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I've been a fan of yours since before you were
in SHOW magazine, but how did your feature in SHOW
magazine come about given that you live in London and
they're located in Los Angeles?
Well I had been such
a huge fan of SHOW mag and over here we don’t really
get any urban glamour publication stuff like that....
So I emailed the owner directly and thought he would
not get back to me but to my surprise he did and
asked me to come over. So I did, lol. I caught a
flight over as mad as it sounds...You only live once
and I could not turn his offer down as I might not
ever have gotten the offer from him again.
How did you initially decide to get into glamour
modeling? What was the catalyst to you making this
decision?
Well, I first
started out doing commercial stuff, like clothed and
beauty shots... Then as I got more and more into
modeling more and more layers of clothing came off,
lmao
What are some of the differences you've found between
London and Los Angeles in terms of reception you
receive as a curvy model, the opportunities
available, public perception?
With the UK
it's so, so narrow minded. If you ask any urban model
here they will say the same thing as I'm now about
to...You have to be stick thin, blonde, have huge
fake tits, and no curves whatsoever. If you have the
chance to look through UK magazines here you wont
find one ethnic model! It's hard, hard work. I have
to work 50x harder here and still nothing. Ethnic
models get treated like absolute shit in London but
in the US it's more open minded... The market in
urban modeling is huge like with the hip hop videos,
hair and beauty magazines... I can go on and on lol
In the US, girls with big booties and cute faces are
notorious for being difficult, arrogant, etc. You
know the old Bel Biv Devoe song "Poison" - "never
trust a big butt and a smile." But from your photos
you don't seem to take yourself -- or your
considerable derriere -- too seriously. You appear to
use your "booty power" for good instead of evil,
lol... Are there times you've used your
voluptuousness to manipulate men or situations to
your advantage? If so, can you give us an example?
Oh gosh I
don’t take myself serious at all. If I became big
headed my mum and brother would tell me about myself
and pull me back down to earth. I'm a nerd I sit and
watch the History Channel.... My friends call me
"granny" because I have to be dragged out to hit the
clubs and all the way to the club I moan about having
to go... But once I'm there and get some grey goose
in my system I'm off on that floor and that’s when
Elisha Jade comes out to play and trust me I'm wild.
I dance on the tables and when I get too drunk...
(considers, goes mum) But, eh, I could never use my
body to manipulate a man or
a women. I don’t
have the heart to as I would hate to have it done to
me (when I'm drunk I seem to end up making out with
girls as for some reason they flirt with
me)
What is your ultimate goal as a glamour model aka
where do you see Elisha Jade a year from now?
I would love to be
over in the US featured in various videos and
magazines -- that would make me so happy! I
would not
take it for granted
as I want to show the UK that dreams are possible and
I'm just that little UK girl that wants to prove the
point that ethnic models in the UK are just as
good!
What are some of the pros and cons of being a
lingerie model that you've found?
The pros are people
get to see you looking sexy and it can open doors
like it kind of has for me. The more and more I seem
to do the more people get to see.
I get given free tables in clubs along with free
drinks, lol, which is a deadly combo
Well let’s get on the cons lol...
People judge
me because I look a certain way; people think I’m so
sweet and innocent so when they treat me bad they
think they will get away with it, but I’m very hot
headed and I say what I think... As a fan put it, I
have a face of an angel, body of a goddess, but a
mouth of a sailor I never have beef with girls, it's
always men bringing drama my way. They seem to
think they can try and use and abuse me, but I’m
very smart. I think all models have to be as you
never know if a man likes you for you or the
person in pictures.
What was your general perception of the United States
when you came to visit; could you ever see yourself
living here?
Everyone liked my
accent hahaha. They kept asking me to say things. I
was shocked I got noticed when I landed at the
airport which was scary. I was like "how do you no my
name????" I would live in the US
any
day. I'd pack my
bags tomorrow. The way I see it I’m young I have no
ties. I have no children or a man so I want to do as
much as possible and get out much out of life before
my babies come along as right now I’m 100% committed
to modeling. But when husband and babies are here I
will be fully committed to them as they will be my
life and my world
Do you plan to appear in any other US
publications?
I have no idea. I
hope so but I have nothing in the pipeline and if I
did I would not tell you lol you have to wait for the
surprise... I like to shock people you might be able
to tell I like doing this with some of my wild club
outfits.
In your bio it says you were born in La Coruña Spain.
Did you spend significant time there as a
child/teenager or did you primarily grow up in
London?
Yes, I did. I didn’t
come to the UK till I was 4 or 5 I didn’t know a word
of English, which was hard but now I don’t know
hardly any Spanish just English But I’m going to have lessons I
think Spanish sounds so sexy also when I’m mad I
will cuss in Spanish hahaha
I notice that a lot of pictures of you out there are
not Photoshop'd and are completely natural, yet you
still look fantastic. What's your opinion on models
overusing Photoshop to gain a competitive advantage,
and further, what is your opinion on surgical
enhancements to gain an advantage
At the end of
the day I'm just doing me each to their own I say I'm
so open minded...with people having surgery it's all
up to them if they feel it makes them happy that’s
their business. I personally would not have anything
done. Believe it or not I'm low maintenance. I hate
wearing makeup when I don’t have to. I hate even
brushing my hair lol. Weaves drive me crazy so that’s
why I don’t have them.... I have what I have for a
reason. I have flaws but I have learned to love them.
I'm never negative about my body, as I feel life is
to short to be worrying about being a certain way.
I'm happy with my body and the way I look and that’s
all that matters. I don’t care what people think of
me. I am aware I'm not everyone’s cup of tea but I
don’t live with them or see them.
Well, that's it. Feel free to throw in a question if
there's something in particular I didn't cover that
you wanna plug or put out there.
Urmmmmm everyone
watch out for me in 2010 you might be seeing a lot
more of me also thank you to every one for the
support so far it means so much it keeps me from
quitting modeling check out my site
www.iloveleesh.com.
Tags: Elisha Jade