"You Don't Look Like a Model."

I may not be a runway #model or signed with an agency, and you won't spot me in #Vogue. But I've committed my body to a different kind of modeling—for artists. It all started back in 2015 at Nude Nite when I was just 18. I was captivated by the art around me, and with my mom by my side, I approached a body-paint artist who agreed to paint me (check out his work at https://www.facebook.com/HUGGI01).

Fast forward eight years: I now model for several colleges, posing for student artists and participating in open studio sessions at galleries that invite me. I help create a comfortable environment for people learning to draw the human form. I've even posed on-site at Disney's animation offices and collaborated with animation teams from Netflix and Nickelodeon.

So, even though I don't fit the Y2K catalogue model stereotype, times have changed since 2018 when Victoria's Secret defined beauty as a photoshopped size 2 with 32C breasts. That mindset is shifting, and I'm proud to have been a part of that change.

I believe in body positivity and the importance of representing all bodies in art and media. For me, being a model means being a role model too.

The perfect body is the one you have. Embrace it, love the skin you're in—wrinkles, marks, scars, cellulite and all. Take care of yourself, respect yourself.

You'll also find me posing for photographers, dressing up, go-go dancing, getting body-painted, and modeling for various mediums. I live in a world of responsible fantasy, where creativity thrives and self-expression is celebrated.

I am a model...a role model.

Just love YOU. Take care of YOU. Treat YOU with respect.

As the great fictional character of Schitt's Creek, Moria Rose said, "Then allow me to offer you some advice: Take a thousand, naked pictures of yourself now...But, believe me, one day you will look at those photos with much kinder eyes and say, "Dear God, I was a beautiful thing!"

Top row: (1) Crealdé Open Studio, (2) Amanda Chevy Nude Nite 2019, (3) Herbie Martin: Herblish Creative Metallic Workshop

Bottom Row: (4) Sushi by Japanese Flair Catering & Paint by Amanda Chevy,

(5) Circus Performance March 2022, (6) Mandi Ilene Body Art BASE Orlando flyer