tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26036993757051261162024-03-05T06:45:05.256-08:00Secrets of the Modeling World New YorkNew YorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-63704678112683315822010-07-05T15:07:00.000-07:002010-07-05T15:11:27.583-07:00PLEASE VISIT US AT OUR NEW WEBSITE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.somw.org"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS54ULp0TW3X86SbbY4zI8oM__xqjtHgnqmF8E5cuA-rKBS7ZrlJywRmIlmsucToJiTxUmjIRvJ5dJ8yR_AayJf5QWPhWH7pezUQ_5vqceH2qXglWjTXE4aNpPV-cqJ4NRFFDFKJ88bgc/s400/clickhere-button2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490548119563789266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">GO TO: <a href="http://www.somw.org">http://www.somw.org</a> WE HAVE JUST LAUNCHED OUR NEW NETWORK AND ARTICLES, NEWS AND OTHER COOL STUFF WILL BE POSTED THERE.<br /><br />SIGN UP AND WAIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL<br /><br />WELCOME TO THE NEW SOMW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-58152834526016395412010-07-01T11:28:00.000-07:002010-07-01T11:37:21.191-07:00A must read interview with the gorgeous “Hannah Sobisky” by Amna Bou-Azza<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaErWX4gsWoJq78zrgFMIs4xkLb_wlp3SK8piPRkkzmbHHubtRl_DGrZE0b44YYeyjF7_bHRTRFUB7GkFNEt0gMVKzU9Ueu-sQAwdl2IbUnKakFkLZfrKYZrOjw9xyWHZPwBnCNOch9WY/s1600/Hannah+new+DNA.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaErWX4gsWoJq78zrgFMIs4xkLb_wlp3SK8piPRkkzmbHHubtRl_DGrZE0b44YYeyjF7_bHRTRFUB7GkFNEt0gMVKzU9Ueu-sQAwdl2IbUnKakFkLZfrKYZrOjw9xyWHZPwBnCNOch9WY/s400/Hannah+new+DNA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489007091712337538" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : How did you get into modeling? Tell me how and when everything started ?</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Hannah: I started getting approached by scouts a lot around the age of 13. I met Erin Olson of Echo Models a friends BBQ when I was 14. She introduced me to DNA Models in New York and I signed with both agencies and things have taken off since then.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><br /><br /></span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : Now that you're signed with DNA do you believe that Echo models made things easier for you and</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">helped you to get into such a well known agency ?</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Hannah : Echo Models definitely helped to make everything a smooth transition. Erin is very careful and concerned about her models. She is knowledgeable in the business which is huge. People in the industry trust her and respect her.</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br />SOMW : Did you always know that you wanted to be a model?</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Hannah : I never really thought a whole lot about becoming a model until I started getting approached.</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><br />SOMW : If you hadn't become a model, what would you see yourself doing?</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style="">Hannah : If I hadn't become a model I would definitely see myself continuing my dance career.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""> </span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><br />SOMW: Who’s your favorite model if you have one ?</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br />Hannah : I don't really have a favorite model as of yet.</span></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><br />SOMW : How do you spend your days Hannah ?</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /></span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style="">Hannah : Besides school, I spend my days dancing, hanging with friends, reading, and being with my family</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><br />SOMW : What has been your best trip as a model? Is there anywhere you would like to travel that you</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">haven't been to yet?</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br />Hannah : My best trip so far is definitely New York. Every time I go I learn more and more about how to improve. I eventually want to travel all over the world. But I want to take it slow. I want to enjoy being a teenager too. I am about to go to Paris this summer to model with Viva agency. I am so excited to go and learn and work.</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br />SOMW : How do you feel about the media trying to influence the perception of models and their 'ideal'</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">size?"</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /></span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style="">Hannah : I don't like that the media has such a strong influence on body image. I do understand the need to advertise and sell things, and you want to use people who make the product look good. But I also think that we don't have to fall into the ideal image trap. Thanks to good genes and my family, I have usually had a positive body image. But I am not perfect either. I know I will be told I am either too tall, or too thin,or not thin enough, or not soft enough or too soft by certain clients or jobs. I won't get every job I go out for. But I have a responsibility to remember that I am still good enough inside and that is all that matters in the end. I hope other teenagers can learn and understand that as well.</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br />SOMW : Do you have a secret that you can share with us ? (laughing)</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Hannah : A secret that most of my friends don't know about me is that I still love to watch the princess Disney movies every once in a while. I guess I am still a little girl at heart.</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br />SOMW : What do you enjoy the most about the modeling world ?</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Hannah : What I enjoy most about the modeling world is the powerful feeling of walking down a runway and the fun you can have behind the camera. I love photo shoots</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br />SOMW : Who's your favorite designer ?</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Hannah : I have so many favorite designers but the 2 that stand out to me are Renzo Rosso of Diesel and Betsy Johnson. I love the funky but casual style of Renzo and the quirky yet beautiful style of Betsy.</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><br />SOMW : What would you like to be known for at the end of you fashion career?</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br />Hannah : I would like to be known for 3 things:</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style="">-Being an amazing runway model</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style="">-Being an example to other women by being as modest and appropriate as I can in an industry that doesn't always want that</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style="">-And last but not least, I would like to be able to help other teens learn to love themselves no matter what body type they have and to learn to let their inner beauty shine through.</span> </span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><br />SOMW : what do you think about SOMW ?</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6i6iWVrU-z76gVBe9R12_f6X5UVxJPXO5r0lHcd26ixu5-G0fapvQc1Omdr-h4swmldsVDE6aauHaL5R85FKMCfm3NsnjSC9h0g1dCWvk4noL0KmMdL4mGPYEkwbMd-0igsHiR7Pvxa0/s1600/IMG_4986.JPG.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6i6iWVrU-z76gVBe9R12_f6X5UVxJPXO5r0lHcd26ixu5-G0fapvQc1Omdr-h4swmldsVDE6aauHaL5R85FKMCfm3NsnjSC9h0g1dCWvk4noL0KmMdL4mGPYEkwbMd-0igsHiR7Pvxa0/s400/IMG_4986.JPG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489008198267052370" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span class="apple-style-span" style="">Hannah : Well I haven't known too much about SOMW until now but if these are the kinds of interviews and information people will be able to get from it, I am definitely all for it. How exciting!</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style="">Thank you for being interested in my answers and in me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : Thank you Hannah! And thanks for the amazing pictures , SOMW loves you too ! All the best for your career!</span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-77361985578640298732010-06-29T09:31:00.001-07:002010-06-29T09:38:51.235-07:00Courtney Erickson back in town<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KEao0jL-aawamyXj3x-ddMNT1jFSw3-giJtkd6nAZHKiPcO1ZwIV1bWSS4bOAegNxCGmQqUBVabx-T5B8SD6CoTuHDHGTQYBGQRADgtdViIEXO9UJAhRtPhXQp1fJ65hblNM-paMtj0/s1600/courterickson.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KEao0jL-aawamyXj3x-ddMNT1jFSw3-giJtkd6nAZHKiPcO1ZwIV1bWSS4bOAegNxCGmQqUBVabx-T5B8SD6CoTuHDHGTQYBGQRADgtdViIEXO9UJAhRtPhXQp1fJ65hblNM-paMtj0/s400/courterickson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488235289276979618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvZb_1tlfkeUvkcHY4Fo5_5kXFye5hM0GRq14Fuu2kTrJjthSBpzkbbjgb1yO85LkaNH_a8Fh5LQp1oc3WnZS6LdxE6yhRLrZ-AO3cvN0Jvmerbze2wz5cPRS44IsNi7lHnQ3cljLafQ/s1600/courterickson2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvZb_1tlfkeUvkcHY4Fo5_5kXFye5hM0GRq14Fuu2kTrJjthSBpzkbbjgb1yO85LkaNH_a8Fh5LQp1oc3WnZS6LdxE6yhRLrZ-AO3cvN0Jvmerbze2wz5cPRS44IsNi7lHnQ3cljLafQ/s400/courterickson2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488234978714774290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWt_qalbhrtFp8PkqJI_a05RuF9Hn3z9JIS48218KejjGmbNzlwRJzGB6DxOD_O3aaZ4Y4jh8HnKUqmrLPBLLRZ2YpWKcl8DswHcBDnMSaSjMZe2t9AuaM3bjahA_OSlkPzV4goyYD_E/s1600/courterickson3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWt_qalbhrtFp8PkqJI_a05RuF9Hn3z9JIS48218KejjGmbNzlwRJzGB6DxOD_O3aaZ4Y4jh8HnKUqmrLPBLLRZ2YpWKcl8DswHcBDnMSaSjMZe2t9AuaM3bjahA_OSlkPzV4goyYD_E/s400/courterickson3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488234810363504562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOGPnlv0iOf-3r3L3u4zcISCuKFw9St8ljKFNAJoXM3HIod0ouwVL4jlsgHgwlT1AnyVohAMttRSxPLF0RdsCz-E0kgrcjc6qnBZEBuBNyFAAFXhO36KWOmCIghXBeUhMJgsi9C07Tlg/s1600/courerickson3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOGPnlv0iOf-3r3L3u4zcISCuKFw9St8ljKFNAJoXM3HIod0ouwVL4jlsgHgwlT1AnyVohAMttRSxPLF0RdsCz-E0kgrcjc6qnBZEBuBNyFAAFXhO36KWOmCIghXBeUhMJgsi9C07Tlg/s400/courerickson3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488234734318385314" border="0" /></a><br />Our good friend and amazing model Courtney Erickson who is signed with Q is back in town!! arriving next week...she is sure she will kick some butt...so watch out everybody she is here to do her thing...and we all know this girl WORKS...<br /><br />We love Court and can't wait to talk to her about her latest travels and experiencesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-4491249261704605052010-06-28T07:56:00.000-07:002010-06-28T08:01:28.412-07:00Steven Meisel shoots Mariacarla Boscono from Women...pure art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwO0IsxMLtRPOnByxsBTgnxypphl12lM7i3wwKCyvfvIAezJzL9wXmcy0s-N75P2A92EoLPynl2Vp6llqEqThYlOyOh4esgg0yPMg7UI_uG0bbZwb0oswkXHsjiwbQSkdM31NlpLdzJQ/s1600/mariacarla1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwO0IsxMLtRPOnByxsBTgnxypphl12lM7i3wwKCyvfvIAezJzL9wXmcy0s-N75P2A92EoLPynl2Vp6llqEqThYlOyOh4esgg0yPMg7UI_uG0bbZwb0oswkXHsjiwbQSkdM31NlpLdzJQ/s400/mariacarla1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487839750998362114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZV4YIxsGGy9KF09NS-G1os4pawnlW4xwBuzcsWocxQ33GjLrwKClX830ts2log8295BDje5vBlawS6bZdpWT551u-NIXV9Wibp_7drzNE4vblyHhG3luzjIIrYdGJPE9xDLLafpwtb4/s1600/mariacarla2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZV4YIxsGGy9KF09NS-G1os4pawnlW4xwBuzcsWocxQ33GjLrwKClX830ts2log8295BDje5vBlawS6bZdpWT551u-NIXV9Wibp_7drzNE4vblyHhG3luzjIIrYdGJPE9xDLLafpwtb4/s400/mariacarla2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487838997712629634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAneun-OrtbP2WZKZQCRQw1WVcc3baqAk_ulgMtZOg0SapIs8zdFw56eWFzrklgAEht5bOTF_xB010XXoP6leXHXOIOC4lrWNxobozJii6thuKDS02MQnmBylq01kngSmuxyVAXNRsQY/s1600/mariacarla3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAneun-OrtbP2WZKZQCRQw1WVcc3baqAk_ulgMtZOg0SapIs8zdFw56eWFzrklgAEht5bOTF_xB010XXoP6leXHXOIOC4lrWNxobozJii6thuKDS02MQnmBylq01kngSmuxyVAXNRsQY/s400/mariacarla3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487838856693688834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3uz4ggG-sjmmMH_PKvkVuLEBmAw1vY0KI9q3bZbDfP6dZeqPB8nXhF02xU_knjSWVtu838D24FGQE308A1fgJdH8zS4o6OPG_-kIoKQh-zpkDtXCyU8GGVTS2VXk6Rui1v4Qys81l2A/s1600/mariacarla4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3uz4ggG-sjmmMH_PKvkVuLEBmAw1vY0KI9q3bZbDfP6dZeqPB8nXhF02xU_knjSWVtu838D24FGQE308A1fgJdH8zS4o6OPG_-kIoKQh-zpkDtXCyU8GGVTS2VXk6Rui1v4Qys81l2A/s400/mariacarla4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487838760658111618" border="0" /></a><br />Steven Meisel and Mariacarla Boscono from Women Management with Alber Elbaz styling...speechless...pure art, its beauty, sex, chic, romance and a sense of "bad ass"...