4th Task: The Burlesque Edition

Hello beauties,
welcome back to another Edition of Manda's Model Mission.

Before we begin, I'd like to announce the winner from our last challenge, the Couture Edition. The total top contestants were Hilmy (emmahunt4) and Arafah (MomoSakuraChan). Eventually, the person who wowed us the most with their incredible concept, especially regarding the Underwater Ad, is ... Arafah! Congrats dear, this makes your second win in a row! A surprise will be added to your last task's win as soon as I'll renew my ss-membership.

Without further ado, The Edition for our Forth Task is all about the cultural highlight of the Roaring Twenties, Burlesque.  The modern use of the term Burlesque refers to performances in a variety show format, especially popular from the 1860s to the 1940s, often in cabarets and clubs, as well as theatres, and featured bawdy comedy and female striptease. Hollywood films attempted to recreate the spirit of these magical performances and included burlesque-style scenes within dramatic films ever since. Today's Burlesque has taken many forms, but all have the common trait of honoring one or more of burlesque's previous incarnations, with acts  especially including striptease, expensive costumes, erotic female sensuality but also bawdy humor, cabaret, and comedy acts. There are modern burlesque performers and shows all over the world, just like the iconic, incomparable Dita Von Teese and drag superstar and veteran Violet Chachki.

This time, there's just one partial task to do. So, ladies, give it all your effort! And please, no excuses anymore.


"AT THE GARDENS": BURLESQUE-INSPIRED FASHION EDITORIAL
Congratulations, darling! You've made it. You got booked for an exclusive wide-spread fashion editorial in one of the biggest fashion magazines in the world, VOGUE, for their Throwback in Fashion History issue. Eventually you were honored to be shooted for the most wanted part, the Burlesque Era.
Your task is to create a time-rewinding photoshoot, transfering us back to the golden era of theater burlesque! Synch yourself, put on that tight corset and stockings and wear the most beautiful burlesque-esque fashion piece you can find. Of course, match makeup, hair and accessoires to the given occasion. Make an extravagant pose and most imporantly - make an impression! Be memorable and show us your sexy, sensual and seductive side! You can do whatever you want and go with any concept you'd like to see yourself with. BUT, there's just one more minor thing. The editors of VOGUE have choosen a very special location for your Editorial: The theme of your photoshoot is going to be "At the Gardens", which means for you to pose in the most beautiful botanic garden scenery you can find.
Oh and lastly, don't forget to add the VOGUE watermark to your spread.


INSPIRATIONS:

YOUR LOCATION "BOTANIC GARDENS":

(just an inspiration, you can work with any garden scenery you want to!)

I hope you like this task as much as I do. Can't wait to see you girls shine in beautiful burlesque fashion!

Send your finished entries to mandastardoll@t-online.de with an imgur.com or tinypic.com link or send them to me on Facebook, thanks.

The Deadline is Monday, the 31st July, 2017. (In case you need more time concerning DHOF airing on the 30th, just leave me a short note in my inbox and I'll know.)

If you've got any questions left or struggle with temporary problems concerning the deadline, feel free to leave an ask/note in the comments. :)

Good Luck babes and stay tuned,
Manda El Rose

3rd Task: The Couture Edition

Good morning my dear beauties!

Congratulations to everyone that made it into our Top 8, wishing you the best of luck for the future.

The Edition for the Third Task is all about Haute Couture.  Haute Couture is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Their garments are rich, unique and magical. It is high end fashion that is constructed by hand from start to finish, made from high quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable sewers of our time.

Once again, you will have to create two parts.

1) UNDERWATER AD CAMPAIGN
Your task is to create a striking fashion advertisement for your dress, wearing the most fashionable and trendy garments from the Haute Couture S/S 2017 (!) runways. The dress should be the eyecatcher of your photo - but not steal your spotlight. Moreover, you're doing all of this while performing underwater, creating the perfect scene for your garments to fully unfold!
Also, if you feel like a slogan would support your advertisement, then you're of course free to add a catchy slogan!

2) CRAZY COUTURE RUNWAY TASK
Imagine you're walking in a fashion show, spotlights' on and all eyes are on you. As a canvas of beauty, you have to represent the outfit perfectly, sell the clothing you're wearing and make them stand out!
Create an head-to-toe look that is based on and inspired by Crazy Couture, while wearing fitting makeup, hairstyle and extraordinary fashion pieces and present it on the runway. You can go all the way Avantgarde here - shock us, wow us, surprise us!


INSPIRATIONS:

TASK 1

TASK 2

I hope you like this task and I'm honestly so excited to see what Couture Picks you're gonna do! ;)

Send your finished entries to mandastardoll@t-online.de with an imgur.com or tinypic.com link or send them to me on Facebook, thanks.

