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Jamaican model Nadine Willis, who is described as possessing fine, gazelle-like features, touted as the new Naomi Campbell and has been campaigning in Europe, was among the females invited to showcase some of the best designs on the South American continent at the Umana Yana two Saturdays ago.
The 24-year-old who hails from Jamaica's capital Kingston told The Scene she has been in the entertainment business since 2002. Originally a dancer, she was drafted by First Model Management in Jamaica before moving to London. She was rejected by 11 agencies as a wannabe before April 2005 when she was chosen by Mario Testino's Select Model Management in London.
Following this she managed to garner an exclusive contract with Gucci a few weeks after she began modeling internationally and shot for the style bibles French Vogue, i-D and 10 magazine featuring French designer Azzedine Alaia. "The Gucci campaign was the first and only time a black was given the opportunity to do Gucci," Nadine told The Scene. The supermodel also highlighted the fact she shot ten pages for French Vogue, which is considered no easy feat in a magazine of such stature.
Nadine brought herself up as her mother was absent and her father was not capable of looking after his family. She is now a living example that dreams can come through, She and her 22 siblings grew up in various boarding houses around downtown Kingston. She was a dancer, when at 19, she gave birth to her daughter Tatiana and was struggling to provide for their needs.
This is when she left for Europe and the rest is a ghetto to glamour story. Since then she has chalked up an extensive list of appearances. Nadine, recognized as one of fastest rising supermodels, has appeared in almost every important fashion magazine in the world, including six Vogue publications - British, French, Italian, Japanese, German and Spanish.
The model who is now appreciative of the fact she can care for her daughter and provide her with the education she never had has a client list par excellence. It includes The Face, Tank, Untold, V magazine, Touch magazine, American Glamour, Citizen K, French magazine, Trace magazine, Surface magazine, Oyster magazine, Kenneth Cole campaign with Mario Sorrenti, Neiman Marcus, Numero with Solve Sundesbo, Saks Fifth Ave, Macy's, London's Sunday Times magazine cover, M.A.C cosmetics campaign, Iman's Beauty Book, Macy's West, Rimmel campaign, Phat Farm, Marie Claire, Next campaign, Jean Lewis, John Rocchas, Catherinre Hammnett, Blaak, Jasper Conran, Asley Isham, Jay Maskrey, Jenny Packham, Sass & Bide, Miguel Androver, Jeremy Scott, Perry Ellis and Catherine Malandrino. basstone@lycos.com
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MORE TRUTHS ABOUT NADINE
Born: August 5, 1980
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 125 pounds
Friends:Tabby Diamond, Tanya Cohen, and Ms. Gemini (godmother to her daughter)
People she finds inspirational: Jamaican born former model and actress Grace Jones; supermodel Naomi Campbell; and former Jamaican model Lois Samuels.
"Grace paved the way for black models and Jamaican models. She will always be an inspiration to other black girls.
Favourite hangout spot: Fashion Café, at Pulse headquarters, Trafalgar Road in Kingston.
Favourite dish: Steamed fish, garlic shrimp.
Future plans: To become a world-famous supermodel and to, one day, own an apartment complex.
Favourite colours: Red or black and white combinations.
Modeling: She signed with Women model agency in New York, Select in London with representation to come in Paris and Italy.
What she makes: Can make up to US$40,000 to $50,000 for a two-day shoot. However, models sometimes work only a few days in a month or a few months in a year.
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WHEN SIX-year-old Nadine Willis heard the wet, sickening crunch of a breaking bone in her left arm, she howled in surprised agony.
The night which had started innocently enough had gone quickly downhill when her father, in a fit of drunken rage, after a verbal tirade with her mother, had hurled her across the room onto a batch of nearby bottles.
The bottles smashed on impact and shards of broken glass slashed the little girl's left arm, face and head.
"See," she says, turning up the sleeve of her left arm, "here are the scars. That's what he did to me."
The fleshy scars are barely visible against her dark skin, but the long ugly slashes, the gashes on her face, forehead and right cheek are exclamations of the physical abuse from that night 19 years ago.
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While graphic artists are sometimes forced to digitally delete them after her photo shoots, Willis wears her scars -- physical and emotional -- easily enough.
