I was sucked in!

Okay, I was sucked in. Not much is on TV anymore, so what a smart person would do is find something else to do, right. No I saw Tyra and got totally sucked in for two hours. I wasn't alone either, Eric watched on in horror with me. He was actually a lot worse then I was. He kept yelling at the TV, the girls, eat a meal! I don't know why any girl in their right mind would want to model. Oh sure, the money and the glamour, the travel, and the awesome clothes. I watched and watched, the apartment were the girls were staying with about a hundred pictures of Tyra posted all over, and figured out why she was not married and had no kids. There seems to only be room in Tyra's life for Tyra. She knows this and seems pretty up front about it, that's why I have to say I like Tyra, she is entertaining.
I modeled not as a top model. I am only 5'4. My College, Moore College of Art and Design, is were I modeled. I wore five inch heel highs! (What Danielle calls them) I stood for hours while the Fashion Design girls pinned their outfits to me then drew me in it. My favorite was when they dug out the vintage 1920's dresses. They all fit me perfectly, models were build different back then. I loved the material and how the dressed hung so beautifully. It was my highest paying job to date. I made more then a hundred dollars an hour and I would work in three hour spaces. My senior year I was rich! It is my claim to fame. I have done tons of other stuff in my life, better stuff sure, but it is the one thing I have a hard time NOT bragging about!
It is so funny to me how Americans perceive beauty. I learned in an Art History class that some tribes in Africa don't have a word for beauty (as in a persons beauty), and other tribes have many words to describe a persons beauty.
Early on in my College time I made a pact with myself that I would find something beautiful (visually) in every person I drew. It was easy, for me. I really didn't want to fall into the trap I think the Fashion Industry sets out. The mold is set and you are only beautiful if you fit into it.
It was a good habit that is still with me, even though I seldom draw anymore. I like looking at people, I am a visual person, it is great for to see so much of God's beauty everyday.
Last night Tyra was strutting her stuff and my love Nigel photographed the girls with a curling iron as their light source, really crazy. So I got my littlest top model and photographed him with a juice pouch light source. Crazy I know.