I went to the auditions to support my friends, and to look at the models and perhaps pinpoint the ones that I would use for a fashion show. On the way to the auditions, I helped Tamika with her application. The questions on the application were about your personality, aspirations and relationships. Here are some of the questions. Do you have aspirations of Acting or Singing? If so, Elaborate. Are you in a relationship, If so, How is your relationship? How would you rate the relationship on a scale from 1-10? Who is your hero? How is your relationship with your family? There were 73 questions in all.
After finishing the application packet we had to sign a release form. After several wrong turns and detours, we finally made it to the Gaithersburg mall at 3:30pm. The auditions were to start at 5:00pm. We put our make up on, in the car, and chose which shoes to wear. when we got to the line we were at the center of the mall. Many people were ahead of us, but we couldn't tell where the line begun. Waiting in line was fun and exciting for me. However I wasn't the one competing in 3 to 4 inch heels.
There were a ton of beautiful, thin, tall women. My friends kept looking around at the competition, getting a little more nervous as the line progressed. We started to talk to the people around us. There were two Middle eastern girls behind us. I never got their names, but they were super excited about the goings on. In front us, were two girls who were making outfit changes, to and fro. They felt the pressure of the crowd of contestants who wore leggings and intricate blouses.
They would have their spot held in the line and go off to a shoe store. We would move closer to the judges and these girls would go off to another store in front of us, and buy leggings and a shirt; completely changing their look A word of advice ladies, Prepare for the audition the day before and be comfortable in what you are wearing. I advised my friends to wear a simple spaghetti strapped shirt and sweetheart jeans. This way the judges have nothing to depute. The personality and physical features of the model speak for itself.
When they got up to the judges. I was baffled that there was no private room the judges had the auditions. The judging happened in front of a folding table with a CW table cloth and the runway was really short. there were 4 people administering the judges. One of the judges looked as though she could have been a petite model from cycle 14. She was kind of disrespectful to one of my model friends because she was eating while the audition was going on. How Rude!! I wished the experience was more extravagant, but I knew I was not gonna meet Tyra, Mr. and Ms. Jay, Twiggy, Nigel, or André Leon Talley (whom I was very keen on seeing). They answered the judges questions, announced themselves to the camera with a cue card of their info and walked twice back and forth on that small runway.
I think my girls did great. But they thought having that experience was not worth the wait. It was fun to take a chance though. If they do not make it this cycle they will audition online in the comfort of their atmospheres. I hope one or all the people i have met that day makes it on the show and furthers their modeling career. Because really, this is a great opportunity. I have seen many models that did not win the competition go on to being in major way shows, be in commercials, magazines and have perfume campaigns (Reena).
Here is a video and some pictures i took along my journey into the modeling world.
Tamika Mason
Mekiesha Sewell
My Models and I
Taking Profiles
The Girl That Changed Her Clothes a Lot
Waiting in Line
This has been your dose of fashion. Until next time, Hun, Open your mouth, Swallow this post. And I hope you feel better now, than you did 5 minutes ago.
That must have been a blast! Thanks for the post! Your blog is awesome and I love fashion!!
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