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Dear Sarah,

Did your company make the Skelanimals website?
Have you ever met Audrey Kitching?
Have you ever met Hannabeth?
Do you have any Audrey or Hannabeth pics?
Did you meet Jeffree Star when he played the Warped Tour in 08?
I really want to be a model/celebrity one day, like ________ (fill in the blank). What should I do?

Submitted by: Superfans of Buzznet's Top Ten

Dear Superfans,

First, I must say how amazed I am by how fanatical you are about these people. The buzz around these people is like a car crash that one can't help but slow down and stare at. I don't totally understand the fascination, but I can appreciate something that generates so much hype.

So here goes..

RE: Skelanimals / Audrey / Hannabeth, etc...

Yes, my company (The Weekend Group) designed and built the Skelanimals website; however, we do not maintain or manage the site anymore. While we were helping manage the site, we dealt with tons and tons of Audrey Kitching and Hannabeth photos. I first learned about the Audrey phenomenon when one of our other clients, Punk Rock Confidential, had us put her photo in a news entry on their website (which we also designed and built). I didn't hear anything else about her until we started working with Skelanimals in 2008, and they used her in all their photoshoots. That was also the first time I heard about Hannabeth.

I've never met either of them in person, but I heard they are both nice. I still don't know much about them except that they are models who sort of launched their own careers on the internet? And maybe one or both of them have dated, or are currently dating, someone in a band? Feel free to educate me... The only pics I have of either of those girls are the ones we put up on the Skelanimals site, and this one of Audrey that we posted on the Punk Rock Confidential site in '07:



RE: The infamous Jeffree Star and Warped tour...

Yes, I met Jeffree Star on the first day of Warped 2008, when I was working in the Production office and he was checking in with his band. He was very polite and cracked a funny joke, if I remember correctly. I've never listened to his music, and again I don't know very much about him, but from what I've heard he is really nice. I know the dude who drums in his band, and that guy is pretty nice. What's that saying? "You can judge a man by the company he keeps" or something? I did find these pictures of JS at Warped, which should make you all happy (no, I didn't take them):

 

RE: Aspiring models/celebrities...

I don't really know what to say about becoming a model-slash-celebrity like the example you guys sent me. I've seen a lot of people come out of nowhere and explode onto the fashion (and music) scenes in the last five years, especially with the advent of social networking sites. The above examples, and the other examples you all submitted, are proof that if you really have the drive and the desire to succeed, it is possible -- anything is possible if you dedicate yourself.

But allow me to digress for a moment with some personal observations about the worlds of fashion, music, and entertainment in today's high-speed internet-obsessed world...

I just feel like there isn't enough substance behind the pretty faces and the fancy clothes, anymore. People in the entertainment industry -- and the fans who follow their lead -- have become so fascinated by glitz and glamor that they no longer think it necessary to develop their minds. It's as if they feel that keeping up with the latest trends will be fulfilling enough, that having nice clothes and fancy hair will make them seem interesting to the world. But I can say from experience that looks are not everything; even the hottest guy or girl in the world can be unattractive if their looks and clothes are all they have going for them.

Just recently, I was hanging out with a good friend of mine who is the lead singer of a well-known band. He started dating a girl this past summer who was a model, and absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. He said she was easily the hottest girl he had ever seen in his life! But she had never bothered to develop her mind or her personality, as she had always been able to slide by on her looks alone. It wasn't long before my friend was bored with the relationship. The girl was head-over-heels for him, begging him to commit to the relationship, but he found himself losing his attraction to her, simply because she had nothing more to offer than what was on the outside. He ended things just a few months after they started dating.

So I would like to suggest to all the aspiring models and musicians and actors in the world, that you work just as hard on your brains as you do on your looks. Read some books, learn about the world, take classes, develop interesting hobbies, and rely on your mind rather than your looks to get you through life. Let your looks and your keen sense of fashion be an added bonus on top of an attractive mind and personality.

Examples? Here ya go...
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Someday, you are going to meet the person of your dreams, and you're going to fall for them because of who they are and what they stand for, not for their looks. Make sure you have something more than your looks to offer them, in return.

Love,
Sarah