Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2016

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Miss J from “Project Runway” and former supermodel

Kim Alexis were present at shows. Outside, eager paparazzi

waited to snap photos of the fashion models in front of the

post office; Cristo and a few other newbies felt more than

validated as the bright flashes went off. And there were

other perks as well.

“I went to Black Tap Cafe with another model – we

walked all the way there,” Cristo said. “There’s a black

carpet out front and people have to wait to get in, but we

didn’t have to wait because we walked in fashion week.”

Cristo said that her plans for the future include walking

for Storm Dorris again in the February 2017 shows. She’s

also gearing up for college and earning a law degree and

has her sights set upon her goal in the modeling industry.

“Ultimately, I want to do commercial print modeling,”

she explained. “And I’d like to be a lawyer.”

Though Cristo said that much of Fashion Week was

spent alone, the camaraderie among herself and other first-

time models was palpable after each of the shows.

“I got backstage and a lot of the girls would be crying

and hugging each other because it was their first time,” she

said. “It was cool to realize for myself, ‘I’m in New York

and I just walked in Fashion Week.’”

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