Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
CELINA JAITLEY:CROWNED MISS INDIA 2001
Celina Jaitley (Punjabi: ਸੇਲੀਨਾ ਜੇਟਲੀ), born 24 November 1981, is a Bollywood actress. She was crowned Miss India in 2001. She has appeared in several movies and music videos (including the Bombay Vikings' "Zara Nazron Se Kehdo" video).
Jaitley was born to a Punjabi family in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her father, V.K Jaitley, is a retired Indian Army colonel, and her mother, Meeta, was a nurse in the Indian army, as well as an Afghan beauty queen. She has one brother, who is serving in the Indian army.
She grew up in different cities including Lucknow where she did Class XI from City Monetessori school in 2003-2004 and mostly spent her time in Kolkata, India. Jaitley was raised as a Hindu. She has said that when she was young, she wanted to join the army herself, either as a doctor or a pilot. She graduated with a degree in commerce Jaitley was a finalist in the Miss Universe 2001 contest. In addition to her title of Miss India, Celina has won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted award.
In 2003, she made her debut in the movie industry with Feroz Khan's Janasheen. In 2007 Jaitley flew to New Zealand and shot her first international movie Love Has No Language, a romantic comedy. Whilst there she was targeted by a stalker who had followed her from India. Jaitley was said to be traumatised by the experience.
Jaitley is slated to play the character of an Iranian princess in the film Quest of Sheherzade along with actors Sean Connery and Orlando Bloom. The film is based on Arabian Nights and will be directed by Ken Khan. This will be Celina's first venture into Hollywood. She is also the brand ambassador of Egyptian tourism and D'damas..
She grew up in different cities including Lucknow where she did Class XI from City Monetessori school in 2003-2004 and mostly spent her time in Kolkata, India. Jaitley was raised as a Hindu. She has said that when she was young, she wanted to join the army herself, either as a doctor or a pilot. She graduated with a degree in commerce Jaitley was a finalist in the Miss Universe 2001 contest. In addition to her title of Miss India, Celina has won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted award.
In 2003, she made her debut in the movie industry with Feroz Khan's Janasheen. In 2007 Jaitley flew to New Zealand and shot her first international movie Love Has No Language, a romantic comedy. Whilst there she was targeted by a stalker who had followed her from India. Jaitley was said to be traumatised by the experience.
Jaitley is slated to play the character of an Iranian princess in the film Quest of Sheherzade along with actors Sean Connery and Orlando Bloom. The film is based on Arabian Nights and will be directed by Ken Khan. This will be Celina's first venture into Hollywood. She is also the brand ambassador of Egyptian tourism and D'damas..
Friday, April 24, 2009
VENESSA HUDGENS:BIOGRAPHY & FUTURE PLAN
Vanessa Hudgens began her career in the world of musical theatre at the tender age of 8. Immediately realizing the incredible future that lay before her, she has tirelessly pursued her dream with much success. These early roles in such productions as “Evita,” “Carousel,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “The King & I,” “The Music Man,” “Cinderella” and “Damn Yankees” gave Vanessa the opportunity to showcase her impressive singing and acting skills.
Vanessa is currently filming “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”, which is set to be released in October. She recently wrapped filming “Will”, directed by Todd Graff, a film which centers around a High School misfit and a popular girl who form an unlikely bond through their love for music.
Vanessa is finishing her second album for Hollywood Records to be released this summer.
The recognition Vanessa received quickly brought her to the screen. She made her feature film debut in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Thirteen” starring Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood. Soon thereafter, she co-starred in the action-adventure film “Thunderbirds” and was a recurring guest star on Disney Channel’s “The Suite Life of Zach & Cody.” Her other television credits include appearances on “Quintuplets,” “Brothers Garcia,” “Still Standing” and “Robbery Homicide Division.”
It was however Vanessa’s role in Disney Channel’s breakaway sensation “High School Musical” that has garnered her much praise and attention. In it she plays Gabrielle Montez, the sweet girl torn between her attraction to both basketball jock Troy Bolton and the school musical auditions. With critics and fans clamoring for more, Vanessa can currently be seen in the films highly successful follow up “High School Musical 2.”
Although acting has consumed much of her time, Vanessa still has been able to devote herself to singing and performing. Last year she released her debut solo album “V”—a captivating variety of rock, electronic and R&B styles—and toured with the Cheetah Girls.
