REPUBLICPride
2020, JULY-AUGUST
ANNA BIHAS
18
Anna Bihas started her modeling career by accident. About two years passed after that incident, when the girl realized that she liked modeling. What is the probability of being invited as a model to a fashion show in a small town in the South of Italy without knowing Italian? This is the question Anna asks herself after her first modeling experience. She remembers only the music and the dress from her catwalk debut. But the rest details from this event such as the venue she almost forgot. Emotions and impressions after the fashion
show were so ingrained in Anna’s memory that the temptation to re peat such moments again has been prevailed. As a result, the young Ukrainian girl in Italy started looking for the ways in developing her mo deling future. According to the girl, her participation in beauty con tests was shaped her as a professional model. As Anna says: «No modeling courses or trai nings won`t teaches you, what beauty pageants could teach you, especially if they are international. Overcoming internal taboos and «I
don’t want to», the ability to fight for your place under the sun — such skills from beauty contests will be useful not only in modeling, but also in everyday life.» Already as a professional model, Anna took part in the international pageant Miss Europe Continental. For her, this was one of the most important moments, as she re presented the country where she was born — Ukraine. Prior to that, at beauty contests the girl represented Italy, where she lives. It was a very bright show, the competition gave the girl a lot of experience and a
