Click here to check out their audition videos.
by Kat Welch, Public Relations Manager
United Football League
July 1, 2010
In front of a crowd of more than 500 Omaha Nighthawks UFL fans at the Westroads Mall, 32 talented, passionate and energetic local young women were selected as the new Omaha cheerleading squad.
Becoming a Ladyhawk was no easy feat as 75 eager women arrived at the first round of auditions on June 12. Round one narrowed the large group down to 45 potential members of the new dance team, which will be one of the off-field highlights of the new 2010 season when the Nighthawks play at Rosenblatt Stadium. Round two put the girls on the spot and opened the event for all of Omaha to attend.
“This was a real test for the girls,” said Omaha Cheer director Shan Stavroupolous. “Being a Nighthawk cheerleader means dancing and presenting yourself in front of a packed Rosenblatt Stadium, so it was good to see the ladies perform in front of a crowd right away.”
The atmosphere at the final audition was electric. While the judges focused on the task at hand, Omaha fans showed their support for the team, signed up for the Nighthawks Fan Club and participated in contests for Omaha team merchandise and tickets for the 2010 season.
The expert panel of judges, along with radio personality Scott Vorhees of 1110 KFAB Radio, Mary Nelson, co-host for the Morning Blend Show and Shawn Bainbridge from OBI Creative, selected the final 32 women based on their technical skills, stage presence, and personality. The Nighthawks cheerleading squad will act as ambassadors to the League, representing the Omaha Nighthawks and the UFL in all their endeavors.
2010 Nighthawks Cheer Roster
Abby Butera
Amanda Blessing
Angela Albers
April Jankevicius
Callie Peacock
Cassie Gruidel
Chelsea Blaser
Chelsey Batenhorst
Colleen Waring
Haley Ryan
Jacque Albertson
Jamie Grinstead
Jamie Hamsa
Jamie Schocke
Janelle DeBoer
Kristen Johnson
Laura Jaros
Laura Reinsch
Leslee Bothof
Lindsay Schaible
Maddie Howard
Megan Bohn
Melissa Mullin
Michaela Black
Michelle Horn
Morgan Badders
Morgan Gradoville
Paige Kirlin
Rachel Busse
Sam Korpela
Steffanie Baker
Trish Ryan
Memphis Grizzlies: Local dancers attended open auditions at Rhodes College on July 10 in hopes of advancing to the Grizz Girls Finals on July 18 and a spot on the 2010-11 Grizz Girls presented by Gold Strike Casino Resort-Tunica. Click here for behind-the-scenes video and photos.
Next up for the finalists will be Boot Camp next week followed by The Finals on July 18.
Orlando Magic: Following an action-packed final auditions on Friday night at Universal CityWalk in Orlando, 11 veteran members from last season, one veteran from two seasons ago and eight rookies were named to the 2010-11 Orlando Magic Dance Team. The members include Mary, Danielle, Tara, Virgilia, Heather G., Kendra, Emmy, Jazmin, Shalize, Rachael, Jenna, Heather S., Lyndsay, Victoria, Erin, Abby, Ashley, Jessica and Krizia. Jeanine Klem-Thomas will manage the team and her assistant will be Cherie LaRosa.
What have they wrought?
By HEATHER M. HIGGINS
Columbia Sports Journalism
July 1, 2010
The Super Bowl ring is a prize – a piece of jewelry given to the men who achieve the ultimate goal in the NFL. Anna Carpenter Lee also has a ring, though, hers is different. Royal blue enamel with two silver stars next to her name, and DCC 72 etched in gold and flanked by diamonds on each side. It was designed by a local Dallas jeweler for the seven women who were chosen to be members of the inaugural squad of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Almost four decades after being selected, Lee wears this ring fondly and is frequently asked to explain its significance.
Dixie Smith Luque is also a member of that original cheerleader squad. On Easter Sunday, her neighborhood held its annual parade to celebrate the holiday. Now that her children are grown, Luque doesn’t participate in the parade, but she loves to watch the children get dressed up and pass by on their decorated bikes. She was standing on the curb of her circular driveway, waving to everyone, when she heard the president of the homeowners association say, “Get out here, we need DCC representation, you get over here.” Every single day something comes up to remind Luque that being a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader has been one of the most special parts of her life.
