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Born Beautiful

A short story series about the adventures of a model By C. A. Passinault

Episode 1: Independence

Episode 2: Runway Talk

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The Start Of A Friendship

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Valerie glanced over Cameron's shoulder at the other girls. She scowled.
"I noticed that these models aren't exactly social with you. Maybe you should go introduce yourself to them, too. They might know who you are."
"I already tried. Model relations isn't one of my strong points. Neither is runway modeling." Cameron shrugged.
Valerie smiled. "Why do you suppose that is?"
"My friends always tell me that I am a complicated person. I'll let you know when I figure that out."
Valerie chuckled.
"Don't worry, Cameron, I don't think that it is you. It's them. They are probably intimidated by you. Besides, these gigs aren't supposed to be social events, anyway."
"You can call me Cammy. Everyone else does when they get to know me. Which
agency booked you?"
"Ok, Cammy. Anyway, I booked myself. I do a lot of my work independently."
"Wow. Same here. How do you get your leads?"
"I network and I study a lot. There's a web site called Independent Modeling which has really helped me take charge of my career. They showed me how to manage and promote my career, and the only thing that I had to invest was the time to learn what they had on the site and apply it. I had a manager last year but I fired him. I never regretted it. So far, I've been doing a better job managing my career than he ever could."
Cameron smiled. "I use Independent Modeling every day, too. Do you use their forms?"
"Why of course!"
"Don't you just love how agencies try to insult our intelligence when they find out that we book work without them?"
"It happens. They are just mad because it's not hard for a model with half a brain to do the same thing that a minimum-wage booker can do."
Cameron looked around the room.
"How many of these models do you think are under the control of a model agency, Valerie?"
Valerie looked around, too. "I don't think, I know. Most of them are ‘old industry' models. They want everything handed to them. You have to wonder if they realize that they are not booking nearly as much as they could. Knowledge is the power, and clearly they don't have a clue."
They laughed. The other models looked over at them, a blend of curiosity and annoyance in their expressions.
Valerie took her hand again. "It's so nice that I met a model who isn't one of the sheep. I meet more and more models who are into working independently, but discovering one doesn't get old."
"What would you have done if I were one of the other models?"
Valerie walked over to her things and pulled out a sheet of paper from her portfolio case. She returned and handed it to Cameron.
"I would have given you one of these and talked to you. Even if you didn't know about working independently, I would have known that you're not dumb. You'd have listened and learned."
Cameron looked at the paper. It was a flyer for Independent Modeling!
"Hey, were did you get this?!?!?" Cameron exclaimed, "This is cool!"
"You can print them off of the Independent Modeling site, just like the forms. It's up to us to help spread the word and educate the other models on what is possible."
"That's a cool thing to try, but why do you want to help these other models? You'd be giving away our advantage and help train our competition."
"In the short term, we would be training our competition, but in the long term, it would be worth it because working independently would become more mainstream."
Cameron nodded. "You have a point. I've had a couple of go-see's that became problems because I was there on their own and they spent too much time just trying to figure me out."
"Exactly! You can help your own career by helping the careers of others. If they reject the information, that's fine, because a lot of models will check it out and accept it. You know, there's another good reason to help these models, too."
"And that reason is.........."
"When I was growing up, my mother always taught me that in order to have friends, you need to be friendly. I think that you have a lot to offer these models as a friend. Why don't you go up to them again like you did to me?"
"I already did."
"No, you didn't. I've been watching you, Cammy. You seem to be distancing yourself from the others on purpose! They can tell that there is something different about you, and when you isolate yourself from the group they never get a chance to get the real information that they need from you to figure you out. So, you allow them to spread rumors about you and draw incorrect conclusions. People tend to think the worst of anything that they do not understand from fear of the unknown, and sometimes simply because nothing is more interesting than gossip. They believe what they want to believe. The lies and the rumors would take on a life of their own. Now, I'm not saying to pay any mind about what certain people think about you, as you really need to consider the source when it comes to opinions, but in this situation is would partially be your fault. It would be your fault because you never gave them a chance to get to know you. You never tried."
Cameron looked down.
"Why were you over here by yourself, then?"
Valerie grinned. "Because most of these girls are self-absorbed bitches."
They laughed.

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PUBLISHED 05/13/11

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