“Oh girl,
you look like a super model!”
Last summer
my family and I made a road trip along the west coast of the USA. It was an
amazing trip! We’ve seen some incredible nature, been at amazing places and
most importantly we’ve had lots of fun! Not only will I remember this vacation because
of the incredible memories, but also because of the exclusive opportunities it has brought
me….
It was the
fourth of August. We were staying at the Lake Powell Resort in Page. Me and my
younger sister were heading towards the dining area, where we would meet the rest
of our family to have breakfast, when we were suddenly stopped by a foreign
woman. She was super enthusiastic and wanted to know everything about me. Since
I had no clue who this woman was, neither did I know why she had stopped me, I
was kind of speechless (perhaps it also
had something to do with the early timing..). While she was talking to me, she
grabbed her bag and took a card out of it. It was her business card, which she
gave to me. Her name was Vaiva Tuckuviene. She has her own modelling agency, is
a successful scout for FOX models and used to be a model herself.
Vaiva told
me she saw some great modelling potential in me. Still perplex of the whole
situation, I listened to the things she told me. She explained me what the FOX
modelling event was about. She also told me that if I was going to join, which
I didn’t consider at first, the chance of me actually becoming a model would be
very small. To be clear, this event is a so-called ‘showcase’ at which you
present yourself to the international top modelling agencies and only 10
percent of the participants actually get to work as models. Nonetheless is it a
great experience for young (international) people, even when you don’t get into
contact with any of the agencies after all.
My father
spoke with Vaiva some more and gave her our information (phone number, email,
etc…). She asked me to email her some additional information and photos of
myself. She said she would give my information to Keith Fox, head of the FOX
modelling agency.
I felt
extremely proud of myself at that moment and needed to call my mom to tell her
everything that just had happened (since she was still at home). I guess she
was even more excited than I was (she was seriously about to scream through the
telephone) and told me she was very proud of me.
Weeks later
I got a phone call from my father who had just been called by Keith Fox. He had called my father to ask whether his daughter was
coming to America upcoming December. “Well, I guess I might have to discuss
that with my daughter at first….” I was thrilled with excitement and couldn’t
believe I might actually go to America AGAIN. Before I knew it, tickets were
booked and it was sure, I was going to the FOX modelling event. I even got
official permission from school, so nothing was going to stop me. Now, 3 months
later, I must say that I still don’t seem to realize the fact that I am flying
to Arizona in less than two weeks’ time…
