Kiersten Brada-Pitts on the Walk to Fame
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March 4, 2010 • Jennie Stodder
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Millions of girls dream of becoming a model, but few accomplish this aspiration because of the harsh competition involved in the business. Kiersten Brada-Pitts, a junior, is one of the few with a chance of breaking into the industry.
Brada-Pitts has only been modeling for two years, yet has already taken a giant step towards furthering her career by breaking away from Jet Set, her old modeling agency.
“I’m trying to get an LA agency. I have been talking to Elite Model Management and will be talking to Ford,” Brada-Pitts said.
Being signed with the Ford or Elite modeling agencies, which helped Gieselle Bündchen and Heidi Klum rise to stardom, would work wonders for Brada-Pitt’s career. But even without an agency, Brada-Pitts has had no problem booking jobs. She has appeared in numerous magazines and fashion shows.
“I walked in Los Angeles Fashion week for the Lauren Elaine Black Label Collection,” Brada-Pitts said. “There was so much energy and excitement back stage.”
Besides strutting the runway, Brada-Pitts participates in commercial and editorial photo shoots. Recently, she showcased her modeling potential in a fashion spread with Haute Magazine, a couture magazine which is growing in popularity.
In the unusual spread about the elements wood and water, Brada-Pitts was challenged to step outside of her comfort zone by posing as if she really were a piece of wood, or a sea of water. Her wood shoot went smoothly, she was wearing a stiff wood corset while sitting on a wooden chair, but during her water shoot she encountered a small problem.
“For the water shoot, I was wearing this small top that kept flying up while I was doing crazy jumps and poses. It was so embarrassing, but I ended up fixing it by taping it down,” Brada-Pitts said.
She was able to retain her positive attitude even while having a modeling mishap, an attitude that she also brings to the classroom.
“In class she demonstrates compassion for others,” English teacher Andrea Cartwright said, “which in some ways shows leadership because it creates a positive atmosphere.”
Because models serve as inspiration to young women, leadership is the most important attribute for a model to have. Brada-Pitts showed her leadership by patiently teaching amateur models how to walk the runway while modeling in the fashion club’s show last year.
“She advised me to keep my shoulders back, head up, and smile and be really confident. She even let me borrow her heels,” Alex Meeks, junior, said.
Brada-Pitts’ personality has made her stand out; her career as a model is beginning to move forward. In fact, she just left our school to do the independent study program in attempt to increase the amount of time she has available for modeling and will soon be attending a party for the Laura Elaine Collection with blown up photographs of her face on the walls.
“It’s sometimes really weird seeing myself in pictures, but I’ve begun to get used to it,” Brada-Pitts said.
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