模特，一个令人艳羡的名词，多少俊男靓女趋之若鹜，正在举行的央视电视模特大赛的海选和各赛区比赛报名人数之多，可窥见一斑。然而国内现在的模特比赛真是名目众多，各类头衔的“小姐”一时也让我这个对时尚颇有了解的小人物摸不着头脑，但这些头顶光环的新人们，却只是如流星在天空微微地闪烁了下，就不见踪影了，到底是中国模特界新人辈出，后浪推前浪，还是不够成熟的模特挑选和培养机制扼杀了未来的天才，我个人觉得是后者。

    真正有所成就的模特往往不是来自于这类比赛，而是被眼光独到的“星探”们在生活中发掘，一如现在大红大紫的Kate Moss14岁出道一样;“瓷娃娃”LILY COLE的经历则更为有趣，14岁她在伦敦SOHO区的跟友人逛街吃冰淇淋，被Kate Moss的经济人看中，刚开始以为遇到坏人，一路狂奔，经济人不放弃(惊为天人)，终于签约；而Agyness Deyn、Lily Donaldson这两位英国年度最佳模特候选人也是被探子们给“挖”出来的，而不是“比”出来的。  

    回头看看国内模特比赛中的选手们，虽然初看个个靓丽照人，但却很少有一下子抓住我眼球的，细细品味下更觉无味，像是一个模子里造出来的，说白了就是标准化工厂的生产造就了模特独特个性的缺失，过早的学院派训练，使得她们有了形却失去了神，而个性恰恰是一个新人能最终成就“超模”的重要因素，这里的个性不是那种惺惺作态的耍酷，也不是搔首弄姿地摆POSE，而是发自于内心，是对于生活的态度和对时尚独特的理解，说到这大家也就能理解，为什么国内各类时尚杂志拍出来的封面，看多了就觉得不同片子里的人怎么看起来像同一个人（虽然这个说法有点夸大），但是那种感觉真的很相似。

    现在回到英国，看看Cesar Perin和Fiona Ellis的资深星探是怎么发掘新人的。天才胚子的发源地当然不是在比赛场，而是露天音乐节、购物中心、跳蚤市场这些早平常不过的地方了，而下面Cesar Perin的这段话更是精辟的概述了模特挑选的标准——"I don't have something set in my head when I'm scouting. But obviously I want to find models which have an eye-grabbing look, something that turns my head and will make me run down the street to talk with them. Initially it's their look or style and, without being corny, it's just a feeling. Then, when I stop and speak with them, they have to have a great personality. Their character is as important as their image." (大概意思是“当我在找人的时候，我的头脑里不会有什么想法，但是当我发现了一个可以真正夺人眼球的面孔时，我会感到很骄傲，这时我会飞奔到他们面前，并和他们交谈；而他们最初的表情和格调都是那么与众不同，他们拥有很独特的个性，并且他们的性格和他们的面孔一样重要。”)

   下面就是他们所遴选的希望之星，或许这里就会有下一个KATE MOSS，你觉得呢？

Name: Eve Jenkins
Age: 13
Scouted: Summer festival

Name: Issie Cobb
Age: 16
Scouted: Street scouting

Name: James Hampson
Age: 18
Scouted: Reading Festival
Shows: Prada, Kenzo, Lanvin, Armand Basi

Name: Katy Dron
Age: 16
Scouted: Lattitude Festival

Name: Tobi
Age: 19
Scouted: Polo event

Name: Terri Stannard
Age: 16
Scouted: Cambridge

Name: Hannah Martin
Age: 13
Scouted: Polo event

Name: Hannah Cassidy
Age: 14
Scouted: Street scouting

Name: Sam Mason
Age: 19
Scouted: Reading Festival
Campaigns: Nike Town

Name: Nichola Czyz
Age: 18
Scouted: Topshop Oxford Street

Name: Portia Okotcha
Age: 16
Scouted: London Underground

Name: Phoebe Peebles
Age: 16
Scouted: Portobello Market

Name: Stefan Bostock
Age: 18
Scouted: Reading Festival

Name: Julia Keller
Age: 16
Scouted: Street scouting

Name: Maisy Von Stroud
Age: 15
Scouted: Shopping centre

Name: Jonty Balls
Age: 17
Scouted: Music festival

Name: Tatiana Kanlmann
Age: 17
Scouted: Warehouse party

Name: Rachel Cockerell
Age: 14
Scouted: Summer festival

Name: Ruth Irwin
Age: 16
Scouted: Street scouting

Name: Nathan Sutherland
Age: 16
Scouted: Music festival

Name: Sheila Atim
Age: 17
Scouted: Summer festival

Name: Sophie Drake
Age: 16
Scouted: Shopping centre

Name: Rowan Calderwood
Age: 16
Scouted: Music festival