Miranda Kerr is the cover girl/celebrity profile in this week’s issue of Net-a-porter’s online magazine, The Edit. You can read Miranda’s full interview here. I’m reminded yet again of how Miranda is a pretty girl with a nice figure, but beyond that she’s really not very interesting. She said one thing that kind of pissed me off, but even then… I kind of see where she’s coming from and at the end of the day, I don’t think I (or any woman) should look to Miranda Kerr to speak out on gender roles and feminism.
Her success: “I want to do good things with that voice. My ambition comes from my passion: finding what I love and then expanding on that.” She is not steering away from fashion entirely, she adds – she recently shot three editorials for British Vogue, Vogue Nippon and American Vogue. “I am really enjoying having a more active role in everything I am doing,” she says. “Being creatively involved, being strategic about the projects I take, making sure that they are in line with me and my brand.”
Miranda describes herself: “My character is just generally very joyful and very accepting. I always say to myself, ‘Be gentle with yourself, be gentle to others. Be kind to yourself, be kind to others.’”
On the paparazzi: “I would think, ‘OK, it is what it is, it’s fine, they are just doing their job’, and then it would get to the point where I would take my son to the park and they’d be knocking people over – it was disturbing not only my world, but everyone’s around me, too. I thought, ‘How are we going to live peacefully like this, when I can’t even go to the park with my son? Something’s got to change.’”
Being targeted by The Bling Ring: “The weird thing is that I am not attached to things: they come and they go. It could have been worse, that’s what I always say about everything. I mean, no one was hurt.”
Her marriage, her career, gender roles: “I think it is really important not to feel as a woman that you have to do and be everything. I am quite dominant in my career, so what really works for me when I come home, is to relax more into the feminine side. If you’re really an alpha female, you don’t allow [your partner] to have the space to feel like the man in the relationship. Maybe I am too traditional, but men feel important when you ask for their help, instead of thinking you can do it all on your own. My mistake in my relationships has been to feel that I can do it all on my own: I don’t need a man. That is definitely a mistake. Women generally want to feel loved and appreciated. It’s something that I am working on every day, trust me! It’s a challenge for me to do that.”
On being pushed out of Victoria’s Secret, only Kerr says she quit: “Ed [Razek, who has been casting the models for 15 years] and I are really good friends, and we both decided it was impractical for me to continue. I have such fond memories of working with them.”
In closing: “Now that I am a mother and have my own business, it is a good time. I am ready. And now… here I am!”
See what I’m saying about her discussion on gender roles in marriage and all of that? Like, I think I know what she’s saying – that women can’t “do it all” and that we need to expect our partners to help carry our load. Or is she saying that marriage is all about playing the submissive woman and playing to your man’s ego? Well, I don’t have any problem with saying that I personally don’t need a man (right now) and that I’m fine doing things on my own. And that many women are fine with doing things on their own and it doesn’t make them feel “less than” or whatever.
Photos courtesy of The Edit.
“Many women are fine doing things on their own and it doesn’t make them feel less than or whatever”
What about seeing a movie on their own?
I love that. Going to cinema or theater, or restaurant on my own. It’s quality time with me.
I’ve discovered it one evening years ago, there was I play I would really really wanted to see, and no one was free. So I’ve said “Holy crap I’ll go alone”.
I love going to the movies alone, too! I started doing it in college – just to get away from going out with groups of friends. It’s one of my favorite things – I’ll often sneak to the theatre while my kids are in school, lol!
So do I. I started doing it in high school, when a boyfriend didn’t want to see Rain Man and neither did my friends. My attitude was “fine, screw you all, I’m not going to miss it because of you lumps”. So I didn’t. 🙂
My family only saw Pirates of the Caribbean because I was going to see it with or without them and when they realized I meant it and was leaving, they all decided they didn’t want to stay home if I was going to a movie. Before that they didn’t want to go. But I go to see things they wouldn’t want to see by myself all the time. In a lot of cases, it’s the only way I’d some things. And for some reason I prefer to sit in a theater alone than to watch something at home alone.
I love seeing movies alone too, especially if it’s a guilty pleasure movie.
The only difference is I prefer to see comedies with other people only because I laugh more when someone else is laughing – don’t know why that is. But I will still see a comedy on my own.
Thora… really. That’s the big trauma about being single?