<br /><br />This shoot is for fall 2010 Lanvin campaign<br /><br />Lanvin Fall 2010 Campaign<br />Model: Mariacarla Boscono<br />Photographer: Steven Meisel<br />Stylist: Alber Elbaz<br />Hair: Guido Palau<br />Makeup: Pat McGrathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-55717488453564676852010-06-25T10:05:00.000-07:002010-06-25T10:18:49.846-07:00Secrets in China<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinokElJ54jNnmWr67t8Sn3eKq0-ykoYx4yhIgH9Gd7qZVtf9y9sNERqn6nguMG8NLAlGZbFBCxqZDECx4tP4QsWQc_KXaBCB095CN_r_uZlAV8K23hUXAVkSah2CaxRLFO1DFK70ymICI/s1600/IMG_0762.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinokElJ54jNnmWr67t8Sn3eKq0-ykoYx4yhIgH9Gd7qZVtf9y9sNERqn6nguMG8NLAlGZbFBCxqZDECx4tP4QsWQc_KXaBCB095CN_r_uZlAV8K23hUXAVkSah2CaxRLFO1DFK70ymICI/s400/IMG_0762.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486761951745263362" border="0" /></a><br />Aside from the schemers, the thuggery, and other manifestations of bad taste, I'm not sure where to start. I could mention the visa fraud scam I took right to the US Embassy's Visa Fraud Unit, ending in the death (with no body at the funeral) of the person who tried to recruit me. I could mention the Chinese art scene as a haven for money launderers. I could go on about some clients I've had (one of them thought that by buying the film, they owned the rights to the images I produced for them -- hence I chose to drop them immediately and not return any calls) -- maybe this email to me from one of Asia's best creative directors (we met on an IBM campaign in 2003) may shed some light on what models can expect; if it exists on this level, it can exist on any level, especially in the modeling industry.<br /><br />*********************<br />Mister Frady,<br />After many years of honing my craft, and all too often in the company of colleagues - who, shall we say, have a less sharpened career than myself - I am of slight concerns and am seeing the unmistakable hallmarks of a 'no thought, no planning, no idea, wing it through kind of business that i am seeing and experiencing at 798.<br />For instance - the 'busy' office with no procedures, no proper facilities or administration - but instead, a fucking Ay-i serving bitter shit tea endlessly, instead of hiring a hot receptionist to answer their phones... the sloppiness of the meetings with management and their genuine lack of vision and a serious lack of depth of understanding about what they are doing. The lazy 'legal girl' who said she was to email me - despite me already having emailed her. She is a pip squeak and probably winced at my fee schedule i sent them.<br />Look, I can go on with a litany of amateurisms that will only sadden me, and perhaps you. But there's little point.<br /><br />So looking on the bright side i feel if 798 and I can reach an agreement and I come on board to help, then it will be high time to apply some stainless steel methodology and influence into the thing - and attempt to mould some sense and shape to this nebulous mass of seemingly desperate corner cutters.<br /><br />If this eventuates - and the ball is now entirely in their court - I will need to work closely with you in terms of sharpening the 798 Group image. If the image and presenation is at least right and reflects the bullshit they proport to, then, well, fuck Shannon, it may get them over the line and put some cash in our pockets - despite the inner machinations and realities of the organization are a fucking hopelessly disorganised, counter-productive disaster.<br /><br />At this stage I have done enough for free. Ive listened to their bullshit enough. They can now walk the walk.<br /><br />******************<br />Among the bad, there is always good, but one has to look very carefully. Rainbow Gao is generally a good person, she runs an agency out of Shanghai. I could recommend people, like Shaun Price from Kentucky (photos attached, he's the handsome black guy in the white suit), and my other friend Morgan, who was the guy who shot Jackie Chan in "Forbidden Kingdom" (also in the photos). In another photo is Henry Li, someone to look out for, he started China's night life (Quentin Tarantino was bartending for him while shooting "Kill Bill" in Beijing, he brought Paul Oakenfold to the Great Wall, and before I left China I had drinks with Colin Farrell at his bar, he knows everyone) and is generally a godfather-type figure with good intentions which may or may not lead to the right introductions.<br /><br />I may be more qualified to steer people in right directions than to steer them away from certain people. Or maybe that's just my inclination. However I do feel responsible to pass on whatever I have learned in the hopes of staving away bad experiences.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-16772147944129378392010-06-24T09:21:00.000-07:002010-06-24T09:25:58.188-07:00Interview with Erin owner of Echo Models<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbrRYUarA7AhvEkv6W-0U4M05kWZh31HXo8UQjk42CzB25Qdgs-gV_c-Ht_HF5upZKIANklXrmzeQwrjISmMhLqXtLl8KA3BrsRJAv08P4CEDzZ9U5nZKV-3Af_NGwVRTo0pnrVHXJQs/s1600/echo+logo+100x200.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbrRYUarA7AhvEkv6W-0U4M05kWZh31HXo8UQjk42CzB25Qdgs-gV_c-Ht_HF5upZKIANklXrmzeQwrjISmMhLqXtLl8KA3BrsRJAv08P4CEDzZ9U5nZKV-3Af_NGwVRTo0pnrVHXJQs/s400/echo+logo+100x200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486376643617689266" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">Interview by Amna Bou-Azza (SOMW) with the owner of Echo models “Erin Olson”<o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /><br />SOMW : What was your overriding inspiration to get into the business and create “Echo Models” ?</span></b></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Erin : I’ve spent 15 years in various aspects of the fashion and modeling world. Over time I realized my passion was finding potential models, developing and managing them. I was inspired to start my own management company because I wanted to provide a safe and honest way for people to get into the industry without getting scammed or paying unnecessary fees.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""> </span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Can you tell me about your role in “Echo models” ? What do you do exactly?</b></span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Erin : I founded Echo Models in May of 2009. I personally scout, develop and manage all the models I represent. My motto is: If I can’t place a girl with one of the top ten agencies in the world, I don’t waste my time (I don’t waste their time either).</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Give me one word that defines the modeling industry for you?</b></span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Erin : Exciting Why? Because there is so much potential for lives to change for the better in this industry. For example, one of my models literally just barely left her high school graduation in the tiny town of Fillmore, Utah and flew straight to Singapore to begin modeling with Ave Management and shooting with the world famous fashion photographer “Chuando”.<br /><br />Another girl that I sent to LA literally had only been a model for 4 days when she was cast as the only girl featured in a 10 page editorial in “Harper’s Bazaar”. You just never know how this industry will affect your life, it may happen really fast or slow. And not knowing what's going to happen from one day to the next is always exciting!</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Any tips for a model to make it big in this very competitive industry ? Any advice ?</b></span><br /><br /><span class="apple-style-span" style="">Erin : The 3 P’s:</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style="">Be Persistent, Passionate, and Professional</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Persistent: You won’t last a single day in this industry unless you are able to get up every time you fall down. There is a lot of rejection in modeling, so you have to keep smiling, put on those high heels, get back out there, and believe in yourself if you want to make it.</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Passionate: YOU have to be the one to want to model, not your mom, not your friends and not your agent. If you don’t have passion for it, you just won’t last.</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Professional: Your main priority as a model is to make the client want to book you again. Never forget that as a model you are running your own business. As with any business, the key to success is getting and keeping clients. If you’re difficult to work with, late, rude, or unpleasant in any way when you’re on the job, most likely you’ve lost a client and lots of opportunities for jobs down the road.</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><br /><br /><br />SOMW : There has been a trend of using skinnier female models in recent years. Are designers in some</b> <b style="">way responsible or is it the casting agents ?</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><b style=""> </b></span><b style=""> </b> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Erin : Designers have every power to change the sample sizes they make. But if they do, they or the casting agents have to find models that fit those sizes, that’s a hard job. That’s why most designers book the walking mannequins (models) from already established agencies. Perhaps the agencies are responsible.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style=""><br /><br /><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style="">SOMW: Is the modeling profession something that provides financial stability? Does the agency take care of</b> <b style="">the financial aspects?</b></span><br /><br />Erin<span class="apple-style-span" style="">: It can, but there’s definitely an investment in the beginning from both the model and the agency. The agency should pay for flights, books, comp cards and test shoots, etc. and the model should invest her time, energy, interest, and making sure she looks amazing!</span><br /><br /><br /><b style=""><span class="apple-style-span" style="">SOMW : What do you think about SOMW ?</span></b> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Erin : Not only an incredible resource for models but also an inspiration to many who think modeling is for girls with no personality. SOMW puts soul into the modeling world!</span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Any quote that you could leave us with ?</b></span> <span class="apple-style-span" style=""><br /><br />Erin : “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams”. {Eleanor Roosevelt}<br /><br /><br /><o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : I love this quote ! Thank you Erin for this great interview, SOMW wishes to you and” Echo models” the best of luck ! </span></b></span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-87527810580012944702010-06-23T09:37:00.000-07:002010-06-23T09:48:21.796-07:00Lauren Young for Cover of Jacques Magazine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHqow7qKDrLdK-azjQO6n0wMY5kp562si-_nQaaVvGa0-_gtfQFlPjuzmkxdyo_GLbIXnME-ir7Xg7VZAvi3GrsqneTWa2u32xXHiIs8g0-J_bFwJc9-MkXzl4G580HnSddxZW_Xwfpc/s1600/laurenyoungcoverjacques.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHqow7qKDrLdK-azjQO6n0wMY5kp562si-_nQaaVvGa0-_gtfQFlPjuzmkxdyo_GLbIXnME-ir7Xg7VZAvi3GrsqneTWa2u32xXHiIs8g0-J_bFwJc9-MkXzl4G580HnSddxZW_Xwfpc/s400/laurenyoungcoverjacques.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486011837847993282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAC3L8Xb3C5bQGa57KD-lksybZV3_8025KKE3Gxk700w4SrIPFwSn8KDToPkmdiIm8-1GtY47eVPcVRTkBkDcBhyphenhyphen6gDYIxWVg7nXQqUZ39USOmAg4JtxfrJmnVDjypR-Jl3Zy9w1y8IhM/s1600/laruenyoungcover1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAC3L8Xb3C5bQGa57KD-lksybZV3_8025KKE3Gxk700w4SrIPFwSn8KDToPkmdiIm8-1GtY47eVPcVRTkBkDcBhyphenhyphen6gDYIxWVg7nXQqUZ39USOmAg4JtxfrJmnVDjypR-Jl3Zy9w1y8IhM/s400/laruenyoungcover1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486011779116360626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrxOwWTR_dD4Yt3XCRQTc9OA4SwiNTEC1IOIdvjtRSogk3luu5cve8OuWHkw-b-PmxG8LyXbZufgqQiCZcmDpzRMMQb_Gnv3Jj0ZHBdAN9aFg6zi6m9BM1BpzFdsWYYiJ2QE8bHXhTUY/s1600/laurenyoungjacquesmagazine.