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Page Parkes Founder and Owner of the Page Parkes Center of Modeling & Acting likely people, started by studying at the American School for Fashion Merchandising in Switzerland. Now, the Page Parkes Corporation is known worldwide for their keen instincts on discovering, developing and catapulting new talent to stardom through their world renowned development programs. The state-of-the-art development facilities provide students with the opportunity to learn and train in the modern industry environment. Supported by a one-of-a-kind, handpicked staff, Parkes continues to ensure the system of ethics, scruples and the morally sound way of conducting business that remains the cornerstone of the corporation’s mission. With names like Channing Tatum, Amber Heard, Brooke Burns, Angelina Jolie, Alexis Bledel, Hilary Duff (to name a few) on the company’s resume, PPCMA continues to create future stars. Some of Parkes’ accolades and memberships include: • Star of E! Network reality series SCOUTED!
Page Parkes Founder and Owner Page Parkes Center of Modeling & Acting
• Board Member - Better Business Bureau
Houston 1535 West Loop South, Suite #100
• Member - Child Advocates
Houston, TX 77027
• Member - Women in Film & Television
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or over a quarter of a century, the Page Parkes Center of Modeling & Acting has been highly acclaimed throughout the world as being the largest and most instrumental modeling and acting training facility in the Southwest United States. There has never been a shortage of beauty or talent in the world, nor has the world ever been lacking for interpretations of what those two words mean. There has been, however, an inarguable deficiency of people who feel empowered to embrace how beautiful and talented they genuinely are. 32
Top 30 Influential Women of Houston 2015
• Fashion Forum Award Winner Page Parkes is the founder and owner of the Page Parkes Center of Modeling & Acting (PPCMA). She has made a living scouring the earth in search of beautiful and talented people and has worked inexhaustibly to nurture and transform their self-identities, in hopes that their potential might be realized. While one could easily make assumptions about what kind of person Parkes might be, the truth is that most of those assumptions would be completely off the mark.
• Child Advocates Angels of Hope Honoree • Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women of the Year • Texas Motion Picture Alliance Honoree for lobbying efforts in Texas Legislature • Featured in Austin Monthly Magazine, Texas Monthly magazine and Small Business Today Magazine • Better Business Bureau Award for Excellence - Winner of Distinction 2012
Parkes, realizing early on that she had that uncanny knack for spotting talent in • Better Business Bureau Award for Exthe most unlikely places and most un- cellence - Pinnacle Winner 2013