InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 35 | Page 60

InkSpired Magazine: How and when did your modeling career begin? Keighla Night: I’ve lived in Portland for about five and a half years now. I absolutely love how beautiful and lively it is! I started to model back when I was seventeen and still in high school. I was signed to IMD Modeling, but due to my wanting to look like the singer, “Pink,” we parted ways. From there, I started getting tattoos all over and dying my hair neon colors. My first tattoo I have since covered up, but it was a tribal dragon on my back shoulder blade. My father took me to a colorblind biker in a trailer. When you come from a biker family, it’s just the way it is (laughs). My first large spread was in Bound by Ink and it was shot by Andy Hartmark. I owe him a lot of my success in the industry. He gave me the push I needed and I still consider him a great friend six years later. My first shoots for the industry were done at the Scream at the Beach in Jantzen Beach, Oregon. It was a haunted house and there were numerous photographers. I took the pictures I received and started posting them to the Internet. Next thing I knew, I was being asked to do more. I was always a big fan of tattooed women, and I always thought they were just absolutely gorgeous. Rock stars in a child’s mind. 58 InkSpiredMagazine.com