Kyori Sato is a famous Japanese model. She constantly changes her looks from her hair color and style to her makeup. Like Isha, she had an established career before joining our agency and is a part time model and mentor.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Chameleon Kyori
Fabulous Isha
Isha has an established movie career in Bollywood. We are delighted to have her join our agency as a part time model and mentor to the other girls.
Exotic Sisters Maya and Raya
We have several siblings in our modelling agency. Two of the most popular are Maya and Raya. Their exotic looks can be attributed to having a British-Indian father and a Dutch Indonesian mother. Maya won Miss India and Raya won Miss Indonesia in separate years. They are fluent in English, Hindi, Malay, and Dutch.
Raya's PhotoShoot
Raya models casual clothes for an American designer.
Maya's Photoshoot
Maya models traditional clothes for an Asian client's travel ad.
Beautiful Jaime
Jaime Sommers is one of our older models, but new to modelling. After having a career as a professional tennis player and suffering through a skydiving accident which crushed both legs and her right arm, bionics were used to repair her body. After retiring as a government agent, she received a hair transplant which gave her a beautiful new look. Jaime now models for our agency and serves as a role model for the younger models.
Pretty Paris
Paris is a 21 year old with lovely fair skin and jet black hair. Her mother loves Paris, France and named her daughter after her favorite city. Paris was discovered while shopping at a Benetton store. She is a newcomer to our agency and already making a big splash.
Lovely Leilani
Leilani is 20 years old and hails from the Hawaiian Islands. She is a former Princess of the Pacific Islands. Clients love to ask for Leilani whenever they need a model who has exotic looks, yet a sweet innocent face.
Introducing Gorgeous Nikki!
Nikki is 23 years old. Her modelling idols are Iman and Beverly Johnson who opened doors for models of African ethnicity. Nikki's gorgeous and striking features make her one of the most sought after models in our agency.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Top Model Kiana
Last summer, I entered my top model Kiana in the Pink Parlor Next Top Model competition. This was a search for the top fashion doll. For 2 months, a weekly photo challenge was presented. Each week, a fashion doll model was eliminated. The challenges were tough but fun. The judges were sometimes very critical, just like in a real reality show. Kiana made it to the semi-finals. She was one of the few Barbie dolls that made it to this level amongst the more expensive dolls like Fashion Royalty, Misaki, and Sybarite dolls. I first show you the submitted photo and an alternative photo.
Glamour Challenge
The glamour challenge was a black and white photo to emulate the look of old Hollywood. I chose Between Takes Barbie's beautiful mint chiffon dress with marabou boa.
This is one of the other poses without the black and white filter applied.
"Wild" Challenge
The next challenge was to have the model wear animal print. I chose Day in the Sun Barbie's swimsuit. The setting was outdoors in my garden to create a jungle-like atmosphere.
Naughty and Nice Challenge
The naughty and nice challenge was the hardest challenge for Kiana. She is not used to being provocative. But we came up with a beautiful photo that looks sexy but tasteful. The outfit is from Red Moon Silkstone Barbie.
Bling Bling Challenge
The bling bling challenge was to wear shiny jewelry or clothes. I thought of the disco ball and the disco style outfit. The dress is a Fashion Fever dress. I was very pleased with how the photo shoot came out. 
Monochromatic Challenge
This challenge was the semi-finals challenge. The challenge was to create a look of clothes and background in the same color family. I twisted Kiana's hair into multiple braids and gave her a more exotic look. I used a carved soapstone lion statue and basket weave placemat as backgrounds. Her eyes were photoshopped green to go along with the color scheme. Comments from the judges and viewers were very favorable. This was Kiana's best photoshoot for the contest. The final photo used Exotic Beauty Barbie's dress. The other outfit was a combination of a Princess Jasmine swimsuit and Cali Girl skirt.