Born December 14, 1988 in Salinas, California, Hudgens has lived all along the west coast from Oregon to Southern California. Her mother is Filipino, Chinese and Latina and her father is a mix of Irish and American Indian. Vanessa really enjoys spending time with family, going to the movies, dancing and singing. Hudgens lives in Los Angles with her parents, younger sister Stella and her pet dog.
Vanessa is currently filming “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”, which is set to be released in October. She recently wrapped filming “Will”, directed by Todd Graff, a film which centers around a High School misfit and a popular girl who form an unlikely bond through their love for music.
Vanessa is finishing her second album for Hollywood Records to be released this summer.
The recognition Vanessa received quickly brought her to the screen. She made her feature film debut in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Thirteen” starring Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood. Soon thereafter, she co-starred in the action-adventure film “Thunderbirds” and was a recurring guest star on Disney Channel’s “The Suite Life of Zach & Cody.” Her other television credits include appearances on “Quintuplets,” “Brothers Garcia,” “Still Standing” and “Robbery Homicide Division.”
It was however Vanessa’s role in Disney Channel’s breakaway sensation “High School Musical” that has garnered her much praise and attention. In it she plays Gabrielle Montez, the sweet girl torn between her attraction to both basketball jock Troy Bolton and the school musical auditions. With critics and fans clamoring for more, Vanessa can currently be seen in the films highly successful follow up “High School Musical 2.”
Although acting has consumed much of her time, Vanessa still has been able to devote herself to singing and performing. Last year she released her debut solo album “V”—a captivating variety of rock, electronic and R&B styles—and toured with the Cheetah Girls.
Born December 14, 1988 in Salinas, California, Hudgens has lived all along the west coast from Oregon to Southern California. Her mother is Filipino, Chinese and Latina and her father is a mix of Irish and American Indian. Vanessa really enjoys spending time with family, going to the movies, dancing and singing. Hudgens lives in Los Angles with her parents, younger sister Stella and her pet dog.
Hudgens launched a tour with the rest of the cast of High School Musical in fall 2006, performing the songs from the soundtrack album as well of the three singles from her debut album.A DVD and an album named High School Musical: The Concert were released in 2007, which includes one song performed live by her. She sang the duet "Still There For Me" with Corbin Bleu for his debut album. Hudgens appeared on the High School Musical 2 soundtrack.
Venessa Anne Hudgens:Top Teen Female Singer of 2009
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is mostly known for her role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series. She pursued a solo music career and released her debut album V on September 26, 2006. The album debuted at number twenty four in the U.S. and was later certified Gold. She reprised her role as Gabriella Montez in High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Hudgens had released her second album, Identified in July 1, 2008 in the U.S. She will be portraying the role of Sam in the film Bandslam, in theaters August 14, 2009.
Hudgens's breakout role has been starring in the Disney Channel movie series High School Musical, starring as Gabriella Montez. Hudgens and Efron had won "Best Chemistry" award at the Teen Choice Awards for their roles.Her contributions to the High School Musical soundtrack with several songs. Hudgens started concentrating on her music career by signing a record deal with Hollywood Records in 2006 as the start of her solo career, but first covered the song "Colors Of The Wind" for Disneymania 5 album in that same year.
Hudgens' debut album, entitled V, was released in late September 2006. V debuted on the Billboard 200 in early October 2006 at number twenty-four on the chart, with 34,000 copies sold that week. Hudgens described V as a 'wide mix of things.' The first single was "Come Back to Me", while the second and final single was "Say OK". Hudgens promoted the album when opening for The Cheetah Girls during their The Party's Just Begun Tour. V was certified Gold for shipments to retailers of 500,000 copies on February 27, 2007, and was nominated as #7 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Choice. Hudgens was named the Female Breakout Singer at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards.
Hudgens' debut album, entitled V, was released in late September 2006. V debuted on the Billboard 200 in early October 2006 at number twenty-four on the chart, with 34,000 copies sold that week. Hudgens described V as a 'wide mix of things.' The first single was "Come Back to Me", while the second and final single was "Say OK". Hudgens promoted the album when opening for The Cheetah Girls during their The Party's Just Begun Tour. V was certified Gold for shipments to retailers of 500,000 copies on February 27, 2007, and was nominated as #7 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Choice. Hudgens was named the Female Breakout Singer at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor (Hindi: करीना कपूर; born on September 21, 1980) is an Indian film actress appearing in Bollywood films. Born into the Kapoor film family, she made her acting debut with Refugee (2000), for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2001, Kapoor received her first commercial success with her second release, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai and later appeared in Karan Johar's melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, which became India's top-grossing film in the overseas market that year and her biggest commercial success to date.After receiving negative reviews due to a series of unsuccessful films and repetitive roles between 2002 and 2003, Kapoor accepted more demanding parts to avoid being typecast. Her portrayal of a sex worker in Chameli (2004) proved to be the turning point in her career and garnered her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. She later received two Critics Awards for Best Actress at the Filmfare ceremony for her performances in the critically acclaimed Dev (2004) and Omkara (2006). After taking on such a range of acting roles between 2004 and 2006, she was recognized for displaying versatility as an actress.
