Gallery: Are These Runway Models Stoned or Sad?

It can be hard to tell, sometimes.

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The fashion world is entering the home stretch of the international Fashion Week circuit. At this point, tensions are running high and some of the industry workers are hanging on by a thread. No where does the strain show then on the faces of the models who have been strutting the latest fall/winter 2013 clothing for weeks now. 

It seems like there are two main means of dealing with the pressure and the rigors of the job. The women modeling in Milan either resign to sadness from putting up with such a demanding job/soon returning to the frozen steppes of of Turkmenistan, or they light it up backstage. That's why we'd like to invite you to play a little game with us, and ask Are These Runway Models Stoned or Sad?

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So high she can't move her arms.

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Sad because she knows she's going to fall on the runway. Emotionally.

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So stoned she has to think about each step before taking it.

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Nothing sadder than a sad clown.

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High enough to be distracted by something in the rafters.

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She's high because she's sad.

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"Why," she asks herself, as she slumps down a catwalk of sadness.

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Bored to be sad, and sad to be bored.

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She can't get over how these gloves feel...on weed.

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So sad she couldn't find any drugs backstage.

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She thinks no one thinks she's high, but we know. We all know.

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Only one reason to break out the rose-gold sunglasses indoors. It's marijuana. The reason is marijuana.

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So high. Wants to giggle so badly.

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This is what sadness looks like.

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Sad. So sad.

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She is angry about how sad she is.

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Even these bright clothes can't cheer up this sad Sally.

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So high she can barely keep her eyes open.

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So sad she wants to get stoned.

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So high she could touch the sky.

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