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On the runway, the models of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim look like tiny, toned goddesses, flawless and untouchable, and definitely not human. But when we took our cameras backstage to chat with the nameless stars of the annual bikinifest, we found out that underneath all the bronzer, these models are just like us.
Just kidding! Unless you have a thick, exotic accent, hair piled over a foot high atop your head, and a body fat percentage of negative 18, you don’t have much in common with Swim Week models. But the runway ladies were generous enough to answer our questions anyway. Even though we were mostly just messing with them.
See also: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2015: Winners and Losers
Writer Nycole Sariol and videographer Adam Hendel went behind the scenes with the models at Miami’s biggest fashion event. Here’s what they found.
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