You can do anything alone. It just takes the courage to do so.
I’ve gone to movies, restaurants (like Eleonor), and traveled alone, even on group tours. The best thing about it is that you are on your schedule and do not have to consider what someone else wants to do.
It is fun doing things with friends, but just as much by yourself. 🙂
Traveling alone is something every woman should experience. It’s so liberating to feel you can make all your own decisions about the day without checking on any one else’s wants, go out to eat alone, pick your own evening entertainment and go, without the fear of running into anyone you know who will comment on your being alone. Then, when you get home from doing that, it becomes so much easier to just do those things alone in your own town – especially when your partner/friends are all being drags and don’t want to follow your lead on plans.
I agree, traveling alone, even for a short period, is so much more relaxing and liberating than traveling with those you know. When it’s just you or new people you can really escape your everyday stress and drama. Strangers don’t know your personal life so they aren’t talking to you about it…love a weekend where I can really unplug like that, plus you meet more people and have different experiences than you would traveling with others.
I’d rather go on my own than drag my man to something he doesn’t want to see. Travelling — done it and loved it for the most part, though there were experiences I would have liked to share. Eating alone at a formal restaurant is something I admit I haven’t got the hang of. I’ll just go to a coffee place or get takeout if I’m by myself.
It sounds like Miranda has been with some very insecure men. Everyone likes to feel needed and appreciated, but if they can’t appreciate you for yourself, such as your independence, then you’re with the wrong person.
Agreed. My boyfriend doesn’t like eating out too much,usually I am the one who has to convince him. Which is quite boring.
I remember once I went out for lunch (on sunday) and I ate fish. After I told him and he was like “oooh you should have brought me tooo!”
I like seeing movies alone when I’m watching DVDs at home, but when I’m going out to the theater, I prefer to bring a friend or two, just because it’s one of the few times I get to go out and do things with people.
I’d love 2 do that. Every1 I know wants 2 go see man of steel but I wanna go see wwz. Would love 2 have confidence 2 go see it on my own.
I LOVE going to the theatre on my own. I pick the time, feature, location, do what I want before and after, don’t have to wait around for anything or anybody and only have to sneak enough candy for one person in my bra when I get there. And I pick all the candy.
Τhe first thing i noticed in this photoshoot is her flat ass. Then of course i focused on her beautiful face and i forgot about her ass. Finally, i read her interview and i thought i should stick to her face!!
you find her beautiful? she looks like a bratz doll, not precisely what I would call beautiful
Well i guess beauty is subjective! But i have to instist on one thing. Objectively she should not share her thoughts about gender roles.She is the last person i would take advice from…
I don´t like her personality and think she is full of bs, but I find her to be really pretty face wise as well, her body is a bit to skinny for my taste.
I’ve never found that exagerrated look appealing, either.
Yeah i find her face looks alien. She does look young but up close without all the makeup and photoshoping i feel she looks her age.
Yeah I agree with the flat butt comment. She’s got virtually no butt. Weird.
I’d probably break the law to have her legs. You heard it here, first.
I don’t have any problem with what she is saying. I am the same in that I like to take a traditional feminine role in the home. Now if she was telling OTHER women they must behave this way than no, that would be wrong. But she is just expressing her own comfort zone at home.
Also, as a Buddhist, I relate to what she says about non-attachment in the section about the Bling Ring thefts. I’m really liking Muranda in this interview!
“I think it is really important not to feel as a woman that you have to do and be everything.”
“If you’re really an alpha female, you don’t allow [your partner] to have the space to feel like the man in the relationship.”
Read it again, that´s exactly what she does. She is giving her opinion on relationships in general.
Besides that, her and Bloom are only married for 3 years, she can give advices when they are married for 10-15 years, but I don´t think they will make it that long. Also those cheating rumors about her don´t make her an adequate advisor when it comes to relationships.
Who wants to take marriage advice of a woman who cheats on her husband? Gross.
I agree, she is the last person to be giving advice.
I don’t remember EVER asking or wanting to know or caring what Miranda Kerr of all people thinks about ANYTHING in life.
This is why the Halo Effect is really irritating. Because people assume, and even when they don’t–celebrities assume we do, that celebrities are wicked smart because they just happen to be beautiful.
