I was walking across campus one warm september morning when a tall blonde girl was approaching me on the sidewalk. I thought about stopping her, but then hesitated. Right before she passed me I said, "Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, but are you freshman?" She told me that she was not a freshman, and in fact was in graduate school. I went on to ask if she was familiar with the Silhouettes Spring Fashion Show that UW-Stout puts on every year, and she told me that she wasn't. I told her that she would be great as a model, and that many of the designers would love to use her. After all, she was 6 feet tall and 120 pounds if she was lucky. Well she said thank you, and I told her to add me on facebook so I could keep her informed about the show. Right before she was on her way, as if I hadn't creeped her out enough, I said, "And Britney, I'm a photographer, and If you would ever want to do a shoot I would love to use you as a model" Now this poor girl has never met me, she is new to Stout, she is walking alone on the sidewalk, and now some creeper photographer is bugging her about modeling for him, how terrible. Well she was polite regardless, and I was curious to see if she would even add me on facebook, or follow up with me about the fashion show. I went on with my day, wondered here and there, went to class, had a meeting, wrote a paper, and finally at the end of the day made it back to my room. I logged onto facebook to find that Britney had ACTUALLY added me. I was excited. Well the year went on and we kept in touch here and there on facebook, and always talked about "that" shoot that we were supposed to be doing. Well finally, after 7 months we randomly decided that today would be the day we would get together and do "that" shoot. She dropped by around 11:00. I got going on her hair while she finished her make-up, and we talked the entire time. We discovered that my high school Principle and neighbor had left her high school to come to mine. I asked, "Do you know Duane Braun?" and she said, "Mr. Braun, OH MY GOSH, I love that guy!" What a small world. When she was finally ready it was time to start shooting. We went to a couple different places around Menomonie. I made her crawl over a fence, and onto a railroad bridge 30 feet above the water wearing 6 inch stilettos. She didn't complain one time. She was sweet, appreciative, and excited to be out enjoying the great weather and fun time. It was refreshing to see a girl that beautiful who was not high maintenance or arrogant. Britney didn't judge me, she didn't doubt me, she was honest, respectful, and even though she was older, treated me like an equal. It was a great day. Well after we finished our shoot, we weren't done for the day. You see, I have this friend that graduated from fashion design school last year, and she asked me if I would model in a couple photos for her website. The shoot was actually going on today as well, so I asked the designer if I could bring Britney along for an extra model incase she needed more girls. I told the Designer I had a beautiful tall blonde friend that could pose her butt off, and would be great to work with. Well we got to the studio a little late, so some of the other models were already there. I knocked on the studio door and it opened slowly to show my friend, a couple assistants, and a couple other models standing around. I could have sworn that none of them even saw me. You would have sworn that Marilyn Monroe herself had entered the room. What I'm saying is, the designer loved her, the other models were probably jealous, and I, yeah I was chop liver. No that part was a joke, but the designer did love her. It seemed like every outfit Britney slipped into fit her like a glove, and her photographs came out beautifully. It was fun to watch her in that atmosphere, she seemed so comfortable, so professional. The other girls were good, but she stood out among the rest. I saw one of the ladies standing by as an assistant to the designer pull Britney aside and take down her contact information because she wanted to use her in a shoot coming up this next weekend. I was so proud that my random friend who the designer agreed to let me bring without even seeing, turned out to be such a great addition to the photo shoot. When I stopped Britney in September she seemed shy and reserved, but she had this presence about her. She was beautiful, but her beauty appeared to be coming from somewhere other than just the surface. She seemed to have depth. When I asked her a bunch of questions about modeling in September, she was quiet, and gave simple responses. Well now that we know each other more, she has informed me that she has more of a past in modeling than she had exposed at our first meeting. This girl was signed with Elite Chicago, she has been in runway shows in New York and Chicago, and she was in an issue of Teen Vogue a few years back. When she met me in September she could have laughed at me, told me that she wouldn't waste her time at a silly fashion show, and would never think about shooting with such an amateur photography like myself. But instead, she did get back to me, she is walking for the maximum number of designers possible in the Spring Fashion Show, and gave me some amazing shots for my portfolio and her own. It is so refreshing that there is still a beautiful girl in the world who is modest, respectful, and down to earth. Is she too modest? Maybe. Is she crazy beautiful. Definitely.
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