Girl Model follows a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modelling industry. The story is told through the eyes of a scout and a 13 year-old model.Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. GIRL MODEL follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a thirteen year-old plucked from the... Siberian countryside and dropped into the centre of Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. After Ashley’s initial discovery of Nadya, the two rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. As Nadya’s optimism about rescuing her family from their financial difficulties grows, her dreams contrast against Ashley’s more jaded outlook about the industry’s corrosive influence. [show more]
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David Redmond and Ashley Sabin direct this documentary revealing the mechanics behind the modelling industry. The film follows scout and former model Ashley Arbaugh as she discovers Nadya, a 13-year-old from a remote Siberian village, and takes her to Tokyo, where she sets out to secure her a Japanese modelling contract and work visa. Along the way Nadya's dreams of fame and fortune are continually dashed as she is exploited in one way or another by everyone around her. Meanwhile, Ashley's painful backstory is revealed through a video diary she kept during her own debut in the Japanese capital.
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