Where your mind goes ur body follows Hello my name is Vanessa Im 27 and I was born and raised in Los Angeles .Both My mother and father were born in Costa Rica I started modeling after being scouted out at a birthday party by a gorgeous former model and now talent scout .Modeling ??? me ?? no way thats for girlie girls I was a major tomboy at the time and I wore that title proudly .What that meant to me was.... I wasnt scared of anything, I was stronger than most boys my age , I could fall scrape my knee see quite a bit of blood and Get back up as if nothing happened. I would much rather spend my time hanging with the boys ...climbing fences, playing tackle football and shooting off paintball guns and fireworks. But My mom convinced me to go (or should I say it was more like, what she said went !) Eventually I became pretty good at strutting down this catwalk in front of the other girls and I was starting to really like modeling except my low self esteem set me back . Despite all the compliments from designers and instructors I started not showing up to rehearsal and slowly but surely lost interest in the catwalk and became more interested in graffiti art .As I got older I realized that an opportunity like this wasnt gonna fall into just anyones hands. But instead of beating myself up about it I decided to do something about it. Dont get me wrong , I still feel pretty silly for not having pursued it then . I couldve started modeling at such a young age but then again Im glad I allowed myself a chance to grow because now Im ready and very aware of my potential. I learned alot about myself from this experience ....I have a fear of failure but an even greater fear of success.

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