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Model to
Watch For…

Photo
 ©
 Andrew
 Foord

Layla Strickland
Tempe, AZ

  A
  friend
  in
  need
  asked
  for
  a
  simple

favor
  that
  launched
  a
  modeling
  career
  for

Layla
 Strickland.

  “In
  March
  of
  2012,
  a
  good
  friend
  of

mine
 was
 geong
 started
 as
 a
 photographer

and
  asking
  all
  of
  his
  friends
  to
  be
  his
  test

models,”
  Layla
  explained.
  “I
  agreed
  to
  a

shoot
  and
  we
  had
  a
  blast
  running
  around

downtown
 geong
 shots.
 A[er
 that
 night
 we

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had
  two
  other
  shoots
  and
  I
  enjoyed
  it
  so

much
 that
 I
 decided
 to
 take
 it
 somewhere!”

  With
  modeling
  credits
  throughout

the
 East
 Coast,
 Layla
 said
 she
 is
 also
 starAng

to
 accept
 modeling
 assignments
 on
 the
 West

Coast,
  adding
  that
  she
  is
  enjoying
  every

modeling
  experience
  along
  the
  way,
  some

who
 she
 considers
 to
 be
 good
 friends.

  “My
  most
  posiAve
  experience
  has

been
  meeAng
  all
  of
  the
  amazing,
  wonderful

people
 I
 have
 met
 along
 the
 way,”
 she
 said.

“In
 my
 Ame,
 I
 have
 met
 and
 go]en
 to
 know

the
  best
  people
  you
  can
  meet
  in
  life
  and
  if

not
  for
  modeling,
  I
  would
  not
  have
  had
  the

pleasure.”

  Se]ling
  into
  a
  realisAc
  modeling

pace,
  Layla
  intends
  to
  enjoy
  modeling
  as
  a

part-­?Ame
 career.

  “As
  far
  as
  career
  goals,
  I
  do
  not
  see

modeling
 as
 a
 full
 Ame
 job.
 I
 do
 it
 more
 for

fun
  and
  the
  love
  of
  art
  than
  anything
  else,”

she
  said.
  “However,
  I
  am
  now
  focusing
  on

commercial
  and
  print
  modeling.
  I
  am
  short,

only
 5'3",
 so
 that
 rules
 out
 most
 fashion
 and

runway
  already,
  but
  I
  think
  with
  my
  drive
  I

can
 be
 quite
 successful
 in
 other
 areas.”

  Layla
  said
  that
  other
  models
  should

try
  to
  learn
  about
  the
  modeling
  career
  ?eld

before
 starAng
 their
 modeling
 career.

  “For
  models
  that
  are
  just
  starAng
  out

I
 would
 say
 ?nd
 what
 you
 like
 and
 focus
 on

that,”
  she
  said.
  “I
  jumped
  into
  this
  with
  no

knowledge
 of
 how
 the
 business
 worked
 and

it
  has
  taken
  me
  quite
  some
  Ame
  to
  ?gure

out
 what
 I
 want
 and
 how
 to
 get
 it.”

Layla
 Strickland

Height:
Weight:
Bust:

Waist:
Hips:

Hair:

Eyes:

 5’3”

 112
 lbs

 32”

 26”

 32”

 brown

 hazel