I did a bit of research and this being a very small world, I ended up knowing a friend of a plus size model
At some point I“ gave it up” to pursue something else. I suppose the romanticism surrounding it diminished as soon as I found out I couldn’ t afford the school that I wanted to get into to study photography further. I traveled around Europe for a bit after high school and as soon as I got back to California I tried to think of the quickest way to( legally) make a dollar, so that I could continue traveling. So, I became a bartender and earned a degree in International Business.
I quickly got a second job because, it seems that is the only way to keep your head above water now-a-days, working at Sephora in the skincare department. While there I was often used as the face model when someone was getting certified to be a makeup artist. People would say things like“ Hey, you should become a model!” There was just one very obvious flaw in their plan … I was, and have been since middle school, a solid size 12-14. Then a close friend of mine mentioned“ Plus Size” modeling. I did a bit of research and this being a very small world, I ended up knowing a friend of a plus
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