From Bergen to Milan:
CELIN IN THE CITY! – Luckily freckles are in this year, aspiring model Celin Douglas laughs. She can’t wait to stroll down Bergen harbour this summer and enjoy a cappuccino flavoured ice cream. By Vibeke Blich
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-year-old Douglas, that now lives out her dream in one of the world’s most important fashion capitals, Milan, started her modelling career at the age of 15. The young and promising girl still has her permanent address at Landås were she was born and raised. (Her father being the famous athlete Atle Douglas).
– I still live at home when I am in Bergen, but I have my career and modelling agency, EB Models, based in Oslo, she says.
least it was like that seven years ago, when Douglas started pursuing her modelling career. – I have mostly travelled back and forth from Bergen to Oslo to do jobs for the agency. In the beginning, you take on a lot of jobs for free just to get a portfolio. You take what you can get of photo jobs and catwalks. My bureau has arranged an event called Oslo
– As a model, you can also step into a role. You put on some clothes and then you play the part, she says.
Photo: EB Models
– I fly a lot back and forth. I actually have a part time job at a grocery store in Bergen, just to feel like I can live an ordinary life when I am here. In contrast, I work really hard and go to several auditions every day when in Milan, Douglas explains. During her travels, the young girl has noticed a big difference in the way the ▶
DIFFERENT CITIES The 23-year-old finds the capital of Oslo to be more international than Bergen. At www.bergensentrum.no
Douglas has always been shy, but after studying drama at Fyllingsdalen high school, she felt she opened up and dared to show different parts of her personality. This has definitely been a big help through her modelling career.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME It’s nice to travel, but there is no place like home. Working as a fulltime model, Douglas admits that it’s nice to be at home in Bergen to relax a bit before the next plane ride to a catwalk or photoshoot.
It was her uncles’ girlfriend that years ago convinced young Douglas to send pictures of herself to a few modelling agencies to see what could come out of it. That happened to be just the right move. – I was not scouted or discovered on the street like you hear stories about. In Oslo I visited three agencies, but decided on the one I am with today, and I have not had any regrets yet, Douglas says.
Trend, were I have also participated, she explains.
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