Last month Carrie O’Brien Sibley opened her mailbox to find a very familiar magazine cover – the Sports Illustrated July 2-9, 2001 issue featuring a picture of five women dressed in the iconic long-sleeve low-cut blue blouse tied in the front, white vest with fringe and five-point blue stars, white short-shorts, and cowboy boots, asking, “Where are they now?” Sibley was one of those women. This time the request was coming from a woman in Wisconsin who wanted her to sign the magazine as a birthday gift for her husband. Sibley put the request in a scrapbook along with all the other precious letters she has received expressing admiration and questioning what it was like to be an original Cowboys cheerleader.
“We were the first, and the rest of the NFL teams followed suit with jazzy dancers. Our squad took cheerleading to a whole new level and it is incredible to have started it,” Luque, 56, of Plano, Texas, said in a phone interview (all interviews in this story were conducted over the phone).
After their first national championship, in Super Bowl VI, Tex Schramm, the Cowboys president and general manager, wanted to keep the fans interest and boost attendance. No one knew what to expect when Schramm decided to bring a new kind of sports entertainment to the field in the form of an all-female, professional dance squad. “Tex was the mastermind behind putting entertainment on the sidelines in NFL football games,” said Sibley, a photographer who still resides in Dallas. Schramm knew beautiful women dancing in tiny shorts and go-go boots would appeal to the NFL’s core audience. He didn’t know the innovation would redefine cheerleading history and, over the years ignite a sociological debate about Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders actually demeaning women while entertaining literally millions of mostly male fans.
“Even though we were called Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, we were a dance team and that’s what the organization wanted people to think of us as. Traditional cheerleaders did something different,” said Laurie Murdoch, 51, of Grapevine, Texas, who cheered during the 1978 season.
Luque had studied jazz, tap, and ballet since she was 3 years old and she was fortunate enough to dance under Texie Waterman, a famous choreographer originally from New York. Luque recalls Waterman coming to her one day after class and saying, “I don’t know what this is going to be exactly, but the Cowboys have asked me to choreograph routines for a new professional dance team, and I think you would be a good fit.”
The first tryout seemed simple enough. One hundred women performed a two-minute routine in front of a panel of five judges. The judges interviewed them about football and the team, cut the pool to 20 finalists, and a week later, seven received a congratulatory letter stating the date of their first rehearsal. “It wasn’t just about your dance skills. They wanted an all-American look and a girl who could speak well and carry herself with confidence – the whole package,” Luque said.
There were preconditions governing who could audition for the squad. A candidate had to be 18 and either have a full-time job, be enrolled as a full-time student, or be a stay-at-home mom. “They didn’t want you just to be a loafer,” Murdoch said. Once the women made the squad, they were given a list of strict rules – no chewing gum, no drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes while wearing the uniform, and no fraternizing. Marty Wynne, a principal at Corporate Finance Specialists in Dallas, remembers a lecture from Waterman, “You do not date or go out with anyone on the Cowboys staff or the players, and if I find out, you are off the squad.” She was tough on the women because of their age and she expected them to project a girl-scout image. “Texie had strong morals and she didn’t want to give anyone the opportunity to criticize our integrity,” Murdoch said.
Waterman died in 1996, but she was like a second mother who sought to protect the cheerleaders. The 1960s were a turbulent time in American history with ardent feminists such as Gloria Steinem founding Ms. Magazine, which increased awareness about feminism and women’s issues in the U.S. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders were criticized often in the media and by some women.
“Back then it was more of an objectification of women because there weren’t a lot of opportunities for women in sports,” said Thais Austin, 49, a consultant from Washington, D.C. Her younger sister was a Cowboy’s cheerleader during the 1983 season. Austin’s father was a professor at the University of North Texas in Denton, and having grown up in an intellectual family that emphasized academic achievement, Thais didn’t understand her sister’s decision to be on the squad. “We had the Billie Jean King match (against Bobby Riggs) and Evert and Navratilova were ground-breaking, but there weren’t a lot of female role models pursuing athletic endeavors,” she added, “And lets face it, the cheerleaders were decoration, which is why they were on the field for the Cowboys. Those were skimpy outfits they put on; it was little, it bared her whole body.”
