ABSOLUTE graduation by Liane Maertens

Was invited by my friend Vick to see for the first time a graduation of models at a brazilian agency, the ABSOLUT MODEL Agency, owner is Mayra Macchi.
I very good performace with some realy new faces, starting at this competitive and not very good remunarated job. I realy liked what i saw, good poses and compositions, some modeling inspired at great names of the rl like Marilyn, Regina George, from the film Pretty Persuasion, Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, in Pirates of the Caribbean, Nicole Kidman in the movie Moulin Rouge, Eva Mendes, in the long "The Women", Sally Bowles (Liza Minelli) character in the film: Cabaret and many others.

The agency is located at a very bucolic place and in a big building, Info model job is all tuesday 4pm SLT at the agency, questions about hiring new models and modeling courses may be clarified in the Agency’s bulletin board. Finaly seems some serious persons are showing up with good ideas and up to the challange of deal with the fashion world at Brazil.

SECOND STREET PUB by Liane Maertens

Was at SECOND STREET PUB opening and i realy enjoyed the ambience and a very good amount of singers alive at the stage, bringing an atmosphere of the great pubs. The people singing and dancing with the artist, places to chat and just hang around admiring the rest, all very well made and surelly a nice way to spend the night long.
The good options of singers with all kind of ritms from pop rock to contry music, for all the good ears and tastes, you cant miss the next shows, so take the limo and have fun.
Here a small list of the presentation there at the first night, Jon Bazar singer and Fireheart Braver, wife and husband; Madmax Huet, Midnight McCarty, and i am sure many others will join.
Meet you all again soon with more good news!!

SANA MODELS SHOW- The Maseno Project

I am very happy to invite all our bloggers to join me at a very special fashion show and auction - June 1, 2008 at Noon SL time, a charity fashion show at the lovely KJAZZ Club.

I met Abbie Reinard (model, writer and activist) and she told me about The Maseno Project, in a small village 20 miles west of Maseno, just north of the lakeside city, Kisumu, in Western Kenya where due to AIDS pandemic, a lot of children have been orphaned and they have no relatives or any means of support to even meet their basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and education. The Maseno Project is an intimate charity whereby people's donations make significant impact on particular lives.

This is a self-funded integrated community based project to establish education bursary plans for orphans, youth, the destitute and special cases such as the blind, deaf and the lame. And provide health care for the above groups. The centre has one ongoing activity early childhood education program which has 30 children, mainly orphans.

The idea of the show started when Abbie met Keely LeFavre (supermodel, blogger and businesswoman) during a modeling contest and this idea of holding a charity show for the children of Maseno in SL came eventually as they went on from becoming contestants to best friends. Keely LeFavre and Sana Models are presenting this charity fashion show inorder to raise funds for these orphaned children.

The show will consist of 6 of the hottest SL models showing creations from 6 amazing SL Designers. Immediately after the show, an auction will take place for one outfit from each designer. All donations and proceeds will go directly to the Maseno Project.

The show promises to be something truly special and has attracted designers who rank among the most elite in Second Life's fabulously thriving digital fashion industry: Callie Cline (Callifornia), Giana Paine (GiGi couture) Sissy Pessoa (BAIASTICE), Bianca Foulon (biancaF.), Stiletto Moody (Stiletto Moody Shoes) and Omnia Oh (Beauty Avatar). The auction at the conclusion of the show will include 4 full outfits including skin and shoes. These outfits will be only one of a kind!



Event Date and Information:
*Date: June 01, 2008
*Time: 12PM SLT
*Host: Abbie Reinard & Keely LeFavre
*DJ: Giela Delpaso
*Location:
*Auction begins: 1PM

For more information on this visit http://masenoproject.blogspot.com/
or contact Abbie Reinard (in world) abbiereinard@gmail.com

MODAVIA

First thing we think when heard about MODAVIA is that all is about modeling agency, nothing can be more wrong. Modavia is NOT a modeling agency and Modavia does NOT provide modeling jobs.

Modavia is a society of models who work together to improve each other, and eventually attain Modavia Supermodel status. There are a set number of Modavia Supermodels at any given time. Modavia Supermodels remain as such until they retire or until they are asked to retire.

