Renee had prepared for this. She’d watched YouTube videos. Suck in your stomach. Relax your jaw. Neck long, like a string is pulling you up from the crown of your head.
“Look left,” the photographer said. “No—don’t pose . Just look.” LANewGirl.24.04.30.Renee.Rose.Modeling.Audition...
The clatter of Los Angeles was a distant hum through the reinforced glass of the Vanguard Modeling Agency. Renee Rose, known to her eighteen followers on Instagram as @LANewGirl.24.04.30, sat on a bench that had probably been sat on by someone who’d graced the cover of Vogue in 1997. The leather was cracked, but the legacy wasn’t. Renee had prepared for this
“Now at me. But don’t smile. Smile with your eyes.” LANewGirl.24.04.30.Renee.Rose.Modeling.Audition...