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"What is done is done. It is my past, I cannot do anything about it now and I refuse to let it affect the quality of my life now. I refuse to be bitter, or let things fester and ruin my life."
After that harrowing experience, Willis was raised by a court-assigned guardian, Valda Sheriff, while her mother went to Canada and her father lived in Olympic Way, Kingston.
"It was rough growing up. She had to raise about eight or nine other kids, she did what she could to raise me," recalls Willis who attended Drews Avenue and Balcombe Drive All-Age schools in some of the city's seedier neighbourhoods. She left without sitting CXC exams.
"I was a bit of a tomboy growing up and although a lot of guys tried to come on to me, I knew how to handle myself."
Her mother, Mabel Ionie Ferguson, returned to Jamaica when she was 15 but their relationship continued to labour along like a car with sand stuck in the transmission.
"Even to this day, I am still not close to my mother or my father. I don't resent her for not being there but she has done a lot of other things to me. I resent my father for what he did to me when I was younger, but I recognise that he is my father, and that she is my mother."
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STRIPPING DOWN
Her strip dancing career began at The Trap when she was 15. She lasted for two weeks before moving on to Palais Royale for five months, and then to Gemini for about nine years, making $5,000 to 6,000 a week, plus tips.
"My mother couldn't say anything about it. I had to do what I had to do. Dancing has given me the opportunity to travel all over the world, I've gone to Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, London and Bahamas.
"I never had problems with the girls growing up. They gave me costumes and shoes until I could buy my own. It was never a 'fight-gainst' situation until you start making good money, or one of their good clients start to show you attention."
IT has been a whirlwind year for Pulse models Serchen Morris, Jaunel McKenzie and Nadine Willis. During that time, they have become Pulse's three-pronged juggernaut on the international modelling scene.
In the past year, Willis has done the impossible in the model industry. She entered the Pulse Model Agency at age 22 and, by age 23 was being shot by Mario Testino, one of the world's best fashion photographers. To top it off, she landed a Gucci campaign. As of August 20, she has been ranked at number 25 in the top 50 models of the world for Models.com.
Meanwhile stablemate McKenzie, who won Pulse's Supermodel of the Caribbean' title last year, has also been gaining momentum in the overseas market.
She has already
been selected for campaigns with Nike and Gap. At the same time, she has been chosen for the 2004 Pirelli Calendar. Meanwhile, she has done editorials for Touch, the London Times, Vingt Ans & Spoon in Paris, Harper's & Queen and I-D.
On the male side of things Serchen Morris, 'Male Face of Jamaica 2002', has also been playing his role in the Jamaican model onslaught, with editorials in several British magazines, including Touch and V.
The Sunday Gleaner sat with the three model wunderkinds last week for a recap of the year. The first thing that is noticeable about them, sans make-up, is that they are nothing like the unapproachable characters they portray on the pages of the various fashion magazines. They also look like young fresh-faced, just out of school teenagers and not the world travelling models they really are.
Another thing that is equally striking is their obvious camaraderie.
THE SUNDAY GLEANER: What do you think of your accomplishments this past year?
Willis: "It is amazing, very amazing to see what I have achieved so far. I have been blessed by God."
Morris: "Well, it has been a pretty good year and I am pleased and surprised about all that has happened to me."
McKenzie: "I feel very good, in fact, great within myself. It is such a good feeling to know that I have accomplished all of this. You know Nike, Gap, the Pirelli calendar."
Serchen, you are a male model in the female-dominated fashion industry. What has your experience been thus far?
Morris: "Well, male models do have a presence in the industry - not as strong as the women, but we have our place. Designers are always making stuff for men and they are always showing them off. My experience has been all good so far. I don't have any horror stories to tell (he laughs, Willis and McKenzie join in)."
Are there any positions and things either of you would not do?
McKenzie: "For me, it is posing nude. Right now, I would not do that."
Willis: "Swimwear in the snow. I am not doing that. No shoots in swimwear in the snow."
Morris: "Nudity and certain ambiguous positions. Like I see some campaigns and they strike me and I would never do them."
What has been your most memorable experience of this past year?
Morris: Working with Mario Testino within a week of going to England.
Willis: That is big. He (Testino) is not a person you will say no to. To say no to him is like saying no to your career. He shot me for French Vogue, outside in the cold.
