Hey my fellow professional and aspiring models! I get lots of emails asking me how to get further in the industry. I usually respond with the rules I live by:

1. Do your research ....
2. Work hard....
3. Be professional....
4. Never stop perfecting your craft....

That last one is easy for me because I love taking pictures. I've come so far since my first photo shoot. With every booking and professional shoot I grow and learn more about myself as a model. In an industry that's at times obsessed with age, I'm confident that my best work is still ahead of me.

With that being said, my favorite photographer pictured in my "Behind the Scenes" album and my top friends is Nick Saglimbeni of Slickforce Studio. He's f'n awesome! We first worked together when he shot my cover of SHOW. Since then I've been very fortunate to be able to work with him again for SHOW and my biggest project to date that drops next month.(You can see a couple of the bts pics from my big desert shoot with Nick in my "Behind the Scenes" album too)

Slickforce now has a cool event called ModelKamp. It's an affordable alternative to trying to book Slickforce on your own. It's the best opportunity you can give yourself to start or strengthen your portfolio. You get dolled up by the same glam squad that works on all the major mag shoots Nick does (SHOW, BlackMens, MAXIM, Lowrider, etc.) and, hello, shot by the man himself! Nick Saglimbeni.

SHOOT ONE
   Theatrical Headshots
   Discover your Best Angles!

SHOOT TWO
   Commercial Modeling
   Learn Poses that Work!

Observe Pro Model Shoot
   Q&A with Professional Model (The last one featured my friend and well known Glamour/Music Video model Brittney Dailey.)

SHOOT THREE
   Pin-up Glamour
   Posing & Taking Direction

SHOOT FOUR
   Magazine Glamour

Closing
   Review of Shoots
   Introduction to Retouching ( You Get 5 photos retouched for free)
   What to do with your Photos?

Q&A with Nick Saglimbeni

The coolest thing in my opinion is that you leave the studio with copies of everything! ....
The next ModelKamp is March 21st. If you're interested please let me know or email info@slickforce.com....
Do your research! My favorite rule I live by. Nick's website is www.slickforce.com....
My name is Vanessa Veasley, and I endorse this message. LOL ....

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Music Videos:

• Lil Wayne, "Lolipop"
  
• Mike Jones feat. Hurricane Chris, "Drop and Gimme 50"
  
• Outkast and UGK, "International Players Anthem"(I Choose You)
  
• The Game feat. Kanye West, "Wouldn't Get Far"
  
• Dem Franchize Boyz, "Ridin Rimz"
  
  
  
• Rashaad Morgan, "Tell Em What They Wanna Hear"
  
• Chris Brown,"Gimmie That"
  
• Dungeon Family, "Trans DF Express"
  
• JD & Ludacris, "Welcome to Atlanta" (vid. also used on MTV's MY Block: Atlanta)
  
  
    
  
  
  Welcome 2 Atlanta
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• Jim Crow,"Holla at a Playa"
  
• Roscoe feat. Sleepy,"Head 2 Toe"
  
• Lil Jon, "I Don't Give a..."
  
• Killer Mike, "A.D.I.D.A.S."
  
• Murphy Lee & Nelly,"What the Hook Goin' Be"
  CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO!
  
  
• Ludacris, "Stand UP" *more upon request
  
  TV:
  
• Nick Cannon's "Short Circuits"
  
• Infomercial for "Leg Magic"
  
• Best Damn Spaorts Show Period(Superbowl Bash)
  
• Fantasy Sports Week on Comcast Sports Network- (reporter)fswtv.com
  
• Univision- Hawaiian Tropic bikini contest intervew
  
  Film:
  
• Drumline- extra
  
• A Sinner's Prayer- Drug Lord Fernando's girlfriend(avail.@ FYE and on Netfix)
  
  Print/Promo:
  
• Hooters(International Calendar,2005 playing cards(wild card/joker), Sports Pub., swimsuit regional finalist for GA, FL and South FL, training video)
  
• Seventeen Mag
  
• MACY's
  
• MXB Mag
  
• Ozone Mag
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Maxim Hometown Hotties
  
• Stuff Mag's Little Black Book
  
• King/Rides Mag(promo)
  
• F.E.D.S. Mag
  
• Crunk Mag
  
• Moroso Motorsports Park
  
• NHRA Sport Compact Nationals
  
• DUB
  
• Modified Magazine
  
• Hawaiian Tropic
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• Exotica Swimwear
  
• Circut Girls
  
• 2006 Summer Fantasies Calendar(www.summerbunnies.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Show Magazine Premier Issue
  
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• Walmart
  
• Summerbunnies 2007 Calendar
  
• Summerbunnies 2008 Calendar
  
• Smooth Mag
  
• King Mag
  
• Source Mag
  
• Sin City Caddy Girls
  
• Urban Ink Mag
  
• Clear Channel
  
• Fantasy Video Greetings
  
• XXL Mag
  
• Hip-Hop Weekly Magazine
  
• cover of SHOW Magazine Black Lingerie Special Edition
  
• Hip-Hop Connection Magazine(UK)


• Smooth Girl Magazine vol. 16 

I'm a woman, a skeptic, a realist. I try to stay positive and give credit where credit is due.