In 2007, Kapoor earned a Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in the commercially successful comedy-romance Jab We Met. Although the box office earnings of her films have varied considerably, Kapoor has established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Hindi film industry.
In 2007, Kapoor earned a Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in the commercially successful comedy-romance Jab We Met. Although the box office earnings of her films have varied considerably, Kapoor has established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Hindi film industry.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Jessica Marie Alba
Jessica Marie Alba expressed interest in acting since the age of five. In 1992, the 11-year-old Alba persuaded her mother to take her to an acting competition in Beverly Hills, California whose grand prize was free acting classes. Alba won the grand prize, and took her first acting lessons. An agent signed Alba nine months later. Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature Camp Nowhere as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job in a leading role when one of the prominent actresses dropped out.
Alba appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney as a child. She was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into television in 1994 with a recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the television series Flipper.Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba diver, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia.In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-drama Brooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 and as Layla in an episode of The Love Boat: The Next Wave. In 1999, she appeared in the Randy Quaid comedy feature P.U.N.K.S. After Alba graduated from high school, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet.Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film Idle Hands, opposite Devon Sawa.
Her big break came when writer/director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevar, on the FOX sci-fi television series Dark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons until 2002, earning her critical acclaim as well as a Golden Globe nomination. Alba later revealed that she had suffered from an eating disorder while in preparation for Dark Angel.
Alba's most notable film roles have included an aspiring dancer-choreographer in Honey, exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City and as the classic Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four, of which movie critic Mick LaSalle said that her performance while talking for long periods of time was on "shaky ground". She then appeared in its sequel, in Into the Blue later that year, and Good Luck Chuck a few years later. Alba went on to host the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the movies King Kong, Mission Impossible 3, and The Da Vinci Code.In 2008, Alba appeared in her first horror-film role in The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original. In February, she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's Science and Technical Awards. Later in the year, she starred in The Love Guru. She has signed on to star in An Invisible Sign of My Own to be released in 2009.
Alba appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney as a child. She was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into television in 1994 with a recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the television series Flipper.Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba diver, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia.In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-drama Brooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 and as Layla in an episode of The Love Boat: The Next Wave. In 1999, she appeared in the Randy Quaid comedy feature P.U.N.K.S. After Alba graduated from high school, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet.Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film Idle Hands, opposite Devon Sawa.
Her big break came when writer/director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevar, on the FOX sci-fi television series Dark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons until 2002, earning her critical acclaim as well as a Golden Globe nomination. Alba later revealed that she had suffered from an eating disorder while in preparation for Dark Angel.
Alba's most notable film roles have included an aspiring dancer-choreographer in Honey, exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City and as the classic Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four, of which movie critic Mick LaSalle said that her performance while talking for long periods of time was on "shaky ground". She then appeared in its sequel, in Into the Blue later that year, and Good Luck Chuck a few years later. Alba went on to host the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the movies King Kong, Mission Impossible 3, and The Da Vinci Code.In 2008, Alba appeared in her first horror-film role in The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original. In February, she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's Science and Technical Awards. Later in the year, she starred in The Love Guru. She has signed on to star in An Invisible Sign of My Own to be released in 2009.
Alba has been represented by talent agents Patrick Whitesell and Brad Cafarelli.
Stylist Female Model
It is your typical photo shoot, a creative team of makeup artists, hairstylists, lighting and camera crew work meticulously, curling every lock and ironing every wrinkle, just to get the best shot.
The model waits patiently as the stylist deliberates with the make-up artist; the entire crew is working hard to create a flawless look for the model whose image is going to be plastered all over the glossy pages of fashion editorials and magazines. It's teamwork, it's tedious, it's laborious, it's fashion.
This time however, the roles have been reversed and the camera is trained on Omoyemi Akerele, the Fashion Editor at True Love Magazine. As a fashion professional, she is more accustomed to being behind the scenes.
Her job is to map the fashion vision and take it from concept to reality, synergistically working together with her team to bring fashion to life in front of the camera.
