Modern Model March 2014 | Page 19

Amanda
 Lauren-­‐

Looking
 To
 the

Future

Story
 by
 Brian
 Thornton

 Photos
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton,

 Michael
 Dean,
 and
 Trisha

 Hadley

 Pla&num
  hair.
  Stunning
  smile.
  Blue

eyes
 that
 stare
 through
 your
 soul.
 Even
 in
 a

crowded
  room,
  Model
  Amanda
  Lauren

(Marks)

 is
 hard

 to
 overlook.

 “I
 first
 got
 started
 in
 modeling
 when

I
  got
  something
  in
  the
  mail
  form
  John

Roberts
  Powers
  in
  Southfield,
  MI,”
  Amanda

explained.
  “I
  was
  only
  15,
  but
  went
  down

there
  with
  my
  mom
  and
  we
  checked
  it
  out

and
  they
  were
  interested
  in
  me
  coming

back.”

  Instead,
  Amanda
  focused
  on
  her

schooling,
  and
  began
  working
  with

photographers
 shortly
 aier
 gradua&on.

  “I
  was
  contacted
  by
  photographers

that
  helped
  build
  porxolios
  and
  got
  one

started,”
 said
 Amanda,
 who
 has
 been
 one
 of

the
  most
  requested
  models
  of
  Brian

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Photo
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton