Episodes
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This is a great episode for those who would like a greater understanding of what freelance modeling is, it's roots and influences, how it has changed with culture and technology, and how freelance modeling today works! How do we stay safe? How much money do we really make?
Sources:
https://artherstory.net/victorine-meurent-more-than-a-model/
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-90s-supermodel/_gVRe27kG0w8LA?hl=en
https://condenaststore.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/the-fashion-model-1920s/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20famous,the%201920s%20was%20Marion%20Morehouse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettie_Page
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Benny Nikole is a full time creative person: nude model, photographer, studio owner, makeup artist and more! I have known her personally as we are both from Seattle.
Benny and I talked about supportive versus unsupportive boyfriends, the nude modeling community, and taking the leap of faith into starting her own studio during the pandemic! She is gutsy and fully immersed in full time creativity, which is super inspiring!
We also talked about how we learn to stick up for our selves at photo shoots, through experience... some people make some pretty unsafe and crazy requests!
Check out Benny on her socials! https://www.instagram.com/bennynikole/
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Michaela Hope is a multi-talented full time creative human. She was a photographer before she became a model - photographing babies, families, portraits etc. She gained confidence to model when she did a boudoir shoot a few years back. The joy of the experience drove her to seek more of that! One thing led to another and photographers kept wanting to shoot with her, so now she also models professionally across the country!
Check out Michaela on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/hope.mikaa
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Liv Sage was a Librarian before she fell into nude modeling. Over the course of our conversation, we took a surprising amount of dark turns into the taboos of humanity, I think you will find it very fascinating!
Liv has been thinking about moving into a more academically challenging line of work, and we talked about her dreams and her love for books. She has quite a bit of intelligence that seems to be overshadowed by her beauty, and it's starting to wear on her, driving her to find a more fulfilling life yet simultaneously still enjoying parts of her modeling career.
Check out Liv on her IG! https://www.instagram.com/asmallwoman
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Marilyn is a super down to earth body builder, muscle goddess, and freelancer model. She has a history in music, playing the harp, singing, boat life, and now her fitness journey! Currently she is loving living in las Vegas, where she has integrated into a like minded community of fellow muscle babes and session girls.
Her lifestyle is pretty edgy but sounds super interesting at the same time. Marilyn opens up in this interview about her troubled past and how she has risen above the ashes. She also exposes some of the juicy details of her muscle worship sessions! You will love listening to her, she’s super inspiring and super chill
Check Marilyn out on IG!
https://www.instagram.com/musclemarilyn
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Azura is a super open human and I really had a great time chatting with her! She is an accomplished published full time traveling model who loves creativity and is known for her glamour and bouroir imagery.
Azura is publicly an advocate for autism awareness, as she has Autism herself. Communication with photographers over email sometimes has its challenges for her. In this episode you will learn what tips and tricks she has to navigate the world despite the challenges she has faced!
Photo Credit: Walter Ryan @Waaltzhawaii booking information/links to portfolio: Www.modelazuragrace.com My IG: @modelazuragrace The Autistic Self Advocacy Network Donate: https://secure.everyaction.com/uEXr_TqeBkqmQMlvi7itXg2 -
Carlotta Champagne is a very fascinating freelance model who is an icon of our community. She has repeatedly taken on challenges and overcome hurdles as if it were a game. She is a true challenge seeker and hustler of today's age.
Carlotta tells her life story in a nutshell, including her roots in Florida, her freaky dead snake shoot experience (I was like WTF girrrrl!) her experiences working with playboy, her fashion design and collections, and the many eras of her freelance life!!
You will enjoy listening to her open up about so many mysteries that make Carlotta awesome :)
Find her portfolio, insta, spicy sites and more at https://www.carlottachampagneofficial.com/
Cover image by Mark Velasquez
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Jamie's story is truly inspiring! She tells the frightening story about how a fight with her boyfriend and a horrific accident was the catalyst for her nude modeling career. You'll be amazed to hear what happened! Jamie is a natural born leader, but also one of the most humble people I have interviewed. She is so sweet and creative, you will love listening to her fun and crazy stories!!
Check her out on IG https://www.instagram.com/jamie_bauern/
Cover Image by Matt Schmidt
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Katlyn told story after story that just had me absolutely rolling! Their energy was so enthusiastic and fun throughout this whole show, the hour went by so fast! Katlyn is a professional painter as well as a freelance model, and paints for a few months at a time, then switches gears to modeling throughout the year.
I felt like I resonated with a lot of Katlyn's crazy stories, especially when they mentioned sobriety. The camera lens can be a fun way to interact with the world for people who are getting accustomed to certain social situations again.
