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yourself as such. Don’t act like

go to someone who has trained

you “deserve” to be hired right

and prepared and been taught

away without any preparation

the proper way to complete the

because your Instagram is full

necessary steps to get the job

of nice photos of yourself or

done. And that’s what a client is

you’ve always been told by

thinking when they are looking

your family that you should be a

to hire you. They need you to

model but you have never even

sell their product and protect

taken the time to research it. You

their livelihood and that’s not a

cannot become a professional

responsibility to play around with.

model solely by taking selfies or
telling a brand to hire you via a

Your fashion blog has earned

social networking page because

you some rave reviews among

you think you like the idea of

the fashion bloggers... can

modeling and you’re pretty. Pretty you tell us about your blog
girls are a dime a dozen. It takes

and what you love most about

knowledge of the business and

where plus-size fashion is

preparation and a respect for

headed?

your craft to make it and no one

My blog is called Inside Allie’s

can do that part for you but you.

World (insidealliesworld.com)

I think of it like this: You’re

and it’s literally a glimpse into

not going to hire a doctor whose

different parts of my life when

only experience is thinking

it comes to fashion, health,

surgery seems like a cool thing

media and modeling. I started

to attempt or a mechanic who

my blog mostly because I love

says they can fix your car simply

to talk about fashion & shopping

because they watched a reality

and share and learn tips from

show about it on TV. You want to

others, so it just felt so natural.

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