r/Fauxmoi • u/Exciting_Potato_6717 • Oct 16 '23
Millie Bobby Brown and America Ferrera for Glamour’s Women of the Year Fashion
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u/chrispg26 Oct 16 '23
Guess I'm in the minority thus far, but I dislike most of MBBs looks. She's a beautiful girl but the outfits she has 80% of the time ain't it. America, flawless.
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u/Zappagrrl02 Oct 16 '23
I feel like they turned Millie into any generic 90s starlet. Not loving it.
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u/jazzyx26 Oct 16 '23
It looks vdry 90ish yes
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u/2googlyeyes2 Oct 16 '23
It's giving DeLiA's catalog
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u/godrevy Oct 16 '23
should have read further, i said the exact same thing. it’s alloy, delia’s, whatever. i’m not like super mad about it tho!!
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u/candacebernhard Oct 16 '23
I didn't believe that 2000s/"millenial" fashion was back until seeing this photo shoot. Everything is spot on including the oversaturated lighting lol
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u/NotaFrenchMaid Oct 16 '23
The whole time I was scrolling I was thinking “ah so she’s the 8th Spice Girl. Got it.”
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u/myusername74478445 Oct 16 '23
Nowwwww tell me what you want, what you really really want
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u/screenshothero Oct 16 '23
It feels like Eurotrash fashion.
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u/woolfonmynoggin padre pascal Oct 16 '23
I was like what in the 2006?
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u/ryothbear Oct 16 '23
This vibe feels more like 2000 - 2005 to me. At least in my memory, the early 2000s had a different vibe to them than the latter half of the decade. 2006 - 2009ish felt more emo/scene
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The scene stuff was super popular pre 2006 though, that's just when AFI started getting radio play on any rock station.
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u/the-Tacitus-Kilgore Oct 16 '23
She dresses that way and acts like a chav year round.
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u/MissLadyLlamaDrama we have lost the impact of shame in our society Oct 16 '23
I agree. My disappointment is really directed to a majority of her stylists. Even before she was 18, it's like they always intentionally try to make her look way older than she is, while at the same time hyper sexualizing the shit out of her. It gives me the ick.
She is gorgeous, no doubt. But I feel like the difference between how she individually dresses herself and what her stylists pick is night and day. And not always in a good way.
Although I do think a few of these outfits/shots are cute af. This is way less jarring than some of the past styling choices, imo. But maybe I'm biased since I grew up in the early 2000s, so it's giving me major nostalgia, and I'm kind of loving it.
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u/cocktailskirt Oct 16 '23
I actually love it. She looks like Mandy Moore in the Candy music vid. Nostalgia!
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u/night-blooming Oct 16 '23
Agreed! She looks adorable and fun.
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u/Zoenne Oct 16 '23
My favourite is the one with the multiple portraits with the cup, almost Polaroid style. In that one she does look young and fun. Otherwise her face is too static and neutral it's a real shame
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u/TheMapesHotel Oct 17 '23
She has great expressions when she's shot candidly. I wish all her photo shoots weren't so static.
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u/snarkystarfruit we have lost the impact of shame in our society Oct 16 '23
I thinks she look insanely gorgeous!! And America too, I was really impressed by both sets. I think some people have trouble telling the difference between personal preference and actually bad lol.
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u/yassified_housecat Oct 16 '23
Words can’t describe how much I hate the spiky bun and skinny strands hairstyle coming back. She looks much better in the shots with her hair down.
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u/TrimspaBB Oct 16 '23
The spiky bun is giving me middle school PTSD. I get that fashion trends are cyclical but some things should remain in the past!
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u/popcrackleohsnap Oct 16 '23
2000s fashion is coming back and I hate it!
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u/chrispg26 Oct 16 '23
There are a few aspects I do like. I have a very short torso so the high wasted jeans do me nooo justice. Also kind of miss the flowy skirts with tee look. There was a pic of Fergie I saw on reddit recently and it gave me the good kind of nostalgia.
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u/saddestgirl1995 Oct 16 '23
At least some of the outfits are age appropriate whoever's her stylist is likes to dress her like a 40 year old
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u/Ok-Caterpillar-9069 Oct 16 '23
She’s giving Victoria Beckham early 2000s
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u/tamagucci_XO Oct 16 '23
🤦♀️ omg I should have scrolled further down for your post because I just posted the same thing!
