AVENUE Magazine November 2009

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SS: Alright, so with all that you’ve been through,

the Violator mainstore. I really believe that in

do you have any advice for up and coming models,

order to keep all of the demands of SL modeling

especially those of color?

in perspective one MUST have other interests.

DH: Have a ‘thick skin’.

Rapid burnout is inevitable without it.

representing yourself as YOU want. Don’t accept

Be committed to

that some skins are ‘too dark’ to be seen on the SS: Tell me about your style when you’re not

runway. Depending on the kind of modeling you

modeling, is there a certain look that you love, or

wish to do, be willing to slide those numbers down

do you switch it up daily?

to fit into a gown.

DH: I’m not married to a specific style so I generally just go with how I feel that day. BUT I

SS: Advice that any aspiring model of color will

do love huge cowl neck sweaters with jeans and

appreciate and absorb. I thank you for taking the

sweater dresses.

time out of your busy schedule to chat with me for a bit.

SS: Miss Virtual World. You were a pre-finalist for 2009, and now a finalist for 2010 as Miss Bahamas. What made you decide to go for it the first time, and to try for it yet again this year? DH: I had heard about Miss Virtual World through notices and group chatter. I was very new to modeling but decided to give it a try. I really didn’t expect to get past round one. In hindsight, I was in no way prepared to have entered but hey why live with regrets? So, I promised myself that I would enter again this year. I wasn’t picked at my first live audition and even had second thoughts about going back and trying again. I’m certainly glad I did.

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