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As one of the world’s top kitty supermodels, Tabs has a great PR team working to ensure that he always portrays the right image when he’s walking red carpets and runways, but like all celebrities, there’s more to the real Tabs than that. Not even the paparazzi can be everywhere all the time, and things do escape the watchful gaze of gossip bloggers and glossy magazines.

So what’s the real Tabs like? Well, when he isn’t striking poses for brands like Jordana, Bobbi Brown, Apple, Pixi and NARS (scroll down to see his latest pics), he’s pretty much a normal cat.

Here are 5 things you may not already know about Tabs:

1. He’s utterly and completely obsessed with zinnia, to the point that he will leap over obstacles to reach it
2. He’s needy when it comes to humans but highly distrustful of other animals
3. He’s not the most graceful cat in the rodeo…
4. He’s the sweetest cat I’ve ever known and has never intentionally hurt me or El Hub, not with a claw or a bite, no matter how scared he gets, and not even when El Hub gave him a bath (he got sick all over himself once after the vet). He never, ever strikes his people in the face.
5. He’s a ho for sliced turkey

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With the holidays coming up, Tabs has been in a festive mood. This week he worked on some fun kitty modeling campaigns for Bobbi Brown, Essie, NYX, Bumble and Bumble and Sonia Kashuk. His favorite was the job for Bobbi Brown. They actually held a real party on the set with a catnip-filled cake, strawberries and cat-safe chocolate frosting (Tabs brought me home a slice).

If you’re interested, here are the highlights from his kitty modeling portfolio this week. 🙂

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Do you guys read Feline Vogue? It’s considered the fashion and beauty bible for couture-minded kitties. Anywho, you may have noticed that Tabs was recently profiled in the latest issue. Here’s an excerpt from his Q&A questionnaire…

Need to Meet Tabs the Cat

Tabs the Cat made a name for himself on the catwalks of Mill Valley, New York, Paris and Milan, but this month he takes the leap into film in Kittyballs, the new blockbuster hit about the cats who revolutionized the plus-size kitty modeling game.

FV: What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?

TABS: I’m absolutely mad about plaid. I love it on collars, bow ties, kitty legwarmers — everything! It’s crazy, I know. I blame my love for it on my adoptive dad, who’s part Irish.

FV: Any scars?

TABS: I have a chip in my right ear from a fight years ago when I was a kitten living on the streets. It was a rough way to grow up, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. The street smarts I learned back then prepared me for the cat-eat-cat world of runway modeling.

FV: What are you most proud of?

TABS: Wow, that’s a tough question. I’m glad that in an industry rife with backstabbing and competition I’ve been able to hold my head high and always say that I took the high road (a lesson learned from my mentor, the fabulous Tim Gunn). I’m also proud that I made it from the ground up. Literally from just one or two inches off the ground. I didn’t know anybody in fashion when I started, but I persevered, even when they called me “too husky.”
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I keep wanting to say “Matchmaker” every time I see MAC Matchmaster. Is that just me?

Guess who’s been busy jet-setting around the globe this week? Yup, America’s favorite playboy Tabby. He just got back from Milan. Designers, fashion houses and big beauty brands all want him waddling down runways wearing their wares, but Tabs is very picky about the jobs he’ll take. He has to believe in the creative concept behind the work; otherwise, he says he’s perfectly happy just stalking wild turkeys here at home.

This week he worked with MAC, Illamasqua, JK Jemma Kidd, Chanel and Pixi, and here’s the photographic evidence. 🙂

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