 But I'm also competitive and understand the look in your eyes when it says "Why not me? ... Why you?"

This isn't for the "haters". I don't believe in you.

But I do believe in people that don't see all that you do.

You have a fat ass, cute face, and good hair so you can do it too?

But can you put up with the bullshit, the business, and critics and still stay you?

"Enough with the Black Dr. Seuss Vanessa, its corny!!!" Ok. I'm sorry, I'm through...

    Hahaha! LOL:)  No but for real I know what's it's like ladies cuz I've been guilty of it myself. You see a woman doing things that you want to do. Going places you want to be, with people you want to meet and all that jazz. And the natural American bred hater inside you says what?... "Why her? She's not that hot. I could do that! What's the big deal about her?"

    We usually suppress our own urges to say such things for fear of being called a hater. But I'll address it cuz I think there's a valid point in there. We don't know every person's back story, or how or why they got where they are. The positive in us would love to think it's because of a great work ethic and superior education. They hater in us goes for the nepotism or slept with the right person story. Well life is never that simple and sometimes it's none, some, or all the above that get's someone there.

   People that know me, I mean really know me, never have to wonder about my path. They know why I stand here today, and why I deserve everything that will ever come my way.

   I'm no Mother Teresa type. I didn't have such a tragedy filled childhood that karma will ensure a success filled adult life. I don't have friends in high places (well I do, but they ain't doin shit for me)

  I am who I am, and do what I do, and will do so much more because of things I hold to be true... This is why me... not you!

-I show up on time

-I know my worth

-I speak up for myself

-I chose my battles wisely

-I write down my goals

-I do not bring drama from home to set

-I'm a goofball

-I know beauty has very little to do with modeling

-I know luck has very little to do with my life

-I do not trust people, but I'm not jaded

-I do not gossip on set

-I do not bring babies, boyfriend or parents to shoots or auditions with me

-I mean it when I say "thank you" and I say it often

-I am not afraid to walk away from a good thing if it does not benefit me

-I only do what I'm comfortable with

-I am comfortable talking about myself (that one probably took the most work but I'm good at it now! I I I, me me me, hahahaha, I'm the female Kanye West. But I have to be. Nobody will believe in you if you don't first believe in yourself.)

So there it is... No PHD. No "super head".  Just proper conduct and positive, proactive ideas that I don't sit and wait for others to make happen for me. So now tell me... Why you???

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          Yes, you heard it right. Your girl is representing in the September '07 issue of King Magazine! King has also posted a behind the scenes video/interview on their site as well. Check it out! Muuah -VV

                             CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO!!!!

    When I was a young girl, I played with Barbie dolls just like any American girl that age. Now I'm not going to mention how long ago this was but let's just say that back then it was a big deal when your mom brought home a black one. Back then, most of the black Mattel dolls were Barbie's "friends" not actually Barbie herself. I ended up playing with a lot of special edition Barbies from the Barbie's of the World or Princess collection.(you know, the ones you weren't supposed to play with, just keep in the box) But even these Barbies were and still pretty wack in my opinion. It 's just white Barbie dipped in brown paint with black hair. No lips or hips. She didn't look like me or any of the Iconic women of color that boys had posters of on their wall back then. and Black Ken? His sambo ass looked so fake, my mom had to get me a Michael Jackson doll to pacify me. (Ironic that MJ was more black then Ken! LOL )

    So now fast forward to the days of Myspace, where every girl has nicknamed named herself  "Black Barbie".  I don't get it. There are so many out there that if I had a dollar for every "Black Barbie" profile or variation of it. I could cop a private island. It's not original.

     You may think I'm reading too much into this but I have to disagree. There are countless studies and articles about Barbie's impact on our culture and generation. Everytime (White)Barbie has evolved in the workplace, love life, or changing her proportions it's made headlines. She's just a doll. But this doll has a persona bigger than the Beatles and it will always be the blonde version that gets the true right of being Barbie. In my opinion Pamala Anderson(who I love!) needs to thank Barbie just as much as Marilyn Monroe for paving her way. 

    There is nothing wrong with looking like Barbie. There is something wrong with thinking that this is the only physical standard by which to judge yourself. It's just unrealistic. And when beautiful Black women try to be Barbie, it's a disaster!

    Why not have your friends and fans associate you with a name that is unique to you instead of a doll that you don't even resemble. (the one on my birth cirtificate works for me!)Set your own standards. I've been called a black Barbie, but I would never think to describe myself as such. I'm not plastic. My lips are full and round. My hips are those of a healthy woman that one day will  bring forth children. I am a woman of color with a multi-ethnic features unique to me; not a generic knock off of a White counterpart. I am the original. Period.