In every industry there are a school of pioneers that champion the cause, trudging through unchartered territory to push the collective agenda, often encountering obstacles, but ultimately surmounting them, to achieve recognition and success.
In the school of Nigeria fashion stylists and professionals, Omoyemi Akerele is undoubtedly a pioneer. She has legitimized the styling profession in Nigeria, changing the way we think about the varying careers within the fashion industry.
As the first on the scene, as close to a veteran as one can get in the profession, she has established herself and built up an impressive resume and body of work in the process.
On dreaming big"If you live it, breathe it, dream it, you can do it." This is the attitude Omoyemi had to foster at the start of her career while trying to gain headway in the new waters of the Nigerian fashion industry.She found her calling by chance; she was originally a lawyer.
After receiving a Bachelor's of Law at the University of Lagos and accepting a call to bar in 2001, she set herself on the path of legal briefings, litigation and deliberation as a lawyer at the firm of Olaniwun Ajayi & Co. in Lagos. While practicing she came to terms with the fact that she lacked a certain passion for law.
"I realized I was bored at work and wasn't giving it 100%, I was distracted, and decided to resign. I knew whatever I ended up doing had to give me satisfaction and joy. So I did some inner searching to find out what it was about clothes and the fashion industry that intrigued me."
And thus her journey commenced. She went to London and took training courses at renowned image consultancy center Aston Hayes, and under the tutelage of Jennifer Aston, studied the theories of female and male body style analyses, paradigms of color and texture, personal style consultation, wardrobe management and corporate shopping.
"Coming back from my designing courses I knew the first thing I needed was to get my voice out there but there weren't many fashion magazines and the magazines being produced didn't have fashion pages."
Believing in a vision of bringing Nigerian fashion publications to life by incorporating fashion pages similar to those in international magazines, she decided to shop her idea around.
Eventually, she began contributing for Genevieve and Every Woman magazines, all the while building up a network of friends and business associates within the fashion industry.
But her lucky break came in January 2005, when a chance meeting with Bola Atta, editor True Love Magazine editor catapulted her into a new chapter in her career. She joined the True Love team as a fashion stylist. Over the years, she rose to her current position as Fashion Editor of the magazine.
Since the career change, Omoyemi has worked tirelessly to build an ironclad resume, teaming with the greatest minds in the Nigerian fashion industry - heavy hitting fashion designers, makeup artists, photographers and hair-stylists.
Her resume reads like a who's who of the fashion industry; she is the kind of woman whose business rolodex includes the likes of magazine editors, advertising executive, and textile industry managers; her reach is far.
She has worked in various capacities at several notable fashion shows, including This Day Africa Rising (2008); United Nations Catwalk the World Fashion Show with Deola Sagoe (2007) and the British Airways 70th Anniversary Fashion Show with Tiffany Amber (2007).
She's versatile too, and has done major work in the advertising realm, supervising the artistic direction on various campaigns.
She has also worked behind the scenes on the Nigerian reality show circuit, dressing our favorite characters on programs like Temptation Nigeria, Big Brother Nigeria, Deal or No Deal Nigeria, Idols West Africa and the upcoming West Africa's Next Top Model.
The model waits patiently as the stylist deliberates with the make-up artist; the entire crew is working hard to create a flawless look for the model whose image is going to be plastered all over the glossy pages of fashion editorials and magazines. It's teamwork, it's tedious, it's laborious, it's fashion.
This time however, the roles have been reversed and the camera is trained on Omoyemi Akerele, the Fashion Editor at True Love Magazine. As a fashion professional, she is more accustomed to being behind the scenes.
Her job is to map the fashion vision and take it from concept to reality, synergistically working together with her team to bring fashion to life in front of the camera.
In every industry there are a school of pioneers that champion the cause, trudging through unchartered territory to push the collective agenda, often encountering obstacles, but ultimately surmounting them, to achieve recognition and success.
In the school of Nigeria fashion stylists and professionals, Omoyemi Akerele is undoubtedly a pioneer. She has legitimized the styling profession in Nigeria, changing the way we think about the varying careers within the fashion industry.
As the first on the scene, as close to a veteran as one can get in the profession, she has established herself and built up an impressive resume and body of work in the process.
On dreaming big"If you live it, breathe it, dream it, you can do it." This is the attitude Omoyemi had to foster at the start of her career while trying to gain headway in the new waters of the Nigerian fashion industry.She found her calling by chance; she was originally a lawyer.