I mean what qualifies this woman to offer her opinion/advice on anything? The fact that she just happened to be born with the right configuration of symmetrical features at the time in which that particular configuration is considered attractive? So the f*** what?
She is so full of bs.
“I want to do good things with that voice.” Delusional much? Your a model, and considering you got dumped from two major brands you represented you are not a successful one, you are not an Angelina Jolie type humananitarian.
“then it would get to the point where I would take my son to the park and they’d be knocking people over”, yeah you are calling those paparazzi who are knocking people over. How else are they always finding you everday at the most random places? A park in South Africa, at a friend´s house, on an isolated island etc.
“If you’re really an alpha female, you don’t allow [your partner] to have the space to feel like the man in the relationship.”
This sexist bs, if your manhood can´t handle a strong woman you are not that much of men to beggin with. Also the best relationsjips are based on equality.
I don´t even think she believes this herself, considering she has Bloom by be the balls, she constantly cheats on him and his reaction are awkward damage control photo ops, she just wants to play into her good mother and wife image, even though Bloom seems to spend more time with their kid.
On a superficial note where did her ass go?
“I would think, ‘OK, it is what it is, it’s fine, they are just doing their job’, and then it would get to the point where I would take my son to the park and they’d be knocking people over – it was disturbing not only my world, but everyone’s around me, too. I thought, ‘How are we going to live peacefully like this, when I can’t even go to the park with my son? Something’s got to change.’”
@stellalovejoydiver: Yes. It definitely seems like she calls them. She’s been paparazzi pimping that kid since birth. The two worst culprits for that are her and Alba, and their kids looked to be trained to ham-it-up for the cameras with big smiles, etc.
I don’t care for her, but I’m sure there are young women who do. If she wants to do good works and use her position as a public figure to promote good causes, good for her. But so far it seems like she is more about promoting Miranda Kerr above and beyond anything else.
I don’t think a “real man” needs you to pretend to be helpless so that he can feel important. We all need help sometimes, Including men. She seems harmless, just maybe immature?
She seems a bit vapid, but she does have a lovely body – I just wish they’d stop photoshopping the hell out of these girls – it’s just ridiculous at this point.
A vapid, not too bright model. What a shock.
I doubt there’s much photo shopping going on here. She looks just as fabulous on the street in jeans.
You wonder why half of marriages end in divorce. Two alphas vying for control? Think about it. Miranda has a point whether people like to admit it or not.
ITA. I was single for a long time before I got with my husband and that was a huge issue with us. He called me a alpha male and referred to us as a same sex couple. I’m not big on the word submissive but I had to realize that some men are turned off by that “I am woman, hear me roar” attitude. If you want to do it all on your own, then why have a partner?
Why would you want to change yourself so much for someone just for the sake of being with him. If your husband is intimidated by you being a strong woman then that´s his problem, not yours.
It’s not about alpha male or alpha female. It’s not about gender or gender roles. It’s about learning how to step back and make concessions some times, and how to step forward and claim decisions at others. BOTH people need to work on that in order to form an intelligent partnership. There’s no ” your gender should behave like this, my gender should behave like this.” There’s teamwork, and stepping up or back when needed. That requires adult levels of perception, which aren’t required for the mindless assignation of gender roles.
You have a very different concept of partner than me. When I think partner, I think equals working together to achieve a common goal (in this case a happy relationship).
People are in relationships because they want a partner in life, not a master.
I agree with stella and greenie. It’s all about teamwork and acceptance of each other as individuals. Making concessions to egos and insecurities doesn’t bode well for a happy, secure relationship, in my experience.
Yep, all those marriages from the 1950’s were the ultimate example of happiness and all of that because women let their husbands run their lives. They were so much happier. Mad Men shows it the best way.
If your concept of a successful relationship is that one is the dominant alpha, the other the submissive, then no it probably won´t work out. Relationships in which both partners are equals are the most successful ones.
They´ve only been married for 3 years, she can gives advices when they are married for 10, 15 years.
Also there are a lot of cheating rumors about her, that´s not a factor contributing to a fulfilling, successful marriage.
@Stellalovejoydiver: I’m agreeing with you again. I’d rather be alone for the rest of my life than be with someone for all the wrong reasons. Changing who I am is a huge reason not to be someone.
Notice how the make is not expected to change who he is….. just saying.