The Deadline is Wednesday, the 31st May, 2017.

If you've got any questions left or struggle with temporary problems concerning the deadline, feel free to leave an ask/note in the comments. :)

Good Luck darlings and stay tuned,
Manda El Rose

   

2nd Task: The Action Edition

Hello everyone,

welcome back!
Before I'm going to tell you about all the details for your second task, it's time to announce the winner of the week from last task's Edition. The Top 4 were Juan, Elisabeth, Arafah and Pablo.
So who's our first winner of the week?
After going back and forth, the judges and I felt that Juan delivered the strongest entries. Congrats, keep going like this! A little something will be waiting for you in my starbazaar, hope you'll like it! Let's move on.

Unlike last time, where you had to look extravagant like a silent mannequin, keep the focus on your face and most importantly pose, this time you'll have to get wild!
Our second Edition is all about Action! The challenge is to work with your whole body and still look like a model!

For this task we will divide you into two groups. One challenge, but two different settings, giving each group their very own possibilities to work with: Desert vs. Air.


EDITORIAL ACTION SHOOT
This task is all about stepping out of your comfort zone.
We want to see you girls in movement, be creative, be wild and create something dramatic, crazy and daring. Do whatever you want to do but just don't do one thing: BORE US.
One half of the group will step into the very sandy, dirty and hot scene of the Desert. Especially you will have to work with the area around you. You could be stuck in a sandstorm, protect yourself from heat with beautiful fabrics, being trapped in the sand, having your car broken down - everything is possible!
The other half of the group will have to work with the freest element there is, Air. Unlike the other group you won't have solid ground under your feet, which makes it neccessary for you to work with dynamic poses and clothes to transfer the feeling of action. You could jump high on a skyscraper, stand on a helicopter, hold on to a building in 100 meters up or hang loose on a box in the clouds - your freedom knows no boundaries!
Important for both groups is to: Commit emotions, transfer a feeling of action and drama by working with everything you have to offer - face expression, pose, movement, clothes, setting. Use it all and make it work but OWN your scene, don't make it own you, plus don't forget to always give a model-esque vibe to your photo, you can go wild and spicy and still be editorial.
(This time clothes are your free choice, wear whatever you want to!)

1) Group A - Desert Shooting in Sandy Area:
bloom_xx_layla, Hevyy, juankisjuankis, MomoSakuraChan, SandyHermosa, juliaChang-diva, mangunmeetan.

2) Group B - Air Shooting in Dangerous Height:
hermosalisagirl, jesspoynter, xXSophiie.luvXx, Star_girl.girl, Lutzst, SoniaBellaStone and sparklewand12.

INSPIRATIONS: 

GROUP A - DESERT

GROUP B - AIR

I hope you like your given tasks and I can't wait to see what every single one of you will make out of this. This is your chance to commit us your own personal 'handwriting'.
Send your finished entries to mandastardoll@t-online.de with an imgur.com or tinypic.com link or send them to me on Facebook, thanks.

The Deadline is Sunday, the 9th April, 2017.

If you've got any questions left or struggle with temporary problems concerning the deadline, feel free to leave an ask/note in the comments. :)

Good Luck darlings and stay tuned,
Manda El Rose

 

1st Task: The Face Edition

Good evening!

First of all, Congratulations to everyone that made it into our beautiful Top 15 that were announced via Facebook. The judges wish you all the best of luck!
We are really excited and look forward to see everyone of you 'building their own brand'!

Don't worry, the Opener for Cycle 4 will follow very soon.

So you may have noticed the Edition for our very first task is all about The Face. Throughout the whole Cycle we'll have a different Edition headlining for each Task, challenging very specific, different abilities that a Topmodel has to deliver.

For the first task, you will have to create two parts, helping us to see who's got it and who doesn't. Free yourself from everything and showcase us all of your inner potential!


1) YOUR SEDCARD
As an aspiring young, international model you will travel around the whole world to visit model castings for various fashion labels, campaigns, runway shows, etc. in an attempt to receive jobs and become successful in this business. Therefore you need your own business card to promote and sell yourself to the customer, which is your Sedcard.
Create a Sedcard Shoot, featuring your doll only chest-up (or a simple pose), posing simply/naturally in front of a simple/blank background.
The Sedcard is supposed to inform the customer directly about the model's quality, versatility and commerciality which means that your face has to stand out and be cleary visible. Don't wear any makeup, be as natural as you are, giving imagination of diversity to your face. Wear your signature hairstyle but keep it simple. Choose wisely, hair (tip: create your own one!), as well as facial expression are very important for this task.


