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male models scare me

what is wrong with this picture? if you guessed, the girl looks like she’s looking for an escape hatch, you’re totally right.  if there was a thought bubble over my head, it would say, “if i look at the floor … Continue reading

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before i was even seventeen

is it me or does it seem weird to you, too that by the time i was seventeen (according to my portfolio) i was married… and pregnant… and had become an old lady.  Creepy–no?

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in real life this is called dorky

because seriously, would you and your friends ever wear matching outfits and think that’s cool?  i don’t know why japanese photographers are so into this.

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girls in park

i can’t tell what this reminds of me of more: two little sisters sulking becuase mom made us wear these stupid hats, or some strange lesbian fantasy thing.  disturbing either way. this one’s a little more normal–we’re all, ‘too cool … Continue reading

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these aren’t my lips

     you can see in this close up that the make-up artist painted my upper lip way bigger than it is in real life. i’m not proud of it, but i will admit it here that ever since an … Continue reading

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hair show

no, this photo was not taken at an elaborate Halloween party (though i swear they used cobwebbing on the girl’s hair, far left).  actually, this was a hair show (and my first sort-of- real runway experience–but more on that later).  the … Continue reading

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i’ve never even gone snorkling

for the record (since the number one question people ask me when they find out about my modeling is whether i get to keep the clothes) i’ve only ever once been given a freebie (okay, besides g-strings because thankfully they … Continue reading

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suck it in!

the best part of this shoot was when kate (she’s the one sitting behind me in the pic above) couldn’t fit into the jeans and they had to cut them down the back and use duct tape to hold them together.  … Continue reading

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why animals should never be used in photo shoots

happy easter.  this bird pooed on me.  for real.

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This is not my real skin

P.S. I have a big zit on my left cheek but you can’t see it.  Gotta love foundation.  Lots and lots of foundation.

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