Yeah, both partners have to make compromises in a relationship. I live in Germany, and here it is becoming increasingly common that the man takes time off to take care of the newborn and the wife gets back to her job after a couple of months. In Sweden and other Western European countries that´s pretty common as well.
We don´t have a strong macho culture here in Germany, 1 out of 7 women get sexually assaulted in their life whereas in America 1 out of 3 women get sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
A good relationship doesn’t have to be about two alphas vying for control OR the man taking a dominant, authority role and the woman taking a submissive role. It needs to be about equality and both partners being willing to compromise and make sacrifices, as others have said.
From what I’ve heard, there was more abuse and cheating was more one-sided back in ‘the good old days’, and women were often expected to just put up with it because divorce was scandalous and women were dependent on men. Plus marital rape was legal. Women were basically owned by their husbands. So just because marriage lasted longer in the days before society began to accept divorce doesn’t mean it was better.
No good comes from that ‘women must be subordinate to men’, ‘a woman must submit unto her husband’ bullshit, despite what any brainwashed might think. Both sexes being told for thousands of years that women are to be submissive and owned by men is one of the major reasons for male entitlement when it comes to women, which is the main reason for rape and all kinds of misogynistic problems in the world.
There was a time about a year ago where Australian media was drumming up ‘news’ about her almost daily, keeping her in our faces on online sites. Ninemsn being the worst. I never clicked on them. The daily mail tried hard to push her as well for some reason. I don’t see the appeal.
It is rumored that she is paying those sites to post about her.
That would have to be it.
I get what she’s saying, and I agree with her at least in my experience. I know I tend to be alpha female, feminist, independent but that doesn’t work for a relationship if you’re that way 100% of the time. I mean, if you’re so independent, why even bother with a relationship? It’s ok to let your partner take control every once and a while without giving up your female strength (that hopefully he loved you for in the first place).
Interesting that women are always expected to do the work in a relationship and they are blamed when they husbands cheat, men are never told to give up on their independence when getting married.
You don’t understand concept of feminism if you think it’s up to the women to make a relationship successful while the men as usual don’t hold any responsibility.
Being independent, for me, does not have anything to do with control. It just means you do not feel the need to rely on people to do things for you that you can do by yourself. You are comfortable with doing things for yourself and by yourself. I am independent and am actively seeking a relationship with a man. I do not need a man to survive. I need a man for love, sex, magic, and emotional support.
No one in a healthy relationship should ever feel controlled or controlling. A relationship is about mutual support, respect, and love. The only person we can ever control is ourselves. I think what you mean by giving up “control” is sometimes you act passive. Which is ego stroking- which is a giant step backwards for feminism. Feminism is about dismissing gender roles that constrain everyone. Calling someone an alpha male or female is a type of socialization.
I love the reactions on this thread.
^^^ This.
When I first got together with my fiance we were having a discussion about relationships and whatnot. He said to me ‘I’m glad you need me in your life.’ My response was ‘I don’t need you in my life, my life was complete before you came along. You’re in my life because I think you’re wonderful and I WANT you in it.’
It’s a small but very important distinction.
I don’t think she is so wrong on the relationship thing. First, she’s saying what works for her & everyone’s relationship is different so if that works for them then great. Second, everyone likes to feel “needed” so asking for help or saying I can’t do it all I need you is okay sometimes. But that’s just what works for my other half & I, not everyone.
I guess it really depends on the relationship. We just celebrated our 11 year anny yesterday and I can truly say that we’re equal partners. We each play to our own strengths. But I have never *ever* played helpless so my husband could feel like a big man, lol.
Our lives are so busy between work, kids, etc. that I can’t imagine not doing something I was capable of doing just so I could ask him to help me. Puh-lease.
Congratulations on your anniversary!
Thanks! It was kind of uneventful – we were hit hard by a big storm a few weeks ago and had trees on the house, no power, no phones, no internet… AND we’ve been renovating! So all I wanted to do was have a nice, quiet evening at home – just perfect!
I could never be attracted to a man who is so insecure that I need to dumb myself down and play a damsel in distress so that his fragile ego doesn’t feel emasculated.
Where does the notion come that dominant women want a sumbissive or weak man?
That’s bullshit, I’m dominant and want those same characteristics in a man too. Otherwise I would be bored.
