Long before America’s Next Top Model, Allison Harvard was an underground internet celebrity. She was referred to Cute Chan, Creepy Chan and Tussin Chan on sites such as 4Chan as early as 2005. Her pictures featured heroin-chic looks as well as a odd fascination with blood.
The macabre beauty, unfortunately, did not win America’s Next Top Model, but was still offered a modeling contract when she received second place behind Teyona Anderson.
This mainstream exposure of Allison Harvard is a symbolic stone at the wall of what society has deemed as traditional beauty.
What's Driving This Trend
- Alternative Beauty Aesthetics
- Opportunities for disruptive innovation to embrace and celebrate unconventional standards of beauty.
- Viral Internet Fame
- Opportunities for disruptive innovation to leverage social media and underground internet culture for mainstream success.
- Anti-fashion Trends
- Opportunities for disruptive innovation to challenge conventional fashion norms and embrace edgy, non-traditional styles.
Who This Affects Most
- Fashion Industry
- Opportunities for disruptive innovation to embrace diverse beauty standards and challenge conventional fashion norms.
- Social Media Industry
- Opportunities for disruptive innovation to leverage viral internet fame and cultivate unconventional online communities.
- Beauty Industry
- Opportunities for disruptive innovation to embrace alternative beauty aesthetics and challenge traditional beauty standards.
