If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ve read about Sophie. We met in Munich 20 years ago, and even then, as a teen, she dreamed of a career helping animals. The money she made modeling (her rate reached $5,000 a day) enabled her to pay for college and take a job that is...

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...

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...

I heard Canadian agent Ben Barry on the radio the other day. He caught my attention for two reasons. One, his research exploring cross-cultural consumer attitudes toward fashion reveals some provocative conclusions. Turns out the Western woman is more likely to buy a product modeled by someone...

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...

It’s college graduation time. Most models—at least female ones—never set foot on a college campus; their feet are occupied walking runways during those prime pretty years. But, a handful of smarty-pant posers prove that a girl can have it all. Some juggle studying and strutting....

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...

If anyone had a reason to check my ID when I was modeling, it would have been to confirm I was of retirement age. Models were put out to pasture at 21. Agencies in New York wouldn’t see new faces past age 18. Like all of my “ancient” modeling friends, I rarely revealed my...

We just got back from Disney World. I definitely need a vacation to recover from my “vacation” (as one friend said, Disney is a “trip,” not a vacation). Only there’s no money left for a vacation or a trip, because Mickey Mouse took it all. I think next time my...

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...

So, where did I leave off? Oh yeah, dragging my two-year-old to New York for a Huggies casting. Well, it started with an old modeling friend calling to see if my eight-year-old wanted to do an acting camp with her ten-year-old in New York last summer. Seemed like a great way to get away from...

I frequently get questions from moms about getting their kids into modeling, and frequently those moms are confused about a few things. They often believe: 1. Clients in New York will fly in a kid from Iowa for a modeling job cuz she’s just so cute. REALITY: Most kids are cute. Clients...