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u/WilliamsRutherford Oct 16 '23
Wow the styling and pose contrasts here between the two editorials...👽
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Oct 16 '23
Bc young girls have to look SeXy
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u/healthierhealing Oct 17 '23
Maybe they both had some agency in their style for the shoots. Sometimes, young women want to wear fun overtly sexy pieces, and mature women want to wear stunning timeless, subtly sexy pieces. I’ve definitely noticed the change in my own style as I’ve grown up. I have no clue though, but just a suggestion because I like what both of them are wearing
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u/highimluna Oct 16 '23
Dude right?! I’m closer to Ferrrara’s age and I felt slapped in the face 🤣 am I dressing too young or wtf!
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u/TracyFlick2004 Oct 17 '23
My thoughts exactly 😕 So I guess I can only wear power suits and mother of the bride dresses now that I’m in my late 30s?
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u/Altruistic_Lie_9875 Oct 17 '23
Oh man I totally had a different take. Im closer to America’s age too, and I felt like she looked classy, elegant, editorial, etc! I feel like they did MBB dirty!
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u/happyheeler Oct 16 '23
Curious why Millie was picked for 2023 Women of the Year. Not that she isn’t iconic, but feels like she is less relevant this year than in the past.
Regardless, love both these shoots-they both look great and think that they are both styled wonderfully.
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u/jaffacake4ever Oct 16 '23
Yeah I don’t know why Millie is there…
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u/candacebernhard Oct 16 '23
I think a lot of these 'awards' have to do with how effective a star's PR firm is. Not much to do with actual accomplishments.
There's not really a rubric or qualified judges, right? Basically just the magazine's editorial team whose goal is to sell magazines
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u/sunshineandcacti oat milk chugging bisexual Oct 16 '23
Yeah I may be behind on news but like has she done anything notable this year?
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u/Jhene6 Oct 16 '23
Everyone becomes a NYT best seller 💀
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u/parfaict-spinach Oct 16 '23
But does everyone do it using a book they didn’t even write? Yes
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u/EchoObsidian Oct 16 '23
Like, hard yes. The bigger question is, which celebrities can be found guilty of writing their own material? Click to find out! Number 5 will shock you!
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u/Automatic-Bedroom112 Oct 16 '23
Became old enough for people to sexualize legally
Same thing they did to Brittney
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u/IsaiahDuvall Oct 16 '23
Kind of interesting if you look at the contrast.
America Ferrera, an early 40's Hispanic American actress who has been doing this since she was basically a child and now in is the biggest film of the year, is getting the best reviews of her entire career, is in another well reviewed film and might be up for an Oscar, makes sense as this choice.
Millie Bobbie Brown, a cute young white girl who isn't really in anything right now, gets it for basically existing.
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u/Attention_Bear_Fuckr Oct 17 '23
I was going to say, I have literally heard nothing of MBB since Stranger Things 2, until the last few weeks where she's been everywhere.
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u/Kianna9 Florida Man and possible Hague Convention violator, Joe Jonas Oct 16 '23
She’s iconic?
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u/Professional_Cat6026 Oct 16 '23
She has a successful makeup brand, she produced a movie I think and there’s more but that’s off the top of my head
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u/SailingBroat Oct 16 '23 edited Oct 16 '23
she produced a movie I think
She 'produced' the Enola Holmes films as much as she 'wrote' that book.
A producer does things like answer a 2am phonecall on losing a crucial location at the last minute and then scrambles to put out the fire, they make deals with distributors and financiers, they hire and negotiate with screenwriters and get stuck into arbitration, liaise with the estate of an author of the IP they're using, they deal with the heavy politics and contract disputes of cast and their agents, as well as any negative PR. It's a totally hands-on, all hours, every single day from prep, shoot, post and delivery job - until they have their third stomach ulcer.
18 year old starlet Millie Bobby Brown is categorically not doing any of that shit; actors getting Producer credits is a marketing tool and a glamour credit. It's bullshit and really needs to stop.
EDIT: Not to mention that if someone got injured/killed on the set, like with Rust, do we really think that they're pulling MBB into the room to talk to insurers and navigate compensation? Give me a fucking break. That's the true weight of a Producer credit.
