We've been following your career the last year and your growth has been phenomenal. We really enjoyed the concepts behind some of your photo shoots. Tell us, do you come up with the ideas yourself or is it a collaborative effort between you and the tog?
It is a bit of both in some cases the idears are mine and in others I will work closely with the Photographer to convey our idea.
How long ago did you start strutting your stuff in front of cameras?
I have been modelling for just over a year and a half now I think. Im not really good at keeping track of time
What are your hopes and dreams when it comes to being and alternative model in South Africa?
Well at the moment I am a Suicide Girl hopeful but I hope to become an official. I would also like to do more commercial stuff to help get a better name for alt models and to get as recognised.
Who is Roxxx? What makes her tick? Tell us a little about yourself.
Well let’s see I love art in any form. I have studied music, I do pole dancing, fire spinning and burlesque, I also love to draw and paint and next year I plan on getting into film. I hate it when girls doubt them self’s or let society get them down about what is beautiful. I wish we could all just see how beautiful we are. I also don’t like >>> who don’t like my cat. I am ever so slightly a crazy cat lady.
What do you consider the criteria to call yourself an alternative model?
5. That’s a hard one seeing as I still struggle to see myself as one. I think it starts with doing shoots and not fitting into society’s mould of beauty. It’s about expressing yourself in images and sharing that with the world. I don’t think it has to do with likes of followers but being true to yourself and the art form.
What kind of challenges do alternative models have that mainstream models don't have?
6. I think getting played gigs. A lot of the gigs I do are free so the tog and I can build our portfolio. Most add companies won’t hire tattooed models. I also think pressure to get naked. With ink girls it’s about their tattoos not the clothing and its easy to be preserved into doing nude which other models don’t have to worry about. ( not that I have anything wrong with nudity).
What do you like most about being a model and on the flip side, what do you least enjoy?
7. Ummm I love getting my images back and seeing the work has paid off. I also really enjoy doing the shoots, I really like all the photographers I have worked with have had so much fun and made new friends. I dislike waiting for the images. I think I just get too excited and some photographers can take long to edit and get images back to you.
Tell us about a favourite shoot you've done.
8. I have loved them all so much. I loved shooting my SG set as I am also great friends with the tog. I really enjoy doing on location shoots as its more fun than in studio and you get to mess around and have some fun. But I think the one I had the most fun at was the one where I was covered in blood. It was good old messy fun. The fake blood mixture I made was supper slippery and seeing as it covered both me and the floor I got to slip and slide all over the place. got in some good laughs falling out of poses and after it led to the best shower I have ever had.
How has modelling changed other aspects of your life?
.9. I started modelling because I suffered from low self-esteem. It has helped me so much with that to see that you are beautiful. It has also helped me make so many new friends and has kept me busy when I needed to get my mind off things. I think it has also helped me communicate my feelings and ideas.
If you could shoot with any photographer who would it be and why?
10. I guess a play boy tog. I would love to be featured in play boy for reasons like it would be great exposure for me and alt models. As well as to help the world see how beautiful tattoos and alt models really are.
You're nude in some of your photos. Do you mind sharing your view on posing nude? Some call it art, others call it pornography...
11. I love being nude. I think it is discussing to shame girls for being confident in their own skin. its your body and its your choice. I think its crazy that the beauty of a naked girl is conceded dirty and gross while it is ok to bombard your mind with images of graphic violence. I hate it when fellow models het slut shamed and such. Its only a small mind that could see something so beautiful and natural as dirty. It is your mind that perverts it it iis not the image that is dirty it is your mind. I could probably write a full page on this, but I love nudity and am so combatable with it. I don’t do it because I am insecure or am looking for attention. I do it for me and I do it for art.
Who or what inspires you?
12. I get inspiration from so many things. Other models inspire me to be better. Art inspires my ideas. And my fans and support system inspire me to keep going.
Hos would you describe the clothes you wear in daily life?
13. I think it ranges from jobless hobo to Goth queen to hippy child. I don’t think I really have a defined style. It all depends on what mood I wake up in. But on average I don’t put in to much effort into every day wear. Im not one of those girls who can spend hours getting ready. Aint nobody got time for that
Any upcoming projects we should look out for?
14. Well the release of my SG set. Other than that Im taking a short break over the festive season but will be back in the game with amazing projects early next year.
What advice to you have for aspiring models?
Do it. The best way to get into it is to contact a local Photographer with a good idea and ask them if they would be interested in shooting with you. Slowly build up your portfolio start a page build up a fan base and never give up