When I began modelling in my late teens, I started to earn a lot of money very, very quickly, but I'd never been shown how to manage it properly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I started modeling, I was young and sort of a bit reckless - I wanted to make money and didn't really care about anything else.
I was 16 when I started modelling. It wasn't planned, but nothing in my life has or ever will be planned.
Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.
Modeling was something I wanted to try from a really young age.
I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they're barely even 14 or 15.
Modelling's not something I want to do just on its own, but I always want it to be a part of my life.
I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, 'Oh, I'm running around town and people are taking my picture', while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed.
The entire time I was modeling, I was trying and failing at businesses. In fact, we would have started our business much sooner had I been more successful.
I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that's when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat.
I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.