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Date Posted: Friday, November 21, 08:33:30pm
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Trinidad Express
The spotlight is on Latifah
By Rhea-Simone Auguste
Saturday, November 22nd 2008
The spotlight is on 15-year-old Latifah Morris as she strikes a pose on a black leather sofa. Click. Snap. A few pictures are taken and top local photographer Calvin French is noticeably pleased. "Beautiful darling, you're a natural," he coos as the young beauty switches to another pose. "Great! Just drop your chin a little and let your jaw relax. Give me a natural smile. That's it. Beautiful," French adds.
His positive feedback is doing wonders for Morris as she becomes visibly more relaxed and confident for her first photoshoot. The venue for the shoot is Bally's Hair Studio in Woodbrook. Morris spent the better part of the morning in the stylist's chair, having her shoulder-length hair cropped and styled to perfection. Before, it was the make-up artist's job to transform her look from natural beauty to polished model.
Her response to the transformation? "I like it. I'm still getting accustomed to the haircut but it's a new look. I can't wait to hear what my friends in school have to say about this," the Cunupia High School student proclaimed.
Morris copped the Coco Velvet International Top Female Model title last Sunday during an intense finale at Fiesta Plaza in MovieTowne. Though she had prepared for the event with Coco Velvet head Christopher Nathan and his fashion-savvy team, she said: "I was so nervous. I still get nervous about being on a runway in front of lots of people but it's fun and I'm getting accustomed to it. I get nervous when I see cameras. But I'm working on it and it's been a great experience so far."
On the night of the competition she was, in her own words, "not expecting to win anything. I was the youngest there and when they called the top five, my name wasn't called. Then one of the assistants came upstairs and asked for Latifah. There was an error and the fifth girl and I had the same amount of points. Then I made it to the top two and then they announced I had won in my category. My mom was so proud! She was there screaming in the crowd and we were crying. It was a great moment," she shared.
Prior to the competition, Morris said she never modelled "except in front my mirror! I watch Tyra Banks and I thought about modeling but this is the first time I tried doing anything with it. So far, I love it. It's given me the opportunity to meet new people - top designers like Peter Elias and photographers like Calvin French. There are many girls who would love this opportunity so I plan to work hard and show that I'm happy for the chance to be a model. Plus, with modelling, people get to know me better and I think that is good because I can be a role model for younger girls coming up. The people who know me would tell you I'm a solid, hard-working, fun-loving person and I hope this would result in me having a long career in this business."
Still, the young beauty intends to push herself harder at school. "I want to have a long career as a model but I also want to have something stable to fall back on. Maybe accounting. So I'm going to balance my school work and this new career," she explained.
Now that she's touched a bar she set for herself, the young Cunupia resident has set another goal for 2011. "I want to win a Miss Universe pageant," she revealed. "So in three years, I will be going up for the Miss Trinidad and Tobago pageant. That's something I'm looking forward to doing."
So perhaps in 2011, the 2009 Coco Velvet International Top Female Model may be a step closer to her dream goal of being a Queen. Perhaps there is room in the world for another dynamic and successful Queen Latifah. Time will tell.
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