Vogue Italia Interview
Her vogue Italia Interview
http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-curvy/glam-and-curvy/2012/05/stephanie-shiu
Film by Sebastiano Piccolomini
Edited by Stefano Molino
Interview and styling Stefania Pia
Hair and make-up Manami
Stephanie is represented by Muse+
Special Thanks: The Smile
Born and raised in Vancouver Canada,
Stephanie was in her last year of high school prepping to go to University to be a doctor when she was scouted by Next Canada at a shopping center.
A month later an agency flew her to New York and she immediately signed with them. She's been living in New York, Paris, London, Copenhagen, Los Angeles and Vancouver ever since.
Her success came very early in her career and by her first complete year of modeling
she had done 7 shoots with Vogue China and had been on two of their covers. However, once she gained half an inch, her agencies in Paris and New York wouldn't let her work until she had lost that half inch.
This continued for three years but during this time she also focused on other career opportunities such as fashion design, culinary arts and fine arts such as painting and sculpting. She realized she would have to take drastic and unhealthy measures to stay a size 0 so she decided to quit modeling when she met
Marquita and Camilla.
They told her she could
enjoy life and still make a career out of modeling. So she tried it out and it's been successful ever since. Now she can be healthy and live a well balanced life. She likes to do yoga, weight training and take spinning classes to keep toned. She also loves to eat and cook classic Italian or Asian French fusion cuisine.
She also loves to play music and has been playing the piano and percussions since age 13. Keeping a healthy relationship between her family and friends plays an important part in her life.