After receiving a Bachelor's of Law at the University of Lagos and accepting a call to bar in 2001, she set herself on the path of legal briefings, litigation and deliberation as a lawyer at the firm of Olaniwun Ajayi & Co. in Lagos. While practicing she came to terms with the fact that she lacked a certain passion for law.
"I realized I was bored at work and wasn't giving it 100%, I was distracted, and decided to resign. I knew whatever I ended up doing had to give me satisfaction and joy. So I did some inner searching to find out what it was about clothes and the fashion industry that intrigued me."
And thus her journey commenced. She went to London and took training courses at renowned image consultancy center Aston Hayes, and under the tutelage of Jennifer Aston, studied the theories of female and male body style analyses, paradigms of color and texture, personal style consultation, wardrobe management and corporate shopping.
"Coming back from my designing courses I knew the first thing I needed was to get my voice out there but there weren't many fashion magazines and the magazines being produced didn't have fashion pages."
Believing in a vision of bringing Nigerian fashion publications to life by incorporating fashion pages similar to those in international magazines, she decided to shop her idea around.
Eventually, she began contributing for Genevieve and Every Woman magazines, all the while building up a network of friends and business associates within the fashion industry.
But her lucky break came in January 2005, when a chance meeting with Bola Atta, editor True Love Magazine editor catapulted her into a new chapter in her career. She joined the True Love team as a fashion stylist. Over the years, she rose to her current position as Fashion Editor of the magazine.
Since the career change, Omoyemi has worked tirelessly to build an ironclad resume, teaming with the greatest minds in the Nigerian fashion industry - heavy hitting fashion designers, makeup artists, photographers and hair-stylists.
Her resume reads like a who's who of the fashion industry; she is the kind of woman whose business rolodex includes the likes of magazine editors, advertising executive, and textile industry managers; her reach is far.
She has worked in various capacities at several notable fashion shows, including This Day Africa Rising (2008); United Nations Catwalk the World Fashion Show with Deola Sagoe (2007) and the British Airways 70th Anniversary Fashion Show with Tiffany Amber (2007).
She's versatile too, and has done major work in the advertising realm, supervising the artistic direction on various campaigns.
She has also worked behind the scenes on the Nigerian reality show circuit, dressing our favorite characters on programs like Temptation Nigeria, Big Brother Nigeria, Deal or No Deal Nigeria, Idols West Africa and the upcoming West Africa's Next Top Model.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Supermodel Linda Evangelista
Born May 10, 1965 in St. Catharine’s, Ontario. Linda always had an interest in becoming a famous model and worked hard to get to where she is today. At the young age of only 13, she had won the 1978 “Miss Teen Niagara” and was discovered by a scout from Elite Model Management. By age 13, Linda had signed to a Toronto modelling company and at age 16 signed with Elite Modelling in New York. Over the years Linda has been regarded as one of the few true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980`s and early 90`s. After all between 1988 to 1996 she can be credited to, starting about 11 different hair styles that where very popular. In addition, Linda was the founder of the supermodel union along with three other supermodels, which brought new standards and rules making better working conditions and pay for the models. In her modelling career to date Linda have been in over 63 various advertisements, been on the cover of 68 magazines and easily been in over 15 fashion shows through out the years. For all of her accomplishments and the changes she made in the modelling industry, Linda Evangelista will always be in my mind one of “Canada’s Top Models”.
Supermodel Jessica Stam
The modelling and fashion industry is a multi-million dollar business, which attracts the prettiest of women (as well as men) from all around the world. Many fashion and supermodels have made millions as well as made their mark on the industry. Fashion shows and the models that work the shows bring in the elite crowds and make the designers millions of dollars every year in hopes to be the next top supermodel. This got me thinking the other day on how many of these famous or successful female models came from Canada. Therefore, I gathered only 10 of what I thought to be either the most famous or successful models from Canada and brought them together here.
Supermodel Jessica
Jessica Stam who was born April 23, 1986 in Kincardine, Ontario. Growing up on a farm as a teen, the thought of being a model never actually crossed the mind of Stam but instead she had hopes of becoming a dentist. Well destiny had other plans for her, as she would find out. One day the family was on their way back from a day trip to Canada’s Wonderland, when they stopped at a Tim Horton’s for a bathroom break. This is where Stam was discovered standing in line by modelling scout “Michele Miller” of International Model Management in Barrie, Ontario. After that photographer, “Steven Meisel” used the 16 year old in every one of his ad campaigns of his. Stam then went on to win the Los Angeles Model Look Search in 2002. Through out her 7-year career she has already worked for such agencies as International Model Management, IMG “London/Milan/NY/Paris”, My Model Management, Giovanni Model Management, Bravo Models, View Management and Why Not Model Agency. Stam has been in over 30 advertisements altogether, on 22 magazine covers and in over 15 fashion shows. She has accomplished an astonishing amount in such a short period and this to me makes Jessica Stam another one of Canada’s top models.There are many more Canadian female supermodels that have accomplished the same as these 10 girls if not more but to me these are the 10 supermodels in my mind that are Canada’s Top Models.
