Hey everyone! So, as most of you know I went to Wilhelmina’s open call yesterday! They had it at Loews Hotel in the middle of the city, it was a lovely hotel. My beautiful mother drove me because my car wouldn’t make it, and my boyfriend couldn’t take me.
So we get there, (6 hour drive I mind you) and we were a little big late. It started at 12pm we got there at 12:15pm, mostly because of Philly traffic. But it worked out well, there was a line to wait in then we got numbers (I was number 133) and we all went to sit in this big room. They give us a little intro and tell us we will all be introducing ourselves to everyone, and walking the runway, (even actors lol). Thank goodness my mom was there! It was fun to talk to her, but I also met an actress who looked exactly like MK Olsen! She was adorable.
ANYWAYS haha, I was glad I was later because my number was higher and when you were done walking the runway you left. So, I was one of the last people to walk the runway. :) They took two pictures of you doing your thing and then you walked off. When I went up with the microphone we were supposed to say our name, age, location, and height. I forgot the location part, so I looked at the lady who was helping us and she said height, but I already said it! haha So we all kinda laughed and then she said location. I was nervous, but I think I did pretty well with my walk…
After the runway those who had their ports got to meet individually with the bookers. I did have my port, but I totally forgot to print some new work out. So I had like 5 pics in my port, people around me had like 30. When I walked up to them they asked me how I was and I said good, and I TOTALLY forgot to ask how they were! I even paused for it, but it didn’t come out! I think it was mostly because I knew what I was going to say, and I didn’t expect them to ask me how I was. DAMNIT! haha But oh well, I was like “I am Mandy, I modeled for ModCloth blah blah blah” haha I smiled a lot, but I felt so robotic about it, I was trying sooo sooooo hard to prove to them I had the “it” factor. But they didn’t seem convinced. So I went the extra mile and told them I was interested in acting too. Then they lit up and were like awesome! And they wrote my number (133) down that I was interested in that also, then they made sure I was a size 14, and I was off to the car with my mom for our journey home.
So yea… I don’t know what is going to happen. I was the ONLY plus size model there. Not sure if that is good, or bad. Maybe they don’t want plus size models? I don’t know. But I was bummed, its hard because I get so excited and I want people to share my excitement, but I couldn’t convince them to. My mom said they had to see a lot of people that day, so they were probably just worn out. But I was watching them talk to other models and they were wayyyy more excited with the skinny ladies. But you know what my beautiful followers? I am not insulted, I am not wounded. I am once again inspired. All of these obstacles make me more driven to succeed. I know that is probably kind of strange, but I cannot let it get me down. I believe in myself.
Keep in mind all of you, I haven’t gotten a “yes” or “no” from Wilhelmina in Philly yet, probably won’t hear back for a week or so. You will be the first to know. :)
Well, I am going to go outside and play with my puppy before I head back to my apt to do homework and clean. But I really do enjoy sharing these experiences with you, I hope you like reading them. :)
<33333 Mandy