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrxOwWTR_dD4Yt3XCRQTc9OA4SwiNTEC1IOIdvjtRSogk3luu5cve8OuWHkw-b-PmxG8LyXbZufgqQiCZcmDpzRMMQb_Gnv3Jj0ZHBdAN9aFg6zi6m9BM1BpzFdsWYYiJ2QE8bHXhTUY/s400/laurenyoungjacquesmagazine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486011704075468146" border="0" /></a><br />We showed you the video Lauren shot for Jacques a while back...now guess what? SHE BOOKED THE COVER!<br /><br />She looks stunning!! and not surprising this girl stays very down to earth and keeps working harder to achieve even more...Lauren is a true inspiration for other new models around the world.<br /><br />SOMW loves Lauren Young!<br /><br />Lauren is signed with MC2 Model Management in New YorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-75056971857608103892010-06-22T13:51:00.000-07:002010-09-08T08:32:39.786-07:00modasphere is here!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyWgu7kEFkZtQWVz7o4O9v7FvmPeT5FsQMAIrQdBX_JiQVxZaho7_xpQz1ZHIuIT1ffNfV-y_daWXUWkwfOrd4ShPdYjUWzByQgLRU0xV9RM7VvCFx8Az3pE8ehpSx0KygCv8OKcn3r4/s1600/screenshotmodashpere4.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyWgu7kEFkZtQWVz7o4O9v7FvmPeT5FsQMAIrQdBX_JiQVxZaho7_xpQz1ZHIuIT1ffNfV-y_daWXUWkwfOrd4ShPdYjUWzByQgLRU0xV9RM7VvCFx8Az3pE8ehpSx0KygCv8OKcn3r4/s400/screenshotmodashpere4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485706513362644066" border="0" /></a><br />You all remembered we gave you a little hint a new casting system was coming along...and not the one you have heard is based in Slovenia or some far country like that...right here in the US of A.<br /><br />Modasphere.com is here to revolutionize the way agencies work...how?<br /><br />Imagine you (agents and bookers) being able to control the system form your iphone or your ipad? Being able to use any computer available to work from, without any necessity of installing big programs or systems...<br /><br />The system that lets you do EVERYTHING in one simple click...<br /><br />And on top of that...cheaper? is that even possible?<br /><br />OH YES!<br /><br />Modasphere is here to rock your worlds...<br /><br />Where to find it? Wanna give us a call for a private viewing?<br /><br />You can go to: <a href="http://www.modasphere.com/">http://www.modasphere.com</a><br /><br />ENJOY!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-278581475916436932010-06-18T09:41:00.000-07:002010-06-18T09:46:05.519-07:00ESMOD celebrates 22 years<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wlq11jUSVKzZmmWXqcVrwxlDjFC-Y-GZGZ4d9BzkmIq8uMFOJsOr6jZVcfMWsHqhe2ctYIMnKC_BnvRhMZZF8P9BXD8wAF4BprXCt0QoNFHYYmzrFD5cK4Rqc1MvZ7jV9wjhu8Ktv_w/s1600/36080_404154291532_526466532_4818915_1581918_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wlq11jUSVKzZmmWXqcVrwxlDjFC-Y-GZGZ4d9BzkmIq8uMFOJsOr6jZVcfMWsHqhe2ctYIMnKC_BnvRhMZZF8P9BXD8wAF4BprXCt0QoNFHYYmzrFD5cK4Rqc1MvZ7jV9wjhu8Ktv_w/s400/36080_404154291532_526466532_4818915_1581918_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484155331579838546" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;" ><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:100%;">ESMOD INTERNATIONAL FASHION UNIVERSITY GROUP is the first fashion school established in France and founded in 1841 , ESOMD has an international network all over the world.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:100%;"><span mce_="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><br /><br /><br /></u></span><o:p style=""></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" >This year ESMOD Tunisia celebSOMWrated </span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >their 22 years anniversary by setting a big show in Tunis the capital of the country hosting all ESMOD representatives from all over the world. It gave the opportunity to show the great potential of Tunisian designers and we can notice the development of the fashion industry in this country. SOMW was proud to have been invited and being witness of this great event, we wish ESMOD many more years of success and a brilliant future generation of designers to come.</span><br /></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-14612830619041765692010-06-17T10:37:00.001-07:002010-06-17T11:06:25.540-07:00Hi I am Michelle and this is my story...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kUqs_hjDb_B-Zf1S0QA43iDJEH4fM5dhj-d84HLNKb7m3_GzEm0kEZ4tnvPg7PdbP-mtgGQM3XOMVM7fhl0nZM7O1BkokwU9vvGn8rrTRyKpZPwIwb2UlILhhLs7HVTzvNcYmGauxc/s1600/michellecapm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kUqs_hjDb_B-Zf1S0QA43iDJEH4fM5dhj-d84HLNKb7m3_GzEm0kEZ4tnvPg7PdbP-mtgGQM3XOMVM7fhl0nZM7O1BkokwU9vvGn8rrTRyKpZPwIwb2UlILhhLs7HVTzvNcYmGauxc/s400/michellecapm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483799176990017250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:small;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My name is Michelle Cartwright, I am 18 years old from Long Island, New York and I currently attend the University at Buffalo and I am writing this today to tell you about my experiences in finding an agency to represent me in NYC.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When I was 9 months old I started my baby modeling career, which unfortunately only lasted until I was four years old when I told my mom that I didn’t “want to smile for the camera anymore”. From then up until just a year ago, I was involved in every sport you could think of and I basically lived a normal childhood. Last year (after high school ended) I decided (since I was no longer playing sports) that I would try modeling out again. My whole life I’ve been told that I should get back into modeling, and now that I have the time to put my full effort into it, I decided to pursue this career again.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Whenever I had breaks and was able to come home from Buffalo, I would tell my mom to do some research for me to find out how to break into the industry. Our first step was to get some test shoots in (considering I had no professional pictures taken of myself yet). My first shoot was during my winter break from school with Joseph Paradiso, one of the photographers for the new faces division at NEXT. We found Joe from a friend of my aunt’s who works with Macy’s catalog division. He was absolutely great. He was patient and directed me extremely well. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">All the shots I took with him were mostly high fashion and very serious. He wasn’t so sure that I could pull off the high fashion look at first (because normally when people look at me, they see a pretty ‘girl next door’ type of look). However, as he shot me, he changed his mind. The shoot was a success and such a great first experience. Joe told me I was a natural.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As soon as my mom and I got the pictures developed, we immediately emailed them to a bunch of different agencies online. This was a total bust however. We didn’t hear back from anyone really. Because the pictures we took were very high fashion looking, we decided to do an additional test shoot outside in natural light (bathing suit/and other more commercial looks). Once we finished that shoot we sent the pictures to our contact at Macy’s who loved them and referred us to the head of model casting at Macy’s. Once the head of model casting looked at the two shoots I had done, she too loved my pictures and referred us to a number of agencies in NYC that she books her models through.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-QpGlVHzanhYKJLMqUtnCvusmCEcjuyeRIV3-ytMFCjY0U2Ca9Tv4YhjT8bj1OYJR3O65kCwJMybesDNhLlvWsvdqjli5jpwCJvfpcZ-DY7pkvwPS_UbzNWgCyZxs7r2jxjJX1LIHUU/s400/michellecapm2.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483799300081680722" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This started our huge adventure with meeting some of the top agencies in NYC and the world. On my first day, I had meetings with Ford, Wilhelmina and IMG. Everyone I met was surprisingly nice to me. All of them reviewed my book, took digital pictures and asked me questions about my goals. Personally I was just happy they didn’t slam the door in my face (considering I had no experience, lol). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ford was considering me for the teen division, Wilhelmina told me I was too short right away (wanted me to be 5’10’’), and IMG took more than a week to deliberate whether I was right for their board, but Rene and Michael (manager and assistant manager of the women’s division at IMG) were two of the nicest people I met on my search for the right agency. The next day I had two more meetings with Click and Marilyn. We were referred to Click by another friend of a friend. When we met with the head of the women’s division at Click, she immediately said that I was beautiful but that they only take girls 5’10’’ and above. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At Marilyn, I immediately fell in love with the man Anthony that we met with. He was so interested in me, said I was beautiful, took digitals of me, and my mom and I had close to a 30 minute conversation with him just about me and what I want to do with a modeling career. When he got back to me about the board’s decision, he said that they all loved me as well, but the problem was that they already had 3 other girls on the board who had the same coloring and look as me (dark hair, green eyes). Even though they loved me, they felt it wouldn’t be fair to their existing models or to me. He suggested that I check back and send additional pictures in 3-6 months as models leave and change agencies often and the board could be completely different by then.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our next stop was to the talent agency Abrams Artists. We were referred to them by one of my mom’s close friends who has been pushing my mom to get me back into modeling for years and is one of my biggest fans. I met with a very sweet man named Joe who was immediately interested in me for all aspects of his business from print to on camera/film. He talked to my mom and I for an hour about all the things I could do with their talent agency, we left very impressed and will most likely be signing with them for the on camera/film end of the business (for commercials).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Next, we were told about the agency APM Model Management through a friend of a friend. APM is a “boutique” modeling agency in NYC run by an extraordinary team with loads of industry experience. We met with Shawn who is formerly of DNA models, and now the director of new faces at APM. He was wonderful, filled with experience and is currently working on revamping APM with a new faces division and a new men’s division. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Shawn loved me and referred me to the director Louise who literally has 40 years of experience in this business and simply made me feel comfortable and at home. She offered me a contract and even though we took it with us to look over, my mom and I knew that we found the right place for me. Even though they are smaller, I can look forward to a more personalized management experience and an agency that has huge potential for growth. I am so excited to be working with them and starting this new career, finally.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">In summation, there are a lot of agencies out there and all of them seem to be looking for different things. For some I had the wrong look, some I was too short, some I was too pretty. My advice is to do your homework, ask advice from people in the industry, and never give up until you find the right fit for yourself. I’m looking forward to having an enjoyable and successful career and I wish luck to anyone reading this who has the same dream.</span></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-26838191703086460892010-06-17T10:37:00.000-07:002010-06-17T10:42:29.894-07:00Hi I am Michelle and this is my story...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kUqs_hjDb_B-Zf1S0QA43iDJEH4fM5dhj-d84HLNKb7m3_GzEm0kEZ4tnvPg7PdbP-mtgGQM3XOMVM7fhl0nZM7O1BkokwU9vvGn8rrTRyKpZPwIwb2UlILhhLs7HVTzvNcYmGauxc/s1600/michellecapm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kUqs_hjDb_B-Zf1S0QA43iDJEH4fM5dhj-d84HLNKb7m3_GzEm0kEZ4tnvPg7PdbP-mtgGQM3XOMVM7fhl0nZM7O1BkokwU9vvGn8rrTRyKpZPwIwb2UlILhhLs7HVTzvNcYmGauxc/s400/michellecapm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483799176990017250" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:small;"><p class="MsoNormal">My name is Michelle Cartwright, I am 18 years old from Long Island, New York and I currently attend the University at Buffalo and I am writing this today to tell you about my experiences in finding an agency to represent me in NYC.