I think anyone in a successful marriage can understand what she’s saying.
As a woman in a successful marriage you need to step back sometimes and be a wife, not just the independent woman you may be in the workplace.
Men usually don’t like to feel like they’re being dominated, so you have to always consider they’re feelings. Not necessarily with your words, but with your actions. By asking them for help, even when you may be able to do it yourself, you re-establish the balance and make him feel masculine.
“By asking them for help, even when you may be able to do it yourself, you re-establish the balance and make him feel masculine.”
I don’t understand. You need to make the man feel masculine so that the man feels comfortable in his role in the relationship? That sounds so pathetic, and yet I think you’re right. Although I prefer to just say relationships are about give and take rather than about prescribed gender roles.
Well, men have needs we don’t. My husband’s husband felt emasculated by his wife. He did make some dumb decisions which made her question a lot of his decisions. But in couples therapy, she realized it had carried over into their whole relationship, the way she treated him. I get what she’s saying and depending on the dynamic in a relationship as all are different, a man feeling not important or emasculated can come in different forms in the marriage.
Sounds to me that the problem is with the husband not the wife and instead of working on the root of the problem (the reason why the husband needs a wife who’s “submissive”) the woman gets the blame and needs to change for the marriage to work, what exactly did the man do to make his marriage work?
Oh and what do you mean “men have needs, we don’t”? Who’s we, what needs, do all men have them and not a single women on earth does too? Does this just apply to heterosexual couples or gay ones too?
@Jayna I’m guessing there’s a typo in your post somewhere because otherwise it is truly a mind-bender 🙂
@layna I think she means that men have needs that women dont have. The male ego is extremely fragile, yes even the liberal open minded male ego is fragile. So easily bruised.
I would hope both partners in a relationship would consider each OTHER’s feelings when making major moves.
I’d rather people be equally considerate rather than constantly worrying about whether you are going to hurt someone’s fragile ego or piss him off.
And as for masculinity (or femininity), how a person feels about themselves should primarily come from within, instead of needing everyone to validate who you are.
I truly don’t understand asking for help when you don’t need it to help boost your man’s ego. My husband and I have been together since 1996 and I have never once asked him for help just to make him feel more like a man. That seems odd to me. If I need help with something I’ll ask for it but the whole pretending to need help thing I don’t understand. It seems like game playing.
If the rumors about Miranda are true she’s the last person that should be dispensing marital advice.
@BoxyLady, LOL, “my husband’s husband” was a typo.
What she’s saying is that she doesn’t really give a crap about her marriage but she had to say something publically so people will think she does.
Exactly they haven’t been seen together in months and she’s cheating all over the place. Whoever takes her marriage advice seriously needs to reassess their lives, she’s a model who has been married for 3 years and they were not even together half of that time. It pretty sad that there are still so many women around willing to dumb themselves down to please insecure men’s ego’s.
She has an odd way with words (e.g. “I am dominant in my career,” “my character is generally very joyful and accepting”). It comes across as if she’s trying to sound intelligent/profound, but she just sound weird.
I think it’s funny when models think they are wise and more important than they actually are. Talking hangers…there’s a disney cartoon missing a not really needed extra??
I understand her point. Had she used non-specific gender terms regarding relationships, I would agree, in part, with some of her points. I know I am still beating my chest about this but if we could just get away from putting “traditional” in front of gender and stick with non-specific terms, it would benefit both feminism and the LGBT communities.
This exactly. Relationships are partnerships involving constant give and take. No one sane of either gender or any sexual orientation wants to live with a doormat for a partner.
I don’t like the word traditional, either, mainly because it encourages stereotyping. I take care of my man, but he takes care of me, too. But it’s a natural give-and-take. He doesn’t need me to act less independent in order for him to feel needed any more than I need to diminish him to make me feel empowered. I’ve been in relationships with these kinds of power struggles and they’re not worth it.
Well said.
I think both men and women need help sometimes and I think that both men and women need to make some sacrifices in order for a relationship to work. If one person is making all the sacrifices, it’s not going to work out.
Pretty face, crazy body. Not much underneath it all though.
Everyone wants to feel needed in their home life. I mean, sure I could use a stepping stool for high shelves and a knife for opening jars if I wanted to, but why not let my man feel needed by asking for his help with those things? (That’s not laziness, it’s me making my man feel needed!)
