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Super Mobile Lucy

Cool phone jewelry

Networking

Lucy is a super booker. She's taking us today on so many castings! She's always on her cellphone calling up the clients for jobs. She's small but packs a powerful fashion punch.

Casting on the Street

Rose pose in public!

Casting on the Street!

Get your book out

The not finished building

Casting on the street

Basket ball player

We drive up to the center of Beijing, hop out of the car and wait for the clients. When the client arrives- casting starts straight on the street! A crowd gathered to watch us pose and everyone starts freaking out and complaining. They told us the shoot was for the building behind us which was not even finished being built! (do you see the big statue of the famous basketball player? Nike)

Tong Kong Studio - Snow and Ice Photo Shoot

Photographer

Chop chop

Studio manager

Hot girls and guys

Tong Kong studio is one of the top studios in China. I love to shoot with them because they always build up big sets with real props. They are so much fun to work with, have innovative designs, and the most professional.

Ashley Photos On the Jeep

You all remember the beautiful and funny fab Ashley? Well she was on the wall of the studio where i was shooting looking hot and overheated on the super Jeep car. I miss her so much. She's in New York now!

Playing In the Snow

Some back stage from my snow shooting with Tong Kong Studio in Beijing. Tim is top model here and Anna is my "rival". She copies my moves and has long hair so she gets a lot of jobs. But on the day who did the most work? I did cuz she did not have the stamina :-)

How My Book Helps Me

You think we are practicing our posture. It's not us practicing our runway walk. Guess again? Our books not only help us to get jobs, they also provide protection from wind, sun, rain, and you can even pull a ninja move and hit annoying man with it (best use)! Our livelyhood and our protector, the model book is the modern day high tech gadget for super power international working girls!

Feeling Down To My Knees

Some days the things that side blind you, that you never expected to happen hit you so hard in the head and heart that all you wanna do it lay down and die. And still the Earth turns, the sun rises, you have to go on castings, meet people, smile, take shade, and pray for mercy. Why does the heart feel? What makes it have that energetic pull? Why when you find happiness does it leave you alone? That's life is what my friend says. Happiness comes, happiness goes. We just have to navigate the waters of the mind. Happiness is what happens, is what my yogi says. When will it return to me, my happiness, my love, the sweet things in life we just have to absorb them and enjoy them for how long they last. And when they have finished let them die. This is this world. But more than anything i want off this wheel of samsara. Birth life death. Some say it's a gift. Some say it's an evolution. My friend says you have to learn from it. I'm learning. Sometimes you sacrifice the most dear thing to you on the altar of achievement to win something greater than just yourself. It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on. My yogi says everything happens for a reason and for our highest good. I wanna believe it but then why are there so many movies about missed chances? I believe in love and nothing will make me change that. People say i'm stupid to sacrifice every career thing for it but the truth is if babies don't get love, they die. We need this love energy like food. If you find something that can give it to you, you will have so much energy. I used to think my computer and my phone were my happiness. My snowboard. One day my friend said, but anina, those things can not love you. I did not understand at the time that it was not those things, it was the people they ported me to, connected me with, tied me to. I watched this movie, into the wild, and i understood what he found at the end- love has to be shared. At least he got it in the end. I hope these things will pass quickly inside me and that i'll be able to feel the sun shine of love again in my every cell...i'd still walk through fire for that feeling. If anyone's got some extra energy, could you think of me and send some over. I'm hurting.

