So you think! [laughs] Which was your worst accident?
Definitely the Infiniti. I was heart broken about it. I really loved that fast and cute car. I was lucky I got out of that accident untouched!
Sounds like someone's a hot mess!
No, I'm actually an organized non-hot mess! I'm a firm believer in non-hot-mess living! [laughs]
Despite your accidents, you're a rare model breed. You have a Bachelor's degree . . .
Yes I do! I have a B.A. in Marketing and a minor in Economics from FSU.
Florida State? Aren't they FL's infamous party school?
Oh my god, you have no idea! Everyone thinks they party hard in South Beach or in Hollywood, but some of the craziest and wildest parties I've ever been to were at FSU. There's 40 thousand-plus students who don't have responsibilities and want to enjoy life.
Any good stories?
Wow, there are so many, I can't think of just one. We pretty much had a blast Tuesday through Sunday! But I was ready to move to a bigger city, so I finished up my degree in three years.
Do you have a favorite memory from college?
I was already working in entertainment in school, so one summer I took a ton of classes in the beginning and took a month break afterward. I went on tour as a backup dancer for Snoop Dogg on the Projekt Revolution tour-talk about summer vacation! It was a very interesting experience to say the least. As dancers, we had our own tour bus that used to belong to Aretha Franklin, and we took it from L.A. to Miami. [laughs] I remember our bus hit Lincoln Park's bus and they weren't too happy about it. Anyway, long story short, I went back to school that Fall and a few of my fellow students were like, "Was that you on tour?" I just gave them a little smirk.
It sounds like that movie Almost Famous except instead of journalism duty, you were shaking your booty. Did you have any other extra-curricular activities in college?
I was P.R. for the Filipino Student Association and Asian Student Union. That's right, I had some of the Asian persuasion! I studied dance, took ballet and I sang in FSU's gospel choir as a soprano.
Word? Gospel choir? Like the blonde chick in American Pie?
[laughs] Yes, I was so her!
The whole "bumblebee" warm-up thing, fact or fiction?
Hmmm . . . fiction for us. We were more like the movie Sister Act and did more scaling and harmonies.
Between all the other stuff and school, how did the modeling come about?
I sang at the college talent show and they asked me to be on the cover of the DVD of it. That lead to the cover of the Girls of FSU calendar and I started shooting for the Home Shopping Network. I attended my first HIN with P.M. Girls in Orlando, FL and I ended up in 2NR years back-my first national magazine interview, back in '03 or '04.
Did you move to Miami to pursue modeling?
I wanted to move to Miami for opportunities and I branched out into more fashion, fitness modeling, swimsuit, and commercial print modeling. And then somehow found myself doing commercials and music videos.
What music videos have you been in?
I was in Ja Rule's "Body", Massari and Loon's "Smile for me", Fat Joe's "I Won't Tell", Timbaland's "Scream" and most recently, Jamie Foxx's "Blame it."
By Carter Jung
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