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"Let me preface this question by saying this stuff isn&amp;amp;#8217;t keeping me up at night or anything (however, the Paris jet-lag totally is, which might be why I&amp;amp;#8217;m having these wacky thoughts). But I&amp;amp;#8217;m just curious to know if you think you look prettier when you smile or when you have a &amp;amp;#8220;serious face&amp;quot; on? Backstage at the Lanvin show, models vamp for the camera (and maybe their Facebook photos?). I thought about the smiling face vs. the serious face when I was backstage at the fall runway shows this weekend and I saw a bunch of models&amp;amp;#8212;who usually hit the runway with grim expressions&amp;amp;#8212;smiling and joking around with each other. (FYI, they all looked lovely, both with and without smiles. Damn those supermodel genes!) It reminded me of a rumor I heard awhile back that there were certain models that were encouraged not to smile&amp;amp;#8212;either on the runway or in photos&amp;amp;#8212;because higher-ups thought they were prettier, and more sophisticated-looking with a straight face. Strange right? Me, I&amp;amp;#8217;m the opposite: When I&amp;amp;#8217;m not smiling, I tend to look hopelessly depressed, as if I&amp;amp;#8217;m calculating long division problems in my head. (I have the bad photos to prove it.) I&amp;amp;#8217;ve actually had people (granted mostly older, washed-up looking dudes) tell me, as I walked by them in the street, that I should smile more ask me what I&amp;amp;#8217;m so worried about. (You can see my less-than-stellar &amp;quot;serious face&amp;quot; here.) But then again, I love to see folks smiling as there&amp;#x27;s nothing better than seeing someone cheery and happy. Anyway, what about you lovely ladies? Do you feel better when you&amp;amp;#8217;ve got a big grin on or when you are all broody and straight-faced? When a friend goes to take your photo, do you immediately flash your dazzling teeth or give them just a little no-teeth-smile? Or do you think there&amp;#x27;s no big difference between the straight face or smiling face for you--or anyone else? P.S.: Having trouble posting a comment? Try logging out of glamour.com and then logging back in again. Then post your comment. Photo: Mark Leibowitz "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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