Doing magazine shoots in the cold? Did any of you expect the 'glamourous' world of modelling to be anything like the reality?
Willis: "Yes. None of us expected it to be easy. We were told that it was not going to be and it hasn't."
McKenzie: "We don't get to ride around in limos. Your agency tells you that you have a job and you get a map and are told to find your way and you have to reach a job on time."
Morris: "Time, that's a very big thing. You always have to get there on time and they don't really care if you are new and don't yet know your way. That's just how it is."
Willis: "And every client is important. They the clients will come late and they want you to be early. They want you to be there waiting on them."
How has the reception from other models been for you?
McKenzie: "I have had no problems with anybody. I live in a models' flat with girls from other countries and they have been great. They look out for me and are always happy whenever I succeed."
Willis: "Well, I stay with family when I am working, but the models I have dealt with they have been very nice. I have heard about the 'bitches' and some of them are out there, but I have never met up on any."
Morris: "The male models I have met, they have been very friendly towards me and there have been no problems."
So how has the model
world responded to you all as Jamaicans in the model
business?
Willis: "It makes them more interested in us. Everybody has heard about Jamaica and everybody wants to come here. It is very amazing to see how people respect us over there."
McKenzie: "Well, they always want me to speak patois you know, 'Wha a gwaan'. They
really love hearing about Jamaica and they ask me a
bunch of questions."
What of the future? What
do you all have planned?
Willis: "I want to reach the extreme top in the business. This thing doesn't go on for long and at my age, 23, I don't have much time left. I want to open an agency for Black models, because I realise they don't know how to market Black models."
McKenzie: "Well I plan to keep doing this as long as it lasts. When I am finished I will open my own grooming school."
Morris: "I plan to modelling for a couple of years and get all that I can out of it. At the same time I will continue to study. I am certified computer technician (he currently works with Syncon Technology) and so I will continue to study and then one day open my own business."
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HER DAUGHTER, TATIANA
In 1999, Willis met a white man at the club, and from that relationship, her daughter, Tatiana Areka Berg was born.
"We started a relationship which lasted for six months. It wasn't business, it was a genuine relationship. He introduced me to his daughter and to his friends and he came to check me in Waterhouse at various hours of the night.
She was three months pregnant when she discovered that he was married. "I called his apartment, and a woman answered. I asked if she was the helper and she said 'No, I am his wife'.
"I just dumped him."
Although Tatiana carries her father's name, Willis said he refused to support her during her pregnancy. "When I had the child, and I was on three months leave. Ms. Gemini was the one who helped me when the baby was just born. She sent pampers, crib, pram, medicine and money to help and I will never forget that."
Although his wife eventually divorced him, Willis's relationship with the father of her child steadily deteriorated. They argued repeatedly and at one point, he threatened to shoot her. Their relationship reached a low point two years later when he denied to his new girlfriend that he was the father of the child.
"She had found out about me and invited me over to her house with my daughter, then she called him to come over. When he got there, she confronted him and he denied that he was Tatiana's father. He just said, 'she's lying, she's just a go-go dancer'. I was really hurt by that. That was the lowest point in my life."
Willis decided to cut all ties with him and in 2001 went to London for a visit. On her return, the father of her child had disappeared. "He just disappeared. He moved out of his apartment, and I haven't seen him since," she said.
"I don't care if he wants to give me money, just be a dad to my daughter, I don't want her to grow up and not know her father like what happened to me. She is alright financially but I just want her to know that he is her father. When she asks 'where is daddy?', it hurts my heart."
WHAT HER FORMER DANCE MATES SAY
Irlene, dancer at Gemini for 10 years
"I knew Nadine from I was dancing at Palais Royale. She went to Gemini and I followed her here. We used to live on the same avenue in Waterhouse. Nadine is an OK girl, she doesn't chat people and she nuh like when people fass in har business. She always looks out for herself, sometime yu fi look out fi other people still, but otherwise from that, she alright. Mi just hope her head de pon her body, and dem nuh tek her fi no fool, Irlene say so."
Elmore Dinnall, Mrs. Gemini, proprietor of the club
"She's a warm, loving, caring person. She's great. I have known her almost 10 years and she hasn't changed. She is always bubbly. I saw her last week Tuesday, and she gave me a big hug. I wish her all the best."
