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==Myspace and Deviantart== |
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| − | Allison Harvard is an American painter and photographer who gained popularity on Myspace and deviantart in 2005 because of her stylized paranormal and glam/grunge photo self-portraits<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. They resemble Daveigh Chase in The Ring, Mischa Barton in The Sixth Sense and Courtney Love's baby-doll dress and tiara grunge period. Harvard's signature look was heavy eye makeup, wide-eyed stare and troubled expressions reminiscent of Cindy Sherman's Film Stills<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. It became apparant that Creepy-chan was not always or could not always be creepy, so her dual personality was born - Cute-chan. Cute-chan does not wear heavy eye makeup or wear pink dresses and stand on coffee tables; rather, she wears normal clothes and goes about her everyday business in a decidedly cute fashion<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. |
+ | Allison Harvard is an American painter and photographer who gained popularity on Myspace and deviantart in 2005 because of her stylized paranormal and glam/grunge photo self-portraits<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. They resemble Daveigh Chase in The Ring, Mischa Barton in The Sixth Sense and Courtney Love's baby-doll dress and tiara grunge period. Harvard's signature look was heavy eye makeup, wide-eyed stare and troubled expressions reminiscent of Cindy Sherman's Film Stills<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. It became apparant that Creepy-chan was not always or could not always be creepy, so her dual personality was born - Cute-chan. Cute-chan does not wear heavy eye makeup or wear pink dresses and stand on coffee tables; rather, she wears normal clothes and goes about her everyday business in a decidedly cute fashion<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. |
In 2007 4chan's imageboard /b/ re-posted Harvard's stylized photo self-portraits as demotivationals, calling her her "Creepy-chan" and later "Cute-chan"<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. Individuals identifying themselves as "Anonymous" noted the difference between her candid and stylized pictures and publicly wondered if Harvard is a model. By late 2008 Encyclopedia Dramatica added Harvard to its "chan" list calling her a "non-selfposting cam girl." |
In 2007 4chan's imageboard /b/ re-posted Harvard's stylized photo self-portraits as demotivationals, calling her her "Creepy-chan" and later "Cute-chan"<ref>http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan</ref>. Individuals identifying themselves as "Anonymous" noted the difference between her candid and stylized pictures and publicly wondered if Harvard is a model. By late 2008 Encyclopedia Dramatica added Harvard to its "chan" list calling her a "non-selfposting cam girl." |
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Allison Harvard (born January 8, 1988) is an American artist and fashion model. She is best known as one of the contestants of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12.
Myspace and Deviantart
Allison Harvard is an American painter and photographer who gained popularity on Myspace and deviantart in 2005 because of her stylized paranormal and glam/grunge photo self-portraits[1]. They resemble Daveigh Chase in The Ring, Mischa Barton in The Sixth Sense and Courtney Love's baby-doll dress and tiara grunge period. Harvard's signature look was heavy eye makeup, wide-eyed stare and troubled expressions reminiscent of Cindy Sherman's Film Stills[2]. It became apparant that Creepy-chan was not always or could not always be creepy, so her dual personality was born - Cute-chan. Cute-chan does not wear heavy eye makeup or wear pink dresses and stand on coffee tables; rather, she wears normal clothes and goes about her everyday business in a decidedly cute fashion[3].
In 2007 4chan's imageboard /b/ re-posted Harvard's stylized photo self-portraits as demotivationals, calling her her "Creepy-chan" and later "Cute-chan"[4]. Individuals identifying themselves as "Anonymous" noted the difference between her candid and stylized pictures and publicly wondered if Harvard is a model. By late 2008 Encyclopedia Dramatica added Harvard to its "chan" list calling her a "non-selfposting cam girl."
Harvard no longer regularly maintains an internet presence.
(P.S. For all who would like to know, please someone put up her http://www.deviantart.com account!)
(Its http://allielisabeta.deviantart.com/, but she has since uploaded her pictures and whatnot to http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonharvard/)
Artist
Contemporaneously, Harvard was equally well known as a painter. Harvard's paintings recall Marilyn Manson's and Francesco Clemente's watercolors. Harvard illustrated the children's fairytale book 'The Story Told at Night', written by Liza Kuznetsova and published in 2007[5]. Harvard describes her style of art as "surreal. psychedelic. genuine"[6].
America's Next Top Model
In 2009, Harvard was revealed as a contestant on Cycle 12 which will premiere on March 4.
External Links
References
- ↑ http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan
- ↑ http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan
- ↑ http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan
- ↑ http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Creepy-chan
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Story-Told-at-Night/dp/1598728652/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234348364&sr=8-2
- ↑ http://allielisabeta.deviantart.com/