Ever wondered what happens to those sullen-faced models once they strut off the catwalk? Starting in a few weeks, you'll be able to see for yourself, if only from 6 to 9 p.m. each night on the Internet. That's when Modelslife.com's Webcam will be switched on in the New York apartment that is home to models working with the ID Model Management agency.

Think of it as the Real World, only prettier.

"It's going to be about the life of the model, which is what drives most of the fashion," explained ID president Paolo Zampolli. "But it's not only about the model apartment because that is only going to be a couple of hours a night. We'll have the girls there, maybe there will be a little talk show, things like this."

Zampolli said he also plans to show the inner workings of his agency on the Web. "By having a Web camera in the agency, we're also going to show how girls get a job," he said. "Then we can follow them during a shoot. It's model life."

Hence, the name.

According to a press release, Modelslife.com hopes to give the models a forum, albeit one based in their living room, "to break free and show that models are normal people."

"The show will be run by the models, talking about the issues that face young women struggling to break into the glamorous world of fashion." Said Zampolli. "We will be blowing away a lot of old stereotypes about the fashion world."

Zampolli stressed that the models have advised to participate in the Webcasts and that they live with a chaperone. "The shows is about youth and fun and coming to the big city to be a star," he said. "Anyone who is looking for a cheap thrill can get somewhere else."

The Maryland Aviation Administration received only two bids to run Baltimore/Washington International Airport's concessions, sources told The Daily Record.

MAA spokesman Jonathan Dean would neither confirm nor deny the number of bids the agency received on Oct. 31.

However, the agency structured its request for proposals for a company operating a developer model. Nationwide, there are three major companies that operate such a model, which usually makes most of its money on tenants' rents and does not operate any of the airport businesses itself.

The model used at most of North American's leading airports is called a prime model. It makes most of its money from sales and actually operates most of the airport businesses itself.

To lure a company operating a developer model, the MAA set up a favorable financial structure, which included decreasing guaranteed rent to the state by $27 million over the duration of the 10-year contract. Plus, the agency also reduced the guaranteed rent in the first year from $8.9 million to $6.25 million.

BWI's current concessionaire, Bethesda-based HMSHost Corp., paid the MAA $7.2 million in rent last year, according to Host, which operates a prime model and decided its operating model would not allow it to bid on the new contract.

The MAA also relieved potential bidders of a $2 million obligation related to the value of Host improvements at BWI.

House Speaker Michael E. Busch, D-Anne Arundel, wrote a letter dated Oct. 30 to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., asking that the MAA allow Host and other similar prime companies to bid.

More recently, he said the bidding process for BWI's concessions should be spirited, competitive.

I don't know if you're going to be able to attain that with just two people involved, Busch said. I'm not sure how that worked out. - Right now, it's in the hands of the administration.

Host has contested the MAA's request for proposals since it was issued, saying it precluded the company from bidding. The MAA, however, has denied that, saying the RFP simply established which business model it wants - the developer model.

Host is currently appealing the agency's denial of its protest against the RFP with the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals, which is expected to make a decision with the next few weeks.

Also upset about the RFP are nearly 500 unionized employees at the airport, who said they were insulted that the MAA did not include any consideration or protections for their jobs.

The workers, who unionized earlier this year, began seeking signatures last week for a petition addressed to Ehrlich concerning the expected change at BWI's concessions. They intend to give the governor the petition early next month.