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..4hursriay, February26, 2009 l Northumberland Todaycom - "u------------------------------, . MODEL: Grafton teenager successful in auditioningfor Canadian Model and Talent Convention 1 P tti h P "b t f _ "r-.' ll mg er ES ace I , 9- orwar m pulllSulll 0 a ream pc search? 729;.» , ~~,' 3, _. 'vLewpg, ., _ . BYCEClLiA NASMITH . ",i'ii',.j:'iijii/ii'iiis sr"c:'sir,i 'jr 'ic 3 'rqp 4‘ Me/ _ _ "t cnasmnh©northumberlandtodaylcom 'iirisr: l' 'r: ,3; . . ' . ’ __ Every young person should have s-si/l-csc/ji-fi-ir'; Jr ". I ",f; " , ” " . '. _ 1925a dream, and 15-year-old Dena :;3; “ 3517;; -,i, "Y" - it” ' 1FJ,ml . Gouweloos of Grafton has hers: hit- :13} 2:5; l, _ ,r F itr.w _ . r7, T' 18lt 1 . _ . going the runway as a professional ir)-) :55; " , l :3 .5915”; Eff unmade]. 'rt'" _ _ _ t; 39; 3 1 ’31. _ The Cobourg District Collegiate _" "if _ __ 5,5; . 's is , :fulnstitute East Grade 11 Ir1terna- IA, l' E991 'l/ _ ' " Fifdiir% "rat, L _ m",tional Baccalaureate student is c,'seej,iriiir_r'ic/;' 3 (" 'hi: "ii?,'?'" :3- ‘. a, q l " working hard to make that dream 'iirra'i:)y iii-.79 "v' N K li 'Et), _ ",r1risr:, gages, , _ ' _ l :vcome true, and she hopes to take a 1,25ij 1 r', ”9;" Mir/iii',, it 'i',?ie, ’f 'g , t 1 " giant step forward at the Canadian ir ",1,r,itir.,,r,, , , t “$3,339“ . 3 Model and Talent Convention April te, 333573213. cc,': 'd , , Eti, 1iitftff, 're, " " l , . ’33.?9‘51’...,".2 3 #79:“ , .3 not l , 3 '9 * F 1 1.930 to May3 in Toronto. [i',i,i"i',',ftyf:'; it,") 1 _:.;,\_3:_ & fix t . ‘ t:rv" [,5 I’ve always had an Inter- yjit"ii'i,'siirji; :gssggs“ ' .. I' .i't'Q , "x, .- s"'; ‘: 1,r's, est in fashion, of course. ':'c'r:iir'pfisc,'is,:,:r', ct. ",la . ' F aialllil lil ' ' I l we always had my eye on the ',"d,'.rl'/s2c,"siti)Ciii,vrs'r'.'s . tttiris,, (iia,i,fiaig i . Jnmstry, all the glamourous i)'/siitiirii,irii"rr'i9t Cc",' v'se:, ii't'sts',i?it'ia ' A , , - _ actors. actresses. models, high- r'ii'f'iavx" ‘ .. YE _, "ttiii":),",":);.;':? Bl , ' ' end fashion." ' 'his, 1ci, 'tlt?')?)', ‘39; , . l 'Ne tt x; J, 12:33., or: It tt “ _ Dena Gouweloos. , ' ' iii; " ('i','i'4 ll aspiringrnodei 3 'sis,; 2, , "s, ' h 125;“ , e , _ _ ar)i'r-"i'triit, _h(r,rh, 949 . - i "Models from all across Canada 13- s)",:,:'),)):':,'-,',),,'))")' a" . , L' come, and there are a lot of semi- "esp, i, ”219? a. l) - _nars and workshops as well as ' iii-gig”)? " competitions ranging from all "' ' _ 'f kinds of modelling, acting, singing to L Tyui dancing -, very wide-ranging sse'so' J ' "competition," Gouweloos C)" , ooo ', -" _explained. b'i)j,gilr'r? 7 “a ' -, I' "It? a great opportunity, because ki"s,it,t'i',;'irve f , A Cthere are agencies from around the . ,9’ t " ' T F" world present." a IWis2' ' 3 _ . This is not exactly an open event, , _ . “$2 ‘l " "Gouweloos added. She had to audi- . “ I e MI " Fl 7 ,tion just to be allowed to attend, a I li _ _.', process that involves photo portfo- ’ t . '. lios and telling why attending is E " important and how it could be a CECILIANASMITH Sun Media 5 'f" ,benyfit. _ Aspiring model Dena Gouweloos of Grafton displays the kind of slick promotional b, , c:'.. Th.ose. who are ys.lect.ed are material that makes it so expensive to realize her dream - which she will be pursu- ".' I . required to take additional “(0* ing atthe Canadian Model and Talent Convention April 30 to May 3 in Toronto. ' .shops and to continue to audition ' “to participate in specific competi- glossy professional material and and promptly began their 18-week up tions. Gouweloos has qualified for web posting involved, so course on modelling, acting, self- , j] ja number of them, including Gouweloos is hoping to arrange enhancement, and the business t; C" runway, photography, cover, swim- some sponsorships to help her in aspects of modelling as well as the J j3suit. TV commercial monologue this important event. Sponsors will performance aspects. i _ “and improv, get a mention in the program, she "When we first went in to see , .. . "It's a very long and painfully added. Audra, the owner ofMode Elle, she C , "selective process, but it's very bend Gouweloos has wanted to be a said there's going to be a lot of noes i -t' ficial," she said. modelsince she was a little girl. in the industry, a lot more noes -r , . “I will have the opportunity to "I’ve always had an interest in than yeses, but dont worry- every 3 meet with some of the world's top _ fashion, of course," she recalled. yes is an opportunity to make it l, modelling and talent agents, attend "I've always had my eye on the big," she recalled, ; workshops and seminars presented industry, all theglamryurdus actors, Her ultimate goal is professional ', by the agents themselves, and par- actresses, models, high-end fash- modelling, and her parents, Ed and g ticipate in several competitions - ion." Sue, are very supportive - provid- l . this is a rare opportunity for me to She got her start by going on-Iine ing that she have a Plan B; meaning 3 jump-start my modelling career." and finding the Mode Elle Model post-secondary education. In that 3 ' The auditioning and attending and Talent Agency in Belleville, case, she figures, her modelling can l, process are hugely expensive, with where she enrolled in April 2007 help pay for heruniversity costs. , _ I Ci') I '