How I Got Into Modelling
This is a question I get asked almost as often as "How tall are you?!"...which is normally followed by "Oh my goodness, your parents must be really tall!" or "Wow, you should be a model". So, I'm going to explain how I got into modelling in the first place and a little bit about my 6 years as a model. So I turned 6ft at 12 years old and then grew a further inch between 12-16 years old (I was always a tall child, I didn't have a particular growth spurt like many people do). So from a very young age, I was always told "You should be a model". When people first said this, I didn't think much of it, but as I got older, I became interested in the fashion industry and started watching programmes like America's Next Top Model religiously. I quickly became obsessed with the idea of getting into modelling. So at 14 years old, I took some photos of myself in my bedroom and applied to a website called Models Connect. Within around a week, ...