Tyshia, a dancer at Gemini for eight years with whom Nadine had 'some drama' a few years ago
"We got along well enough. She's a nice person, very vibesy. She was aiming for this a long time, and she finally got there, and I am happy for her. Anything she put her mind to, she can do it. I wish her and her pretty baby girl the best, and I hope all her dreams come true."
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And the buzz in modelling circles and the world of fashion is all about hot model Nadine Willis, as the news is that she has called off her recently announced engagement to her diplomatic fianc, at least for the time being. But not missing a beat, the hot young lass has already planned a fab little soire to fill the spot that was earmarked for her wedding, and the word here is that it will be all that!
NEWS FLASH...NEWS FLASH
August 31, 2003
She is a Hot Shot!
I saw in today's Gleaner that Nadine Willis is now numbered among the top fifty models in the world, according to Models.com! According to that article, it is almost unprecedented for someone to recieve that kind of
rating so quickly, as she just exploded on the modeling scene last year! Big up, Nadine!
ANOTHER HAD TO SAY
Quite a few people have been hitting my site searching for info on Nadine, so let me publicly thank her here... Thank you, baby! (* smooch *). I did a search on her myself, and came across an interesting article in the UK Guardian newspaper on Nadine.
ALL THE RAGE MISS WILLIS
PULSE SUPERMODEL Nadine Willis has defied the odds and emerged from her inner-city background to the catwalks of the world's fashion capitals. In the process, she became the most successful Jamaican model and the first black woman to do a Gucci campaign.
Abandoned by her mother as a baby, she grabbed the reins of responsibility for herself before her teen years, worked the island's popular go-go clubs and joined the ranks of single mothers abandoned by the fathers of their children.
Her life changed drastically in 2003 when she became a top Pulse model, but she has remained true to her roots while making desperate efforts to meld into the other Jamaica. Nadine has not lost what many would see as her unrefined her edge. But the edge is a necessary tool of survival.
In a candid interview with Flair, she revealed her journey to a place where everyone now basks in her glory.
"My mother left me at my dad's gate and went to Canada when I was five. The neighbour next door rescued me for a few years till my dad who has a total of 26 children came and took me to his house. He was drunk all the time and forced me to start washing my clothes at age five," Nadine said. There were several beatings too; usually for simple things such as biting a piece of the bread she was sent to buy. There was even an incident in which she was thrown across a table and subsequently broke her arm. Scars still remain.
"My aunts took me to the Family Court because they wanted to take me overseas but that did not materialise. When money stopped coming from abroad, I began to sell downtown for my family and bag juice so that I could buy food to cook for myself," Nadine revealed , she was about 11 years old.
By age 14, she made beds at a hotel until she caught the eye of her employer who told her she could do better. She was taught to dance and learnt fast because she was ambitious. Next stop was a popular club. Seven later she moved to Gemini night club.
"I met men from all cultures and got the chance to travel to dance in: London, Germany, Poland,, Barbados, The Bahamas, Trinidad and St. Martin. There was even an offer to model in Paris once," Nadine said.
Meanwhile, her mother returned home when she was 15 and their relationship which had never been good, continued on a downward path. Her father died in 2003 before he could see her success. She met a German, Harold Berg and they dated for nine months before she became pregnant.
BABY'S BIRTH
"The birth of my baby was sweet and joyful moment because I love children, I love to be with them and to see them happy. But single motherhood has not been easy. Things were fairly good at first with the child's father and she insisted that the baby be registered in his name. Nadine told him, "Me one did not have her so you better make sure your name is on her birth certificate."
The Family Court became involved when child support ceased. According to Nadine, he said he could only afford $2,000 monthly, a far from adequate sum that has ceased entirely. She does not know where he is now since, in the first place he was a married man who totally denied the existence of a wife. He met someone else and moved on.
The last time she saw him her daughter was three years old; she's now seven. Nadine said she would have other children. because she wanted her daughter when she came along only, next time she would prefer to be married.
"All women should prepare for the unexpected from men," Nadine said in retrospect. She should have seen the signs, she admits because when she told him about it, he wanted her to have an abortion. She had very little money but the club owner was very helpful. "I was the first go-go dancer sent on three months' maternity leave."
