Modern Model January 2014 | Page 23

“…as far as plus
size models, they
are getting more
jobs, and we’re
kind of out there
more.”
Keymonda Hale

Model
 Keymonda
 Hale

Photo
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton

  “I
  got
  started
  in
  modeling

last
  year,”
  Model
  Keymonda
  Hale

explained.
  “I
  did
  one
  photo
  shoot,

and
 then
 I
 stopped,
 and
 I
 just
 picked

it
 back
 up
 about
 four
 months
 ago.”

  Although
  Keymonda
  is
  just

entering
 the
 modeling
 career
 field,
 it

is
  something
  she
  has
  always
  paid

close
 aDen.on
 to.

 “Modeling
 has
 always
 been

something
 that
 I’ve
 been
 interested

in,
 I
 just
 didn’t
 know
 how
 to
 get
 into

it”
 she
 offered,
 adding
 that
 her
 start

has
 been
 promising
 so
 far.

 “I’m
 a
 rela.vely
 new
 model,

but
  preDy
  much
  I
  see
  most
  of
  the

models
 are
 a
 lot
 smaller
 than
 me
 as

a
  plus
  sized
  model,
  but
  other
  than

that,
  everyone
  has
  been
  great,
  and

really
 nice,
 and
 it’s
 been
 fun.”

  Gaining
  confidence
  and

experience
  with
  every
  shoot,

Keymonda
 said
 a
 Halloween-­‐themed

photoshoot
  has
  been
  the
  most

memorable
 so
 far.

  “Everyone
  was
  dressed
  up

differently.
  I
  had
  four
  different

costumes,
  and
  was
  Alice
  in

Wonderland,
  Minnie
  Mouse,
  an

Indian
 girl,
 and
 I
 was
 also
 a
 witch.”

  Since