Feeling Down To My Knees

Some days the things that side blind you, that you never expected to happen hit you so hard in the head and heart that all you wanna do it lay down and die. And still the Earth turns, the sun rises, you have to go on castings, meet people, smile, take shade, and pray for mercy. Why does the heart feel? What makes it have that energetic pull? Why when you find happiness does it leave you alone? That's life is what my friend says. Happiness comes, happiness goes. We just have to navigate the waters of the mind. Happiness is what happens, is what my yogi says. When will it return to me, my happiness, my love, the sweet things in life we just have to absorb them and enjoy them for how long they last. And when they have finished let them die. This is this world. But more than anything i want off this wheel of samsara. Birth life death. Some say it's a gift. Some say it's an evolution. My friend says you have to learn from it. I'm learning. Sometimes you sacrifice the most dear thing to you on the altar of achievement to win something greater than just yourself. It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on. My yogi says everything happens for a reason and for our highest good. I wanna believe it but then why are there so many movies about missed chances? I believe in love and nothing will make me change that. People say i'm stupid to sacrifice every career thing for it but the truth is if babies don't get love, they die. We need this love energy like food. If you find something that can give it to you, you will have so much energy. I used to think my computer and my phone were my happiness. My snowboard. One day my friend said, but anina, those things can not love you. I did not understand at the time that it was not those things, it was the people they ported me to, connected me with, tied me to. I watched this movie, into the wild, and i understood what he found at the end- love has to be shared. At least he got it in the end. I hope these things will pass quickly inside me and that i'll be able to feel the sun shine of love again in my every cell...i'd still walk through fire for that feeling.

Hallowell

Mr Quin

My catalog

I recently found an article in a magazine about the designer of Hallowell.

Finale of China International Youth Arts Festival 2008

The Great Hall Beijing China

Brian Gale in front of the Great Hall Beijing China

Tonight I've been invited to the Finale of the China International Youth Arts Festival 2008 by Brian Gale (www.networkclub.com). Tonight in the Great Hall, the place in Beijing where all the decisions in China (like congress), many well known Chinese Musicians are gathering to give a concert to kick off the Olympics. Li Guy, Wu Tong, Liu Yizhen, Li Yugang, Zu Hai, YiRenZhiZao, Chen Sisi, Qi Quin, QuBiAhWu,Ren Luyu, and more. Let's see what they have to sing. . .

Shooting In the Snow Beijing, China

A lot of photoshoots in China are very elaborate, using big sets, lots of props, sand, salt, and even snow. yesterday's shoot had me climbing on rocks, standing in water, jumping on ice, and lying in the snow. As a model you sure get your workout. Wind, snow machine, and more, be prepared to teleport to every location in the world.

Shoot for IFA School of Fashion Shanghai

Shooting for IFA Student Competition Shanghai

The designs were innovative and i really enjoyed to wear each look but the sizes were all very very big. I can not wait to see who wins. I'll keep you posted.

Shooting for IFA Student Competition Shanghai

Yesterday i did a shoot for IFA, a french fashion school located in Paris and near Shanghai. It was great to see all the hard work, and it was hard work to shoot one hundred looks. The photographer was from L'Officiel and one of my favorites in Beijing! This was a lotus flower caterpillar dress that i particularly loved.

Lingerie Casting Beijing China

Today without to tell us, we had a lingerie casting!

Pingod Museum Fashion Exhibition Beijing China

Yesterday was the opening of a very large fashion exhibition in Pingod, a newly built up area in Beijing that has museums, art galleries, and luxury apartments. Check out the 360fashion coverage here: http://blog.360fashion.net/360/

Hair Disaster China

My fire engine red hair now

What they wanted for the catalog

Our black wigs for one shot

So i had a big job yesterday with the same photographer of the day before. But the client said my hair was not red enough and they wanna put a wash in it for the shoot. So i went to the hair dresser to check it and i ended up crying because they made my hair fire engine red! I look like my friend's sofa! Then on the job, classic chinese, they only used it for one look and the other 2 photos were with black wig and blonde wig! All that for only one photo!

Top Photographer in Beijing China

Mr. Jiang

Today was a new experience as Mr. Jiang the photographer, had a totally different style to all the rest i have shot with. Normally in China they like it when you really pose catalog, but he does not want you to pose at all. I think he must go crazy in China with all the posing models here, so today he really liked shooting with me because I did exactly what he asked me to: be natural. He explains that the model should just move, and then he will catch you in the right way. In fact I was a bit suspicious, but in the end I checked the photos and they were beautiful. although he speaks no english, he's a charming guy and knows exactly what he wants. He's the guy in the grey t shirt by the way.

Super Successful Photo Shoot

The client was very happy with my work. I liked the makeup so much, and I really enjoyed to shoot with the photographer.