Interview with Shaquita Cheeks
By: Where It Begins
Q. When did you start Modeling?
A. I have been modeling officially for over a year now, but the world has been a runway in my mind since birth.
Q. Who inspired you?
A. It was not a person that inspired what honestly it was the fact that I was doubted that inspired me.
Q. Why did you want to model?
A. The reason behind me wanting to model was because when I was growing up in a rough part of Washington D.C. I wasn’t always viewed as beautiful, yet alone I would have never seen myself as a model. I had really low self esteem and I would get picked on because my butt was too big or the gap I had in my teeth. I become a model to show other girls out there they can do it no matter what anyone thinks. Our creator made us all perfect and the sooner we embrace made us all perfect and the sooner we embrace that the greater we will feel about ourselves.
Q. What inspiration words would you give to someone who wants to get into modeling?
A. I would tell them patience and dedication. Modeling is so much more than pretty pictures and nice makeup. It is a lot of hard work. It takes a lot of practice and discipline. Also, there are a lot of manipulators and creeps out there that are going to try to exploit you and you have to know how to say no. Majority of the time if it sounds too good it is because nothing in the industry is handed to you.
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