By votes alone the 2NR readers agree that 2003's ImportTuner Model Search winner is smoking. Granted, the photos are dope, but you're missing out on another aspect of her. If you ever get a chance to talk with her you'll get to experience a straight-up sensual, bubbly and up-beat conversation, that is if you can focus on not peeing your pants and not slurring your words while staring at her bodaciousness.
When it was time to do the interview she, being from a cold and wet Seattle, really wanted to take advantage of the Southern California weather and chat outside. There were too many distractions outside-trains passing, cars revving, random employees taking smoke breaks, perverted, drooling studio help-but this girl already had me in her grips and, apparently from all the additional distractions, had the others (girls included) clawing for a peek and a little attention.
Seattle's got two things that'll heat you up-Starbuck's, and our 2NR Model Search winner, Kallie.
2NR: What's up with the lack of a full name? I know it can't just be as simple as "Kallie."K: Full name!? OK, it's Malaia Kallie Nicole Balinbin. Balinbin is the Filipino part of my name.
2NR: WTF?K: Well the Greek version of my first name is Ameliakallieopi.
2NR: And by looks alone your last name could be Bin Ballin. Do you know your Chinese sign?K: Is it a doe? Maybe sheep? I don't know!
2NR: Funny. Those are either related to money or unmentionable man versus animal behavior. What's your Zodiac sign?K: Scorpio Shinggg! We're all about goodness, intensity and emotions. We're run by our emotions. We're so powered by our emotions that it alters the way we act and think. It's natural for a Scorpio to be overcome by jealousy and vengeance. I'm not that way anymore. Those positive traits are the ones I keep. My intensity shows in the way that I feel, believe and act. But I'm also full of contradiction. For example I'm either eating really, really healthy-like vegetables, soy, blah, blah, blah-or Jack-in-the-Box, pizza, lasagna, fries, soda and all that stuff. Just extreme. I'm very meticulous about things. As far as modeling goes, I have a very sexual side of myself-and I embrace that; I like it-so I'll like the provocative type pictures. I wouldn't mind doing Playboy. But on the other side there's a part of me that doesn't want the world to see it-I took Playboy-esque pictures and the only person I gave them to was my boyfriend!
2NR: You know what kind of person does that?K: Who?
2NR: A flasher!K: Hey you never know! I might be one of those too! Oh another example: I love the single life but I have the other side. I have a son and I'd like to be married.
2NR: What you need is a part-time husband and a part-time boyfriend. There's lot of guys that could make that happen. You just have to find a gullible man and a player. I know one already
A train passes. I start to chat with the video guy, Brenden.
Brenden: Guess who I ran into? Troy!2NR: Where? Doesn't he still work for us?Brenden: No, he got fired about a year ago.K: Oh my God! You know Troy?
2NR: Uh...yeah.K: I'm so full of shit. OK, the train went by.
2NR: Oh, You're so funny. Should we get back to you then? K: Uh. OK!
2NR: What kind of music are you listening to these days?K: I like hip hop. But I like everything except for country. I'm from Seattle. I grew up a grunge kid. I use to sneak out and go to Nirvana and Pearl Jam shows-before they got huge and when they had them in small intimate settings.
2NR: So you snuck out.K: Oh no! I knew you'd catch that. I was bad! Bad. Bad. Bad.
2NR: I bet you were. You are a bad girl. Bad. Bad. Bad.K: I look at my son-he is so gorgeous-but he will never get away with anything because I know it all; because I got away with it ALL.
2NR: What's something you got away with?K: Sorry mom and dad, I know you're gonna read this. I hate to say it but I got away with everything. I skipped school and snuck the car out. I think I started driving back in the ninth grade!
2NR: The ninth grade?K: No one had licenses.