.
They appear fashionably on time when the free booze flows and
disappear just as the bartender hands them the bill.
'Oh, I have to pay?' a young actress-model-host-presenter was
overheard mocking a waiter over a $12 bill.
'The free flow is over, Miss' he explained.
'My drinks are always FREE,' she shrieked.
Her Prada-clad friends towered over the waiter and said: 'We are
invited guests, we don't pay for our drinks. Or else, we'll
go.'
I then offered to buy her one, which she gladly accepted.
In our brief conversation, the American-accented one complained
about how inconsiderate the club was.
'Without us, the party ain't that happening,' she groused. 'How
can they (the club) expect us to pay?'
I stopped short of telling her that the price of a chocolate
martini was peanuts compared to a shot of botox on her shiny
forehead.
LOW COMMERCIAL DRAW
While the beautiful set may be nice to look at, they are never a
commercial draw. And so it has been tested and proven.
The former Carrie Models Club wine bar at Orchard Cineleisure
lasted less than three years.
Then there was the over-hyped Amoeba at Mohamed Sultan Road,
whose frontwoman was a popular Pan-Asian model.
Fashion Cafe was listed as a spectacular failure by author Matt
Haig who wrote the book Brand Failures.
Launched in 1995 by supermodels Naomi Campbell, Christy
Turlington, Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer, the main branches
in New York and London struggled right from the start.
Savvy club operators say they will not touch a Model's Night
with a 10-foot pole.
But there are exceptions, if, say a one-off event calls for some
eye-candy. And the deal usually does not involve any monetary
transaction.
While supermodel Linda Evangelista will not crawl out of bed for
less than US$10,000 ($14,000), some of our Kens and Barbies will
get out of their sheets for free alcohol.
Interestingly, I read that beautiful people generally earn 12
per cent more than the average Joe or Jane, according to a recent
study by the University of California.
So why the cheapskate behaviour?
I posed the question to our dear 'Derek', who said: 'Huh,
cheapskate? I'm ridiculously good-looking.'
He then strutted to the bar for his quick fix (yet again).
