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Local modelling agency gains notoriety The 21st annual Faces West International Model and Talent Convention took place in Vancouver recently with Kelow-
na modeling agency Déjà vu winning two top honours—having the top female model of the year and being named agency
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of the year. Agency owner Sabrina Notte says she couldn’t be more proud of her group. “I am thrilled and honoured to have received the agency of the year award, especially because the award is based on the opinion of my peers in the modeling industry. That means a lot,”said Notte. The Faces West top model award went to Kayla McKay, 14, who
was discovered in Kamloops by Notte. “Agents are already clamoring for her, I’m so excited to see what the future brings for Kayla,” said Notte. Charles Stuart, president and founder of the Faces West International Model and Talent Convention, said: “I’ve watched Sabrina grow up in this industry and am extremely impressed with the calibre of models and
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KAYLA McKay, 14, was named the top female model
of the year at the Far West model and talent convention.
talent she brings to my convention. “It’s because of agents like her that Faces West continues to be successful.” This is the second time that Déjà vu models were presented with the prestigious award. The first occasion was when Sabrina attended Faces West for the first time as a model agent and her former modelling agents presented her with the agency of the year award. The long-running Faces West event has been instrumental for young people who are serious about an international modeling career. Notte herself was discovered at the event in 1996. Attending Faces West for the first time, she landed a modeling contract in Milan, Italy. Her second year in attendance, she was chosen to participate in the Canadian Search for Miss Universe in the spring of 1998. “I thoroughly enjoyed my experience attending the modeling convention as an up and coming model. I learned so much and
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LOCAL MODEL agency owner Sabrina Notte (left)
and her assistant Lexi Lemke hold up the Far West Top Agency of theYear trophy. was introduced to influential agents from around the world,” said Notte. Ten years ago, Notte opened Déjà vu Models in Red Deer where she was living with her husband and three children. In 2012, the former international model had relocated to Kelowna, (where she grew up and graduated from Immaculata Senior Secondary school), and was offered the opportunity to purchase Allan International Models, the agency that she first attended the
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Faces West Convention with. Since purchasing Aim, Notte has continued to have success placing models in international markets. Her extensive experience in the international modeling community has earned her a great deal of respect from her peers and the top modeling agencies. Déjà vu is currently the only agency in the B.C. Interior that consistently places models in the international modeling markets.
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