With chocolate-brown eyes and chestnut brown hair, 18-year-old Lindsey Guthrie, a college student at Florida International University, has her sights set on a future in modeling. She knows that following your dreams isn’t easy, but Lindsey is ready for the challenge. Meanwhile, Lindsey is taking classes in the exploratory health sciences while studying to become a speech therapist, because one of her goals is to work with deaf children. With an upbeat outlook, she hopes to encourage others as she enters the spotlight through Wellington The Magazine’s Wellington’s Next Top Model competition. “I’m most excited about being able to show everyone that you can follow your dreams just by taking the first step,” Lindsey said. When her parents told her about the competition, Lindsey took her own advice. “Submitting the photo was my first step, and I didn’t think that I was going to get a call,” she said before her photo shoot. With her family’s encouragement, Lindsey submitted her information and photograph and waited, wondering if she would be chosen. Over the years, she has watched shows like America’s Next Top Model, and the idea of modeling was in the back of her mind. “This past year, I wanted to expand on it and make a career out of it, if I could,” she said. Lindsey didn’t always want to be in front of the bright lights, though. “I’ve always been interested in photography, but soon I realized that I wanted to be on the other side of the camera,” she said. “It has always kind of been a dream to become a model.” One of Lindsey’s goals with Wellington’s Next Top Model is to be a role model for others, showing that taking the first step could put you on a new, exciting path in life. “I’m just looking forward to being able to show that it is possible for anybody to achieve their goals,” she said. “If you take the first step, you never know what can happen. Your dreams can become a reality.”
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