Modavia Supermodels are featured in the Modavia Fashion Directory. The Modavia Fashion Directory is the single source for presenting the who's who in top fashion. It is a blend between a highly polished, elegant fashion magazine and a catalog of the best designers and models within Second Life.

There is ONLY ONE goal for any model joing the Modavia Prospective Models group - to become a Modavia Supermodel. If you make the Modavia Supermodels many good things will happend.

Is a Modavia Supermodel Different from Other Models?

We hope so! We work hard and pride ourselves on trying to be unique. As a concept, here’s how you may think of a Modavia Supermodel: Though they are stunning, Modavia models are not selected by beauty alone--anybody can be beautiful in SL. Rather, each model has created a certain unique and distinctive appearance; they stand out in a room--you just know they're Modavia. They have an innate talent for style, particularly an image that is not off-the-rack. Modavia Supermodels are seldom satisfied with throwing on ready-made looks, rather they differentiate and enhance their appearance far beyond what others are willing to do. They have been given certain custom-designed proprietary items that no other model in SL has, and thereby further differentiate them from the rest. They're the "model" of perfection -- they're Modavia!

Finally, it's your looks that first attract and your spirit or attitude that keep attracting. Modavia wants people who are beautiful outside and inside. You need to have a great attitude. Respect people even if you don't like them. Don't let me hear you saying ugly things about others. Be hard-working, people-caring. Be willing to help. Be kind. Be generous. Be available. And…

Be beautiful to someone today!

That is what MODAVIA is about!!

MFA - From Liane Maertens

This here I was invited as Moda model to participate at MFA showcase, and I got realy involved with the wonderfull and generous idea of the coordenations.
MFA started as a clothing fair called the Merovingi Clothing Fair on 2 sims, with the good feedback recived from the visitors and contestants among with some suggestions how to improve the show. One of these, where to not select fashion labels but to let people nominate themselves.
So the organization asked Second Life residents in January to nominate who they think should participate. Every Second Life resident was invited to nominate one (1) fashion company who only exist in Second Life, only Second Life businesses could be nominated. Fashion Labels that has a business registered in Real Life could not be nominated. in each 5 given categories.
Judging will be based around 5 categories:

1. Best Female Fashion Label
2. Best Male Fashion Label
3. Best Goth Fashion Label
4. Best Furry Fashion Label
5. Best New Fashion Label

Over 5000 nominations later, the top 5 nominees in each category has been invited to attend. The top five (5) labels that gets most nominations are offered to participate at the MFA Show-grounds. Here, they were offered a spot on the grounds where they could put on display there creations and offer visitors a chance to have a close look at there work before voting.

Last year’s show event helped to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, and this year the plan are make things even bigger, by raising money for Doctors without Borders and the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

This year the show is twice as big, spread on 4 SIMs in Second Life. In comparison to passed shows, the coordenation didnt hand pick designers, instead they left the Second Life community nominate and vote for those it thinks should be the winners. During the week-long event, visitors are offered to visit the show grounds and vote for who they think should win, in each of the categories. Each Second Life resident could vote one (1) time. Voters must had minimum 30 days old to vote.

Also this year, they award a brand new Apple iMac 20" computer to each winner, and an iPod Nano is raffled among those who nominate and vote!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osmium/191/198/22

Rio de Janeiro no SL from Liane Maertens

A new model contest is stirring the Brazilian fashion world on the SL, the agency Olimpia is promoting the "Girl Olimpia 2008" and a table with photos of 25 girls is in Rio SL, I was there giving a look and decided riding a cable car, a beautiful walk for those who love the Rio de Janeiro RL. It is worth to check the contest with beautiful Brazilian girls on the tour by the island.

For this tour I choose light cloths, as the Rio is hot. In this photo I wear Naima Oro ed Avorio, Vampirelle Storm_schoomz shoes, hair ETD Melrose - Chocolate and jewels JCNY - SOHO, Hardwood Bead Collection.

You can jump from the top cable car in a delta wing. There is a beautiful view of the whole land at midnight and a very good place for a romance. I found nice couples having fun there. So don’t wait more, because the competition of Olimpia ends soon and the girls expect your vote.