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Inside Scoop from Shannon Elizabeth |
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My parents’ only other baby was a pocket poodle named Angel. At age two I started taking ballet, tap and jazz. I loved to sing and dance and show off in any way possible (and obviously still do!). Somehow, I found time to slip in a year of baton too! Around my third grade year we all moved to Waco, Texas, where a ton of my relatives already lived. My parents figured it would be safer to raise me in a small town versus the big city (little did they know that Waco was wacko!). Looking back, Waco was really boring, but I’m sure I did have more freedom living there. Everyone seemed to make the best of what the city had to offer. I remember loving to do two things in particular when I was growing up: making my mom laugh so hard that she couldn’t breathe and arguing until I proved I was right (remember, I was an only child). So, with that in mind, my options seemed to be entertainer or lawyer. Well, during my senior year I had the opportunity to be in a video for a local band. The producer of the project thought that I should be in New York modeling and proceeded to pitch the idea to my parents. That Christmas my family and I ended up going to New York to have some pictures taken and meet with some agencies. I was soooo nervous! By the end of our trip I had an agent who was waiting for me to graduate and move to the Big Apple. Being alone in New York City for the first time was fascinating and a bit terrifying. I was definitely homesick, but it got better quickly seeing as I was living in NYU dorms for the summer. I made friends with most of the building and some of the other young models with my agency. That was the beginning of me working with various magazines and doing a bit of traveling. Amongst my travels I hit such places as Japan, Paris, Milan, Australia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. How lucky was I to get paid to travel and see the world at the same time?! Finally, I made it back to the good ol' USA. There really is no place like home! After spending an awesome season in South Beach, Miami I made my way out to LA. I loved South Beach, but it was time to move on. I actually was just planning on visiting a friend for a couple of weeks, thinking that I wouldn’t be able to compete in LA quite yet. I had always planned to end up in LA and start my acting career, but I thought it would eat me alive at that point. During my visit, I decided to go ahead and get a modeling agent and have some pictures done, as long as I was there. I started out with the Ford Modeling Agency and have since moved to Elite Model Management. Within a couple of weeks of arriving in LA I ended up booking a Taco Bell commercial. Maybe it wasn’t as scary as I pictured it after all! In no time I had relocated to LA and joined an acting class. I guess that was the beginning of the rest of my life! Before I knew it I had met my soul mate and started booking acting jobs. I have been fortunate enough to have great people helping me with my career all along the way. |
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Updated: 07/20/06 |
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