My world of modeling first began as a “hobby” back in the early 1990’s. I never really took myself serious as a model. You see the industry standard is 5’6” an above. The fact that I am an African-American female and only 5’4”, I didn’t fit the prototype. Back then African-American models were not as popular as they are now. So, I was basically modeling for“me”, to show me, me. I was still fairly young, and in good physical shape, so why not model?

It wasn’t until the spring of 1996, while I was working my usual 8-4 shift at a hospital in New York, when I met my modeling coach, Louis Annias Manns, that modeling came to life for me on a far less sophisticated level than where I am now. Annias spotted me walking through the hallway on my way to a meeting and all he said was “Walk for me!” It’s not like I wasn’t already ‘walking”, so I had no idea at that time as to what he was expecting me to do. Once he showed me what he wanted me to do, I simply did it. Afterwards he invited me to come to, what is now known in the industry as, “a models casting call”. This casting call was held in the Bronx, in an outside courtyard in the back of a beautyshop. There were about thirty of us standing on line waiting to “walk”, and be seen by the designers of that time. From that point, it was the start of where I am now. No, I haven’t graced the runways of Paris, or Milan. But my years of modeling have afforded me the honor to work with some of New York’s best fashion show producers and finest designers:

Fashions on 7th, The Rich Bros. Productions, Sofia Davis: CEO of BTE-TV, whom I have had the privilege to grace the runway for NewYork’s “Fashion-on-the- Hudson” for the last six (6) years. I am currently registered with Rosalind Wornum, CEO of NECC (New England City Chics) Modeling Agency.

I have walked for designers like “Sena” of Sena Productions, Richard Q of Richard Q Designs, David Padilla Designs, Xiomara Hernandez : CEO of Xiomara Creations,Yvonne-Jewnell of Yvonne –Jewnell Designs, Sade Perry of Misperri Fashions, Princess Jenkins of “The Harlem Brownstone”, Linda Cocochynna Ford of CCN Designs; and Donna- Mochelle of DMochelle-Fashions .

I’ve done photo shoots with photographers like Ronnie Wright, Andrew Wright (who has submitted some of my pictures to Getty Images), Stephen Geyer, Allison V. Brown ( Lead Photographer for Sofia Davis at Fashion Avenue News Magazine), and Lloyd Crawford of I-Fashion Magazine.