THE HYPE THE NEW FARRAH? TEEN FROM ARLETA MAKES AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWING - SO FAR - IN NATIONAL MODELING CONTEST.Farrah Sabado, 17, says entering the Chanel New Model of the Year Contest sponsored by Seventeen magazine was something she did on a whim. ``I love modeling and acting and I knew I couldn't afford an agent or publicist pub·li·cist n. One who publicizes, especially a press or publicity agent. publicist Noun a person, such as a press agent or journalist, who publicizes something publicist ,'' the Arleta teen says, ``so when I saw the ad in the magazine, I thought it would give me some modeling experience and exposure.'' She mailed her entry in January and forgot about it - staying busy with her activities with the local branch of the Filipino Association of the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Our Lady of Peace church in North Hills. In April, the recent graduate of Bishop Alemany High School Bishop Alemany High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the Mission Hills neighboorhood of Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley. It is located within the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. was notified by Seventeen magazine that she was one of 50 finalists from a field of 1,400 entries. A few days later, the phone rang again. She was told she was among the top eight (and the only Californian). She was then whisked away on an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. for a professional makeover, runway show and photo session. Just back from her trip, Sabado called it ``fun, intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. and scary.'' ``I'd never flown on a plane and it was frightening. Mom couldn't afford to go with me, but a chaperone chaperone /chap·er·one/ (shap´er-on) someone or something that accompanies and oversees another. molecular chaperone met me when I landed in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and took me to a really cool, hip hotel where the other girls were,'' says Sabado, one of six children. And her competition? ``Wow, they were all so tall and beautiful and sophisticated.'' Her four-day trip included sightseeing, then a makeover day during which her waist-length locks were cut to her shoulders at the Frederic Fekkai salon and her makeup was applied at the Chanel boutique. Then a fitting for the latest Chanel fashions, a photo session and finally the finale - a real runway show with press and modeling agents in attendance. ``In those few days, my self-confidence got a big boost, and I learned a lot about being independent, plus I got lessons on walking the runway, with your head up and always smiling,'' says Sabado. The winner will be notified in July, but Sabado and the other finalists will appear in the September issue of Seventeen that hits newsstands Aug. 10. Meanwhile, Sabado is working as a secretary in a La Crescenta law office until she starts classes at Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately in the fall. She plans to transfer to USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. to study drama. However, if she wins, she'll be whisked away to Paris for a five-day trip that includes two tickets to a Chanel runway show and a $1,000 shopping spree. And it'll be her face on the cover of Seventeen. - Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. BOOKS FOR THE KIDS: Will Smith has tackled the recording business and the movie industry. Next up: kids' books. He has taken the lyrics from his 1998 rap hit ``Just the Two of Us'' (with its familiar refrain about ``castles in the sky'' borrowed from Grover Washington Jr.'s 1981 song), and set them down in a book wonderfully illustrated by San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. artist Kadir Nelson Kadir Nelson is an African American artist and illustrator. Nelson was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey and San Diego, California. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and lives in San Diego, CA with his family. . ``Just the Two of Us'' (Scholastic Press; $16.95) is the first of a multibook deal with Scholastic for Smith and his actress wife, Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is married to actor/rapper Will Smith. Biography Early life Jada was born September 18 Jada Koren Pinkett in Baltimore, Maryland to Robsol Pinkett, Jr. . It makes a good gift for a father, a son, or a son who's becoming a father. The book is a father's love letter to his son, from recollections of the baby's trip home from the hospital to heartfelt endearments to words of advice (``Always tell the truth, say your prayers, hold doors, pull out chairs, easy on the swears''). `` 'Just the Two of Us' is one of the best records I have ever written,'' Smith said. ``The messages and the emotions in the record really lent themselves well to a children's book.'' Smith says he hopes his children - sons Trey and Jaden and daughter Willow - will pick up ``a few small gems of wisdom'' from its lines. ``Throughout life, people will treat them badly and disrespect them, but they must let God deal with those people,'' he said. ``If they keep hate, it will consume them. That is the concept I try to live my life by - not to condemn people for their actions but to follow my own path to righteousness.'' Smith dedicated the book to his parents, Willard and Carolyn Smith, who he says laid a strong foundation for him. ``Then, as all kids do, I had my time to go out and experiment with everything that was completely the opposite of how I was raised,'' Smith said. ``Eventually I came back to the convictions of my childhood with the asphalt of my experiences and a dash of my own personal viewpoints of the world. Yet, for the most part, I live by the foundation upon which I was raised.'' - Valerie Kuklenski CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) `In those few days, my self-confidence got a big boost, and I learned a lot about being independent, plus I got lessons on walking the runway, with your head up and always smiling.' - Teen model Farrah Sabado Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer (2) no caption (book: ``Just the Two of Us'' by Will Smith) |
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