Tag Archives: model advice
organize yourself
when I joined Folio Models in Tokyo, I was issued an official agency organizer, containing a handy calender with tiny lined spaces next to each day. I think the idea was that models were supposed to fill it up with … Continue reading
the casting: scene two
this is our manager, ken. he’s camera shy–kind of ironic for someone in the modeling industry!
the casting: scene one
most days our castings (model speak for auditions) would run late into the night…this vid will take you into the first few seconds of one of those castings, where we encounter a manager and model from another agency. the other … Continue reading
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
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
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
why animals should never be used in photo shoots
happy easter. this bird pooed on me. for real.
Welcome to the Model Club
Okay, so I’d heard that models got in free to nightclubs and there was that awesome Mac discount card I got when I showed the sales girl my composite card, but when I got this letter from the travel agent I was … Continue reading
Filed under Weird Stuff About Being a Model
Behind the Make-Up
Everyone who saw my first set of testingphotos said the same thing: “ohmygod these photos are amazing…and they look nothing like you!” It was seriously insulting–and convinced me that, as you can see in this video, without a lot of … Continue reading
More and more pajama catalogue!
Okay, I think I’ve made my point… (P.S. I did not actually drink the soy milk in that glass).