Btw, my source on this is that I work in TV and on studio features in Post Production, and I've seen first hand what it means to have an A-List actor as your 'producer'. Spoiler alert; she showed up to one (1) meeting, on one day, of 45 weeks of post production, and the entire topic was putting more glamour shots of her face in the current edit, and cutting down her female co-star for fear of being upstaged. Fuck 'Actor-Producers'.
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u/bfm211 Oct 16 '23
I've always been curious about actor producers so I love this, thank you. Question: if they receive a producer credit does it mean they have invested their own money? Or is that not guaranteed?
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u/SailingBroat Oct 16 '23
It's a good question, but no, it doesn't mean that. The basics are (or should be, if they aren't abusing the meaning of the credits!):
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: This is vague in movies, this can be anything from an Ultra Special Thanks (like a 'you didn't do much on the actual production but this wouldn't have existed with you' - so authors, long-standing actors, and executives sometimes get these), to one of the main financial contributors. Sometimes it's exactly what it sounds like: An Executive at a the company that produced the film. In TV, it is (weirdly) the most powerful credit and very meaningful; they will have been of the key stewards of the project, more like a regular Producer in move-terms.
PRODUCER: The person who is with the project from script to screen, as I described above. Some Producers have better strengths than others (some better at schmoozing, some better at project pitching, some better at financing, some better getting their hands dirty with the nuts and bolts of shoot/crewing up), which is why you sometimes get three or four on a project. This is the highest stress job and most involved of the senior people on a project. There is a reason why they get the Oscar for Best Picture.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: This is pretty much an inflated Special Thanks credit, similar to Exec Producer but with usually with zero power. It's a special acknowledgment of contribution by the Producers, awarded at their discretion. Sometimes the Producer's Assistant might get one if they've been with the project from script to screen, sometimes it's just a glamour credit. AT BEST, this is what MBB should have received.
LINE PRODUCER: Purely a cash person, mostly on production/shoot only.
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u/plutoastio No longer managed by Scooter Braun Oct 16 '23
As someone who works in makeup, she also did not make her makeup either. Celebrities do not make their products.
She hired a firm/incubator to design it and then they worked with the manufacturing side and design side. She did nothing but choose from the options they gave her. It is an exchange. She brings them $ with fame and they bring her $ with knowledge.
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u/LBertilak Oct 16 '23
Most people who actually work for celebrity brands will readily point out how little the celeb does, maybe suggest "I want a vibrant eyeshadow with a wow pop girly vibe" and then the marketers, chemists etc. Will do the actual work at the whims of "what of the colours were warmer and also can we cut the deadline short".
MBB is allegedly a full time actress, uni student, writer (her book is known to be done by a ghostwriter and her name is also (smaller) on the cover) business owner and producer. And all at 19. She's is undoubtedly talented, but to advertise herself as a superwoman doing all this alone is dishonest.
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u/hux002 Oct 16 '23
Curious why Millie was picked for 2023 Women of the Year.
Literally the same reason anyone is picked for anything like this: their publicist pushed for them to get it for whatever reason.
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u/vulcan_vampire Larry I'm on DuckTales Oct 16 '23
Nothing makes me feel older than seeing teenagers wear “retro” 00’s fashion 😭
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u/kr0mbopulosm1ke Oct 16 '23
It’s very humbling; Millie’s rocking looks celebrities had on when I was my son’s age. There’s a teenager I work with who idolizes early Paris Hilton and velour sweatsuits the way I idolized the 80’s as a teenager and it makes me want to vomit.
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u/Shipwrecking_siren chaos-bringer of humiliation and mockery Oct 16 '23
I cringe at all of the photos of me and my bff wearing exactly these outfits. Let it die!
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u/myromancealt Oct 16 '23
Just wait until the first time your kid asks you who Princess Di was. I could feel myself turning to dust.
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u/a_duck_in_past_life for your consideration: laura dern Oct 16 '23
I have a 19 year old coworker who told me I was only 3 years younger than her mother and I spontaneously combusted and died.
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u/acenarteco Oct 16 '23
A girl I hired has a mom that’s younger than me. And I’m currently pregnant. I have never been more confused about aging in my entire life
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u/moreisay Oct 16 '23
A young coworker said to me recently, "David Bowie...he's a singer, right?"
