Tag Archives: modeling agency
Model School Graduate…
At the end of my two-month modeling course at Silhouette Academy, we had a runway show and one girl was awarded a prize as Most Promising Model. Lets just say I didn’t exactly demonstrate my potential in the New York … Continue reading
Scenes from a Casting
Every day (that I wasn’t working) in Tokyo was filled with castings, where me and the other girls would find ourselves sitting in front of a panel of suits. Here are some of the grey suit men flipping through my portfolio. … Continue reading
death by measuring tape…
There was nothing I grew to dread more as a model than the measuring tape. Bust. Waist. Hips. Bust. Wasit. Hips. Bust. Waist. Hips. I swear modeling agents get some secret satisfaction when the numbers are too high and they get … Continue reading
A ‘Model’ Apartment
In true Price is Right Fashion, my lovely roomie Jen is holding the door of showcase number one (a.ka. our dingy agency apartment). We were the only gaijin in the whole building, and just in case that didn’t make us … Continue reading
Writing home…
When I left for Tokyo for my first trip, I thought I would miss my friends (and my cat, Tudy) most of all. But who did I phone and write letters to right away? My parents! How embarrassing! Even though … Continue reading
testing, testing…rounds 3 & 4
I remember once reading how Naomi Campbell was discovered by an agent while shopping with a friend, and then BAM, just like that, the next day she was on the cover of Vogue Magazine. I always wondered if she felt nervous … Continue reading
testing, testing: round two!
My parents forked over some money for a second testing about two years after the polka dot disaster–this time with a photographer that had a little more fashion sense. Unfortunately, the results weren’t much better… A word of advice: don’t bring your … Continue reading
This is me!
This is me when I was 13! Check out those eyebrows! I was such a nerd back then…I sure never would have believed that I would be a model one day, but I guess that just shows you never know … Continue reading
