from the same article

wasn't this in the "arrested development" episode about "girls with low self-esteem"?

"When he first started, everyone was like: Why are you doing this? What's special about me? What's special about this party?" said Ms. Gallant, who was featured in the first set of provocative photos Mr. Bronques posted to the site in 2004. "Now the people who are photographed a lot have come to believe that they really are special. It's validating."