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“I knew my sister had an issue with the uniform, but it didn’t bother me at all,” said Aurora Austin-Pucciarello, 47, of Vartonville, Texas. “I’ll never forget what Thais used to say to me, ‘How can you leave the house in a pair of diapers?’ but I was all for it. As a 19-year-old junior at the University of North Texas, I thought it was a fun outfit to perform in and I was treated like a celebrity, signing autographs and receiving fan-mail.”
Marty Wynne doesn’t remember her parents attending one game during the 1975 season. “They didn’t think it was something a young lady should be doing,” Wynne said, “They weren’t ashamed. They didn’t move out of town, but they didn’t want their daughter getting up in front of 85,000 people wearing such little clothing. They just wanted to wait the season out.”
Kitty Chapman Carter, 55, who was a Cowboys cheerleader from 1974-1976, said, “My dad was not real happy with the uniform. He almost died when he found out that I had made it because I was showing too much skin. He told me I wasn’t going to the Super Bowl without a cover-up so he had jackets made for the whole team to take to Miami.”
When the Cowboys cheerleaders began, no one knew they would become a sensation. “Clint Murchison owned the Cowboys then and I think he wanted something pretty and saucy on the sidelines between quarters, he wanted action, and this was just a real nice facet of the show,” Wynne said, “We were jazzing up the place and plugging dead time.” Carter added, “It wasn’t even really about us at that point. We were a pastime for the Cowboys.” Carter, who now owns a prominent dance studio in Dallas, made $15 per game as a Cowboys cheerleader.
According to Carter, who still works with the cheerleaders as a technical coach, about 800 women have worked the sidelines for the cheerleaders over the past 38 years. The appeal has only grown. Last year more than 500 women tried out and only 35 qualified. The makeup of the squad is quite different today. “In the 1970s, the squads consisted of real down-home looking girls; all of us were from Dallas. Today, they hold auditions everywhere,” Wynne said. The caliber of women is exactly the same. “We had a teacher, a financial advisor, an executive recruiter, a special events coordinator, and a vice president of sales and marketing on the 2009 squad,” said Brooke Wicker Alexander, an event coordinator who handles alumni relations for the organization.
“Regardless of what the football players and other people in the organization do or don’t do, the squad still abides by its strict guidelines and I’m so proud of that,” said Suzette Hash Freeman, 55, of Port Aransas, Texas. Freeman, a realtor who cheered from 1976-1978, credits the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders with instilling in her the confidence and positive attitude to achieve goals not just on the field, but in her life. “There was a little criticism in the beginning but I think that was because the organization was misunderstood. They might have pioneered NFL cheerleading but the legacy is much more,” said Freeman.
In spite of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders popularity, not all dance instructors believe being on a dance team is a good resume builder. “I would encourage my girls to go to every possible audition they can, but I would explain to them that they will not make decent money dancing for a professional sports team, and they will basically be eye candy for men,” said Jamie Carr, 32, of Downingtown, Pa., who has danced since she was 3 years old and has taught all types of dance for nine years.
While the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have maintained their popularity, Carter does have a concern about the future. “Times have changed and dancing is more seductive today,” she said. “Publicity, magazines, television, the bar has been lowered for everything in order to get the shock factor, and there will always be one choreographer who wants to take it to a nasty level.” Today, some of the hip-hop movements are too risqué for a family audience. Carter, who has a granddaughter, notices it in her own studio and takes issue with little girls who wear two-piece outfits and thrust their bodies around. However, the Cowboys cheerleaders maintain the class that Waterman originally demanded. “I wouldn’t work with them if I thought they were exploiting women,” Carter said.
“Whether you are at a club, bar, or the theater, there will always be obnoxious men who objectify women, but the organization doesn’t promote that, nor do Texans look at their cheerleaders that way,” said Starr Spangler, 23, of San Francisco, Calif., who cheered from 2005-2008. “It never crossed my mind to audition for another team, they are the best of the best.”
Are these cheerleaders more than just a side-dish to the main-course of football? Six NFL teams – the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, New York Giants, and the Green Bay Packers do not adorn their sidelines with beautiful women swinging their hips. It certainly hasn’t kept fans from buying tickets to those games. David Karen, a professor of sociology at Bryn Mawr College said in an email, “The development of cheerleading as a sport postdates the Cowboy cheerleaders’ image and entry onto the scene, and therefore their legacy reinforces the idea that men play the game and women are on the sidelines.”