2) BALD MANNEQUIN SHOOT
For this part we want you to proof your modeling and posing skills as you step into the setting of an old, lost empty warehouse. The story is that you're a fashion mannequin, somehow forgotten to be shipped out to the fashion stores.
Your task is to create an Editorial Shoot (Graphic/Scenery), in which you're wearing baldcaps. Yes, you won't be able to work with an amazing hairstyle or any glamorous clothing. Since you're mannequins, you'll be wearing nude clothes, too, supposed to imply a nude allusion. Your Face is supposed to be the spotlight of this, you can paint yourself with a fierce, expressive makeup however you wish but stun us. And most importantly, pose, pose, pose!
(Don't forget to create a matching atmosphere by underlining the story with a fitting background!)


INSPIRATIONS:

I hope you can get creative with these given tasks and I can't wait to see what every single one of you will work out!
Send your finished entries to mandastardoll@t-online.de with an imgur.com or tinypic.com link or send them to me on Facebook, thanks.

The Deadline is Saturday, the 25th February, 2017.

If you've got any questions left or struggle with temporary problems concerning the deadline, feel free to leave an ask/note in the comments. :)

Good Luck darlings and stay tuned,
Manda El Rose

The 4th Task: Paris

 Good evening you all,

first of all let's announce the 3rd Task's winner of the week. The two most outstanding entries were delivered by Isabella8103 and Pau.Cam.Arena and it was a really tight race but one of you totally nailed the task. The winner is Isabella8103! Congrats. Something will be reserved for you in my bazaar!

So...where are we going for the forth task?

We're staying in Europe and enter our topmodel jet to take a short flight from Italy to France. For this task we're visiting the beautiful fashion capital Paris, of course known for its infamous Eiffel Tower. Paris has been an international capital of high fashion since the 19th century, particularly in the domain of haute couture. The French capital is home of one of the largest fashion houses in the world, including Dior and Chanel.

Ballon Shoot at Eiffel Tower
For this task you are going to pose with a special, bubbly, colorful shooting partner. You will have to pose with a bunch of cheerful ballons in your hands, in front of the Eiffel Tower. Your task is to create a delightful and fashionable look and as Paris is known for its exquisite haute couture labels, we of course want you to wear wonderful haute couture pieces while being the center of attention next to the striking ballons.
Exclusively for this task, you are allowed to wear crazy wigs in colors such as pink, turquoise or green but you can stay true to your natural hair as well.

Hope you'll enjoy this colorful task!
As always, post your finished entries in the comments below with a imgur.com or tinypic.com link, thanks.

The Deadline is Thursday, the 9th July, 2015.
Everyone, be punctual this time!


Good luck and have a nice evening,
Manda xox

The 3rd Task: Milan

Hello there everyone,

let's start off with announcing the last task's winner of the week, Isabella8103, Inessa..., maria-0077 and Pau.Cam.Arena. You all delivered striking entries and beautiful looks but one of you convinced us the most with an stunning entry, leaving almost no flaws. The one person who we think deserved to be winner of the week of Task 2 is maria-0077, Congrats!
Your price will be a nice treat from my closet that will be reserved for you in my bazaar.

Now, let me announce your third task!

For the third task our exclusive topmodel jet flew us to Italy, visiting the beautiful fashion capital Milan! It is recognised as one of the world's most important and influential fashion capitals and is of course known for its beautiful runway fashion shows and also impressive architecture.
Just the right settings for this week's two-part task.

1) Prêt-à-porter Runway Task

Create an outfit that is supposed to be Prêt-à-porter, based on the latest 2015 S/S runway trends and present it on the Milanese runway. Imagine you are on a fashion show, the spotlight is on and all eyes are on you. You have to present the outfit perfectly, you need to sell the clothes you're wearing and make them stand out!
I hope these pictures will help your imagionation.

2) Sedcard Shoot 
As a Model you will travel around the world and visit many castings in an attempt to get many jobs and be successful in this business. There fore you need something like your own business card to promote yourself to the customer, which is called Sedcard.Create a Sedcard Shoot, featuring your doll only to the chest, posing simply/naturally in front of a simple/blank background.
A Setcard is supposed to inform the customer directly about the model's quality, versatility and commerciality which means that your face has to stun out and be cleary visible, don't use too much makeup, your face should be like blank canvas, giving imagination of the facets diversity of your face to the customer. Wear your typical hairstyle and makeup look but keep it simple.Choose wisely, the hair (tip: create your own one!), as well as the face and makeup are very important for this task, they will be your signature look.

I hope you'll have fun with these tasks!
Post your finished entries in the comments below with a imgur.com or tinypic.com link, thanks.
The Deadline is Saturday, the 6th June, 2015.