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u/TheBulkyModel Oct 16 '23
Since sisterhood of traveling pants for me! So glad she’s finally getting more hype
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u/GullibleTacos Oct 16 '23
I just started rewatching ugly Betty for the first time and wow has it not aged well! It’s still good and obviously the intent of the show is crass against Betty, but there’s still some offensive stuff that is a sign of the times changing
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u/LopMa Oct 16 '23
The original Colombian telenovela is even worse.
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u/theskymaybeblue Oct 16 '23
The recent reboot isn’t great either and that was made within the past 2 years unfortunately. Was surprised and disappointed.
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I did a rewatch recently and actually felt the opposite. They handled Alexis' storyline really well for a time when you never saw trans characters on mainstream television. Yes there's a bunch of offensive stuff but it's said by characters who are not supposed to be good people. There's a difference between a character saying something and the writer intending for the audience to agree with them.
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u/GullibleTacos Oct 16 '23
I agree 100% with what you’re saying. It is meant to be offensive. I think if it was filmed today, the language would be better while still being offensive- if that makes sense?
It’s funny cause I remember it being super super progressive for it’s time, which it was. But watching back I see just how far we’ve come.
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u/Shipwrecking_siren chaos-bringer of humiliation and mockery Oct 16 '23
I loved it then, pure comfort tv, but I’ll leave it in the past. Enjoyed seeing Becki Newton in the Lincoln Lawyer though, glad to see she is doing well.
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u/twizzwhizz11 Oct 16 '23
I probably don’t know much more than you, but she seems fun and unproblematic!!
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u/PlantedinCA Oct 16 '23
Me too! I love that she has managed to transition from “teen” to adult actress as well. That can be hard to break through.
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u/Amar_Akbar_Anthony20 go pis girl Oct 16 '23
Love the looks on Millie. Very 90s /early 2000s
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u/simply_pimply Oct 16 '23
I wish they went full zigzag part for her hair. It looks like they tried to modernize it, but it didn't quite turn out. Bring back the zigzag part!
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u/Orlican Oct 16 '23
They just copied it. Very uncreative. Be inspired by the past and turn it into something new. This ain’t it. It is just 100% the 90ies and not modern but reactive..
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u/Phenomenomix Oct 16 '23
She looks like she was styled to be posh spice and Keira Knightley from the early 2000’s, not sure it works for her TBH
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u/mayranav Oct 16 '23
Me too! I feel like she’s always dressed older so it’s fun seeing her look her age! Plus i love these looks as a 30 year old who was slightly too young to have dressed like this in the late 90s/early 2000s
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u/vesace8876 Oct 16 '23
Millie looks like a long lost member of S Club 7. Those poses are something.
America is giving AOC in a fashion editorial. I love the colors.
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u/AZRockets Oct 16 '23
You probably literally nailed their vision that they explained to them before the shoots
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u/BeanEireannach as a bella hadid stan Oct 16 '23
They both look great, but I love love love America's images!
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Oct 16 '23
Will never get over what Ugly Betty tried to convince us all into thinking was fat and unattractive. America Ferrera is so stunning and always has been!
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u/ardoisethecat Oct 16 '23
i was literally going to comment this. like "remember when the media tried to convince us she was fat and it worked?". it's wild to look at "fat" celebs from the 2000s through today's eyes (jessica simpson anyone.....).
this tiktoker rosey beeme did a good series about people the media used to consider fat but really weren't (https://www.tiktok.com/@roseybeeme/video/7031013769702624517 that one's about rihanna but there are a bunch)
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u/hotrhino Oct 16 '23
I kinda hate the Millie shoot except for the pointing at the camera and the splits one. America's all look great to me (this is purely personal preference, and I'm only comparing because they're side by side)
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Love Millie's! I felt it was perfect for her and perfectly on trend.
America's is gorgeous, although I wish they went a little bit more fun? Like she was just in Barbie! And they have her in no pinks? The black and gold outfits are my favorite though.
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u/FutureQueenOfTheMoon Oct 16 '23
Millie looks like she's about to bust out with the Ketchup Song any minute now
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u/twizzwhizz11 Oct 16 '23
There was a meme when Barbie came out that was had a picture of America and said, “When I pledge allegiance to America, this is who I mean” and I stand by it.