No man I’ve ever dated would feel “needed” just because he was taller than me.
Everyone needs to feel wanted and loved and appreciated. I wouldn’t feel loved and appreciated by being used as a stepstool.
I agree. My husband likes to do things for me because it makes him feel good to take care of me. It’s not that I can’t do these things for myself, or that I’m playing dumb or helpless, but I will ask for his help because I know it makes him feel good. It’s not, “Oh, I’m too stupid to do this, I need your manly penis powers” but rather, “Oh, I would really appreciate your help with this”. It makes him happy and it makes me happy, I don’t see the harm!
You don’t see the harm b/c you’re simplifying what she said and ignoring certain parts of it. It’s beyond opening the pickle jar. She is going out of her way to say that she goes out of her way to make sure that he feels needed. No one should have to do that. I’m sure you don’t consciously make day to day choices and keep yourself in check for your husband’s ego. Kerr’s also saying it’s not who she is. She compares the control she has in her career, to giving it up or letting him control their relationship. And she does it (or claims to do it) b/c it’s the feminine role. Women want this and men need that. Kerr doesn’t sound all that happy about it and she’s not saying it makes men happy either. It’s a must so they can feel like “A MAN”. It’s about ego and it sounds like she’s performing. It’s not giving or caring in the way you described your marriage. This seems exhausting and unsustainable. She makes Bloom and all the other men she’s dated sound like weak minded, insecure losers. I’m not even all that sure what she means to be saying. B/c if you follow through on the thought, it’s like she’s saying they wouldn’t ever feel like men or have confidence if it wasn’t for her efforts to LET them dominate.
Uh, Amber, I was completely joking, as I thought my last sentence illustrated. If I ask my man to get something off a tall shelf, it’s precisely because I’m being lazy. More often that not he’ll grumble that he’s busy and I should do it myself.
I responded to @Rachel R. But it doesn’t seem like Rachel or Emily thought you were joking either.
LOL, sorry. I thought what I was saying was so absurd no one could take it seriously. I’ll be better with the emoticons next time. 😉
I think she comes across well in that interview.
Oh please, sorry Kerr but I don’t believe even for a second that Orlando Bloom is dominant in anything in his life! They are only married for 3 years, they haven’t been seen together in months, they’re on other sides of the world (she’s in NY, he’s in New Zealand) and according to numerous reports she’s been cheating all over the place. Who is she to give marriage advice to anybody?? She’s a model, nothing more.
I mentioned in my post above that I’m not really sure what her jibber jabber means. But she made herself and Bloom look bad and I don’t know why you’d say something like this in an interview… unless she wants to depict their relationship this way. I mean, if she’s dumb enough to believe the crap she’s saying she may well be dumb enough to say it completely oblivious to how poorly it will come across. But she plays this “I’m a traditional, humble girl” card all the time. Kerr never makes a move that isn’t posed and calculated.
Frankly, I’m quite shocked that people at the DAILY MAIL!!! were more annoyed/bothered/offended and dismissive of this than the commenters here. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2346004/Miranda-Kerr-reveals-prefers-backseat-marriage-husband-Orlando-Bloom.html It’s not only feminist eye-rolling either. It’s people saying that’s not a way to build a healthy relationship. Or what does she know when she and Bloom barely see one another. There are also many people pointing out that they don’t believe what she’s saying and a lingerie model who formerly worked for VS (getting trashier and tackier by the day), who poses presenting her butt like a baboon, is playing it fast and loose w/ the word “traditional”.
People commenting at ONTD were even less “understanding” http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/78936518.html?page=11. Their article ended with this quote, “The 2008 National Survey of Married Couples found [this] wisdom may rightfully be outdated: “Most of the couples (81%) where both spouses perceived the relationship as equalitarian were happily married, while most of the couples (82%) where both spouses perceived their relationship as traditional were mainly unhappy.”
