How do you manage to maintain your composure and cool with all the drama from the two Bravo reality TV shows you’ve been a part of?
My nature is that I am not a confrontational person. I am not really used to dealing with drama, but now that this is my third season on the show, it’s definitely not my first day in the playground anymore. So I get in the mix when I think it’s necessary and I sit back when I think it’s necessary. You gotta pick and choose your battles and some of them are just not worth fighting.
What have been some of your greatest success stories at the Bailey Agency School of Fashion?
My first model search winner, Nissa Pouncey, is incredible. She has been hooked up with major advertising campaigns like Abercrombie & Fitch and working during New York Fashion Week. I am so excited that through my model search I was able to make her dream come true. When I found her she was 13 years old; it feels great to change someone’s life and make it amazing. That’s the best thing I can do is actually help a kid change her life and a make a dream come true. That is what I am most proud of, that my school allows kids to “go for it” and have incredible success.
Of all your travels around the world, what is your favorite place to visit? Why?
Traveling is my passion. I love South Africa. I love Australia. You know, I get to see a lot of places through my modeling career. I love Paris, of course. I love the Caribbean, I love Angola. I could never just name just one. I got to travel early on in high school because of my modeling career. Traveling is the only thing I love doing in my spare time when I am not working or on the show or working with my school.
