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Ben Stiller finds the Zoolander-inspired look of All Elite Wrestling's Kris Statlander to be fabulous.

On X, Statlander tagged the star of the 2001 comedy in a side-by-side photo of the fashion model icon next to the current TBS Champion wearing Zoolander-style in-ring gear in her successful title defense against Ruby Soho at Aew All Out. Stiller immediately took notice and complimented Statlander. "Ridiculously good-looking," Stiller replied.

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Hello @BenStiller https://t.co/RVdkPr88ux — Kris Statlander (@callmekrisstat) September 4, 2023

The character of Derek Zoolander was conceived by Stiller for a comedy skit at the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards. The dimwitted supermodel was inspired by Calvin Klein models Mark Vanderloo and Johnny Zander while the Zoolander name came from Russell Bates who directed the Fashion Awards skit for Stiller. After Stiller's movie career skyrocketed with 1998's There's Something About Mary and 2000's Meet the Parents,...

Clear the runway! It’s time to revisit Zoolander… Directed and co-written by Ben Stiller, the film focuses on Derek Zoolander, a slow-witted supermodel, who becomes embroiled in an international conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia by the top people in the fashion industry, namely Jacobim Mugatu and Derek’s agent Maury Ballstein, before he can pass progressive labor laws in his country that would harm their businesses. Zoolander is recruited as a pawn and brainwashed into killing him during a fashion show. If that wasn’t enough, Derek faces an identity crisis due to his declining popularity, his family’s embarrassment of his occupation, and his search for a higher calling in life besides being ridiculously good looking. Thanks to his friend and eventual love interest, journalist Matilda Jeffries, Derek becomes aware of the planned assassination plot. Once Derek squashes his beef with competing male model Hansel,...