May 18, 2008-May 24, 2008
The topic for this week’s “YouTube Videos of the Week” post is all about models slipping and falling on runways. I personally chose this topic for I can see that a lot of internet users seem to be craving for it. Last April 29, 2008, I created a post about the fall of Rachel Smith (the Miss Universe candidate for
Video #1: This video is a compilation of super models (quoted and unquoted) slip and fall not only on runways but also on places wherein walking with grace can be done. It’s a bit retro so just bear with the video quality. Anyway, you won’t notice it the moment you started viewing it. The clips are absolutely funny, especially the last one. The background music does make you laugh, too. I never thought Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” can be such a comedic song. It reminds me of the “White Chicks” movie.
Video #2: I must say that this next video is the funniest of the three. It is a clip of an NBC news program reporting about a model falling twice in a fashion show that took place in
I won’t describe the footage for you. Just watch it and see how it’ll drive you crazy.
Video #3: This third video may either make you laugh or make you feel sorry. It is about a gag program featuring a Bulgarian fashion show wherein six women slipped and fell on the very same runway. Well, that’s quite a great number of victims, isn’t it?
Certainly, the cause of these six accidents is not the models’ carelessness anymore but the runway’s slippery surface. At the near end of the video, you’ll see the utility men trying to roughen the floor a bit. That was totally a dumb act, I may say. It’s just too late. The show’s ending so soon!
