HOW I GOT STARTED

I have never wanted to be a model. I never grew up saying" I want to be a model". Instead, I grew up saying I wanted to be an astronaut-- all the way through high school-SSS. But then I took Calculus, hated it and went to university and majored in Economics again.Not bad. Then I attended graduate school. Then I got a real job which came with real bills and real responsibility. Then I fell in love--2x. Then i had bad break ups--2x. Then after the last break up, after it took me like a year to recover, in 2010, I decided to take charge of my life and go take pictures just for the fun of it-- in New York,why not, right? It was time to stop being and feeling depressed.I do not live in New York so going to New York was a big trip for me. I found a great photograpgher who took crazy pix of me,I was allowed to do whatever i wanted to do. The late Mia Amber was supposed to be my stylist, but honestly, I did not see the need in paying someone for something I wanted to do for fun.I spoke to her on the phone once and kinds told her I wasn't sure about getting a stylist.Once i secured my plans, she basically told me that she would be at the shoot but wouldnt have time to help me and that she would be busy the whole day.Thanks. So i get to new York, get to photographers, and had three custome changes. the shoot was fantastic. It was a birthday gift to myself. I saw the pictures and i was like WOW!! Unphotoshopped, I looked pretty damn good if I may say so myself. So here I was, Ihad like 300 pictures, which looked great, I mean, I liked them.In about 2 weeks, the photograpgher sent me the photos on CD, un retouched.And i loved evry single one.I had different haor, outfits, body bends.. I was allowed to do what I wanted to do in the shoots and it was great.
Ok, but what was I realy going to do with 300+ photos...of me nonetheless.Well Im dark, had a great wig on in the pix, and so I sat down one day and said," maybe someone will like these pictures too." Wilhelmina wants you to go there live when they have castings, so I took them out.If i could have emailed a pic, that would have been great because they were my number one choice but I did not have the time to go there.So instead, I sent my pic to every single other modeling company in America..and I mean every one. Just for the hell of it. I sent them an unretouched photo of me and my dark skin..me the way i am.I even sent some of me wearing kente cloth. I called one company because I could not find their online submission button.when i called the lady, she was quite blunt and seemed rude. I was kinda shocked by her tone of talk and nearly didnt send it.but you know what, I sent it to her anyway, knowing nothing would come out of it.Guess what? That lady who seemed mean and impatient on the phone is the EXACT same lady who offered me a 2 year modeling contract the next day.yep. I dont know if she realizes that I was the one she spoke to the day before, but yep, she offered me a two year contract, with the New York office, and I signed it in August 2010.that contract officially made me a "Plus Size" model.Not only that, but the only Ghanaian plus size model with a U.S modeling contract.There are a lot of firsts that come with this contract so Im excited to see where it will lead.