Thanks for your comment, I’ve read both ONTD and DM comments and I must say I’m also surprised to see some of the comments on here. I think the biggest problem with Kerr is her inability to create one solid image, it’s as if her team says; alright lets try all of them and see which one sticks. Remember this woman was both ambassador of an airline (Qantas) and environmental charities like Earth Hour and Global Green, although she hasn’t done anything for them besides attending their events. She is talking about healthy living while advertising soda’s in Asia (Lipton Ice Tea), creating an Organic skincare line while promoting Clear Shampoo (full of chemicals) and Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics. She wants to be known as this sex-symbol posing naked more often then the average pornstar and talks about how traditional she is at the same time. She talks about how great her marriage is when she’s on the other side of the world then her hubby going to a party in a see-through dress with her lingerie showing (see newest article on DM). She says the paparazzi are stalking her when they find her in the most random places on a regular basis wearing a designer outfit with her hair and make-up perfect done smiling and posing happily. She should make up her mind because she’s losing all credibility fast. Frankly I can’t decide if she has the worst PR team possible or the most brilliant one, time will tell I guess.
Um, excuse you @Littlewood, Miranda led a live yoga class on Youtube for Earth Hour. She gives. LOL. It’s like @stellalovejoydiver and @mercyme said in the 4th spot. Everything Kerr does that’s “selfless” or charitable is either lip service and she doesn’t actually do anything (she’s literally only done a few red carpets for GG. She doesn’t even go to their other events) or she completely undermines it with her actions and/or for a buck. IMHO, no environmentalist, free-spirited, hippie would cash checks from VS (or write a book like “Treasure Yourself”. What a hypocrite.) If you were a humble,Green Queen Buddhist, you definitely wouldn’t wear thousands of dollars in designer clothes (to be worn ONCE), changing trendy leather bags once a month. And she tells people to buy organic…
For me, Kate Moss forever put to rest the dressing for the paps thing. She said she never did it FOR them, but she stopped dressing up because of them. In not giving them something to photograph everyday, the chance for some privacy is worth more than the PR and admiration that comes w/ being a “street style icon”/paparazzi target/tabloid page filler. Kerr’s comments on the paps have the same tone as the ones on marriage. No wonder the other VS models couldn’t stand her. She’s phony and calculating, and always trying to sell you something, including her put-on image (remember the Vogue/Katy Perry quote?). Not to mention, Miranda has an uncanny ability to disappear and not be seen for weeks at a time. They aren’t stalking her. I’ve seen videos of her w/ the paps, she adores them. She takes her sweet time, chats and flirts. I’ve never seen ANY other celeb behave like that. (She’s even more obvious and desperate on red carpets.) Even in photos you can tell that she’s posing. She does some of the same poses in real photo shoots! She calls them and probably pays too, LeAnn style. Cuz like I said, there can be gaps and dips in the coverage. It went down significantly when she was let go by David Jones and then it took another hit when VS fired her. I mean, please. I can’t remember seeing a pap photo of like Will Smith. Cameron Diaz and other celebs live in NYC and they aren’t papped a quarter as much. And if they are, (like Naomi Watts) they don’t get the exquisitely timed, perfectly framed, flattering photos that Kerr gets. How is it that Bloom manages to go forever w/out being papped if the media’s so fascinated and obsessed w/ the Kerr-Blooms?
Exactly, there is nothing left to be said about Miranda Kerr.
Miranda’s secret for a happy marriage : Cheat on your husband all the time, only spend time with him when the camera is rolling and don’t forget to pimp your child for publicity.
I have no idea what she was trying to say. Men and women both need to feel important and loved and appreciated. I think it’s possible she was trying to say something like this, but I also think it’s more probable that she was parroting stupid “traditional” gender role men are from Mars women are from Venus harmful nonsense.
One thing I am sure of: this woman is not smart. Why must magazines ask models things like this?
what i never understood is why men should accept alpha women but women refuse to accept beta men.
how many of you truly want a guy that earns less and does the household?
i’ve read quite a lot about this because i also always thought “its the guys fault”. most professionally succesful women disrespect their less earning men based on their lower income, lots of them dont even want to share the money because “its mine, not his” and lots of women still see only the status the men brings into the relationship, not what he offers as a human being.
i know two stay at home dads and they get support by their male friends, the women laugh about them behind their backs and the wives stopped having sex with them because they dont see them as “manly” anymore. thats really pissing me off, that women who have taken every advantage feminism offerend them and then they are not ready to accept new roles for men aswell.
face it most men want submissive women and most women want dominant men. the hate men that are not dominant get is extreme, especially from women.