Supermodel Jessica
Jessica Stam who was born April 23, 1986 in Kincardine, Ontario. Growing up on a farm as a teen, the thought of being a model never actually crossed the mind of Stam but instead she had hopes of becoming a dentist. Well destiny had other plans for her, as she would find out. One day the family was on their way back from a day trip to Canada’s Wonderland, when they stopped at a Tim Horton’s for a bathroom break. This is where Stam was discovered standing in line by modelling scout “Michele Miller” of International Model Management in Barrie, Ontario. After that photographer, “Steven Meisel” used the 16 year old in every one of his ad campaigns of his. Stam then went on to win the Los Angeles Model Look Search in 2002. Through out her 7-year career she has already worked for such agencies as International Model Management, IMG “London/Milan/NY/Paris”, My Model Management, Giovanni Model Management, Bravo Models, View Management and Why Not Model Agency. Stam has been in over 30 advertisements altogether, on 22 magazine covers and in over 15 fashion shows. She has accomplished an astonishing amount in such a short period and this to me makes Jessica Stam another one of Canada’s top models.There are many more Canadian female supermodels that have accomplished the same as these 10 girls if not more but to me these are the 10 supermodels in my mind that are Canada’s Top Models.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Modelling Tips
Do you often find yourself waiting, camera in hand, while your model struggles to get the pose right for the shot? For the professional photographer posing a human model, the working relationship is something like that between film director and actor. Yet photographers don't get training in the human side of posing a model. Here's a little list of tips and tricks for getting your subject to perform well for you.
Flatter Them Actors and models get into this line of work because they love the attention, after all, so work with that. Fuss over them about how great they look today, what a nice shot you're taking of them, how they're Vanity Fair material, and so on. Their confidence will reflect in the kind of performance they give you, especially in sensual photographic subjects.
Play With Them What? Yes, really! For getting a spontaneous, cheerful shot, you might want to keep the camera put away first and challenge them to a one-on-one game of catch or a pillow fight or something else childish and simple. What on Earth for? For inspiring a mindset of playfulness in the model, which will translate into sparkling eyes, impish grins, and sweeping body movements during the shoot. Lacking that, even some small talk where you can tell a joke or otherwise lighten the mood before you shoot helps.
Coach Them Especially with an amateur model, they might not know all the tricks of posing. Tell them to keep stomach in, shoulders back, back straight, breathe from the lungs and not the abdomen, not to hold their breath, look off to the side, keep their weight on one ofr the other leg, and so on. And of course, smile, smile, smile!
Calm Children In working with child models, you have the opposite problem from adults - getting them settled and focused on the job. You might try leading them in some meditation exercise! Just play "Zen master", setting an example while having them sit still, breathe deeply, and hum for a few minutes. This actually works to help them center and focus, without being distracted.
Flatter Them Actors and models get into this line of work because they love the attention, after all, so work with that. Fuss over them about how great they look today, what a nice shot you're taking of them, how they're Vanity Fair material, and so on. Their confidence will reflect in the kind of performance they give you, especially in sensual photographic subjects.
Play With Them What? Yes, really! For getting a spontaneous, cheerful shot, you might want to keep the camera put away first and challenge them to a one-on-one game of catch or a pillow fight or something else childish and simple. What on Earth for? For inspiring a mindset of playfulness in the model, which will translate into sparkling eyes, impish grins, and sweeping body movements during the shoot. Lacking that, even some small talk where you can tell a joke or otherwise lighten the mood before you shoot helps.
Coach Them Especially with an amateur model, they might not know all the tricks of posing. Tell them to keep stomach in, shoulders back, back straight, breathe from the lungs and not the abdomen, not to hold their breath, look off to the side, keep their weight on one ofr the other leg, and so on. And of course, smile, smile, smile!
Calm Children In working with child models, you have the opposite problem from adults - getting them settled and focused on the job. You might try leading them in some meditation exercise! Just play "Zen master", setting an example while having them sit still, breathe deeply, and hum for a few minutes. This actually works to help them center and focus, without being distracted.
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