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>When I was 9 months old I started my baby modeling career, which unfortunately only lasted until I was four years old when I told my mom that I didn’t “want to smile for the camera anymore”. From then up until just a year ago, I was involved in every sport you could think of and I basically lived a normal childhood. Last year (after high school ended) I decided (since I was no longer playing sports) that I would try modeling out again. My whole life I’ve been told that I should get back into modeling, and now that I have the time to put my full effort into it, I decided to pursue this career again.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Whenever I had breaks and was able to come home from Buffalo, I would tell my mom to do some research for me to find out how to break into the industry. Our first step was to get some test shoots in (considering I had no professional pictures taken of myself yet). My first shoot was during my winter break from school with Joseph Paradiso, one of the photographers for the new faces division at NEXT. We found Joe from a friend of my aunt’s who works with Macy’s catalog division. He was absolutely great. He was patient and directed me extremely well. All the shots I took with him were mostly high fashion and very serious. He wasn’t so sure that I could pull off the high fashion look at first (because normally when people look at me, they see a pretty ‘girl next door’ type of look). However, as he shot me, he changed his mind. The shoot was a success and such a great first experience. Joe told me I was a natural.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>As soon as my mom and I got the pictures developed, we immediately emailed them to a bunch of different agencies online. This was a total bust however. We didn’t hear back from anyone really. Because the pictures we took were very high fashion looking, we decided to do an additional test shoot outside in natural light (bathing suit/and other more commercial looks). Once we finished that shoot we sent the pictures to our contact at Macy’s who loved them and referred us to the head of model casting at Macy’s. Once the head of model casting looked at the two shoots I had done, she too loved my pictures and referred us to a number of agencies in NYC that she books her models through.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-QpGlVHzanhYKJLMqUtnCvusmCEcjuyeRIV3-ytMFCjY0U2Ca9Tv4YhjT8bj1OYJR3O65kCwJMybesDNhLlvWsvdqjli5jpwCJvfpcZ-DY7pkvwPS_UbzNWgCyZxs7r2jxjJX1LIHUU/s400/michellecapm2.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483799300081680722" />This started our huge adventure with meeting some of the top agencies in NYC and the world. On my first day, I had meetings with Ford, Wilhelmina and IMG. Everyone I met was surprisingly nice to me. All of them reviewed my book, took digital pictures and asked me questions about my goals. Personally I was just happy they didn’t slam the door in my face (considering I had no experience, lol). Ford was considering me for the teen division, Wilhelmina told me I was too short right away (wanted me to be 5’10’’), and IMG took more than a week to deliberate whether I was right for their board, but Rene and Michael (manager and assistant manager of the women’s division at IMG) were two of the nicest people I met on my search for the right agency. The next day I had two more meetings with Click and Marilyn. We were referred to Click by another friend of a friend. When we met with the head of the women’s division at Click, she immediately said that I was beautiful but that they only take girls 5’10’’ and above. At Marilyn, I immediately fell in love with the man Anthony that we met with. He was so interested in me, said I was beautiful, took digitals of me, and my mom and I had close to a 30 minute conversation with him just about me and what I want to do with a modeling career. When he got back to me about the board’s decision, he said that they all loved me as well, but the problem was that they already had 3 other girls on the board who had the same coloring and look as me (dark hair, green eyes). Even though they loved me, they felt it wouldn’t be fair to their existing models or to me. He suggested that I check back and send additional pictures in 3-6 months as models leave and change agencies often and the board could be completely different by then.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Our next stop was to the talent agency Abrams Artists. We were referred to them by one of my mom’s close friends who has been pushing my mom to get me back into modeling for years and is one of my biggest fans. I met with a very sweet man named Joe who was immediately interested in me for all aspects of his business from print to on camera/film. He talked to my mom and I for an hour about all the things I could do with their talent agency, we left very impressed and will most likely be signing with them for the on camera/film end of the business (for commercials).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Next, we were told about the agency APM Model Management through a friend of a friend. APM is a “boutique” modeling agency in NYC run by an extraordinary team with loads of industry experience. We met with Shawn who is formerly of DNA models, and now the director of new faces at APM. He was wonderful, filled with experience and is currently working on revamping APM with a new faces division and a new men’s division. Shawn loved me and referred me to the director Louise who literally has 40 years of experience in this business and simply made me feel comfortable and at home. She offered me a contract and even though we took it with us to look over, my mom and I knew that we found the right place for me. Even though they are smaller, I can look forward to a more personalized management experience and an agency that has huge potential for growth. I am so excited to be working with them and starting this new career, finally.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>In summation, there are a lot of agencies out there and all of them seem to be looking for different things. For some I had the wrong look, some I was too short, some I was too pretty.<span> </span>My advice is to do your homework, ask advice from people in the industry, and never give up until you find the right fit for yourself. I’m looking forward to having an enjoyable and successful career and I wish luck to anyone reading this who has the same dream. </p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-32988790158382753782010-06-16T09:49:00.000-07:002010-06-16T09:59:00.697-07:00Gwendoline: A new short film<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4gvK4FejMRnIpXxOFCpsQCsCyDal-VH7wzFZyp3E45YDtxRMa_rUvm0LrzVAZBNsFO58Ikj35addMv79aNTQoCYdbfqfNgpf5o_v_C-qYufrFlViwW5KJxvfEO3ShM4s4dQxgK8TwBs/s1600/gwendoline_still_showstudio-468x263.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4gvK4FejMRnIpXxOFCpsQCsCyDal-VH7wzFZyp3E45YDtxRMa_rUvm0LrzVAZBNsFO58Ikj35addMv79aNTQoCYdbfqfNgpf5o_v_C-qYufrFlViwW5KJxvfEO3ShM4s4dQxgK8TwBs/s400/gwendoline_still_showstudio-468x263.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483416798774814002" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Celebrating the Launch of Studio East Dining, photographer and film maker <a href="http://www.jeztozer.com/v5/JT.html" target="_blank">Jez Tozer</a> created Gwendoline, a short film inspired by Bistrotheque’s unique fusion of food and fashion. The title was inspired by Studio East Dining’s singular hostess, Gwendoline Christie. Studio East Dining is located at Westfield Stratford City in London. Sorry New Yorkers, you must travel far for this one. The music behind this film, created by Daniel Pemberton, is fascinating and unique. All of the music was composed using sounds recorded during the construction of the structure.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.showstudio.com/project/bistrotheque" target="_blank">Click here to watch this Short Film</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">- Kirt Reynolds</p><p style="text-align: left;">http://modelsoup.wordpress.com<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-75775362313137634562010-06-15T09:01:00.000-07:002010-06-15T09:10:52.708-07:00Interview with fashion photographer Donald Johnson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj961RPvkoL-lp1BaNjaj5u18e_o9AkiBm50HcDLQGlDUrGg0QEaRCVxCLfB9G_wgbdTRCtW978DUdeC3TVhiNwmfSJ2wP3vEE8sqOtObyTBG9dgZ_Upv5LHDh4kAgAZErHBgED8ccGQkY/s1600/abbeyandfrejabydonald2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj961RPvkoL-lp1BaNjaj5u18e_o9AkiBm50HcDLQGlDUrGg0QEaRCVxCLfB9G_wgbdTRCtW978DUdeC3TVhiNwmfSJ2wP3vEE8sqOtObyTBG9dgZ_Upv5LHDh4kAgAZErHBgED8ccGQkY/s400/abbeyandfrejabydonald2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483032779482062242" border="0" /></a><br />SOMW : How did you get into photography? How long have you been doing photography ? Can you tell us what encouraged you to be a photographer or what precisely inspired you .<br /><br />Did you learn photography in specialized schools or did you learn it by yourself?<br /><br />Donald : I've always loved photography, since when was child. I learned it during graphic design school but I realized that i had to learn more and then drove me to consult books and learn from practicing myself.<br /><br />Working for few weeks in a photography studio I had the opportunity to learn more, giving me the passion I've always had.<br /><br /><br />SOMW: Any photographers that have influenced your career?<br /><br /><br />Donald : Years ago I was fascinated by David LaChapelle's works. Than, i was introduced to fashion industry and all about odd stuff.<br />Meeting with Tim Walker during his exhibition in Milan, I recognized the need to realize my photographic passion.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcWbEqcTuYxd877T4CkWa5ZvhvJQvWWGqyidCJ4DxC-MPheXu9RzdGaosGz7Ojp4-tQUrNjh2oWyI0J3-LcDTxRwQldu0FZGeGMXxajHMFP8Cxlseq56c9g63JoinL5lqgrwPXLwM4zM/s1600/01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcWbEqcTuYxd877T4CkWa5ZvhvJQvWWGqyidCJ4DxC-MPheXu9RzdGaosGz7Ojp4-tQUrNjh2oWyI0J3-LcDTxRwQldu0FZGeGMXxajHMFP8Cxlseq56c9g63JoinL5lqgrwPXLwM4zM/s400/01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483032885833078962" border="0" /></a>SOMW: How many pictures would you say you take to find "the right one” ?<br /><br />Donald: Well, photo-editing it's the most important thing and in the same time the hardest to choose the right one photo.<br /><br />Usually some photographers on 100 shots, they choose a couple.<br /><br /><br />SOMW : Do you prefer Black and white photos or color ones ?<br /><br /><br />Donald : I love both, each of color pictures are more direct and the subject is usually clear.<br /><br />Instead, in black and white you have the chance of being able to relate the subject with the location.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : How do you choose your muse ? What do you do to stay inspired?<br /><br /><br />Donald : The most important thing for me is to convey exactly the personality of the model and it's not so easy to find the muse who is able to forward her beauty.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgtUgJT-Z04VJYSuQEEOjbkHRPqxLggBZ6Jyw2gYMoIcZrW6kXo1o3QYKFEOutBqFwJq3EAvwc6-iAzPYUTjDeU5kNNesNOBKF6n4cEMvALwxH84XXGlHbnTkiP_HScx8Ny1ULY0Xryo/s1600/04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgtUgJT-Z04VJYSuQEEOjbkHRPqxLggBZ6Jyw2gYMoIcZrW6kXo1o3QYKFEOutBqFwJq3EAvwc6-iAzPYUTjDeU5kNNesNOBKF6n4cEMvALwxH84XXGlHbnTkiP_HScx8Ny1ULY0Xryo/s400/04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483033078388402482" border="0" /></a>SOMW : I really love the way you seem to focus on the eye's of your subject in many of your shots . Do you make an effort to do this or is it just spontaneous talent that happens?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : Everything about my works is spontaneous; I like to simply trasmit what my eyes want to see.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : What do you like the most about the Fashion industry ?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : One of the most important things that's going to lead to lead to the most innovation about collections, between the art of photography and the passion.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW: Do you prefer runaways or photo shoots? What do you enjoy shooting the most ?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : I impressed a lot of work in the Gucci FW 2010 catwalk last Fashion Week but I guess i prefer to work with photo shoots because you can have more direct contact with the subject to represent.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Most people think the life of a photographer is glamorous and they get to meet famous people, is it true ?