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"Real people can be models too \u2014 for real. It's not just a platitude anymore. Chictopia and America Apparel have hooked up, giving real girls real model moments to pose for the \u00FCber chic brand.\nThe social network, which lets you crowdsource for trends that fit you, has an incredibly active community of fashionistas, with a lucky few getting their big break. The Chictopia blog post highlights the site's big win.\nBoth companies are touting the fact that the campaign, \"rebels the notion that fashion is dominated by models held to unobtainable body standards. Chictopia\u2019s tools give girls with no access to agents or expensive makeup and clothes the ability to segue into modeling for a major fashion company within just a few months. American Apparel, who is well known for refusing to use airbrushing in their advertisements, and Chictopia are showing that traditional media beauty standards are obsolete and inefficient.\"\n\n\n\n\nKarla, one of the gals featured in the new American Apparel ads, is a beautiful stylista actively pursuing her passion via Chictopia and creative expression on her own blog.\nWe're big fans of the campaign, and we hope to see more real girls like Karla use the web to realize their fashion aspirations. What do you think of the news? Are we living in times that make it feasible for men and women to get discovered and land campaigns via the Web? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\nSee also: 25+ Sites For the Fashion Minded"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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