July/September 2015
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it. I remember when I first started<br />
getting into modeling, I was actually<br />
hired to do work for nutrition and<br />
health textbooks. All I remember<br />
is that my mom would always be<br />
there. I would have to smile at cereal<br />
boxes and boy did my mom make<br />
me bust out laughing every time!<br />
I think I got paid $20 a pop back<br />
in those days, but hey, that was a<br />
lot for a 12 year old back then! I<br />
honestly cannot thank my parents,<br />
my cousin, Mai Luc, my cousin, Neil<br />
Peters, JaninDispo, and Mong-Tuyen<br />
Nguyen, enough for really kick<br />
starting my modeling career. I really<br />
would not be where I am today if it<br />
was not for them.<br />
What inspired you to start<br />
modeling?<br />
I’ve always been the type of person<br />
to go out there and try new things<br />
ever since I was young. It was no<br />
surprise that that I wanted to pursue<br />
modeling. I think my family had to<br />
do a lot with me wanting to chase modeling. They are extremely<br />
supportive and motivating. They all have pushed me to almost<br />
my full potential and continue to encourage me to succeed my<br />
dreams every day.<br />
Do you have a defining moment where you knew you wanted to<br />
be a model?<br />
I don’t think that there is a specific moment when I knew I wanted<br />
to model; I just knew. And when Barbizon contacted me for an<br />
interview, it must have been fate.<br />
What advice can you give to the young women who are<br />
interested in modeling?<br />
I would tell them to be confident in who they are. Nothing<br />
speaks louder than a woman’s attitude in a photo or even on the<br />
runway. Be comfortable in your own skin! If you can do that<br />
than modeling will come naturally. But there are times when a<br />
model must practice and only practice make perfect. Study facial<br />
expression and body language in mainstream magazines like,<br />
Style, Vogue, or even fashion photos on Pinterest or the internet.<br />
We would like everyone to get to know you a little better. What<br />
is the motto you live by?<br />
Never give up. When<br />
things get tough keep pushing through with a positive attitude.<br />
Enough of the serious talk. You mentioned that you like<br />
shopping. Where do you like to shop?<br />
Honestly I have been a tad bit lazy lately. I have been doing a lot<br />
of online shopping at boutiques that I’ve discovered on Intagram.<br />
I have also been even obsessed with amazon prime because of the<br />
super fasting shipping. But you can usually find me at Forever21,<br />
H & M, Sephora, Ulta, or even the outlet mall in Chandler!<br />
What is one beauty product you cannot live without?<br />
To be honest I cannot live without my makeup. It has been a<br />
recent obsession of mine. It’s usually been all about shoes, but<br />
I may have found a new obsession. The beauty product that I<br />
cannot live without would be lip balm. I undeniably cannot live<br />
without any type of lip product. I can’t handle dry cracked, painful<br />
lips. I have this habit where if I have dry skin on my lip I’ll pick<br />
and peel it off and that just makes my lips ten times more in pain<br />
than they need to be. I know, TMI but it’s true. So I always carry<br />
some type of chap stick, lip balm, or lip gloss with me at all<br />
times.<br />
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