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : In part it's true, because it is a fascinating work, but like all jobs, you always must get the best from your works and what you want and it's not so easy.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : We’d like to know your opinion about the modeling world ? what do you think about it ? Does this industry represent danger for young girls? What advice would you give to every girl who want to become a model?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : The fashion world represents the classy society and at the same time is like a circle of all those arts such as entertainments.<br /><br />The only advice I can give about the young telents who want to model is to be themselves and give their best because it stands out the qualities of them.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW: Who’s your favorite model?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : One of my favorite model is Carmen Kass. But also like Anja Rubik, Anna Selezneva, Frida Gustavsson, Freja Beha and Natasha Poly.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : does it exist certain tips for a model to make it big in this very competitive industry ?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : Well, in my opinion: just be yourself, work hard, do your best and not be swayed by people's opinion.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : To finish, allow me to ask you how did you hear about SOMW and what do you think about our organization ?<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald : I found it by a person who advised me on web. I really like the structure of activities, from site layout to very updated fashion's content. Great Works.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Thank You so much Donald and Good Luck !<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald Johnson has been interviewed by Amna (SOMW)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-3698780559374447842010-06-14T10:17:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:41:49.657-07:00New York and back Home again<span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVgENpLJfp-UfpK8v-f5_rxKSK0xKX9Jlw6Bh_YICHia4tWOokpiogEQih8jwQw5WzXkQgpqZk6n_xfPhUviublGpmME3Apz8ouBTww1BJL7S3Ea237DIgEDGn1fQjKEyXtM4x7Fh4v4/s1600/alexrush.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVgENpLJfp-UfpK8v-f5_rxKSK0xKX9Jlw6Bh_YICHia4tWOokpiogEQih8jwQw5WzXkQgpqZk6n_xfPhUviublGpmME3Apz8ouBTww1BJL7S3Ea237DIgEDGn1fQjKEyXtM4x7Fh4v4/s400/alexrush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482684179068071698" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">
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Slowly my life was about to change. Within the first week of settling into my apartment, picking up my first portfolio ever at Ford, I knew I was in way over my head. I would see girls on the street towering over me, at 5’11, long legs and always on the same castings as me. The first casting I ever went on with Ford, a Wal-Mart job for $1,000, I booked. And those girls I had seen on the street were the same ones I had beat out for the job. Things were looking up for me. Continuing for a little over eight months, I booked jobs every week, gaining more and more confidence in myself.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">After grazing the covers of Women’s World, an Italian Magazine, getting a few spread tear sheets in various magazines, meeting Donald Trump while on Celebrity Apprentice, and working for Ralph Lauren for his bathing suit collection, I was on the right path.
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Coming from a small town of Grand Rapids, Michigan, word grew quick of my success. The local radio station contacted me as I was boarding my flight to Vegas for a job, and got me in for a phone interview after seeing my debut on Celebrity Apprentice. </span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">The ball continued to roll, and the Grand Rapids Press, got a hold of my recent modeling photos, and called me for an interview, placing me right on the front page next to Obama and the Iraqi war. I thought this was all a dream! Why would people want to read or listen to me about my modeling career? Since I was new to the industry in NY, getting signed by a top five agency was very hard to achieve, and I slowly began to realize that. Next thing I knew, my old high school called me in, while I was visiting in Michigan for a few weeks to interview me on an article, “High school graduates and their success”. I was the only one they had interviewed from all the successful high school grads.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">By this time, more and more print work came my way, putting me on the cover of a book, and getting me in as an extra in Sex and the City 2. I loved it. But after all the jobs, going to numerous Yankees games, Giants game, dating a Jets player, and with all the money flowing in, I did miss home. I flew back to Michigan from Queens about every three months for two years. I put off school for two years to pursue my modeling career, and as my friends back home were graduating and celebrating, I felt like a piece of me was missing. I felt ahead of the game, and pursuing a real career in modeling, but I wanted a degree…I wanted something to fall back on in the slow months of modeling, or when I’m older down the road.
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<br /></span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Now, back home in Michigan for 2 months, in school to get a degree in Veterinary medicine, or a licensed dietician, I hope to tie in modeling somehow into these. I am still signed with Ford Chicago, and there is a local agency I have been modeling for, ever since I was just five years old. Luckily they still call, and little promotional jobs, or photo shoots will come in, but I do still miss the castings every day, and the cut-throat industry modeling was in NY. There isn’t anything like that here. If you’re cute…you’re in. If you’re cute in NY, you had to be tall, skinny, photogenic and a 24 inch waist. That is what pushed me to become a better model, and THAT is what I know of modeling. No one in Michigan understands what “modeling” is. To them, it’s photo shoots with horrible photographers who just want to take pictures, and getting jobs like handing out flyers at an auto show, etc. I do miss the industry parties, and the time I had in NY.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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Sephora Hourglass Cosmetics Event tomorrow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1KyxP2ZMdTf3RfTbyi-Sj0BwaKwNPZO29Sp3DDmboh3NP1tCzKugF48fJt4d37VC4YIeEX7cqNzTbxGGJTucvgcl-9UowxaJeq0rcPzx_bRDpX_aoHJ7XyXNyZDXwVYxFC_R83XTe8g/s1600/hourglasscampaign.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1KyxP2ZMdTf3RfTbyi-Sj0BwaKwNPZO29Sp3DDmboh3NP1tCzKugF48fJt4d37VC4YIeEX7cqNzTbxGGJTucvgcl-9UowxaJeq0rcPzx_bRDpX_aoHJ7XyXNyZDXwVYxFC_R83XTe8g/s400/hourglasscampaign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481578513440013538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Friendly reminder to all of you, tomorrow we are happy to invite you to the Sephora Hourglass Cosmetics Event tomorrow at the Sephora Store located in Times Square...Event is from 2-7pm<br /><br />We will be there taking snaps of attendees, of course making sure our guests are having fun and have some of our girls trying the new cosmetics coming out...<br /><br />Models provided by Red Model Management<br /><br />Come have fun, try some new make up...<br /><br />We hope to see everybody there!<br /><br />somw.orgUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-1239767718491090072010-06-10T08:45:00.000-07:002010-06-10T08:54:02.151-07:00Interview with Liset Garza - Make Up Artist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8CbdJp0cOrIfNDuqUprcCMKjxWxJ1DZV3tszFk_yFy9pV6bgTn-boNZIsCyBYJdVKAGchjidsxiR-lLDqOM3Osssz91wR30H2INGtn7COrl7-HJJYaK9luGCTIz1tVASwNgApSgMueM/s1600/DSC_1771w+%281%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8CbdJp0cOrIfNDuqUprcCMKjxWxJ1DZV3tszFk_yFy9pV6bgTn-boNZIsCyBYJdVKAGchjidsxiR-lLDqOM3Osssz91wR30H2INGtn7COrl7-HJJYaK9luGCTIz1tVASwNgApSgMueM/s400/DSC_1771w+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481173268248385394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Entertaining and informative interview by Amna (SOMW) with the professional Make Up artist based in NYC “ Liset Garza” .<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Hello Liset ! Tell us about yourself and if you attended school or you’re a self taught make up artist ?<br /><br /><br />Liset: I just recently moved to NY from Los Angeles. I did attend school at MUDD in Burbank.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : At what point in your life did you realize you wanted to be a make-up artist and why? Anything special that inspired you ?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSSbpkPOEu0dRwq6EyxyGiX81IaJc60nvjGoB7bjkzqy9R4-MTZtlutWHZE1as0UDmJeedHX8jcYSYLRiv53lrc-PD213urnJdxxqmQkh0JC63FnZbRxXZa3kI0T3PTIKRAlorb2LfIk/s1600/lindsey_waxon-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSSbpkPOEu0dRwq6EyxyGiX81IaJc60nvjGoB7bjkzqy9R4-MTZtlutWHZE1as0UDmJeedHX8jcYSYLRiv53lrc-PD213urnJdxxqmQkh0JC63FnZbRxXZa3kI0T3PTIKRAlorb2LfIk/s400/lindsey_waxon-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481172474790362770" border="0" /></a>Liset : I would have to say it really started at a young age. Watching my mom and my cousin do there makeup and seeing how beautiful and confident they both felt after they were done. Whom really inspired me is both Max Factor and Dick Page. I am a lover of old movies and seeing how Max Factor transformed such actresses like Clara Bow and Jean Harlow and even watching I love Lucy and watching Max Factor's name in the credits as the Makeup Artist I didn't know that jobs like that even excited. So he played a HUGE roll in my life.<br /><br /><br />SOMW : What steps have you taken to get into the fashion industry ?<br /><br />Liset : Some steps are testing with Photographers, networking with other artist and the biggest step I had made is moving to New York. The talent here is incredible and love being part of it.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW: What is your favorite thing about your job?<br /><br />Liset : The people I get to work with mostly.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Is there anyone that you hope to work with in the future?<br /><br />Liset : (smiles) being in Dick Page's team for fashion week.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : Is there anything you want people to know about you? Professionally or Personally?<br /><br />Liset : I am a bit shy but I get the job done.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : what feature(s) do you like to accentuate .<br /><br />Liset : I love eyebrows you can change a woman's futures by something as simple as a eyebrow.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : what are the difference between applying make up on model and on real woman ? ( laughing)<br /><br />Liset : ekkk... models don't ask to many questions when you apply there make up as real woman do. (laughs)<br /><br /><br />SOMW : you , most of the time work with models right? Have you ever had an unpleasant experience with a model ?<br /><br />Liset : no, not yet. let's knock on wood about that.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : what was you best experience working as a make up artist ?<br /><br />Liset : Seeing your work on a magazine for the very first time.<br /><br /><br /><br />SOMW : What do you think about SOMW ?<br /><br />Liset : I think its wonderful and its very informative. Thank you for having a site like this<br /><br />one.<br /><br /><br />SOMW : Well thank you Lizet for this lovely interview . SOMW wishes to you the best of luck !<br /><br />by Amna BUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-18842467816074437972010-06-09T09:38:00.000-07:002010-06-09T09:54:10.551-07:00Model Behavior: Matvey Lykov -The Engaging And The Most Misunderstood<a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntIKaFTa8oF4YCNIawdPmP0mSwpr2Z47M05_t5QljDpp_K1G4PpCrggYADubhphdQaIZDpgIvJlvjGScGGuUiO7hyphenhyphenL8ohe1nGRTU3Es867RXktaxOV-qBViQNVdV2vF3sbMUy9d6AotI/s1600/matvey.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntIKaFTa8oF4YCNIawdPmP0mSwpr2Z47M05_t5QljDpp_K1G4PpCrggYADubhphdQaIZDpgIvJlvjGScGGuUiO7hyphenhyphenL8ohe1nGRTU3Es867RXktaxOV-qBViQNVdV2vF3sbMUy9d6AotI/s400/matvey.jpg" alt="" 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<br /> <!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">SOMW is recently collaborating with The Model Soup, more news to come about that soon...but we want to share with you an interview Geraldine had with Matvey...great interview and lets us know a side of Matvey nobody has caught until now...