The women are selected because they are attractive – they have the face, body, and appeal. “Whether they admit it or not, the teams are looking for a specific image,” said Brooke Adelberger, 49, of Aston, Pa., who cheered for the Philadelphia Eagles in the mid-1980s. “The people who criticize us don’t understand what we do. They don’t get the four hour practices, the dedication and the endurance it requires.”
Whether it was doing an advertisement for Ford Motor Co. or seeing a crowd of people at the end of the tunnel waiting for autographs and ready to give out roses, it was an honor to be one of the original seven. The memories never fade for Lee and the others. “I remember going to the Pro Bowl luncheon in Dallas when we escorted the players to their seats,” Lee said, “I still have a napkin signed by Norm Evans and Walt Garrison. There were so many opportunities; it was the thrill of a lifetime.”
Regardless of their reasons, the women who choose to be a part of this world know exactly what it is about. Hundreds of hopefuls were in Dallas on May 15, 2010 with dreams of becoming the next “America’s Sweetheart.”
The legacy remains. Sibley said, “When we are 90 years old, gray haired, with walking canes, they will be hunting us down for a story.”
By Candace Blomendahl
York News-Times
July 13, 2010
OMAHA — Janelle DeBoer, a 2004 York High School graduate, was recently selected as one of the 32 new Omaha Nighthawks cheerleaders.
The squad will be cheering for the new Omaha Nighthawks UFL football team this fall at Rosenblatt Stadium.
Seventy-five women took part in the first round of cheer squad auditions on June 12. After round one narrowed the group down to 45, the remaining hopefuls performed for the public in the second round of auditions. The final squad of 32 women was chosen based on technical skill, stage presence and personality. The cheer team will be ambassadors to the UFL while also serving as representatives for the Omaha Nighthawks team.
As one of the final 32, DeBoer has extensive experience with cheer and dance. DeBoer was a YHS cheerleader her freshman and sophomore years of high school. During her junior and senior years, she was part of the YHS Dukettes Dance Team. She was also involved in the YHS Dukes and Duchesses Song and Dance Group all four years of high school.
DeBoer has eight years of dance school experience under her belt and has studied tap, jazz, ballet and clogging. In 2000, she was named a national champion clogger in Florida. From 2001 to 2004, she participated in gymnastics. DeBoer also served as a 4-H club dance leader from 1999 to 2004 and choreographed and instructed the group.
DeBoer received a Bachelors degree in Graphic Design and Illustration from the Creative Center in 2007. She was certified as a Zumba instructor in 2008. In 2009, DeBoer obtained a Masters of Arts degree in Leadership from Bellevue University.
Washington Redskins: The Redskins Cheerleaders and ESPN 980 will host the 2010-11 Calendar Premier Party on Thursday, July 29 at Public Bar (1214 18th Street NW) in Washington, D.C.
The Calendar Party gets underway at 7 p.m. and continues to 11 p.m. The event features performances and a fashion show by the new cheerleaders squad, as well as opportunities for autographs and photos.
Admission is $10. Admission with the purchase of a calendar at the door is $20.
In June, the entire Redskins Cheerleaders squad traveled to the Dominican Republic for the annual calendar shoot.
The women spent a week working with photographers at the resort and on the beach, and the end result was breathtaking photos of some of the most beautiful women in sports entertainment.
Watch for the 2009-10 Redskins Cheerleader Calendar as it becomes available in Redskins Official Stores and online.
Sweethearts for Soldiers needs a little help choosing their calendar cover art. They’ve narrowed it down to three options, and now they’re leaving the decision in the hands of their fans in the military. Voting begins tonight (Monday) at midnight EST, and continues through Sunday. If you are an active duty service member, click here to check it out. Voting will also put you in the running for a prize or two. Sorry folks, this one is only for active duty members of the armed forces.
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I think it’s time for another Charger Girls fix, don’t you? Let’s talk about this year’s finals. Better yet, I’ll show you.
This is the first time I got to go to finals, so I was way excited. This did not prevent me, however, from falling asleep behind the wheel. This happens every time I drive to San Diego. It takes Nothing personal against San Diego, but I don’t have the attention span for long drives. It takes about 2.5 hours to get to San Diego. I get bored about 45 minutes into it. At the hour and 15 minute mark, I start nodding off. I’ve tried blasting the radio, rolling all the windows down, chewing on ice cubes, singing to myself. One time I brought a spray bottle and spritzed myself in the face every few minutes. None of it worked. (Although admittedly I only tried the spritzing thing once.)
