This blog is dedicated to various young or emerging artists and shedding some light on their unique talents! Below we have interviews with Richard Hope, Andrew Ward, Sascha Tasmin Bravery, Liam Beckett, Stacey Sexton, Erika Arbour-Nevins, Miles Vernon

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Stacey Sexton - Model




the 4 photos above taken by Sarah O'Driscoll

 Stacey Sexton is a 20 year old model living in Toronto. She was born in Newfoundland but moved to Toronto 2 years ago to pursue her career in modeling. Stacey has done very well for herself in the past two years.
 Stacey's mother agency is "Nam" in Toronto. She is also signed with "Dulcedo" modeling agency in Montreal and "Wizards" in Tokyo.
 Stacey travelled to Tokyo to model for two months last summer. She worked almost every day that she was in Tokyo. Shortly after she moved back from Tokyo, she came to visit Montreal and got signed with an agency within two weeks of being here. While here in Montreal, her agency gave her the opportunity to travel to South Korea and model for a month. Of course, after a couple days of thinking it over, she accepted.
 Now after being in South Korea for a month, she just made her way over to Australia to do a campaign there and she will be flying back to Newfoundland after that to spend her Christmas Holidays.
 I think this is just the beginning of Stacey's career. She really has something special and has a lot of photographers wanting to shoot with her.
 Here are some of the photos she has taken:


























And all you montreal-ers will definitely recognize this one as it is posted all over the metros and buses! This is Stacey in the Joshua Perets campaign:


SARAH:
9:37pm
here goes
what made you want to start modeling?


STACEY:
9:41pm
well, initially i was in love with fashion, i would stay up so late on weeknight during school just going through collection after collection on style.com, i never thought about modeling at that time, i guess i had too many other things on my mind.. and plus it was all such a fantasy world, and very out of reach from our tiny island newfoundland.
as i got older, i would hear remarks all around "you look like a model!" or "you should model!" , and i thought.. well maybe i can but in newfoundland there really isn't much going on in the modeling industry, a few hair shows here and there, but i knew i didn't want to do that forever, my hair would be torn to bits.
after highschool i wanted to pursue fashion design, because it was the one interest that stuck with me all throughout highschool and did some modeling on the side, not really expecting anything out of it, but moreso doing it for fun .
as the months grew and grew, i would skim through my friend jenna bermans (a fellow friend from st. john's, originally from south africa) modeling photos, she had been to so many places in the world and i wanted to do the same, what a treat it would be if i could ever modeling and travel the world at the same time!
i would also spend lots of time going through editorials, seeking out poses and photoshoot ideas. modeling is such a fun profession, you get to see yourself as you've never seen yourself before, as i am a shy person this is particularly interesting because whenever i have gone through hair and makeup and the outfit is put on i can transform, taking on a certain role
and with visions of the photographer and makeup artist you can create timeless pieces of art and that is what is so cool about it all!

SARAH:
9:51pm
awesome!
okay second question
do you consider modeling to be an art form? if yes, how so?

STACEY:
10:03pm
i believe 100 percent that modeling is an art form, as is acting, i would think that modeling is just acting without words and moreso using your body and face to evoke emotions, ideas and messages.
as with a brush stroke that creates the line on a canvas, a model makes lines with her body to produce a pleasing shape to the eye, s(he) takes what mother nature gave her/him and uses her beauty and uniqueness to her/his advantage

SARAH:
10:06pm
have you enjoyed all the experiences you have gained through modeling? and what was your favorite experience so far?

STACEY:
10:10PM
of course! it really is a different world than the one a normal person lives in. i enjoy being a normal person on my days off though...
it's really fun, you get to travel and you get to meet a lot of people and these people could be potential friends, especially in the cases where you are staying at a models apartment or with a roommate.
i've really learned to grow as a person, moving here to toronto really has set me apart from my shyness, but as soon as you start modeling you meet so many people and you are in the spotlight, you are in front of that camera for hours on end and you can't hold back, and you have to shine amongst those other models, i will always be the quiet girl, but taking risks and getting your personality out there is really important in this business.
this is a great profession but not to say it doesn't come with it's ups and downs. traveling for long periods of time, it's so cool to be seeing all of these wonderful things but along the way i am wishing that my loved ones could be with me to see these things!
plus long hours and early wakes, and you need to keep yourself energized along the way, eat healthy , drink lots of water, exercise and take great care of your skin because your body and your face is what got you there in the first place!



SARAH:
10:20pm
and what was your favorite experience to date?

STACEY:
10:35pm
my favorite experience to date was definitely tokyo, japan. I stayed there for three months and i had the best time of my life. this was my first trip and i was unaware of what modeling would be like in another country and also what my agency would be like, but they were so nice, they treated me so kindly, i was put in an apartment with another canadian girl who was actually a fellow east coaster, she was from cape breton, it was a lot easier to relate to each other and we had an awesome time, walking around tokyo, experiencing the night life and just getting to know each other.
japan is such a cool city, you really learn to appreciate their culture, it's a really clean city, their food is awesome and the people are soo unbelievable nice to you!
i would recommend anyone to go there. :)
they love really cute girls over there, girls with small faces and big eyes, and i guess i fit the bill pretty well. i did alot of lingerie/sleep wear, along with clothing lines and even tv commercials!

SARAH:
10:36pm
Thanks so much Stacey! See you soon!

-Sarah

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