iPod shadow dancer can't afford iPod
Mandy Coulton (not pictured) is one of the dancers in Apple's very successful dancing silhouette advertisements for the ubiquitous iPod. This in and of itself isn't newsworthy, however, what if I told you that Mandy can't afford to buy herself an iPod?Ok, still not that newsworthy but it is kinda fun to read about. It seems that Apple paid Ms. Coulton a mere $1500 to dance her fanny off in the commercial but what with rent and car payments Ms. Coulton couldn't afford the $400 for an iPod (I wonder if she knew about the Shuffle or the mini). Now before you start mocking her (though I may have started already) she had this to say for herself, "At the time, $1,500 seemed a lot of money - but now my picture is absolutely everywhere. But I'm not bitter or anything."
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Mandy Coulton (not pictured) is one of the dancers in Apple's very successful dancing silhouette advertisements for the ubiquitous iPod....
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#15 - damn right sign me up to! #16 - ouch, not sure if she's that attractive though good job she was only in shadow!
August 26 2005 at 3:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOh, from looking at her auction, she said she was a DANCER. Wink Wink, Nod Nod. "She said she was a dancer. If I believed it, it was my business She surely knew a thing or two about control. Next to the bar we hit the samovar. She almost slipped right through my fingers. It was snowing outside and in her soul. Well, maybe you're a dancer, and maybe I'm the King of Old Siam. I thought it through... best to let the illusion roll. I wouldn't say I've never heard that tale before, my frozen little senorita, but if your dream is good, why not share it when the nights are cold?" from the song "She Said She was a Dancer" by Jethro Tull
August 26 2005 at 1:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBoo Hoo Hoo. Yet another attractive white girl that we all pity. Can anyone say Aruba?
August 26 2005 at 12:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply$1500 for a day's work.. sign me up! Scott is right, in modeling you have to get the tear sheets that's what it's all about. Plus I know for a fact that there are models that get paid a helluva lot less.
August 26 2005 at 12:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHaving worked as a model (a couple eons ago) in fashion (e.g., Versace), I'll tell you that there is a "catch 22" concept. The more big tear sheets you have (i.e., print ads you've appeared in, which you literally tear out of the publication and put in your book), the more interest you'll get just because of those tear sheets. It's getting that first big tear sheet that is the challenge. So, that was Mandy's big break, and if her agent hasn't clean up on that opportunity for her--which she obviously hasn't if she can't afford a freakin' iPod!--she should find a new agent!
August 26 2005 at 9:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHey she is even on ebay?! That's classic. She can't afford to get an iPod but by the time this post hit, I bet someone somewhere will give her one now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7536415681
August 26 2005 at 8:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"i'm the dancer in those famous and exclusive ads but i can't afford one of those things nor would they give me one". sorry it wasnt a quote from anywhere. i was just verbalizing.
August 26 2005 at 6:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywhatever she was paid, a job is a job. i think it's very sad indeed that it was more than his royal jobsworth to give her an ipod that only cost more than 25% of the fee she was paid, especially given her personal cirumstance and the revenue generated for apple by said ad. "i'm the dancer in those famous and exclusive ads but i can't afford one of those things nor would they give me one". tragic commercial greed used against her better interests - i bet if she demanded a higher fee or asked for more (like maybe a free ipod perhaps pretty please) they would only have said one thing to her: next. typical jobs.
August 26 2005 at 6:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFanny means something completly different here in the UK.
August 26 2005 at 5:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyher ad and picture are here: http://www.pixelbomb.com/blog/2005/08/15/the-bod-behind-the-ipod.html
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