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">For more you can visit: <a href="http://modelsoup.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://modelsoup.wordpress.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">This past Thursday I met up to chat with Matvey of Fusion Models. We decided the best way to meet and talk would be at Fusion Models, here in NYC. I showed up on time, but as many know, models always seem to run late. He was running about 30 minutes late for our appointment. This was the first time we ever met, but the conversations that day was engaging and very intellectually stimulating. Matvey arrives in a crisp white button-down Ralph Lauren Polo shirt and dark denim jeans, as though he just came off a page of a magazine editorial. You can tell when he arrived he was a seasoned pro. His charm overpowers the interview. Matvey is a happy individual who made me laugh during the Q & A. This interview was about 1 hour long, which I had to edit a lot out that didn’t pertain to the segment. Hopefully I was able to give you, the readers much more insight to this beautiful person. Not just physical beauty but inner beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Hi I’m Matvey. Sorry I’m late. This time difference is affecting my sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Hi. Nice to finally meet you. Did you just arrive?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I arrived from Paris on Monday and still recovering.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: How long will you be here in New York for?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Just till this Monday and flying back to Paris for the shows.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Well thank you for taking time out from your busy schedule to meet with me. Shall we begin? Let’s start off with the basic questions first… Where are you from and How old are you? Let me just turn on my recorder.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: What is that device?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Oh it’s my video recorder to document the interview, instead of writing our conversation down.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;" lang="ES-MX">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;" lang="ES-MX">: No…No… No videos.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: No it’s not going to be in the post. It’s only for my use for my records. Promise will not be shown publically.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Ok. But where did you get that device? And what is it?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Modelsoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: At an event. In a goodie bag, they said it was a disposable recorder, but I knew it had to be not. It’s great it helps me a lot with my writing and work. It’s a FLIP camera/video recorder (I’m not promoting this certain recorder). Ok where were we… let’s begin.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I’m from Saint Petersburg, Russia and I’m 23 years old.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Now you mention you just arrived from Paris, France. Are you living there now? What are you doing in Paris?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I just got placed there. I am now with Success Models in Paris. My mother agent is Fusion. I’ve been living there now for 3months. Not that long and not that short either.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">(While saying this Matvey is giving me a charismatic grin and charm)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Do you love Paris?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes I love Paris. I love Paris as much I hate it. I hate it as much as I love it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">(Matvey putting on that charming grin when he says these words)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: What do you hate about Paris?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Hate is such a strong word. No, let me rephrase that. It’s just getting use to the place. I’ve just lived so long here in New York. I’m so use to this place and getting transplanted to another city and country is disconcerting. Getting use to a new environment. I’m just getting use to it. Paris is a beautiful place.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: It is beautiful. You just need time to settle down and explore the new city you are living now. Are you in model housing or do you have your own place?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">(As I say this Matvey is shaking his head and grinning)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: No.No.No that will not do. That is not for me. That is not happening in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: (laughing) So no model housing for you. I take it you have your own place?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes. No model housing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Trust me, I’ve heard horror stories. (laughing)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes. Finally I have my own place after 3 years of being homeless.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: 3 years of being homeless. Oh my… don’t break my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: 3 years of living in a suitcase and traveling. It’s pretty intense. It’s melancholy. You just asked yourself it would be nice to have my own bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Since you have been traveling alot, have you gone back to Russia?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: No. I haven’t gone back. I got bored living there all my life. I wanted to explore other countries and be exposed to different cultures. I got this great opportunity to do just that.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: You wanted adventure. But don’t you miss family, friends, etc… I’m sure you miss home?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes of course. I’m very close to my family. I call my parents every day. Just to call. I don’t know why I just do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Who are you close with the most and miss the most?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I miss my grandmother. This is not acceptable. I haven’t seen her in a very long time. I call my family every day. It just not the same. I don’t think she understands what I do or why I am traveling all the time. I think I confuse her. She’s been living in her small town all her life and she see her grandson who is this person who is always in a different country. She doesn’t understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Will you start to teach her how to use Skype, since it would be easier for both of you to at least see each other?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes. I will probably have to go to Russia. Give her my old computer and install internet in the house. It will be difficult I need to figure out how to make it easier. For now she can call me she has a phone.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Let’s get back on track. How long have you been modeling?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I think the anniversary is today (June 3</span><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">rd</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">) or yesterday. It’s been 2 to 3 years now. I think it’s pretty sharp. 2 to 3 years ago I was at this office standing over there (pointing to the white wall at the corner near the fridge) taking poloraids.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: So did you go to open call?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I didn’t know what open call was… what is this open call? I came to New York and just went to this office. This girl greeted me at the front desk and asked me what I want. I told her I don’t know what I want, but I’m here. You know better. We went back and forth until they signed me.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: (laughing) Wow. Did you speak fluently English at the time?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes. When I arrived here I knew my English. It was just difficult to understand the different dialects and the diversity of accents in this city. It overwhelmed me when I first arrived. But it’s getting better.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: How did you decide, ok I’m going to be a model? Did you just wake up and say this is what I want to do with my life? What made you get into this profession?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Everywhere I went everyone told me I should be a model. When I came to visit New York, I decide this was the place to see if I could become a model. I figured it would be the best place to start.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Tell me what current campaigns have you done?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I don’t know, I would have to ask my agent (looking over to her desk he finds her busy on the phone). I don’t care about what jobs I get booked for. It’s more about the outcome and the results at the end. For me I like to deal more with the process and the involvement of the work I do. I like working with the photographers, stylists, and the team. The result is the most important to me when I do a campaign, editorial, or even a test shoot.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Would you say that you wouldn’t get upset if you didn’t get the job such as a campaign or editorial?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: No. I wouldn’t get upset. I don’t see what the point is. These things happen. If you let those things affect your life… they bring so much negativity. I just try to move on from the disappointment. I try to be happy I don’t want to be frustrated. I don’t remember the bad moments only good moments of my life.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: What can you tell me about the shows you have done? Do you have any interesting stories?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I don’t remember. The shows are for me a blur. You just need to go to the next one and the next one. There’s a schedule to keep up with. The only one I remember was a show that the runway was so long. I was the opening model for the show and it was taking forever just to get to the end. All I remember was that the casting director was telling me that I have to walk faster because a certain model was behind me and she was going to walk faster, and if I didn’t do so she would crash into me on the runway. I was so nervous who was this model ? Who was going to run me over? (laughing) Also another show I did this guy in front of me was walking like a penguin. I had a hard time not laughing and holding a straight face. I kept thinking walk faster penguin because I can’t hold the laughter anymore. Seriously, this model had a backpack on the runway and he walked like a penguin all the time I just kept thinking there’s a penguin on the runway!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">(at this moment we both started to laugh so hard at this story… it took us a few moments to get back to the interview)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Let me get my composure back and wipe away the laughter tears. Now tell me do you have a good luck charm or something you take with you all the time?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes. I do! But I left him at my apt, cause I rushed to get here.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: What is it?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: it’s a gingerbread man toy. I got him with 5 other gingerbread men. I got them from my friends before I left Russia. He goes with me everywhere. He is very well traveled. He is this small (3 inches tall). He can speak he has movable limbs and he is 3-dimensional.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Wait… Is the toy from Shrek the Disney Movie?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes, he came from a McDonalds Happy Meal. I’m not in any way advertising McDonalds, but I love my gingerbread man toy. He is awesome! He can speak. He gets happy and sad. He’s amazing. I take him with me all over. I take random pictures with him all the time. If you Google me you probably can find me with him on the beach in The Dominican Republic.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Modelsoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: (laughing) that is I think the most cutest thing I have ever heard.