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Why runway models never smile

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Smiling in high fashion is treated as a severe criminal offense. Professionals are explicitly instructed to march down the catwalk with a dead-eyed, murderous glare, essentially conveying to the audience that the wildly expensive jacket they are currently wearing gives them the divine right to destroy a small village.

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