2016: Def One to Remember
I met a girl with my agency in NYC, Celia Harris. We instantly became friends and started hanging out. She came to visit me in Florida. When she came to see me, we went to support my best friend in the entire world Noah Schnacky at one of his performances. They're both pretty cool!
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I decided to go back home to Florida for the summer. Since I've been in New York, first thing I do is get my best friend and head to the beach. This is Trina, we met in 2012 at PAFW in Winter Park. Every since then, best friends. Check her out on instagram Trina Waicul.
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I told you my roommate is a recording artist right? Well if you missed that but of information, now you know! I got the honor of being a part of the first music video of her new EP Shadows coming out soon. This video and song is out now, called Bombs Away. Links to the video and song are below and you can also download it on iTunes!
https://soundcloud.com/cymcole/bombs-away-produced-by-yobo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwmC2GgDmk |
New York Fashion week is something every model dreams about. This year was my first go at it. Oh my oh my, where do I begin. I would wake up every morning and have a schedule of 8 or more castings within a 5-7 hour span. I had it all mapped out on which casting is where and timing and all that important stuff. While it was fun, it was also super stressful. Well, needless to say I did end up booking a show!! It was a great experience and I met a lot of lovely people. Being 5'8.5" I got a lot of no's, which was expected. But it felt really nice to have that one person believe in me.
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Living in NYC can be super stressful with all the hustle and hard work. Especially between my roomate and I. She's been killing it in her singing career and I've been working hard with modeling and acting. One weekend we decided to get an Airbnb in Cornwall CT, and let me tell you, I had a blast. It was the perfect weekend get away.
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Here are some of the ads from this boutique I've shot for a couple times in New York. They have two locations in Manhattan and they have EVERYTHING you need. Check it out, you can thank me later! the Boutique is called BigDrop NYC. P.s. They also have a location in Miami!
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I also worked with Kevin Michaels while I was in town and my best friend go to tag along. We went to Honeymoon Island over near Tampa and had a day of it. Got up really early, went to CymCole's house to to hair and makeup, then had a road trip! Here are all their instagrams to check them out!
CymCole (model and best friend) Blaiq (incredible hair and makeup) Kevin Michaels (one of my favorite photographers) |
Of course I visited home for the holidays. And while I was there, I did a couple test shoots. Mike Spectacle is not only a great photographer, but he is also a great friend. We actually started out together with our careers and have always stayed together. Here are some BTS and a couple final images from the shoot. You can check him out on instagram here.
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November of 2015, the day after Thanksgiving, my mom got a very sad call. My great grandmother, yes great, had finally joined her mom up in heaven. I was so fortunate to have her in my life. Not many can say they had the privilege to live with four generations in your family. We love you forever and always Nannie and we miss you dearly.
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Meet CymCole. This is my best friend and my roommate in New York. Funny thing about us, our parents were friends before we were. They had talked about us and how we should get together and one day my dad gave her mom my number. We started texting in July, met in November, moved in together in the beginning of December. Every since we have been best friends. Even though we do not live together anymore since I'm in Atlanta, we still keep each other up to date on our adventures. Check her out on Instagram and Soundcloud.
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This is Oliver, we were roommates for two months in New York. We met senior year of high school and stayed best friends since! He moved up to the big apple to become a hair stylist so we both moved out to pursue our dreams. Funny story about these photos, we took like 7 trains for over an hour to get to Coney Island. When we got there, it was closed.. So we decided to get ice cream and watch the sunset!
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Meet Tracy, my mom and my best friend in the entire world. Let me just tell you, we had the best time ever going around sight seeing in New York. We did what we could with the time we had. I had a lot of meetings and some shoots so we had to run around in between. We saw the infamous times square, did a water taxi to see the statue of liberty, even went to some museums. Sadly, our trip together came to an end.
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Sorry guys, I know I have been MIA lately. So I'll give you a short-er version of what I have been up to. I'm going to take you back a few months and talk about little experiences between then and now. Going all the way back to October, I got an exciting call from my managers saying they think I'm ready to send my package up to NYC. I have been waiting for that call for years. The week finally came. My mother and I flew to the Big Apple for the first time ever, and we fell in love. We stayed for a week and did our rounds at the agencies. After we went home, my managers called and said there were some more agencies; fashion and theatrical, who wanted to still see me. So I made another trip up north, all by myself this time. I guess you can say it was worth it considering I came home with a contract with a fashion agency and a contract with a commercial/theatrical agency!!! I am now signed and working with Fenton Model Management and Don Buchwald & Associates!! Cant wait to share my journey with you guys!
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