Models Talking (Lying?) About What They Eat
July 29th, 2010
Posted by Skinny Gurl
Here is a video of models talking (lying?) about what they eat. They interview Vlada Roslyakova with Kasia Struss for part of the segment. Vlada laughs pretty hard when they ask her, I wonder what she is saying. Snejana Onopka closes the video.
I have no idea what they are saying, can anyone translate for us? I’m very curious as to what they are saying and if they are telling the truth. I’d love it if one of them said something like “Eat, what are you talking about? I starve.” [which, as it turns out, is almost exactly what Snejana says in the video.] – “I only eat veggies and drink diet soda.” – “Fruits, veggies and water.”
In any case, at least we get to look at some lovely eye candy!
Update: Here is the English translation. It isn’t word for word, but you’ll get the basic idea of what they are saying. Thanks so much for translating Anya!!!! XO ~ Skinny Gurl
Reporter says “Let’s see what they feed them here backstage.. sandwiches — interesting, how after eating such food, how do models stay thin?.. a piece of bread with butter and cheese” Then she talks about the “ideal figure” for models and says if someone thinks they get that way from some type of training or diet, they’re wrong.
“It’s not that models don’t watch what they eat”.. but backstage, they sometimes offer models sandwiches and sweets.
Chanel Iman says they’re in Milan so she’s going to eat pizza and gelato.
The reporter says “What do they feed models backstage?” and Vlada says “Oh, you’ve seen? Haha.. Tea (chai).. It’s good if they have tea, usually they have coffee.. some croissants.. usually also sandwiches that you can’t eat — especially after already eating in New York — eat in Milan, Paris, already..” (voice trails off)
Then Hanne Gaby says “It’s hard to find time to eat a normal meal.. backstage they usually have sandwiches, chips, or something like that.. and for dinner I try to eat soup or something else, definitely light and healthy.”
Chanel Iman says “I always try to bring my own food, I don’t like eating backstage because there are too many people touching the food here.”
Then the reporter says “But isn’t this backstage food bad for the figure?” and Nimue Smit says “No.” The reporter says “And you haven’t seen any changes in your figure?” and Nimue says “No, you run around all day, and you need the energy, so you eat healthy.”
Then Vlada says “But you know, in a way, for a month we survive it/tough it out, but I do try for breakfast to eat well in the hotel.. jam, oatmeal, pancakes.. then, at the end of the day, whatever..”
Then Snejana Onopka says “You know, basically, we eat nothing.. your stomach works for the time being.”
Wowww I was not expecting Vlada to sound like that
i wish i knew what they were saying!!!!someone, please translate… i am 5’10 and 118 lbs and i feel huuuuuuge. i have to lose 10-12 pounds to be ok. thanks for this site, it’s so thinspiring. (btw any good advices about premenstrual bloating, it’s killing me :/ …)
Well, if you keep losing weight, you´ll stop having a period. Problem solved. And in case you´re wondering, i´m being sarcastic.
Hey LIly, I am 5’10 as well, am a lacto-vegetarian and weigh a good 25 pounds more then you, I feel disgusting everday… How did you get down to where you are? I’ve gotten down to 125 but after that I find the weightloss just stops…
Girls, you will love me, haha.. I speak russian so I understand everything they said. I won’t translate every little thing cuz I don’t have time, but here’s how it goes:
Reporter says “Let’s see what they feed them here backstage.. sandwiches — interesting, how after eating such food do models stay thin?.. a piece of bread with butter and cheese” Then she talks about the “ideal figure” for models and says if someone thinks they get that way from some type of training or diet, they’re wrong.
“It’s not that models don’t watch what they eat”.. but backstage, they feed models sandwiches and sweets.
The model who looks like Chanel Iman (don’t know if it is, I can’t read russian only speak it) says they’re often in Milan so they eat a lot of pizza and ice cream.
The reporter says “What do they feed models backstage?” and Vlada says “Oh, you’ve seen? Haha.. Tea (chai).. It’s good if they have tea, usually they have coffee.. some croissants.. usually also sandwiches that you can’t — especially after already eating in New York — eat in Milan, Paris, already..” (voice trails off, so I don’t know what she was going to say)
Then the next model (with the green scarf) says “It’s hard to find time to eat a normal meal.. backstage they usually feed us sandwiches, chips, or something like that.. and for dinner I try to eat soup or something else but definitely healthy.”
Then Chanel Iman (or whoever) says “I always try to bring my own food rather than eating backstage, but there are too many rules about food here.”
Then the reporter says “But isn’t this type of food (backstage food) bad for the figure?” and the model in the striped shirt says “No.” The reporter says “And you haven’t seen any changes in your figure?” and the model says “No, you run around all day, and you need the energy, so you’ll eat everything they give you”
Then Vlada says “But you know, in a way, for a month we survive through it/tough it out, but I try for breakfast to eat very well in the hotel.. jam, oatmeal, pancakes.. then at the end of the day, however it goes/ whatever..”