Please everyone try to be punctual this time and if you can't please try to send in your entries in the course of two days after the deadline.
As always, if (!) there were any time extensions needed, please contact me soon and I'll try to change the deadline.


Good Luck everyone and stay tuned,
Manda El Rose

The 2nd Task: Cape Town

Hey there everyone,

so first of all let's announce the cycle's first winner of the week. As you know, the contestants who achieved to be the most outstanding of Task 1 were exodus27, Isabella8103, maria-0077, Rei1981 and tadi_12.
You all delivered strong entries but at the end of it all it was a tight race between Isabella and Jailer. The one who convinced us altogether the most was ... Isabella8103, Congrats!
Your price is a nice piece from my closet, coming soon to you as soon as I'm superstar.

Now let's move on to your 2nd Task!

Thanks to our exclusive topmodel jet, this week we flew over to South Africa and landed in Cape Town! Well known for its Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town is one of the most influential urban areas South Africa's and an indispensable part of the fashion world.
Delivering us the most beautiful nature sceneries, incluing fairylike beaches and waterfalls, we're having the perfect setting for this week's task!


Bikini  Fashion Advertisement
For this task, you'll be split in two groups. Group A and Group B.
Your task is to create a striking bikini advertisement, wearing the most fashionable and trendy bikini summer clothing that should be the eyecatcher of your photo. Also, if you feel like a slogan would support your advertisement, then you're of course free to add a tiny, catchy slogan!

Each group, A and B, will get their own natural scenery, one group will have to perform at the ravishing Beach while the other will be posing in their bikinis in front of a wild Waterfall.
Your pose, makeup, hairstyle and possible, eventual slogan should fit and support the bikini you're wearing.
You are free to choose any bikini you'd like to wear BUT you should make it be in the forgreound and set it perfectly in scene - it should fit your natural setting. 

Group A
Beach: Sunset Setting

(this is NOT the background you have to use, this is just a sample to help your inspiration)

Black-Lady-1
Dreamiiiii

 Inessa...
LuluTroll
nounacoolrock
Pau.Cam.Arena
SandyHermosa

Group B
Waterfall: Exotic Setting

(this is NOT the background you have to use, this is just a sample to help your inspiration)

 exodus27
Hsm3rocks11011
Isabella8103
julia-changDiva
maria-0077
Rei1981
Tadi_12

Again, the backgrounds given above don't have to be used but they are meant to tell you which scenery we want to see you in. This means, you can use any background you like as long as it follows the task.


I hope you'll have fun and I can't wait to see how you'll work this advertisement out!
Post your finished entries in the comments below with a imgur.com or tinypic.com link, thanks.
The Deadline is Friday, the 15th May, 2015.

I know it's just a week, but we need to quick up this game a little since the finale is scheduled to be live in Dollywood's Success Arena in about 2-3 months.
If (!) there are any time extensions needed, please contact me soon and I'll renew the deadline.


Good Luck darlings and stay tuned,
Manda El Rose

The 1st Task: Los Angeles

Hello everyone,

first of all give me a second to once again congratulate everyone who made it into the Top 18, we wish you good luck and are really excited to see how this Cycle will turn out!

So you all know the theme for Cycle 3 is 'Taking Over All Fashion Capitals', so for the first task we are visiting the beautiful fashion capital Los Angeles to have the perfect scene setting in the streets.

For the first task, you will have to do two parts so we can see who really has the potential for this competition and deserves to fight in the next round for the title.


1) Spring Fashion Lookbook
Create two unique outfits based on the latest trends for the flower-blooming season. Stay true to yourself and illustrate your own personal style throughout these outfits. Don't forget to use a matching makeup and hairstyle!
Important: Find a fitting background that underlines your looks!
(Note: The outfits should be based on stardoll clothings and you also don't have to create any special poses, just work with typical stardoll bases)


2) Crazy Fashion Shoot on Rodeo Drive
For this part we want you to proof your modeling and posing skills as you step into the spotlight on the Rode Drive in the streets of LA. Your task is to create an Editorial Shoot (Graphic/Scenery), in which you're wearing a crazy makeup, hairstyle and extraordinary fashion pieces and most important of it all pose, pose, pose in a stunning posture!
Don't forget to create a matching atmosphere by including the Rodeo Drive in your picture.

Inspirations:

I hope you all like the given tasks and I can't wait to see how it will work out!
Post your finished entries in the comments below with a imgur.com or tinypic.com link, thanks.
The Deadline is Thursday, the 2nd April, 2015.

If you've got any questions and have termporary problems with the deadline, feel free to leave an ask/note in the comments. :)

Good Luck darlings and stay tuned,
Manda El Rose