Yes, you are right, Maria. Just because a man does not make as much money does not make him less of a man. I admit, I have been guilty of thinking less of a man because he does not have a good job. but an alpha female needs a beta man sometimes to balance her out.
sometimes when two alphas try to date, each is trying to be the boss so it doesn’t work. my ex and i are both that way. we still talk and love each other, but I dont think he is willing to make the compromises necessary for us both to be happy. I would compromise if he would, but if he won’t, why should I? he is older, I am not sure if it is possible to teach an old dog new tricks, lol. so I get what you are saying
I would like to have a husband like that. But I live in Germany where it is becoming incresingly common that the husband takes time off after having a baby and the wife goes back to work after a couple of weeks/months. It is quite common in Sweden and other Western European countries.
Personally I think it is more manly that a guy doesn´t need it for his ego that he makes more money than the wife, is a hands-on dad and helps in the household.
This is hilarious. I doubt her marriage will last for the rest of her life let alone for another 5 years. We’ll have the last laugh when the divorce is filed. This woman’s career is based on submission and catering to men’s desires. Sure, she makes millions from it because sex sells, but I doubt she will ever know what it is like to be an average woman who needs the balls to navigate a real career and a family, oftentimes without a man or a good man. I agree with one comment I saw on Yahoo which was this:
Time out. She walks down runways and she’s “dominant” in her career? I can only assume she is equating making money to being dominate, but walking around in underwear is hardly grounds to proclaim yourself anything more than hot.
“This woman’s career is based on submission and catering to men’s desires.” and writing a book for young impressionable girls called “Treasure Yourself”…. Yes, you keep treasuring yourself while crawling naked on the floor covered in oil in front of Terry Richardson’s camera and then do interviews talking about how you’re supposed to be submissive to your husband to be a good wife, Miranda!!
Booty-tooch much?
This still isn’t quite as bad as what that dumb bitch Gabrielle Reece said, and the misogynistic responses it got from (mostly right-wing) men on yahoo. Between her and Serena Williams, these famous women really need to watch what they say.
Yet you are using the word ‘bitch’ to shun misogynistic women.
True. Maybe I should call women like Gabrielle, Serena, and Dr. Laura Dumb Harpies of the Patriarchy instead of dumb bitches.
I’m sorry but I find her incredibly annoying. She’s such a hypocrite sometimes. Is she always looking for publicity? Adriana Lima seems to love her husband & children dearly. She really did sacrifice part of her career to spend more time with them. Yet she manages to do everything out of the public eye. She would never pose for Net-a-Porter magazine and dish on her marriage while giving out advice. Adriana is genuine, Miranda is a fame-seeker!
Miranda is really dumb.http://m.thevine.com.au/#article/4698
Hm. I’m not offended by what she said, it’s just her opinion. SHE feels like she needs a man, and that’s okay, but she definitely doesn’t speak for the rest of us! Personally, I don’t need a man but I want one; I could do it all on my own if I wanted to, but it’s not preferable to me. To each their own. And in my experience, she’s right about sort of stroking your man’s ego a bit by asking for their help, their advice, etc. It’s a fundamental part of human relationships, that people like to feel needed, important, relevant. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Furthermore, I see no reason for anyone to be offended by this stuff unless they somehow feel that this woman is speaking for them. Which clearly she is not.
maybe if she didn’t treat everything like a calculated game, she wouldn’t be having marital problems… she “lets” him take control so he can feel good about himself? How nice of her. Ugh.
In her mind, do all “alpha females” cheat on their husbands?
These snippets of “wise” advice make me gag. I feel sorry for her husband. She’s terrible. Nice body and cute baby, but she really should stop talking all together.
She should never talk – her shampoo commercials are terrible and her face translates much better in print. She should just stick to photos. I saw red carpet footage with Orlando once and it was embarrassing – she just loved the attention a bit too much.
She sounds like the female Zoolander.
LOL
I am a woman that definitely likes having a loving and supportive partner in her life. I feel there’s a lot of “I need no man, I can make it on my own” going around, but while I, personally, have no problem making it on my own, I would always prefer having someone to share it with.
There’s nothing wrong in having a partner you trust enough to let yourself show weakness in front of. It’s great!
usually not a fan of her legs, but they look gorgeous in pic #2. 😉