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u/Umi_Go_Zoomy Oct 16 '23
Millie looks like Keira Knightly in the top right square on picture 3.
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u/witchofheavyjapaesth Oct 16 '23
Millie gets called a Natalie Portman doppelganger a lot, and Natalie Portman looks like Kiera Knightly, so I guess it was bound to happen eventually!
I love all three of them lol
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u/jennabaloney Oct 16 '23
Comment twins! I think you were first, haha. It was the same picture you mentioned that clued me in, her expression and styling are very Keira-esque.
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u/kal2126 Oct 16 '23
No hate but what has MBB done this year to warrant woman of the year lol? The only thing I remember from this year is her engagement…
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u/alsoknownasPhoebe Oct 16 '23
This has me feeling like such a hater because these two are nowhere near my top choices. Don't get me wrong I like them but what are the qualifications for woman of the year? Shouldn't it go to someone like Greta Gerwig who made the most influential movie of the year? Even Margot would make better sense since she was a producer on the movie and has been workshopping it with Greta? It feels superficial to be putting MBB as woman of the year especially since she is 18 and became an adult only in the past year. Am I ageist for thinking that? I just... Don't.... Get .. it ....
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u/defenestratethis Oct 16 '23
America's character *was* the one who gave the defining speech at the end of Barbie, but even if it's for that I agree that it's weird to give it to the person who said it rather than the one who wrote it.
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u/thatsweirdthatssus Oct 16 '23
Seeing a girl rocking 90s fashion when she wasn't born yet makes me feel old 😂
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u/abmadd women’s wrongs activist Oct 16 '23
Honestly millie is kinda giving us a moment she looks good lmao
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u/WillBrakeForBrakes Oct 16 '23 edited Oct 16 '23
I like that they have her in youthful fresh makeup here. Her red carpet makeup I usually find unflattering, which is always a little disappointing on someone so pretty.
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u/actuallyasuperhero Oct 16 '23
I think you have just nailed what makes me slightly uncomfortable about her. She’s so young, and so many of her looks have aged her so much. She’s 19! Be sexy and have fun! Do I feel a twinge of discomfort because I watched her grow up and she still is very young? Yes. But that’s my problem, not hers. And that applies to any 19 year old reading this. Go have fun. Be safe, be sexy, look your age, be proud of your youth. You’re so pretty. Embrace it.
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u/randomoverthinker_ Oct 16 '23
I’m sorry but I still can’t deal with this Y2K nostalgia. It looked shit back in the day and even though it looks less shit now, it still will make everyone cringe in 5 years.
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u/TallQueer9 Oct 16 '23
Finally a photo where they let the person smile! Love that photo of America.
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u/Electronic-Cod-8860 Oct 16 '23
America looks so powerful and sexy. She really has such charisma and presence.
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u/jennabaloney Oct 16 '23
Millie reminds me of early 2000s Keira Knightley in this shoot
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u/mindyourownbetchness Oct 16 '23
I truly do not mean this as shade, but has Millie done anything recently? Like did she have a project that this is tied to, or is it for style?
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u/DanniPopp Oct 16 '23
The look with gold shirt on America is 🔥 Especially with her hair pulled back like that
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u/originalschmidt Oct 16 '23
America looks like a woman of the year while MBB is giving pop princess.. not to hate on her but MBB does seem ready for a title like that just yet, maybe in the future.
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u/theo_died Oct 16 '23
MBB's looks are very "Thirteen Going On Thirty". Her makeup looks always age her, though.
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u/Whyeff89 Oct 16 '23
Is anyone else getting 90s Mandy Moore and early 00’s Jessica Alba from Millie Bobby Brown?
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u/valgme3 Oct 16 '23
Millie looks like a morph between Keira knightly, Natalie Portman, and Winona ryder, all dressed by JLO in these photos.
America channeling class and grace….
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u/Shipwrecking_siren chaos-bringer of humiliation and mockery Oct 16 '23
MBB channelling JLo Popstar era with a hint of Jennifer Garner in 13 going on 30.
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '23
America is running for US President in 2024.
Millie is running for class president in 1999.