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===Development=== Ben Stiller first created the character for a skit at the1996 VH1 Fashion Awards.<ref name="Kaplan"/> The name "Derek Zoolander" was invented by Bates while he was editing the first short film and was inspired by the names of two male models who both worked for [[Calvin Klein]]: the [[Dutch people|Dutchman]] [[Mark Vanderloo]] and the [[Americans|American]] Johnny Zander.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/video/media/2016/02/12/model-jonny-zander-inspired-zoolander-movie.cnnmoney/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306220758/http://money.cnn.com/video/media/2016/02/12/model-jonny-zander-inspired-zoolander-movie.cnnmoney/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Meet the model who inspired 'Zoolander' |author1=Bronte Lord |author2=Logan Whiteside |author3=Alison Kosik |name-list-style=amp |publisher=[[CNNMoney]] }}</ref><ref name="Foreman">{{cite web |date=February 12, 2016 |last=Foreman |first=Katya |title=The male model: How did we get to Zoolander? |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160212-the-male-model-how-did-we-get-to-zoolander |website=BBC Culture }}</ref>
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