Fighting Yourself on Your Own Turf

      I have allowed myself to be put through the ringer and pushed myself down a hole or two. I'll admit it. Initially, especially on websites like Model Mayhem, glamour modeling is HUGE! Initially, some of it was pretty. Some of it. Was. After a while of doing my own research, partaking in the genre, networking with the masses, I came to determine that I am not a glamour model - not in the typical American sense at least. While I firmly believe that we can be anything that we want to be, I also firmly believe in acknowledging the limitations due to the cards in your hand. 

                      Photographer: MSlygh

       I am me. I am an artistic nude model. I'm an artistic nude model with a sex appeal switch. I'm an artistic nude model who can pull of some sexy pictures without the need for a big rack (my blessings went down to my ass - for those of you who didn't know). I have also come to acknowledge that perhaps my distate for glamour modeling stems from an overwhelming type of people that I ultimately end up surrounded by. I have met very few people who were less than honorable, but it's simply not very satisfying to me as an artist to have sex appeal all the damn time. Not THAT type of sex appeal. 

       I am me. I'm not a sex object. I love sex. I love being sexy. I love pictures of my sexy self being sexy. But what I love most is this beautiful body that I have been gifted by the Universe. It's meant for greatness - spiritually, physically, mentally, and all wrapped up in one satin red bow. (SIde note: Many people, including myself, like being objectified - even if just for a moment at times. When every shoot I participate in revolves around this objectification, I don't feel as human and, in turn, like I'm not living life the way I should and strive to.)

       I am me. I love glamour. I love artistic nudes. I love cosplay. I love fashion. Hell, I even love tasteful bondage! In no way will I ever bash any sort of genre, but I do implore that you experience more than one genre and determine which one feels like it clicks with your soul. It doesn't have to just be one! I've begun my genre as a cosplayer, glamour, artistic nudes, life style, fashion, etc. I like being me. Me has many facets - and it shows in the projects I do as a model. Don't limit yourself. Have fun. Say yes. Say no. Smile. Get pissed. Fight for someone else. Respect yourself. But never say that you "just can't do it" because "you don't have what it takes". Liars don't get very far in life.

With <3,

AIna