Female models in an American glamour website: geographic distribution, modeling limits and income according to their self presentations

Female models in an American glamour website: geographic distribution, modeling limits and income according to their self presentations

Autores/as

  • Julián Monge-Najera Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana, Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, 2050 San José, Costa Rica
  • Karla Vega-Corrales Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana, Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, 2050 San José, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v6i1.308

Resumen

RESUMEN: El mercado estadounidense de modelos glamour es el más grande del mundo y GlamourModels es el principal portal especializado en ese campo. Analizamos los perfiles de 368 modelos estadounidenses publicados en el sitio hasta el 2011. Su edad promedio fue de 27,6 años y son más altas y esbeltas que la población femenina general del país (promedios: 1,68m de altura, 54kg y cociente cintura-cadera 0,73). De 2001 a 2011 la presencia de modelos en el sitio se expandió desde el este hasta las regiones central y occidental de los EE.UU. La cantidad de modelos producida por cada estado se puede predecir a partir de su población total. El estado con más modelos fue California, seguido por Texas, Nueva York y Arizona. Sólo seis estados seguían sin tener modelos en el sitio en 2011 y todos eran estados con poblaciones pequeñas y sin grandes ciudades. Generalmente las modelos prefieren trabajar vestidas aunque el enfoque sea más sexual que en el desnudo artístico. Puede preocuparles el rechazo social a este tipo de trabajo. Estas mujeres hallan en el modelaje glamour una fuente adicional de ingresos que se puede mantener en paralelo con otras actividades y que paga bien por hora.

PALABRAS CLAVE: modelos, glamour, geografía, edad, desnudez, economía.

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Monge-Najera, J., & Vega-Corrales, K. (2014). Female models in an American glamour website: geographic distribution, modeling limits and income according to their self presentations. UNED Research Journal, 6(1), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v6i1.308

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