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I remember now… I just did the H&M campaign. I’m so afraid right now to go into the stores. I don’t want to be mobbed by people and get chase, cause I’m the face of H&M. So I might not be visiting H&M for a long time when my campaign is up.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Trust me you will be fine. They won’t recognize you. You should go and see your work. Take your friends with you. You won’t get chased. I’ve done it many times before with other models to see their ad campaigns at the stores, and people really don’t pay attention. Unless you have insane fans who know you are going to that particular store on that certain time. You will be ok.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I really don’t go into the stores. I don’t see myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: What do you mean you don’t see yourself? When you walk on the streets and see billboards or storefronts, you don’t notice that you are on the displays?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: This is what strange about me. I just walk and don’t pay attention to my surroundings. If I have to be somewhere, I just go and I’m not aware of anything around me.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Modelsoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: You have a one tracked mind. You are very focused.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Yes. When I’m focused, I’m not focused in something else. If music is being played in my car to loud I go blind. I can’t concentrate. I don’t like things that are loud. I like soft soothing sounds. Maybe that is why I am as you say focus.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: You seem to be a happy person.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I am a happy person. I get this reputation that I’m a bitch. That I’m difficult to work with. Really I’m not. There’s a good reason for this. I get angry when I don’t eat. Eating is very important. When I go to a job and there is no catering or no food and I’m working all day with nothing in me. I remain quiet. Cause if I don’t, I will say something bad. I just stay quiet and just think if I don’t eat something soon I’m going to faint. So everyone thinks that I’m bitchy and have a bad attitude, when actuality, I’m just hungry and waiting when I can go and get to eat. This is important. You must feed your body to be happy. Your body needs energy. So you take time to eat. Little here, little there. In this industry we are always on the go, always moving. We need to not starve ourselves and sit down take a moment and put some nourishment in our body. This way we would be much happier. This is the most important part of the job… catering… food.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">(again we are both laughing)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Mental note I have to feed the models. Hahahaha.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: In this case, the show I like the most would be Raf Simons, because of the clothes and the food. They have the best catering. Everyone wants to be in the Raf Simons show, not just for the clothes. The clothes are beautiful. But when you get booked for his show, you know the food is going to be good. You are just waiting for what delicious catering they have every year.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: We have exhausted this conversation on food. You seem to love to eat. How do you stay in shape, since you seem to eat a lot?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I swim, but if I don’t swim I still don’t gain weight. I can eat a lot and not gain weight. I guess I’m lucky that way.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Amazing. Lucky you. (laughing) What do you do for fun?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I stay home. I like to stay in and read and cook. Now I have a home, I can relax. I don’t go out often.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Do you like a favorite smell?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I like the smell of fall when it rains. That reminds me of home. It reminds me of my childhood in Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: This is our last question. If you weren’t modeling what would you be doing?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I like managing and producing. The process excites me. Possibly something to do in the film industry. I like cinema.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Cinema. So what would you say is your favorite film at this moment?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: I love the film called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lybo2JQc2zM" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">Mister Lonely</span></a>. It stimulates you thought process in every scene. The feelings and thoughts are well made. It’s about relationships and all in metaphors.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">ModelSoup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: Thank you Matvey. I think we are done.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">Matvey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">: That’s all. I talk too much. It was a pleasure to meet you. (Matvey kisses me goodbye on both cheeks) Ah…we must say goodbye the french way.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: white;">-By Geraldine Laiz</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-72473939875910621322010-06-08T07:03:00.000-07:002010-06-08T07:14:38.628-07:00From Maxim to the DJ turntables<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwIKrVINYGv6XxEM53n0gAyFH947VKWqNOVXADQI6nyAGdI076hYRprBGpl5m2y6CGbZEnocNcnjXjVod1JIymuL8Bhw3PTGQW-LbqmOvdH-z-juNduZaIcXhrHN8iwzPOqnAojK-zq4/s1600/annmariebikini.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwIKrVINYGv6XxEM53n0gAyFH947VKWqNOVXADQI6nyAGdI076hYRprBGpl5m2y6CGbZEnocNcnjXjVod1JIymuL8Bhw3PTGQW-LbqmOvdH-z-juNduZaIcXhrHN8iwzPOqnAojK-zq4/s400/annmariebikini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480404748086860322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJffbDWVf6z45B4Zi3tYoernS4EF1Ce1yNWGCOMazSAUu2iwdCnrLmzwG6vuDF741UbvPRxUJmpUekD-84ie1IaPf8NIJbOFO_IOnY40Jjt7RtIfJuwC2zO5PBV3dVoR7DSItgDO11sQo/s1600/MAXIM2SMALL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJffbDWVf6z45B4Zi3tYoernS4EF1Ce1yNWGCOMazSAUu2iwdCnrLmzwG6vuDF741UbvPRxUJmpUekD-84ie1IaPf8NIJbOFO_IOnY40Jjt7RtIfJuwC2zO5PBV3dVoR7DSItgDO11sQo/s320/MAXIM2SMALL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480405930502986514" border="0" /></a><br />Annmarie Nitti a great model, even more incredible friend and SUPERB model has gone DJ...oh yeah but not any DJ, she has signed with STADJ an agency that manages only female model DJs, they scout, train and then manage their career.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVfL06w1jKhJS1Dl8ZgUY6FpCiv04MVz9QMBYs4HyBkprP5FOF3FQ0doA3qtz-4vyCDSwGJ-5dOgq2iM64-Wwc0sKbCpmpiyTycmg5o7EDxlu58ozjUmxEFwPusccSUbx7hNu9JJE9HU/s1600/annemariedj.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVfL06w1jKhJS1Dl8ZgUY6FpCiv04MVz9QMBYs4HyBkprP5FOF3FQ0doA3qtz-4vyCDSwGJ-5dOgq2iM64-Wwc0sKbCpmpiyTycmg5o7EDxlu58ozjUmxEFwPusccSUbx7hNu9JJE9HU/s320/annemariedj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480404862555193810" border="0" /></a><br />Annmarie has had a good modeling career that can just get better, appearing in numerous magazines and having SEVERAL appearances in Maxim, Annmarie is becoming a force to be reckon with; to this we say CONGRATULATIONS!<br /><br />You will be hearing a lot more from our great friend and supporter Annmarie, we will be following her career closer both as a model and as a DJ, hey who knows maybe we will have her spin at our upcoming summer bash.<br /><br />Annmarie Nitti is managed by Wilhelmina Model Management, for any modelnig special requests or bookings you can contact: rachel.strayer@wilhelmina.com for DJ bookings you can go to: <a href="http://www.stadj.com/">http://www.stadj.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-41012939237150057912010-06-07T06:55:00.000-07:002010-06-07T07:00:17.714-07:00A talk with Toni from Brand Model Management - Finland<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelNrg-L-0m0OpYRv8C1J1htRirEYAYoD5hxp4lbBuebQAxofSbL2pLWazYJ2r9W83JRRukmR7jl_7xLgEtCTpt-VYIzjmyGjn7Df_EFXDvSKVvBuPEttzYglIiaFVZF4PgGiPGT1-zR4/s1600/brandmodels.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelNrg-L-0m0OpYRv8C1J1htRirEYAYoD5hxp4lbBuebQAxofSbL2pLWazYJ2r9W83JRRukmR7jl_7xLgEtCTpt-VYIzjmyGjn7Df_EFXDvSKVvBuPEttzYglIiaFVZF4PgGiPGT1-zR4/s400/brandmodels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480030946513185410" border="0" /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">Enjoy the following interview by Amna ( SOMW) <span style=""> </span>with the managing director of Brand model management “Toni Korpineva”<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></p></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : To start let’s talk about Brand ! How did you get the initial idea to create your agency ? What inspired or encouraged you ?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Toni: <span style=""> </span>It's the most often asked question! My personal background is in timeshare industry, and I never thought I'd like to go for modeling or even fashion industry. I've always been orientated way that it seemed possible, though, but it was more coincidence. I met couple of guys about seven years ago, and they had kind of dream and plan found an agency "because the market had been so long time stuck". That was actually fact, so even that first touch never grew up to be serious business, I kept following the business here and abroad, and 2004 made a question to some people - and myself - why couldn't it work? So we created own concept, and opened 2005 February.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> What inspires me, and our small crew, is finding the best way to make young people successful. This is just one way among sports or music to make it happen, but even more hectic schedule. But when it happens, you can really feel happy for these young people.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW: can you clarify what the role of a manager in a modeling agency consists of? What are your everyday duties?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Toni: Of course everyday duty is to keep basic business and agency running as any other office. But behind that is the common atmosphere, and the motivational level you first have to create. As a model manager you have to be also trainer, like every sports team require. There's no Manchester United or Real Madrid without that: One of the first things managers should remember is that girls are not working for you, but you work for every each of them. Like elected politician, you have chance to do big things, but people are watching you. You always hold responsibility. When manager is trusted and appreciated, models believe in you, follow your instructions, and play as a team. That's why I also think, they deserve to know much more they usually do: to understand the logistics, get into the idea and also be able to grow big names inside the business. Career is a journey, and managers draw the map for their models.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW: What advice and tips would you give To any young girl who want to model? Should they be aware?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">Toni : If you want to be a singer, you have to be able to sing well. If you want to be high jumper, you have to jump high. If you want to be a surgeon, you have to study hard and not make mistakes. Like every professions, a girl might have pleasing appearance, but it's just the start. The rest doesn't have any difference to any career building: nothing beats smart plans and hard work. There's loads of gifted ones lost, and loads of b-class trying day after day: what this business needs, is more honesty and straight talking. It's not cool to tell nice things to young girls or guys, but rather say it straight! We found out, that when I started to tell exactly what I thought and what are requirements, and what is needed to get to this business and our agency, some girls really surprised me with their actions. Still, I can't even fully understand, is this so great thing that you train over a year with more motivation than most athletes? But it seems to be happening, when we are open and honest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Models should always realize, that only the good agencies hold the good clients, and that modeling is not to get in an agency, but really work, and also work the way that it brings more jobs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : Some models have been victims of sexual harassment, do you think that there is a lack of protection from the agencies or could there be other reasons? What is the best way to avoid such incidents ?