About Me

Hi!

I’m Natalie, but I guess you can call me Nat. (I only recently got over the fact that I share my default nickname with a small, two-winged fly that resembles a mosquito… I’ve decided to embrace it.)

Anyways…

Here are some fun facts about me!

  • America’s Next Top Model is my binge-watching show of choice.
  • Instagram is the social media for me. (I’ve deleted both Snapchat and Twitter from my phone in the past year because they just can’t compete.)
  • I’m an ENFJ, an alarm-clock snoozer, and a quick adapter.
  • I moved from Columbus, OH to NYC when I was 18 to attend The King’s College. (As I’m writing this, I only have two semesters left as an undergrad. Life is wild.)
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That’s me! This photo shows two of my favorite things: my crazy curls and the color orange. @individualistic, Staten Island Ferry, August 2017

In the fall of my sophomore year at King’s, I reconnected with a camp counselor from my sophomore year of high school (random, I know) who is a photographer. I met up with her; she brought along other photographer-friends; my “career” as a model was born.

I’m probably not what you would conventionally call a “real” model: I’m not signed to an agency and I don’t get paid.

This is a good thing for you, reader, because unpaid and unsigned also means unfiltered. Instagram totally and completely revolves around filters; people curate their lives until only the pretty, posed, and perfect remain. If you want more of that, you’ve come to the wrong place. (Hear more of this rant in my first post, here.)

Things This Blog WON’T Do

  1. Help you get signed by a modeling agency
  2. Teach you how to be an Instagram model
  3. Cover up reality and truth with filters

Things This Blog WILL Do 

  1. Invite you “Behind the Camera” to see the reality of Instagram modeling
  2. Captivate you with funny, silly, cool, crazy stories about my time as an IG model
  3. Introduce you to some of the best people I’ve met in NYC: the photographers

So, there you have it. That’s enough about me and my blog (for now, at least.) Shoot me a message, leave a comment, follow me on Instagram. I’d love to get to know you!

In the words of Tyra Banks herself…

“Fierce and love,”

Nat