I promise you will be on the edge of your seat for this one!!!
Katlyn has an art show June 6, 2024!! Check it out if you're in Seattle:
"Pretty Ugly" opening night June 6
Hometeam Gallery
310 Occidental Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98104
5-9pm
also check out her art at http://www.KatlynArt.com :)
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Autumn is a very creative and friendly traveling freelance model from Indianapolis- though she will soon be relocating to Las Vegas to be in an environment that jives with her career more! It was so interesting to get to know Autumn throughout the course of this episode, she is really into cosplay!
Check out Autumn on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tumthecreator
Cover image by me!
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Ivory Flame has been modeling for 18 years, and her image has become a legacy online! She is very much a chameleon, sharing fashion, avante garde, gothic, artistic nude, fine art and pre-raphaelite style imagery on her portfolio and social links.
We had such an amazing conversation and talked about so many things, dating back to the golden era of "hot or not dot com" to model mayhem and to today's social landscape of sharing our work and connecting with each other.
She was very vulnerable in sharing her experience where a photographer she trusted truly took advantage of her trust... the police had to get involved and everything! It definitely a story worth listening to, I sat there with my jaw hitting the floor as she was telling me about it!
Ivory Flame and I also reminisced about our amazing experience working with Beth Creedon as our life coach! As freelancers, it's often helpful to have someone guide us into our best versions of ourselves.
Cover image by Nicole Luneburg
Check out Ivory Flame online
Website... www.ivoryflame.co.uk(Featuring galleries, information on shooting remotely and online styling page)Instagram.... www.instagram.com/ivoryflamemodelFacebook... www.facebook.com/ivoryflame The Life Coach we both worked with https://bethcreedon.co.uk -
Born and raised in Czech Republic, Veronica LaVery moved to the US at age 17. She said she was never into makeup and styling but when someone on Myspace wanted to do a photoshoot with her, she ended up falling in love with it!
Veronica has been modeling for over a decade and has built up her career quite a bit over time, so much that it seems like she might be "too hot for social media" platforms! Youtube demonitized her channel that used to make a decent amount of income for her, and her instagram that had over 300k was also deplatformed, yet Veronica continues to model and be successful despite the internet's challenges.
Cover image by IG @Night_vulture_official
Veronica's Links
Modelmayhem
Http://www.modelmayhem.com/1036606
Web
http://www.VivaLaVery.com
Twitter
http://www.Twitter.com/VeronicaLaVery
most current IG
https://www.instagram.com/VeronicaLaVeryOfficial
Facebook
Https://www.facebook.com/veronicalaveryofficial
Real Estate IG
https://www.instagram.com/LaVeryBestRealEstate
Real Estate
https://www.VeronikaSells.com
RE Facebook
Https://www.facebook.com/LaVeryBestRealEstate
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Emma Sirus is a beautiful glamour model who is also a licensed cosmetologist. When the pandemic hit, her makeup artistry was put on hold so she decided to find other avenues of income. Before she became a well known model, she was first an adult star and worked for an agency.
Emma works hard at her marketing, and that's how was drawn to her for this interview! She recently underwent a breast enhancement surgery and at the time of this interview, she is still in the early stages of recovery- so the world has not yet been graced with seeing her new boobs yet! How exciting :) Emma shared about the controversial comments she had been getting on social media about her decision to make the cup upgrade, and the drama she is dealing with is unimaginable!
Much like many of us traveling freelance models, Emma has also endured some extremely uncomfortable situations - especially some instances where photographers have made audacious sexual requests! Find out what happened by listening to the full episode.
Check out Emma on her IG http://www.instagram.com/emma.sirus
Also on her website Http://www.emmasirus.com
Sponsored by http://www.modelsociety.com
If you're curious about the underwater photography event: https://www.astridkallsen.com/cws-mexico
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Cat Ross has been very intriguing to me, as I have heard so many amazing things about her as a model and a creative person! I have seen some of her latest posts calling out unprofessional behavior in the industry as well as some messages to the masses that might have come off a little harsh, and I wanted to dive deeper. You can learn along with me what's been going on with Cat Ross, and she's quite fascinating! We can all relate.
She is a super fashionable model based and actress in NYC who maintains a love for creating evocative imagery with like minded artists.
Check her out on her social media! https://www.instagram.com/catrosshatesyou
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Lilly Rae describes herself as an art model and supports the idea that her nude modeling is not sexual. Her family is fairly supportive even though some of them don't fully agree with modeling as a concept, she has good respectful relationships with them.