Now I routinely factor a 15 minute power nap into my trips. I’m so not kidding.I drive for an hour, get off the freeway, find a parking lot somewhere, crash out for a few minutes, and then hit the road again, good as new. I’m not proud of it, but I accept it.
Whatever.
The auditions were in the evening, and I got there over an hour ahead of time. It was time to get down to business.
Note: If I posted all of my favorite people here, we’d be here all day. So I’ll just share a few. Click here to see the full set of photos. (It’s not so bad this time, only a few hundred, instead of a thousand.)
The first two people I ran into were my home slices, Lauren and Jessie, who used to dance for the Clippers. They were both about as nervous as I’d ever seen them.
I, on the other hand, was totally relaxed. Oh please, like they weren’t going to make the team. I had to try hard not to roll my eyes. They’re both great dancers, great performers, smart, kind, funny, and sweet girls. They’ve got the experience, they’ve got the polish, and neither one of them’s ugly, so what’s to be nervous about?
(Sometimes I forget that the entertainment world is an entirely different reality from the one the rest of us live in. You can be the biggest, bestest, smartest, fastest, hottest thing going and STILL not get the job. That really blows.)
I chased down a few veterans: Katie, Jennifer, Lauren O., Natalie, Emily, and Kimberly. Lauren and Jennifer are sisters. Lauren got cut from the team last year, so I was really pulling for her to make it back on the squad.
Correction: Lauren was on the team last year, Jennifer was on hiatus. Neither one of them got booted from the team. (I’m not that bright, so I get mixed up sometimes.)
Retired Charger Girls Vanesa, Lacy, and Tonya helped the process go smoothly. Lacy is part of the Charger Girls organization. I don’t know her exact title. Something to do with marketing, I believe.
A film crew was busy interviewing people.
I don’t know if it was for the Chargers or for tv. Drat! I should’ve asked.
The crew interviewed Charger Girls Director Lisa Simmons
They also interviewed the aspiring Charger Girls…
…And asked a couple of them to do a twirl for the camera
It’s a good thing I can’t do that move, because I’d do it all the time.
I’d be all “Watch me! Watch me!”
And people would be all aggravated like “Okay, we’ve seen it already. Now put your damn foot down”
Then I’d do it a couple more times just to show that nobody bosses me around.
Once the doors opened, someone put the music on, and the girls had a good amount of time to warm up and get mentally prepared.
I must have walked by Heather 4 or 5 times before I recognized her. In my defense, she didn’t just straighten her hair, she also changed her outfit. Ditto for Star.
Several other girls changed outfits. From what I heard, some were “encouraged” to choose something different for finals. Others just decided to change it up on their own. I would like to make an announcement: I do not appreciate these willy-nilly wardrobe changes, ok? All of a sudden, everyone looks different than I remember and I’m running around, tearing my hair out like “Argh, who are you people?”
Well, at least I can count on the veterans to look like themselves (even though Ashlie’s hair seems to have grown several inches in the past few days).
Speaking of veterans, Katie totally busted me. I was doing my usual move of “hey, I’m going to go sit with these veterans and act like I already know everyone here,” It’s the only way I can get through these kinds of situations without getting all nervous and weird about it. So there I was, minding everybody’s business but my own, when guess-who comes over with a big smile. “Hi, I don’t think we’ve met. I’m Katie.” Oh, snap. I forgot for a minute I didn’t know most of those people. Perhaps I should’ve introduced myself…?
(Katie, by the way, is adorable. And I mean that in an affectionate-but-not-condescending kind of way.)
Speaking of adorable…Have I mentioned, by the way, that I am having major problems with Lauren P? She used to be adorable. Lauren 1.0 was all rosy cheeks and girl next door-ish-ness. I was comfortable with that. I was not prepared for the chick who showed up at Charger Girl auditions. Lauren 2.0: Bombshell Edition. This must be what it’s like the first time your little sister wears heels or goes on her first date. I’m not ready for this!
And FYI, not for nothing, but Ashley M is freaking awesome.