Then the model after her (sitting down, gray sweatshirt) says “You know, in principal, nothing.. your stomach works for the time being.”
I love you Anya!!! Thanks so much! I owe you!!! I just added your translation to the original post : )
XOXO
~ S.G.
actually Iman says “I always try to bring my own food rather than eating backstage, but there are too many hands touching the food here”
that doesn’t make sense…. if there are “too many hands touching the food here” then why doesn’t she bring her own food? I think the original translation was more accurate..
Chanel said:
“I always try to bring my own food rather than eating backstage. Here too many people touch food.”
I translated almost everything, I got really interested in what they were saying, lol. Thanks skinny gurl! Please post (or send me) more videos like this.. or let me know where you found it.
Anya – I’ll email you tomorrow about the videos : ) I’m headed to bed for the night.
I think what Vlada said is pretty believable. I mean, I sometimes eat breakfast, then I have to go somewhere, then I work out about 3 hours, then maybe I go to the pool or have to go grocery shopping or somewhere else.. and by the time I get home it’s late and I don’t even want to eat anymore!.. but that’s only SOME days, if it were ALWAYS like that, I’d probably be as skinny as Vlada. It also takes discipline to work all the time and not just say “Screw it all.”
jesus chanel iman is gorgeous
Wow.
Thanks Anya! Without your translation I only understand “figure… coffee…food… ehm, no” (Well, that was also the message I expected – I was kind o surprised when they talked about sandwiches nd pancakes, lol)
I actually like Vlada´s voice!
thanks for the translation!
i believe they eat the sandwiches and pancakes. it’s true that when you’re on your feet all day, it’s really easy to stay skinny.
That’s true!
I had a job one summer where I was on my feet all day and lost nearly ten pounds without any effort!
They probably don’t eat all that much anyway, so even if they are eating that stuff, odds are the calories are burnt off pretty quickly.
I’m a little skeptical. I believe they eat bites of things like sandwiches and pancakes, but not very much. How often have we seen pictures of high fashion models eating more than a bite or two of a pancake or a sandwich? I’ve never seen it. I only see them eating fruit, veggies, or drinking tea/coffee…sometimes the occasional bite of a breakfast pastry.
Some additional translation:
1. “The model who looks like Chanel Iman” – it is Chanel Iman.
2. “Then the next model (with the green scarf)” – Hanne Gaby Odiele.
3. “Then Chanel Iman (or whoever) says “I always try to bring my own food rather than eating backstage, but there are too many rules about food here.”” – Actually, she says that too many hands touch food here. So, it’s not about rules.
4. “the model in the striped shirt” – Nimue Smit.
5. “the model after her (sitting down, gray sweatshirt)” – Snejana Onopka
Also, right before “The reporter says “What do they feed models backstage?””:
Viktoriya Sasonkina says “So the model comes to the show and at first wonders where can we eat here? Where is food here? Then after eating goes make-up, hair etc.”
Thanks Mol! I really appreciate the additional translation : )
XO
oops, lol, that’s what happens when I mix russian and english – I was thinking of the english “rules” rather than the russian “hands” (which both sound similar)
Everything else I think is right though.
yeah, I thought so XD
thank you for translation~
Forgot to add, Vlada’s voice quite surprised me. It’s nice.
whoa 0:26 want some bread with that butter?? XD eww
I love that there was all that food but pretty much the only thing we actually saw them eat was apples LOL.
Great vid, thanks for the translation!
“I bring my own food.”
I trasnlate that into.. I’m telling you that I bring my own food.. then I’m gonna tell you that I eat it in my “trailer” but really what I mean is I don’t eat.. and I’m perfect.
Then the reporter says “But isn’t this type of food (backstage food) bad for the figure?” and the model in the striped shirt says “No.” The reporter says “And you haven’t seen any changes in your figure?” and the model says “No, you run around all day, and you need the energy, so you’ll eat everything they give you”
I heard “No you run around all day and burn off lots of energy so you eat healthy” Not sure if that’s right or not though.
That was Chanel Iman
Boy Snejana surely is honest.
I don’t think they’re lying, I think they do eat, but never really finished what they eat. Either they only eat like a bite of everything they sed or go purge after that.
OR they’re naturally gifted and skinny. I’m almost model skinny – my hips are only one inch wider then most models and I’m 5’11″ so one the taller range anyways and I never dieted until recently to lose that last inch. But with all their stress and running around and what these models do they HAVE to eat a decent amount of food else they’d constantly pass out and eventually end up in a hospital for ED’s and not keep reoccurring on the runways every season.
Uhh. Kasia is so cute at 1.59 laughing.. And Vladas voice is pretty funny-but I like it
But i do not like Hanne-Gaby Odile eating-why can’t she close her mouth?! Uhh!!
Anyway.. the video is great
It was Chanel Iman, indeed and he girl with the green scarf is Hanne Gaby Odiele and the girl in the striped shirt is Nimuë Smit.