Though Lilly has a mostly conflict free modeling career, she still does her best to separate her modeling "brand" from other segments of her life, being very careful not to intermix her nude modeling with her other business endeavors. She enjoys the rebelliousness of modeling, it's a freeing, explorative part of her life.
Check out Lilly on instagram! http://www.instagram.com/lillyraeartmodel
Cover image by Eye on Photo :)
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It felt like we were in the same room together gossiping at a sleepover party when I did this podcast episode with Brennan! She has been modeling since she was a child, her first gig was for a K-Mart ad! To this day she is known for her outspokenness in model safety, most notably in publishing a blacklist that resulted in a frivolous lawsuit with one of the predatory photographers named who wanted to continue his shady business practices...
Brennan continues to model and be successful, she thought the blacklist would end her career but it ended up having the opposite effect! PLUS she now has the benefit of being a natural repellent to creepy photographers.
We laughed a lot during this episode, and she had some craaaayyyzy stories!!
Check out Brennan on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/b_models
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So this episode is a bit different than other episodes, this human Grant Klentzman contacted me to be on *HIS* podcast as he was also a fan of Sunrise Life. We were discussing what to talk about, when he told me I was not allowed to mention nudity or OnlyFans on *his* show. That was a bit of a dealbreaker for me... So naturally I asked why? He explained because he is a Christian conservative. My curiosity about why this person wanted to talk to me at all grew. He suggested we could have a chat about it on *THIS* podcast!
After polling my audience, 60% of you said "yes" and 40% said "no"... so this bonus episode about religion versus nudity is for you 60% who wanted it to happen!!
If you think we should prepare for a part 2, Let me know! We could probably come prepared a bit better next time, as our raw conversation was a bit triggering for both of us, yet we did our best to have a civil discussion.
You can check out Grant on his instagram at http://www.instagram.com/grant_model
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Marie Brooks is particularly interesting because she has NO address! As a fully nomadic freelance traveling model, Marie has storage lockers in different places around the world for her belongings. She hops between hotels, airbnbs and hostels with no true "home base". Of all the traveling models I have interviewed, Marie is the only one I know that is completely nomadic like this!
She opened up about what it's like for her to date as she lives this nomadic lifestyle, you might find this part particularly intriqiung!
Enjoy this episode of Marie, and find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themariebrooks
You can find info on her group shoot events via her IG!
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Dive into the captivating story of Poppy, a ballet dancer and freelance model! Poppy takes us on a journey through her life, revealing the highs and lows of her career – from her beginnings in Crimea to finding a sense of belonging in San Francisco. She discusses the challenges she faced in her career, her love for ballet, and how she used social media as a tool to carve her niche in the modeling industry.
Listen as Poppy unveils her experiences as a global traveler and model, sharing tales from the streets of Italy, Atlanta, and San Francisco to the art classes where she posed nude. She discusses the struggles she had to overcome, and how her openness and audacity played a significant role in shaping her career and life choices.
The podcast additionally goes into detail about her encounters with unprofessional practices within the industry, and how these experiences led to her exploration of trauma-informed teaching methods, contributing to the ongoing discourse around mental health. Poppy's story ultimately serves as a reminder of the importance of safety, understanding, and mental health in all professions.
As a closing note, our compelling conversation with Poppy centers around the significance of ballet technique in photography and her quest to capture the essence of her art form. Listen in on her story – an inspiring mix of determination, resilience, industry insights and a testament to the enduring spirit of artists everywhere.
Cover image by ShaunTia
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Femina is an amazing emotive model who loves the outdoors and enjoys working with like minded creatives who have artistic visions. Her journey to get to this position was a bit rough, though! She started modeling for agencies, doing fashion for companies. She did not enjoy this very much because they were very critical of her body, constantly measuring her waist and telling her to lose weight. This exacerbated an eating disorder that Femina struggled with for a long time. Eventually, her depression became too great and she decided to cut ties with the agency and become a freelance model. Femina craves self expression in her modeling, she does not like to be instructed to smile on command, she wants to share her true self and authentic feelings, which have had a dark past. Femina shared some of her struggles in childhood, including a suicide attempt at only ten years old. I had a fantastic time listening to her stories, check out the episode and let me know what you think! As always, please subscribe!! Website: https://viribusfemina.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viribusfemina/Twitter: https://twitter.com/viribusfeminaPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/feminaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/viribus.femina.79Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/viribusfeminaContact: [email protected] Info about the gallery show she mentioned on Feb 10 at the House of Water in Dallas: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2gLIcBt8Mm/ Cover image by @EyesofJune
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