It's the last call for top Caribbean Models!

This is it, girls! It's the last call for Pulse's International Caribbean Model Search (CMS) competition! The Pulse team is currently accepting applications from beautiful Caribbean ladies outside Jamaica for the Regional leg of the CMS TV show.

The plan? To have 1 representative from other Caribbean islands/diaspora come to Jamaica to compete, so you could be the one to represent your country! Caribbean Ladies who do not presently live in the region are also welcome to apply.

Details:

1. A full length photo wearing a bikini
2. A face shot looking directly at the camera
3. A face shot looking directly at the camera, smiling
4. Right & left face profiles.

NB. Applicants should not wear make-up for these photos. HIGH RES. PHOTOS ONLY! The background should be against a plain white wall.

Send your photos and basic info such as height and date of birth and the country you wish to represent to:

pulse.caribbean@gmail.com

DEADLINE: WED FEBRUARY 25, 2009

**PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE PICTURES YOURSELF!!!
*** Try to avoid shadows

For the Jamaican based ladies, we are also accepting applications for the 2009 local CMS competition. Please send in the above mentioned particulars to pulse.caribbean@gmail.com

L.M.N. Harris.
N.B. Image courtesy Caribbean Model Search.

The Pulse Caribbean Model Search Wants You!

I just got the heads-up on this. For all you model hopefuls, Pulse Caribbean Modeling Agency is currently accepting applications from beautiful Caribbean ladies outside Jamaica for the Regional leg of the Caribbean Model Search (CMS) TV show.

This is the team that organizes the Caribbean Fashion Week, and has put some of the best regional models like Jaunel Mckenzie, Kimanee Wilson and Nadine Willis on the map, so you'll be in good hands.

They intend to have one representative from as many other Caribbean islands as possible come to Jamaica to compete, so you could be the one to represent your country at CMS 2009! They weren't clear on the age range, but you can probably contact them for clarification.

Caribbean ladies who do not reside in the region are also welcome to apply. Interested? Just submit simple Polaroid or digital photos taken against a plain white background. Note: don't go and 'put on a face' for these pics, ok? Just be natural and send:

1. A full length photo wearing a bikini (shorts for men)
2. A face shot looking directly at the camera
3. A face shot looking directly at the camera, smiling
4. Right & left face profiles.

Send your photos and basic info such as height and date of birth to:

Ms. Romae Gordon
38a Trafalgar Road
Kingston 10
Jamaica

OR

EMAIL; To: romae@pulsecaribbean.com; Cc: pulse.caribbean@gmail.com

Good Luck!

L.M.N Harris.

Gucci's ex Jamaican Gyal says "So What?!!"

Although I wear many different Media, Production & Design hats myself, I tend to get a bit tense whenever I hear of popular, celeb-type folks crossing back & forth between industries & genres. I get even more tense when the industry crossing involves top models. Not because they're dumb (as popular culture would love for us to believe) but because their efforts often seem like just another ill-planned promotional venture. The few model-cum-business women/talk show hosts/model show producers/fashion reality show producers and whomever else only succeed (in my opinion) because the industries they ventured into were somehow linked to their old one of ramp stalking. Stories of fashion models becoming top singers however? Those are far and few. So what exactly is Nadine Willis, a top international model and past Gucci Campaign girl, doing in the record booth laying down reggae tracks for a single called 'So What' - no pun intended?

The Jamaican beauty, a muse to Claudia Pegus and a slew of men across the world, manages to walk the thin line between Grace Jones' outrageousness and white washed blackness without losing a trace of Jamrock. As far as I know of, this will be Nadine's first foray into the music biz as a singer; she's linked up with Jamaica's Pulse Music Label/Grub Cooper Productions, headed by Kinglsey Cooper. According to PopStyleJamaica.com, "The track sees Nadine tackling issues close to her own heart with hard hitting lyrics which speak to the virtues of perseverance and finding strength to rise above difficult situations and personal adversities." Nadine herself says that "In life people will always have negative or hurtful things to say about you and sometimes we need a little encouragement to build ourselves back up. It advises my listeners to shrug off negative energy and rise above destructive people and hard times. You are just as good as anybody else, so tell the haters – SO WHAT!" I've listened to the track and it's good. Not fantastic, but very good.

For one thing, if any model should be singing about overcoming hardships, its Nadine. I'm sure that as black model from the Caribbean, she must have had some hurdles to vault over. Knowing that Nadine was once an 'Exotic Dancer' to put it mildly, also lends credibility to a model singing about keeping strong during tough situations and saying 'So What' to adversity. Will she be the next top reggae singer comming out of Jamaica? Who knows...

L.M.N Harris.