What you see above, is a future criminal defense attorney and super model. I know that with God, the right mind, attitude, guidance, and self-motivation, I can do and become anything. I am fully aware that criminal law and modeling are two different worlds with two different objectives, however, I believe that with the correct amount of hard work and dedication, I can balance myself in a way that helps me to contribute my skills and creativity equally to both fields.
Why Criminal law? It’s difficult. You’re going to be working with criminals! What about your conscience? These are all questions that I’ve been asked regarding my interest in criminal law. Yes. Criminal law can be difficult to specialize in, and requires a lot of focus, and the ability to block out any emotions or thoughts that can distract me from my job and what I’m supposed to do. But like I was told at my internship, the Wolfenzon Schulman & Ryan law firm, that specializes in construction defect and law suits, everyone is entitled to a defense. After hearing that everything just began to fall into place and my interest in criminal law became even greater. No matter who the person may be and what they are accused of, it would always be my job to try my hardest to defend that person and detour them from either having to serve no time in jail, or less time. I’ve always been one to not only talk my way out of different situations, but also filter certain things in my mind to help me function better as a whole. With these two abilities, I cannot only strategically talk my way into successfully defending a client and winning a case, but also interacting with the client and being able to keep my distance mentally and emotionally, and not letting outside distractions interfere with my job, and goals as a criminal defense attorney. However, if I were to become a model, sometimes I will not be able to prevent certain emotions and mental thoughts from coming upon me, and possibly showing through my expressions and body language, because that’s just apart of the learning process of being a successful model.
Now modeling just comes naturally. Ever since I was little, I’ve always enjoyed being in front of a camera, posing, and letting my personality shine through my expressions and my poses. However, the industry does have a lot of ups and downs, and requires you to know a lot of things that can either make or break you. It can be very fast pace, rude, complicated, hurtful, and slow to support you. Due to the fact that there are thousand of young girl’s trying to get their big break in modeling, chances of finding an agency, getting work, or booked for a photo shoot becomes very slim, which makes it really hard on you if you’re expecting to support yourself, be on your own, and pay bills. Fortunately for me, modeling is not something that I’m looking to for 100% life support. I do have other plans and goals for law, and modeling is something that I would want to do on the side, or as the fashion industry would call it, “hobby modeling”. Meaning, modeling is not your #1 focus, but is something that you would want to do on the side for a little extra money.
To me personally, modeling is not just times to look pretty and take a whole bunch of pictures in different locations, but a business. Almost every main product, piece of clothing, or magazine that you buy in stores has either a face (model) or some type of body part on it, the tag, or the sign or billboard that’s advertising those clothes or the product. This is called advertising and demand. And in order for advertising and demand to be successful, specific models with specific looks have to come in to help grab the consumers’ attention for a designers clothing line, or a companies product. When advertisements are released, and consumers see a pretty face or some famous icon on an item, they tend to get the “idea” that they too can either look like that or get extremely close. When this happens, the “idea” spreads across the globe, the items began to sell, and demand increases, making designers and companies earn more money.
What strikes me the most about the industry and makes me want to be apart of it, is the lack of “normal” models on high-end advertisements, representing very prestigious designers, and on the cover of popular magazines. Over the years celebrities have gradually pushed themselves to the top, while bringing down the others. The industry has become so used to the circulation and fan-base of current and incoming stars, that they’re slowly but surely blocking out the potential of girl’s who aren’t celebrities. To me, that’s unfair, and it is definitely time for a change. That’s when I come in. My personality and charm is one of a kind, and even though there are a few physical traits that I need to work on to improve my look as a whole, I still am positive that my knowledge and special way of thinking, just might be the key that opens the doors for other young girls like me, that are in need of more attention from the industry, and less time being pushed out of the picture by celebrities. In fact, if both social groups (famous and non-famous) were to somehow come together as one, and contribute all helpful ideas, resources, knowledge, and money, the modeling industry and even the world as a whole would be a better place.
When a celebrity stops to pose with a fan, what does that mean? Do they care? How does the celebrity feel? Do fans really impact the thoughts and emotions of a star? Do they feel like they’re better? These are all questions that run through my mind when I see picture or videos of stars posing with fans. Sometimes, when I look at picture I get the impression that celebrities pose with fans just to give the illusion that they care when really they don’t. But that needs to change. Everyone knows that most celebrities do have a lot of money, however, that should not matter. Mentally, everyone should be made considered equal. If the media would decrease the amount of exposure put on celebrities, and increase the amount of exposure put on more important issues such as economy prices, the homeless, and education, maybe everyone else besides the 3% of celebrities that make up this world, would begin to feel more important, heard, and hopeful. Liked I learned a lot more of at internship, there are millions of people around the world that are in desperate need of help, and that are less fortunate than me. And that child, who feels like they are all alone and invisible, depends on people like me to bring forth that awareness that will help them. Even celebrities who use their status for getting floor seats to a basketball game, or the choice to close down and store and shop alone, can instead put their pride aside and do more useful things that will positively impact others that needs their help. But in order for this to work, every mind and action must be organized, and everyone has to put on their game face.
Like I always say, organization is the key to success. If my life, and things around me that help me to have a good life, such as schoolwork and my room is organized, then everything is a lot easier to access, and more things are able to get dome in a timely matter. I now that having an organized life can and will do nothing but help me to become a better person, improve, and accomplish my goal of becoming a criminal defense attorney. I believe that slowly preparing for when I do have to be independent and live on my own now, will permanently set my mind into thinking that way, and making it easier for me to glide through college safely and successfully. Thanks to my internship, I was able to really practice working independently through organizing case files and documents for long-term storage, in my own office, giving me a fabulous opportunity to experience firsthand how it would really feel to work in the environment of a law firm as an attorney.
Above, is the office where I worked to complete all assignments given to me by my mentor, and other co-workers, that I worked with in the filing department. As you can see, the picture is very sort of glared, blurry, and looks sort of like it was painted with watercolor paint. The reason for this is because I wanted to give the effect that it was almost like a dream, because that’s what the experience felt like.
Even though I talk a lot about working in a law office and having clients, I never knew that I would actually get the chance to work in a law office, and with actual attorneys. My internship has really guided me onto the right path of success, and has opened my mind up to new aspects of law that I’d never thought of before. Law can be looked at in a ton of different ways, but the number one goal of any law office, specializing in anything, is to try their best to help others, and help to make society a better place through laws and teamwork, which is what I can see myself doing for a very long time.
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