# Simple, but Tough: Finding the Name of a Model in an Amazon ad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277 "2014-12-27T13:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/1 "2014-12-27T13:18:42Z")
Dopers - I am sure this will be far easier than I have found it to be. This is one of those silly things that, once I realized I couldn’t do it, has been nagging me ever since. A few weeks ago (a few months?), Amazon came out with ads for their new Kindle Voyage. They are black and white and some feature a beautiful Latin-looking woman. I thought “hmm, I am 99.9% sure that is NOT Eva Mendes.” I thought I would do a quick check - and that is where my search-fu utterly failed. I can’t search on “Amazon Kindle woman model” or any variations of stuff like that. I can’t even bring up the B&W photos of this specific woman vs. the other Kindle ads featuring plenty of other models… TL;DR: how does one search on an actor’s/model’s name when all the search words are hopelessly generic, or can mean other things, like model = type of Kindle? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/2 "2014-12-27T13:24:19Z")
Is it Kate Maher? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/3 "2014-12-27T13:31:56Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Is it Kate Maher? ::looks her up:: No - but she doesn’t look much like Eva Mendes. The model I am thinking of is an Eva Mendes/Cindy Crawford type. Thanks though! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/4 "2014-12-27T13:44:20Z")
If the ads are a static pictures, you use the snipping tool of Windows to grab the image. Then you use TinEye or Google Image search. Failing that, a 4chan request thread, though it’s unlikely to work unless the model is very attractive or well-known (which she apparently isn’t). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/5 "2014-12-27T13:47:58Z")
I found articles about the marketing campaign. They don’t identify the model. [http://phandroid.com/2012/02/09/new-amazon-kindle-fire-ad-sticks-it-to-the-ipad-and-android-tablets-in-the-same-breath-video/](http://phandroid.com/2012/02/09/new-amazon-kindle-fire-ad-sticks-it-to-the-ipad-and-android-tablets-in-the-same-breath-video/) [http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/51530-new-kindle-ad-disses-ipad](http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/51530-new-kindle-ad-disses-ipad) Thats been a problem for a long time. Ad agencies don’t credit their models for their work. Unless they get a model that is already well known. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/6 "2014-12-27T13:52:17Z")
Well, [here is the campaign](http://webberrepresents.com/news/annemariekevandrimmelen/?item=2990). No name for the model yet but I have hope. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/7 "2014-12-27T13:55:33Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Well, [here is the campaign](http://webberrepresents.com/news/annemariekevandrimmelen/?item=2990). No name for the model yet but I have hope. Yep - that’s them and that’s her. The first photo is the one that caught my eye. Kind of a younger Eva/Cindy/Padma Lakshmi thing goin’ on. ETA: so, how did you search to find that page? I couldn’t even do that… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/8 "2014-12-27T13:56:46Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > If the ads are a static pictures, you use the snipping tool of Windows to grab the image. Then you use TinEye or Google Image search. Failing that, a 4chan request thread, though it’s unlikely to work unless the model is very attractive or well-known (which she apparently isn’t). Good lord, I am old. I think I understand about 20% of that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/9 "2014-12-27T14:02:10Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > ETA: so, how did you search to find that page? I couldn’t even do that… I just searched on Kindle Voyage ad until she came up, then reverse image searched until a modelling agency link came up, revealing the photographer’s name, in this case Annemarieke van Drimmelen. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/10 "2014-12-27T14:07:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I just searched on Kindle Voyage ad until she came up, then reverse image searched until a modelling agency link came up, revealing the photographer’s name, in this case Annemarieke van Drimmelen. My head hurts. 😉 I Googled Kindle Voyage and scrolled through pages without seeing these ads. I found plenty like the ones **aceplace** found, but not the B&W ones with that model. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/11 "2014-12-27T14:27:44Z")
