Agent Page Parkes has spent decades molding thousands of girls into successful models. Her guidance extends beyond the modeling realm; Page influences who her models become as women, not just which tear sheets they obtain. It only makes sense for her to expand the scope of her camp offerings....
Don’t Miss Out: Put Some Shimmy in Your Summer!
posted by jill
We’ve reached bikini season. There is no better time to get in on a new fab midriff molding fitness fad. Well, “new” to some. I and my beloved belly dancing mom pals have been shimmying through all the seasons for years. Read my article from Westport Magazine to find out why...
Balancing Out the Bullying Headlines
posted by jill
I just returned from a visit home to Rochester, NY. Two days in a row, a story about middle school kids ruthlessly taunting elderly bus monitor Karen Klein made the front page there when a video of the incident went viral. Hundreds of thousands of people got a bad impression of Greece (the...
What has long legs, a long neck, and wears an animal print c...
posted by jill
No, not a fashion model. A giraffe. Today’s entry is about a giraffe named Patches, who is the mascot at my kids’ school. This has nothing to do with modeling, but a lot to do with the moments that make motherhood worth the whiny background noise. At the risk of becoming one of...
Happy Mom’s Day
posted by jill
I don’t have anything to say today that’s better than what my kids wrote for me: The most important thing about you, mom, is that you are generous. You take me to auditions all the time, out of the blue, and you don’t care if I don’t do well or if I do. You just care if...
“Good Morning America” Host and Supermom: Lara S...
posted by jill
She’s got model legs and manic-mom energy. Lara Spencer, Good Morning America host, author (I Brake for Yard Sales was released last week), TV producer (It’s Worth What?), and mom of two, never stops. Her juggling act is like mine on steroids. She did stop long enough to talk...