I’ve decided that, on the whole, these are my kind of people. I would stalk them more if driving to San Diego didn’t involve risking my life. Highway hypnosis is no laughing matter.
I must say, everyone was looking pretty relaxed.
For the first part of the audition, the dancers performed the combination they’d learned a few days before. They danced in groups of three. Unlike previous years, they performed with poms. It was a good change. I hope they continue to do that in the future.
Everything’s more fun with poms! (Unless you’re sweaty because that plastic can stick to you in a way that is not cute at all.)
Michelle and Jenay
Jennifer
Kylie
Courtney
Kimberly
After that, the judges disappeared and the dancers had time to practice for their solos.
Ashlie was doing all kinds of nifty stuff. I have about five photos of her doing this cool matrix-y thing. Luckily, I don’t think she saw me running around behind her, clapping my hands like a three year old. “Do it again, Ashlie! Do it again!”
Seriously, try this. I bet you can’t do it.
I debated about whether to post this photo. Ok yes, you’d rather see her face, but look at that! This girl is an athlete. I bet she could cartwheel, somersault, and backflip from one end zone all the way to the other without breaking a sweat.
Solo time! Each dancer had to cross in front of the judges, then stop and introduce herself. Those were some of the quietest moments of the day. Everything was dead silent except for the swish swish of the pantyhose as each dancer walked by.
Sabrina
Some memorable moments from the solos:
Katie
Michelle
Ashley D
The judges took some time to deliberate, and then Lisa, Maria, and Lacy gathered the group together to announce the squad.
After the announcement, there were lots of smiles, tears, and texting of loved ones.
I hate hate hate, the part where people get cut. It truly sucks. ESPECIALLY when it’s a veteran. Five veterans got cut this year.
Yes, I know it happens. But I don’t have to like it.
I try to put a positive spin on it by thinking about the girls who tried out last year, got cut, came back this year, and were chosen for the team. There are a bunch of them: Melissa, Kylie, Marissa, Hayley, Maria, and probably a couple others. Look at Lauren O. She was a veteran when she got cut last year. But she came back this year, and now she’s back on the team. Perseverance pays!
One of the first things they do is take their first group photo as the 2010-11 San Diego Charger Girls.
It took some shuffling around to get it just right.
Bam! There it is! Your 2010 Charger Girls team. Nine veterans and 19 rookies. Congratulations, ladies!
Taylor Price
49ers.com
July 11, 2010
There’s a soccer game going on right now that has much of the world’s attention. But in the world of the San Francisco 49ers, a big photo shoot is taking place today, the 2010 Gold Rush Cheerleaders are taking their team shot.
A lot goes into a team photo shoot, which we’ll document in the coming days on 49ers.com. But first, enjoy this photo blog from today’s event. We’ll update it throughout the afternoon with updates from the shoot, and we’ll catch up with some of the veterans and rookies on the 2010 squad.
You can also get to know the Gold Rush squad by visiting our Gold Rush page, which features bios, videos and photos.
Stay tuned.
From left to right: Grecia, Deanna, Christine, Carmen and Inna.
The Gold Rush began the shoot in separate lines. All 32 girls took turns taking row shots, but that was the start of their day.Placing all 32 girls perfectly in line requires a lot of attention to detail. If you thought alignment was important in football, it’s even more so in photography.
Left to right: Inna, Esther and Maria.
(sidebar: I loves me some Esther. Work it girl! ~ sasha)
Alexis (right) is doing the hosting duties for TV49. She’s interviewing captain Amber in the photo above.
Rookies Morgan and Melissa get hair and makeup done before it’s their turn to pose for the cameras.
Rookie Erica K. has received advice prior to the shoot from older sister Alexis. And although the shoot takes time, it’s all worth it.
“It’s a lot of fun, and it’s so much different than the individual photo shoot,” Erika said. “As a team it takes a lot more time and every girl has to be situated the right way. But it’ fun. We keep each other company and every one is entertained.”
From left to right: Kelsie, Lauren, Aleena, Rachel, Erika K., Cindy, Antonia and Jasmin.
The view from the back of the room.
And after all the hard work, seeing the final product is the best part according to Amber.
“They certainly are long days, getting prepared for them and then doing the actual shoot, but when they finally get the shot it’s all worth it.”
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