I’m going to assume that, judging by the photos in the whole campaign, it was photographed in France, and therefore the model is likely French. That may make things a bit harder. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/12 "2014-12-27T14:33:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’m going to assume that, judging by the photos in the whole campaign, it was photographed in France, and therefore the model is likely French. That may make things a bit harder. Darn French! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/13 "2014-12-27T18:27:54Z")
You might try contacting the photographer. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/14 "2014-12-27T23:06:23Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > You might try contacting the photographer. This is a trivial curiosity. If this isn’t a Google-easy thing, I am: a) happy to drop it; and b) fascinated in a trivial way. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/15 "2014-12-28T01:33:23Z")
Carme Boixadera? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/16 "2014-12-28T02:36:24Z")
I think it is Drake Burnette [https://www.google.com/search?q=Drake+Burnette&client=ubuntu&hs=7yP&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=QmifVIDUG4GwogSM-oLQCg&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=747&bih=492#channel=fs&tbm=isch&q=Drake+Burnette&imgdii=\_](https://www.google.com/search?q=Drake+Burnette&client=ubuntu&hs=7yP&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=QmifVIDUG4GwogSM-oLQCg&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=747&bih=492#channel=fs&tbm=isch&q=Drake+Burnette&imgdii=_) I have found a couple of projects were this model and the photographer worked together before this one: [http://www.inspirationbycolor.com/drake-burnette-annemarieke-van-drimmelen-vogue-netherlands-july-2014/?PageSpeed=noscript](http://www.inspirationbycolor.com/drake-burnette-annemarieke-van-drimmelen-vogue-netherlands-july-2014/?PageSpeed=noscript) And I noticed another project where they worked before and for the same agency: [http://webberrepresents.com/news/annemariekevandrimmelen/?item=3006](http://webberrepresents.com/news/annemariekevandrimmelen/?item=3006) I think her ears and chin are very similar. > **[Drake Burnette in Vogue Australia September 2014 by Will Davidson](https://awake-smile.blogspot.com/2014/08/drake-burnette-in-vogue-australia.html)** > > EDITORIAL: Drake Burnette in Vogue Australia September 2014 by Will Davidson - Modern Movement - Dark haired beauty Drake Burnette poses with elegance and sophistication in eclectic mix of looks from fluid and flowing to tailored and structured, bold... ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/17 "2014-12-28T12:41:11Z")
Thanks for these suggestions, but I am not seeing either of them. Both are beautiful, and Carme is Hispanic, but not the same model. Drake Burnett is pretty and photo’d by the same photographer, but I don’t see the connection to the woman in the Kindle photos… Again - this was something I noticed weeks/months ago and was fascinated that it wasn’t easy to get the model’s name in this day of online search. I pretty much knew it wasn’t Eva Mendes from Day 1, but then was curious as to who it was. First I was surprised that a simpleton like me couldn’t identify the model - to the point where I didn’t bring it to the SDMB for a while, so I could check occasionally myself and avoid the embarrassment of admitting that I didn’t have strong enough search-fu to figure out who a model was in a huge Amazon campaign. I mean - this isn’t some one-shop boutique - this is freakin’ Amazon. But a couple of months went by and my occasional searches turned up nothing, so I turned to the Dope, currently with no dice here, too. It remains interesting to me that this question is not the easy one I assumed it was. I appreciate the attempts! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/18 "2014-12-28T14:55:45Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Carme Boixadera? Ah, still not her, but I Googled and saw the Amazon Fire commercial that she is featured in: [http://vimeo.com/35545516](http://vimeo.com/35545516) That is not the same model in the Kindle print ads. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/19 "2014-12-28T15:12:24Z")
You might also try [“Who Is That Hot Ad Girl”](http://whoisthathotadgirl.tumblr.com/) on Tumblr. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277/20 "2014-12-28T15:17:57Z")
You could look through the photographer’s portfolio on that Webber agency web page and see [if any look like her](http://webberrepresents.com/artists/annemariekevandrimmelen/). I didn’t find any definite matches, but I’m not necessarily good at this sort of thing. It’s weird, as in almost all of the other pictures the model is identified, but they are not mentioned for the Kindle campaign. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-but-tough-finding-the-name-of-a-model-in-an-amazon-ad/708277.md?page=2)