Maranda Hollifield

[Dona]

I saw her on Mariemaud's blog and I just love her
Do you have more info about her?

[http://mariemaud.canalblog.com/]

 

[Dona]

[http://newyorkmodels.com/]

 

[Dona]

[same]

 

[1FashionVictim]

She's gorgeous. I've been wanting to start a thread fir her for a while but I guess I missed my chance

 

[nextnewface]

Ahhhh! What a beautiful ingenue

I too would like more info about her!

 

[SirSunday]

very cute. she strikes me as having a very good commercial look...would probably be amazing on the runway too. but she looks realllllllyyyy young. anyone have more info?

 

[Bellechloe]

love the hair

 

[1FashionVictim]

She's in the Elite Model Look contest 2007.

 

[*Bianca*]

Maranda Hollifield

Maranda Hollifield, a home school student with an interest in acting, enrolled at Amanda’s Modeling and Talent in Valdosta, Georgia in the fall of 2006. After her first photo shoot, it was evident that Maranda should also consider modeling. Photographer, Glynis Arban, spotted Maranda on Amanda’s myspace page and gave some helpful suggestions for styling and posing for her next photo shoot. Next, Maranda decided to enroll in the Summer AMTC 2007. After her week of competition and attending every single workshop available, she received several callbacks, in addition to also being a finalist for Overall Female Fashion Teen.

Two weeks after AMTC, Maranda turned 14 and took her first plane ride to New York City with her mother and AMTC Director, Amanda. There, the trio met with New York Model Management, Elite, Next, Women, Trump, DNA, Marilyn, 1 Model Management and Wilhelmina. Says Amanda, “We had a prayer chain from South GA to NYC, and much help from the Arban family and Marion Webb.”

After a long week and so many excellent choices, Maranda signed with New York Model Management. She booked a show for designer Brian Reyes for New York Fashion Week, and worked with celebrity makeup artist, Bobbi Brown. Maranda and her mother stayed in NYC for three additional weeks which consisted of numerous test shoots and castings. In November 2007, she left for Asia for a two month contract with Jennfer Agency.

Since arriving, she has booked 23 print jobs (both editorial and commercial), and one TV commercial for Motorola. She will return on January 27th and is scheduled to be in NYC on the 29th for a casting with Prada. She is on option for this season’s shows.

Maranda is extremely grounded and firmly believes when God closes one door, he opens a window! Her acting skills are helping her in modeling so she has the best of both worlds! As Glynis says in her workshop…. modeling is acting. Models act for the photographer. Maranda is enjoying every single minute of this wonderful experience.

A Note from Maranda’s AMTC Director, Amanda Kirk, “Maranda studies modeling and fashion like it is a school subject. She studies photographers, their style, posing in the mirror, experimenting with fashion, etc. etc!! She tries to research before she attends a casting so she will know about the product or company or magazine. That way, she has something to say when given the opportunity. When we met with the above agents, she knew almost everything about each agency. She is a little sponge!! Before attending AMTC, she applied for her passport…just in case! It really helped with the last minute travel arrangements for Asia!!”

-amtcworld

 

[julesrules815]

Loved her ever since she showed up on NYMM's site. She has great eyes and face shape.

 

[Susanna-Cole]

Aw, I really like her! She seems sweet, and I like that she seems to be a person of faith. Plus, I really like her look, she's bpth beautiful and cute! Can't wait to see more of her pictures!

 

[Susanna-Cole]

A few more of her photos...

Source: AMTC

 

[SirSunday]

^the first and third photos are gorgeous, really shows great promise.

A Note from Maranda’s AMTC Director, Amanda Kirk, “Maranda studies modeling and fashion like it is a school subject. She studies photographers, their style, posing in the mirror, experimenting with fashion, etc. etc!! She tries to research before she attends a casting so she will know about the product or company or magazine. That way, she has something to say when given the opportunity. When we met with the above agents, she knew almost everything about each agency. She is a little sponge!! Before attending AMTC, she applied for her passport…just in case! It really helped with the last minute travel arrangements for Asia!!”

-amtcworld

First off, I didn't realize she is American! I was thinking Canadian or British at least. Second, she is young - just turned 14 last year, wow. What great potential. Thirdly, she is very savvy - studies the business well, prepares herself for meetings, and has the foresight to anticipate what might happen (i.e. the passport) - now of course one might argue that perhaps her mother or agent influence her preparation, but the fact that she does it hopefully by self motivation, is still quite impressive.
I am liking this girl a lot more right now.

 

[Susanna-Cole]

Looking at more of her pictures today, I think she perhaps is more commercial, though I think she could work high-fashion some, as well.

Like here, she looks very commercial:

[Source: http://www.amtcworld.com/]

I like her more in less commercial settings. I like the first two pictures of her posted in this thread best. This is the third one from that shoot...
(Which I like, except I think maybe she should of done something different with the positioning of her right leg).

[Source: http://newyorkmodels.com/]
^^ Sorry for the quality. It wasn't very good quality to begin with, but once I saved and re-uploaded it, it seemed to get even blurrier.

 

[Marvystone]

Brian Reyes s/s08

style

Hmm, she seems to have quite a large forehead or perhaps its just the hairstyle..

 

[*Bianca*]

newyorkmodels

 

[4n98]

she is clean and fresh.

 

[adaaak]

very cute girl