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Ask Chris Benz: How Can a Small-Town Girl Break Into Modeling?

Dear Chris,

I am 12, but I look 15 or 16. Everyone has told me to be a model/designer all my life and I believe I want to start looking now. But I live in a little town named Conway, in South Carolina. We aren’t known for anything but being country. I was born in Washington D.C, so I know a little about fashion but I have no idea how to approach the modeling world or anything like that. My mom is very supportive and all but she has no clue either. What can I do to get noticed, and put myself out there?

-Gracie

Dear Gracie,

Oh the mercurial world of modeling–nothing if not full of twists, turns, scandals, and triumphs.

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  • Wednesday, Jun 8, 2011 / 6:30 PM
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