What Vogue Is Looking for in the Next ‘It’ Model
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
What makes a modern-day supermodel? According to Ignacio “Iggy” Murillo, Vogue’s global talent casting director, it’s all about personality. As Vogue launches its worldwide search for the next top model, two members of the esteemed selection committee, Iggy and José Criales Unzueta—Vogue’s fashion and news editor—stop by The Run-Through to share what they’re looking for… and why the internet is the best place to find it.
They also dive into how the modeling industry has evolved in recent years and why size diversity is so rare on runways these days. Plus, the duo break down some of fashion’s most iconic modeling moments—from Gisele Bündchen’s broken-heel strut (Givenchy, spring 2000) to Shalom Harlow’s unforgettable spray-painted dress (Alexander McQueen, spring 1999).
But first, Chloe and Chioma talk about the end of And Just Like That…, the impact of the Sex and the City franchise on their lives, the new show that has everyone in the office buzzing (Netflix’s The Hunting Wives, of course), and…whether or not it’s appropriate to bring your Birkin bag to the beach. (Short answer: yes!)
The Run-Through with Vogue is your go-to podcast where fashion meets culture. Hosted by Chloe Malle, Head of Editorial Content, Vogue U.S.; Chioma Nnadi, Head of British Vogue; and Nicole Phelps, Director of Vogue Runway, each episode features the latest fashion news and exclusive designer and celebrity interviews.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Art and Fanning Andrews, Vogue's beauty editor at large. |
| 0:03.0 | eBay is one of the places where it ends up factoring so much into my fashion month because it lets me find pieces that I know aren't just pushed on me because it's a trend that's happening at the moment. |
| 0:13.0 | There's an element of discovery with eBay where I'll find something new that excites me. |
| 0:24.3 | This is the run-through. I'm Chloe Mal. |
| 0:26.4 | And I'm Gemini. |
| 0:28.1 | Vogue is on the hunt for the next generation of models. |
| 0:33.1 | Now until August 25th, aspiring models who are 18 and older can submit a photo or short video |
| 0:39.4 | on the Vogue app for a chance to be featured in a major editorial moment in Vogue. |
| 0:44.2 | Oh my god, how fab. |
| 0:46.2 | And what's more, our beloved colleagues, Iggy Marillo, who is Vogue's global talent casting |
| 0:51.9 | director, and Jose Crealis and Sweeter regular on the pod and fashion |
| 0:56.8 | news editor are on the committee who will be selecting the winner and so they'll be on to talk about |
| 1:03.7 | the search process what makes a good model and generally the state of modeling today. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm very excited. |
| 1:15.7 | We had a lot of submissions and they will keep coming. |
| 1:17.8 | You know what else we had a lot of submissions for, Joma? |
| 1:19.2 | Doog! |
| 1:21.3 | The Doge cover contest. |
| 1:24.1 | I cannot wait to see the winner. |
| 1:33.3 | I mean, I feel like you might be the chief judge on this committee, am I right? No, no. We have a robust judging committee, but also, so for those who are not aware, |
| 1:38.6 | we opened up a group chat on the app where people could submit pictures of their dogs, and the winning dog will be a cover dogg when dogg launches on August 18th. We expected, I would say, |
| 1:46.5 | a few hundred or maybe a thousand submissions. We got 52,000 submissions. That's a lot of |
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