HAPPY BIRTHDAY NASHEKA B.

My little princess turned 10 today.  Not so little anymore I guess (sniff, sniff)

Laughter

is truly the best medicine!  Happy smiles everyone.

A picture is

priceless when it puts a smile on your face. This one does it every time. My little sister Nasheka. She was into modeling way before me. Isn't she adorable? She was 3 then..

And now she is 9

They grow up so quickly!

Dreaming of . . .

Somewhere warm :-)

My favorite!!!

This is by far my favorite editorial and it's from Greece. Where I think every model should at least make a trip there to build their books. I gave it a shot and look what I got! Yummy

Finally

I got the full images from my test and these are my favorites. The one with the glitter on my face has got to go in my book due to the amount of glitter i inhaled that day. I still find glitter around the apartment! 

Photography by Bruce Soyez-Bernard.

'Tis the season

Feels like christmas already. I'm so excited! 59th Street Columbus Circle, they're playing christmas carols already!!! Can you tell I'm a christmas fanatic????????????

Deck the halls baby!

Testing mobile blogging

Maybe I will update my blog more often.

Walking from a casting

Such a tease

I am on vacation!! But waiting for some cool pics from a test and I've only been getting a tease. Hopefully I will get the full images soon. From what I see they seem pretty cool. EH?? Yes it's all me and believe it or not , all in a day.

Catwalk Pressure

Feeling the pressure to be even thinner all around. Going to the castings and see all the castings directors admiring the extremely thin. I look around and observe. Is she smaller than me? I wonder what diet she's on. But I don't think I really want my bones sticking out like that. Is that really what it takes? I look down and my boobs are staring me in the face, I love them but right now I have lots of doubt. Then I start to hate myself for thinking that way. I go home and I'm starving, so many castings I had no time to stop and eat. Maybe that was the trick, but now I am done with my day I can think of nothing else but food. Should I? I don't think so, I hop on the scale and I think I gained a pound, hmmm... maybe not. I guess I should go to bed since I'm so exhausted and weigh myself again in the morning. First thing in the morning I try my best to drink 4 glasses of water, I read somewhere that it is the best thing to do when you wake up (helps cleanse your colon), then I use the bathroom and head over to the scale, much better it was just waste. I go to my room and measure myself, nothing changed but I feel better. Then back for another round of castings, I observe. Is there a reason why so many of them look like young boys? Maybe it's the new thing, oh well I'll try to push my butt forward so I don't look like I have anything back there. Here we go again, stop it; you're beautiful I say but I'm not convinced. Oh my, do you see how thin she is?? Is that really what I want to look like? Everyone tells me how skinny I got but I don't see it, I don't see how I can be since I eat like a pig. But I guess I do see it sometimes. So then why do I still think I need to go down some more? But then I realize, I'm the tallest one there maybe that has something to do with it. Walking to my next casting and I think I felt my thighs rub against each other. I look down but it does not seem possible, I am out of my mind now. Oh my, will God punish me for now appreciating the body that he's blessed me with? Why do I feel like it needs to be accepted by everyone? I don't know. I've got curves, so what? Still a size 2, which should be something special right? I'll go home, look myself in the mirror and smile for a few minutes. Tell myself how much I love me. But I'm afraid, what would happen if I couldn’t say I love you back. I'm here sitting on a train writing this, on the verge of tears. Maybe it's all part of the game. But I love doing shows, when I'm out there I feel like I'm in a world that was meant for me. But I just can't be an anorexic. Can't always have it all now can we??? 

Nail Pro

My favorite pics from Nail Pro Magazine September 2008

Essence Magazine September 2008

I love a good test.....take it all in

These amazing images are from my new friend Andreas, click here to check out his amazing work! Styling done by celebrity stylist David vonKittelberger you've seen and admired his styling wonders many times and don't even know it. Remember the name, there will be lots more coming from him in the future.

Blast from the Past

Can't believe a whole year has past since my visit to Cape Town. I'll share with you some of my editorial pics from there and runway looks from Jo'burg and Cape Town Fashion Week.  I headed down there to work on my book and was very happy with the results. Love my agency Max Models for pulling through and getting me some amazing bookings. It's so important to be able to build your book and cover expenses (It's not free!!!). I went over there off season from June - August and did really well. Season there is usually around December - April, but I heard it gets very crowded so I was very happy with my decision. My favorite booking from there was for Brazilian Vogue. LOVED IT!!!

Fashion Week Cape Town

Marie Claire

Cleo