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">Toni:</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> This hardly never happens, IF model has right reasons to be where she is, and she's guided well and she knows why she's working. Young girls getting new big cities without a clue what happens, can be totally lost. And the first nice person can often be the wrong person. But mostly in this issue I point out we talk about responsibility of a MOTHER AGENCY! Most of the troubles start from there; from greedy people who just scout loads of girls and "bet" with girls, if they succeed, sending them all over the world. Modeling isn't about luck, neither is sports. From strategy to hard work - and together with the model, as an individual. Agencies in Paris, Milan or other main markets can't follow every girl and it wouldn't be normal anyway: as a mother agent I feel I need to make sure girls travel when they actually are ready to take responsibility of themselves and their actions, and also go to work. Not to have fun.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <b style="">SOMW : What’s the coolest part to work in the fashion industry? Any Specific good memories from a fashion show or event that you can share with us?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Toni : The best of the fashion industry are definitely the most characteristic people and personalities you learn to know! My strength is probably the cartoon-kind-of-sense-of-humor, that helps keep sane in this business. But thinking it the right way, it makes every trip and occasion surprising and memorable - and of course we are middle of creative people! Especially in high level of fashion and modeling, it's fascinating to see that models really play the key part when artists work. There wouldn't Lagerfeld, Meisel or their creations the way we know them without right models. After all, it's all about cooperation; a work between people, to people.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">There's a lot of memories, but the funniest part can hurt some people's feelings if telling the stories, so I rather not. But naturally, for me and our agency, the most remarkable moment was during shows when our Kirsi opened and closed Christopher Kane and we knew "It will happen now!". Also, when Vogue Italia cover came out - that was something. And as funny as it seems to sound, we are the first agency catching Meisel's cover although there's been agencies in Finland since 1982.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : Can you tell us a secret?</span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> (laughing)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">Toni: <span style=""> </span>I'll lose my touch the moment I have one.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW: What are your future Projects?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">Toni: <span style=""> </span>Bringing up the first true Finnish fashion photographer, who can make a career internationally.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : What do you think about SOMW ?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Toni : <span style=""> </span>All good information channels that includes professional information with good quality, are welcome. Professionally produced media keeps us focused on right things, and in this business, help avoid the risks and dangers there might be.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p style=""> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US">SOMW : Thank you Toni for this interesting interview, I bet that many of our readers are very grateful for those informations and all the best to Brand models ! </span></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-52139735137574060422010-06-01T06:45:00.000-07:002010-06-01T06:52:03.499-07:00Charlotte de Bleecker new SOMW Belgian beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qpbtBGvd9ACwquWcxQn4v70wpoBmDOSlb8QjcxroKI-bGDProUCkpoWHl021zS6FBA54UHJqRFVl2vZH6OHuo3bM_j1VkEuzZ7kUE0iiQuQoKdgeqfK2bLW40_EEJB0rWrzdZH6uZdA/s1600/charlottenewmodel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qpbtBGvd9ACwquWcxQn4v70wpoBmDOSlb8QjcxroKI-bGDProUCkpoWHl021zS6FBA54UHJqRFVl2vZH6OHuo3bM_j1VkEuzZ7kUE0iiQuQoKdgeqfK2bLW40_EEJB0rWrzdZH6uZdA/s400/charlottenewmodel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477802033825609282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKGBdU7J9K3bXgMBoDQOpw4gA9aRHmXpL6Zlt4qdOTwc270l4PoZVCMRfgCWfJwvb2gZp0A_n3zMXAgV2yZRbPmhF5Gq3lO8MwPOH2civ-xEjdox90Puc7aJWTKxKj8MsrJbsMm8ujG4/s1600/charlottenewmodel2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKGBdU7J9K3bXgMBoDQOpw4gA9aRHmXpL6Zlt4qdOTwc270l4PoZVCMRfgCWfJwvb2gZp0A_n3zMXAgV2yZRbPmhF5Gq3lO8MwPOH2civ-xEjdox90Puc7aJWTKxKj8MsrJbsMm8ujG4/s400/charlottenewmodel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477801816541231762" border="0" /></a><br />We were fortunate enough to find this girl just yesterday...she is in China right now and arriving to her home country Belgium in June.<br /><br />SOMW has decided to represent Charlotte as her mother agency, we are very excited to start the development process with her and place her with the right agencies around the globe.<br /><br />Charlotte is not just a beautiful young woman that has dreams of model stardom but also has a set focus on helping people and is going to start medical school in the fall, to become a doctor and help others...can she the tough industry of modeling and her school at the same time? her answer was straight up YES...this girl can do anything, we are very excited to start working with her.<br /><br />Robert Cassidy, fashion photographer, in China was the one that found Charlotte for us...oh yes we are truly lucky<br /><br />Welcome to SOMW Charlotte!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-13376155476804489882010-05-31T09:17:00.000-07:002010-05-31T09:26:55.003-07:00Our newest discovery - Dina El<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGRID8BBabS1huI8bsGWDkcEl_AGx947ap6eOFQpJ8OANiOMzc9XO8yIYniMqklXbavnzxz1dmUwV2d1zctU0H24lW5FvtRjReAy854mESxlVh9pbxpJQtQj0XJAMNE3yCmrFBDhP80U/s1600/dina2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGRID8BBabS1huI8bsGWDkcEl_AGx947ap6eOFQpJ8OANiOMzc9XO8yIYniMqklXbavnzxz1dmUwV2d1zctU0H24lW5FvtRjReAy854mESxlVh9pbxpJQtQj0XJAMNE3yCmrFBDhP80U/s400/dina2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477471408601992082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkcR4wo0FBAAUG3-150mrRKVNevtjVBNlMS_JJO9FvdWVHqcMPHJdplJA7kxCxzV5kTe-F9CnjNCh03OYvaIK3O7ZqLLNJA2y1KXYpazpkGxNP-U_k5vZ2IkHkmYlvJ5GVvsInQhA754/s1600/dina1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkcR4wo0FBAAUG3-150mrRKVNevtjVBNlMS_JJO9FvdWVHqcMPHJdplJA7kxCxzV5kTe-F9CnjNCh03OYvaIK3O7ZqLLNJA2y1KXYpazpkGxNP-U_k5vZ2IkHkmYlvJ5GVvsInQhA754/s400/dina1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477471216786969682" /></a><br />Dina was referred to us by a good friend...when we met her for coffee last Friday we had no idea what to expect...<div><br /></div><div>Then a tall skinny but curvy model walks in catching the attention of everybody in the room.</div><div><br /></div><div>Amazing personality, funny, witty, personable, stunning looks...hair of a sexy lioness and an attitude that says hey, what the hell is just modeling! </div><div><br /></div><div>We signed her right there and then...who is she going with? we do not know yet, we haven't decided...so to all you agents reading this...keep your eyes open for her introduction, we will be backing this girl up 100% of the way.</div><div><br /></div><div>Welcome to the family Dina!</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-73530962591784758992010-05-28T08:55:00.001-07:002010-05-28T08:55:38.058-07:00Jaslene and Elle creating beautiful art<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/951.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/s_951.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Elle Muliarchyk the top model that turned into an important art photographer has sent us first glance of her last shoot and with non other than Jaslene from Americas Next Top Model.<br /><br />"Since I don't pursue my "Super-model-dom" dream as vigorously these days as my photography I still love girls who are the last remaining models who are beautiful, powerful, relentlessly inspiring- and inspired - women. I teamed up with Jaslene Gonzalez, a winner of American Top Model, for a little shoot which turned out wonderful. She was a dream!"<br /><br />- Elle<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/952.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/s_952.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/953.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/s_953.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/954.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/28/s_954.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />somw.org<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-50914607380154898402010-05-27T10:19:00.001-07:002010-05-27T10:19:08.149-07:00SOMW Chicago Launch Party<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/27/984.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/27/s_984.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />We want to invite you all to our SOMW Chicago Launch Party tomorrow.<br /><br />For all of you SOMW'ers in the greater Chicago area...stop by, have a drink on us...if you can donate to help Breast Cancer we are supporting the American Cancer Society.<br /><br />We are gla to announce we keep growing and bringing you news an information you love.<br /><br />We hope to bring you even better things in the future.<br /><br />Stay Fashionable!<br /><br /><br />somw.org<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-40154373190991002212010-05-26T09:36:00.001-07:002010-05-26T09:36:31.428-07:00Miss Ronde 2010<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/26/860.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/26/s_860.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/26/861.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/26/s_861.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='135' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />You probably, remember the beautiful curvy 23 years old French “Angelique Alves” ! Angelique, a plus size model that sent few weeks ago a letter to SOMW sharing with us her experience and little secrets about being a plus size model and how much she’s proud of herself.<br /><br /><br />Well Sunday the 6th of May Angelique Won “Miss ronde France 2010” translated in English “ Miss Curves of France 2010”.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Congrats Angelique and as French people say BRAVO ! SOMW Wishes to you the best of luck ! <br /><br />You can find more information on yahoo.com where they did a feature on Angelique.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603699375705126116.post-9908078749298200022010-05-25T13:18:00.000-07:002010-05-25T13:22:15.057-07:00Walker Brockington shot for Paper Planes Magazine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwZM2dvIcyva3La7QhCFwbkiLhCPgMyNQbsVscVz1x1zM6SNwWxdPzfQ5LoAh4kgrmq_RQf4OeIy2hwm63tpUbTPP55pPPBnPyBTsrs3iVsOndep_yDAw9lj4DumfEVEYq2cVXirYxJY/s1600/1(2).jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 68px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwZM2dvIcyva3La7QhCFwbkiLhCPgMyNQbsVscVz1x1zM6SNwWxdPzfQ5LoAh4kgrmq_RQf4OeIy2hwm63tpUbTPP55pPPBnPyBTsrs3iVsOndep_yDAw9lj4DumfEVEYq2cVXirYxJY/s400/1(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475304918527394130" border="0" /></a><br />Hello SOMW!<br /><br />Our most recent editorial in Paper Planes Magazine #3, shot with Dior House DJ: <a href="http://www.elitemodel.com/details.aspx?navbtn=1&city=NY&subid=4670&mainsubid=4670&io=" target="_blank">Harley Viera-Newton</a> (Elite Models+).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfe_KEKSZJ23MOJph3AlLoGdBdxGRzymmiVc0K7fh2-05iw3d2vIZdSfA0nmiZb7lBovb7m9aTtyNQfuhBNLpRWnWJaiFrk0MnQFc8AAzXFu3nZLvG8aANTy-MbVPW0gWblwCLBEL7AN4/s1600/harley1.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfe_KEKSZJ23MOJph3AlLoGdBdxGRzymmiVc0K7fh2-05iw3d2vIZdSfA0nmiZb7lBovb7m9aTtyNQfuhBNLpRWnWJaiFrk0MnQFc8AAzXFu3nZLvG8aANTy-MbVPW0gWblwCLBEL7AN4/s200/harley1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475305555156613554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks-Walker and Fernando<br /><br /><a href="http://www.walkerbrockington.com/" target="_blank">www.walkerbrockington.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.fer-oz.com/" target="_blank">www.fer-oz.com</a> (Fernando Lahoz's website)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com