A Model Life

It is not the way you look that is important, but the way you feel about yourself. Every day billboards, television ads, magazines, and the everyday Joe Shmoe, are brainwashing today’s society to believe that they have to look as perfect and pristine as a supermodel. To tell you the truth, with out all of they layers of caked on makeup, the perfectly hardened in place hair, and the expensively tight clothing, supermodels aren’t as perfect and pristine as they want us to believe.
In the summer of 2000, I decided to pursue my dream of becoming a fashion model. I did all the research on local agencies and came across one that was willing to meet me.
The “interview” was only a couple of days after I called. I showed up looking like I just stepped off the runway, and they decided to take me the minute I stepped foot in the door. My first gig with them was at a big modeling convention where you go and strut your stuff in front ...