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M Speaking of Netflix what do you think of The Queen’s Gambit? I watched Queen’s Gambit in one day. It was very interesting. My roommate is a composer so we really got into the background music, it was really intense throughout and awesome. The fashion was amazing! Whenever we were doing this Queen’s Gambit-inspired cover shoot and Ty-Ron pulled out all of the clothes, I wanted to buy all of it! (laugh) I go shopping a lot and I look for those styles, I pull from magazines and the internet. I think it’s very cool. What did you think of the shots of you wearing the Anat Fritz designed hats, one of which was worn by actress Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen’s Gambit? I saw a couple of them, black and white and a brown tannish hat and my mouth is wide open and my hands are by my head. I thought that shot was pretty cool. I think the eye make-up whenever I closed my eyes it would give a whole different look from when I opened them. I kept taking pictures and kept opening and closing my eyes so I could see the make-up. Udo and Ty-Ron even pulled out pictures of Twiggy to do some of the poses she would do back then. I’ve been told many times that I look like Twiggy and resemble her, especially my hair. I appreciate that I think it’s such a great compliment. Any other models who inspire you? Growing up I wanted to be a model and I always looked up to Eva Longoria and of course Tyra. I always watched America’s Next Top Model and I wanted to be one growing up and as I grew up I had more of a tomboy vibe, then Madison Page she’s really cool I followed her in high school and that’s what made me cut my hair short and kind of just do a whole different look What’s it like working with Celebrity Stylist Ty-Ron Mayes who has worked with so many Supermodels? Ty-Ron is so amazing! I was able to work with him on my first trip to New York and he gives me tips, he tells me so much stuff to work on, he just really helps and he’s such an amazing guy I love working with him.
Why China? That was my first contract. I went into an agency and they said,” we have someone from China coming in would you like to meet with them?” and I said yeah and she said that she wanted to sign me so then I did my first test shoot and went to China I was actually in school and working in a hospital as a lab tech doing phlebotomy going to school to become a laboratory technician and that’s when everyone said,” you’re so pretty you should model,” so I tried it and I loved it I fell in love. What did you think about wearing the clothing line of The Blonds? Those are some of my favorite pictures I’ve ever seen and the clothing was amazing! Ty-Ron was telling me some of the history on the clothes and the previous people that have worn them and they fit so amazing. You know they’re heavy but they are comfortable and that was one thing I really liked and they were so neat and shiny I don’t have very many clothes in my wardrobe that’s that cool I guess. You kind of look like an Egyptian Pharoah in the gold headdress That’s what I told my Grams. I told her that’s one of my favorites and I used to have long blonde hair too and I had it shoulder-length one time so it really reminded me of my hair when it was that way. What about being photographed by Udo? He showed me some of his pictures and my jaw dropped I showed my mom and she was like “oh my gosh...all of them!,” she fell in love with all of them... and Udo is such a cool guy I met him in Texas actually almost two years ago he was one of my first shoots. How did the dog get into the shoot? Oh, that’s Luke. I met him when he was just a puppy and he’s 8 months old. That was the dog’s first-ever photoshoot and he was so well behaved and so sweet and was just standing there doing everything we told him to do. What’s your style? I do wear a lot of black especially in the winter I try to bring out more neutral colors not too many bright colors. Maybe high fashion but not too high fashion. How did you get into modeling? I got into modeling 2 years ago. I went to China and spent three months there and then I went to New York.
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What goes through your mind when you are modeling? I’m usually thinking how much of a dream it is and how lucky I am to be able to do something so amazing that I love that keeps me entertained and happy. What does your family think about your modeling career? They love it. It’s amazing how much support I get from my little town and my family. My nieces will call me on a random day and say “Aunt Lita tell me friends that you’re a model and I have to tell their friends that I’m a model and they really love that too.” For your new fans what kind of music are you into, favorite TV show/film I’m into alternative rock. I really like listening to two door cinema club, you should check them out they are really good and the arctic monkeys. my favorite tv show right now is either Schitt’s Creek or The Good Place and my favorite movie right now is Inside Out. Anyone you really want to meet? So many people...Ummm...Coco Rocha, she’s pretty cool and I think since working with Udo and Ty-Ron they told me all about her and they introduced me to her book Study of Pose: a thousand poses and I would like to just ask her questions about all of that and how she worked and taught classes I think it would be cool to sit and have a conversation with her about her career. She’s so young you know. Any interest in acting I love to act. I did some acting in high school. I had a bunch of acting auditions and I got 15 callbacks so, hopefully, one day that will work out. I love Jennifer Aniston and Catherine O’Hare too.
