I am a former model. I began modeling at the age of 12 and managed to find some success in the industry. By the age of 14, I had signed a contract with an agency in New York City and spent the summers walking down runways, making contacts, and appearing in magazines. But the road to my success was a long and windy one. My mother and I encountered a great deal of scams when I first tried to break into the industry and it ended up costing us thousands of dollars. I wrote this booklet to give aspiring models a clean-cut, no nonsense resource for starting their modeling careers. I call it a booklet because it is super short. I don’t fill it with fluff or stories. I stick to the facts. My hope is that readers like you will manage to get their start in such a cutthroat industry without falling prey to the numerous scam artists out there. I hope this is helpful to you and wish you the best of luck!
About Michelle Onuorah
Michelle Onuorah is an award-winning writer based in Southern California. Originally from Maryland, Michelle grew up with a love of storytelling: "I used to watch soap operas with my mom and grandma and eventually I began making up my own dramas while playing with my barbies." She wrote down some of her stories in a notebook and continued to write for fun. At the tender age of thirteen, Michelle wrote her first book, Double Identity, and got it published the next year. "I don't recommend it to anyone over the age of twelve. It reads very much like a thirteen year old wrote it!" She has gone on to author four books in all. In 2009, Michelle won the Captured Moments Creativity Award for her poem entitled "Encounter". Her writing has appeared in Vestiges Literary Magazine and Spot Magazine among others. She has been a featured panelist at the Sigma Tau Delta conference and the Acacia Conference. A recent graduate from Biola University, Michelle continues to write in her spare time.
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