A mom, interior designer, and survivor of a brain aneurysm, begins a modeling career.
I woke up one morning a few weeks ago thinking, how can I seize life and experience bigger, more exciting moments? Had I really explored all the talents that resided within me? I had already enjoyed a 15 year successful interior design career in Oklahoma City that had truly fulfilled all my creative juices and challenged me to learn more about urban design in a larger metropolitan city. Taking a leap of faith, I packed up and moved to Washington, D.C. with no job or a place to live. Now I would find out if I really had what it took to make it in a major design market. Within weeks of moving and networking hard I started landing design projects and had an article printed in the home section of the Washington Post. It was an exciting year and a great learning curve. Not to mention an incredible confidence builder. I could do it on my own. But, I missed my daughters and one would be graduating from high school the following year.
With all my new found confidence and zooming creative energy I was still looking for more outlets to experience a bigger life. I thought about modeling and even acting. I had done a photo shoot with a professional photographer and used the photos for my website. Surprisingly, I got as much if not more positive feedback about the pictures of me as I did about my interior design shots.
Smiling to myself, I thought, what did I have lose? So, I contacted my photographer and asked him if he knew of a good modeling agency. He told me of a fabulous and very professional agency in Tulsa. I submitted the photos from my website to the owner of the agency and she loved them! She requested additional action shots and I met with the photographer for another photo shoot. The agency owner then requested that I have composite cards (known as a head sheet in the industry) printed. She e-mailed me immediately to go to my first casting call. When I asked how long it usually took to hear back from a call I was informed that the average time was three days.
