modeling
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Embracing Authenticity: Lessons from Modeling

When I was in my 20s, I became aware of some new modeling agencies that had opened in Manhattan. They were modeling agencies exclusively for Petties with a height requirement between 5’0″ and 5’4″. At 5’4″ I qualified. So, one afternoon, I went to an open casting call at one of the agencies. The line…
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Modeling After 60 – Is It For You?

In 2006, I was part of a modeling shoot for the now-defunct MORE magazine, the first magazine geared for the over-40 woman. I had done some modeling in the past, and it was exciting to be in front of the camera again as I was getting closer to 50. At the shoot, I met the four other…