Tags: Melyssa Ford

For some reason, Olivia Munn has become a favorite even in the urban market, which is somewhat strange given her relative lack of curves for that niche.
Anyway, I posted these because of the amazing, photo-realistic retouching more than anything. Urban photographers and magazine editors need to take note - this is how you do it.

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I can't tell you how many times I see this sort of thing. A photographer shoots a dope model but decides he wants to either: 1) keep her all to himself for future shoots, or 2) put his photo branding ahead of her name recognition. Models, you will never get anywhere from this arrangement. There are countless anonymous models floating around the net like this -- girls who could've been recruited for bigger and better things like music videos or magazines and made money, had they been more in control of their images.

This should have been part of the "Getting Quality Photos" post in the Model Advice section, so I'll add it there. By the way, nothing against this particular photographer. I actually think this is a pretty good photo. You can check out his work here.

It's important to remember the foundations of the genre. Eboni Renee was XXL's Eye Candy in March 2003 and Eye Candy of the Year in 2004. But Eboni hit the video vixen scene right before it reached its peak, so her fame didn't mean the same thing monetarily as it did for girls that came later, like Buffie. Anyway, she also marks one of the few times in the history of video vixens a darker model was on top regrettably. I couldn't find any verifiable contact pages for Eboni, so I guess you'll just have to settle for nostalgia.

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Julexa has remained a favorite urban model of mine for a while now, not so much because of extreme bodily proportions - she's admittedly modest on curves compared to the current crop of eye candy models. But because, in addition to being featured in SHOW and KING magazines, she also managed to snag a PZI Jeans campaign and keep things classy. Now she's trying to start her music career and has a single out ("Party Train") with Busta Rhymes. You can catch Julexa on Twitter here.

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Still one of the best in the game.... Check out her website here.

Tags: Maliah Michel

Nothing like taking photos out of the archives. Can you imagine the gems we might get of vixens like Melyssa if someone took the time to post some of those shots that didn't make it into the magazine.

Tags: Bria Myles