Yeah, I think between the two of us, we've pretty much nailed this mini-mystery down. Thanks!
And being in NYC last year
YES, they do, you pass several tall, very attractive women on just about every block, slim, but not skinny
I guess they don't do the purge thing until after they get the gig!
As a matter of fact, I was having a gelatto outside a famous NY Italian pastry shoppe last year and some very nice Asian-American HS students sat on the bench I was on and were enjoying their gelatto's too.
We were all engaged in people watching and soon struck up a conversation when one very tall, slim, but attractive Eastern European type stopped to get a "small" gelatto
possibly here lunch for the day.
We all agreed that she was probably the most famous Russian/Eastern European model we'd never heard of
it was also nice to a 50+ year old man engaging in conversation w/these young ladies and not being considered a perv, DOM or anything of that nature
you hear so many stories about NYC and it left me with a good feeling that even strangers there know a "good" person when they meet one.
Matter of fact, it'll probably be one of those warm, fuzzy moments in life that I'll always treasure
it was just a nice experience.