The baby was left with her mother at first then with the same woman who took care of the model during her abandonment.
LAWYER
Nadine's daughter wants to be a lawyer and there are already early signs that she likes the runway, However, Nadine wants her to get a career. She attends one of the city's best prep schools and is good at sports. "She will have to get an education and I want to have a steady partner, a home and stable family life but nothing happens before the time," she said. "Take away the money, what is important is family, I would definitely marry tomorrow if I find the right person who will be there for me, believe in me in thick and thin. Respect is high on my list of requirements too," she said.
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BIG BREAK
Nadine remained at the club for close to four years more before her big break came. She accompanied a friend to a fashion show and thought she could do what the models were doing. She approached Pulse head Kingsley Cooper who asked if she'd ever modelled before, she said no but he still gave her a card to call. That did not happen till seven months later.
"He did not sign me up immediately so I kept calling until he relented. and the rest is history. Even without formal training, things happened in a flash and overseas agents were surprised by her meteoric rise. First came London, French Vogue and the historic Gucci campaign. "It was a move from point A to the top, she told Flair.
The first time on stage in London was a complete 360-degree turn from taking off her clothes to putting on clothes for work. "I was scared and nervous and I felt my heart beating fast. I wondered about, my walk, makeup, weight and the clothes. I still get that feeling on castings and on stage. After the first time, everyone said I was good and asked if I was heading to Paris," she said.
MOVED ON
She said at that point she moved on from the whole Gemini experience. "Many of my former colleagues got good opportunities like me but some threw it away. Modelling can end for me tomorrow but it won't be the end of me, I can move on to something else. I have been getting offers for movies, television and other projects but modelling is my focus now."
PAST LIFE
Because of her past life as a go-go dancer and the perceptions that linger in the minds of men when they see her today, Flair asked Nadine what was the manner of approach by men - what they say and how, when she meets them now.
It depends on where she is was her reply. "At a party once, her guest book was signed , ' I want to make love to you', by a guest. I don't know who would dare do that but most times they will try to flirt, ask for my number or give me theirs. But I like when they do the chasing."
Also, men approach her with the preconceived notion that she is easy. She describes some as, "the bandwagon guys who want to go out with her just to make it known that they have dated her. "The funny thing is that when I was a dancer, none of these guys would talk to me, Some of them even make up stories when they don't know she's within earshot.
"Guys say negative things about me behind my back but before me it's, 'oh, my friend Nadine.' There are also those who did not speak to me at the club but are eager to do so now."
But how does she feel now in the world of uptown men who frequented the club where she danced? When eye contact is established do they send her hidden messages not to reveal their secrets in front of their wives/girlfriends who are unaware of their secret activities?
Nadine said they don't usually show it. "But it's good to know you have them in the palm of your hands because one word from me could mean trouble.
And what about the uptown women? "Even if some of them see me moving to a beat at a party, they will tell me to stop acting like a go-go dancer. They are the same ones riding on my band wagon but I have not done anything I regret."
FRIENDS
Nadine is well aware that it is hard to have genuine friends in her business but is grateful for the ones who give her encouragement and have stuck by her.
The Future
There is a movie in her future, a Banana Republic campaign and and more offers that she is taking step by step. More importantly, she is also getting her education on track.
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International modelling agencies are going ga ga over the waif-like Nadine Willis. Four months into her career she's being touted as one to watch, stepping from the strip clubs of Kingston and into the pages of prestigious magazines like British and French Vogue. But there's more to Willis than glamorous magazine shots. Below, she bares her scars, telling reporter Claude Mills about stripping, childhood abuse and her half-white daughter.
Born: 05 August
Where: Jamaica
Height: 176 cm
Bust: 81 cm
Waist: 62 cm
Hips: 88 cm
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Nadine is as 'un-supermodel-like' as you can get. She rarely wears earrings or jewellery, and confesses to owning what she calls a cheap Digicel phone. Her toes are painted a non-descript red. Her eyes sparkle with impish glee, and she has a playful side that she is not afraid to show, sometimes lapsing into a self-described London accent. At the beginning of our interview she seems obsessed with a pimple on the reporter's left cheek, staring at it several times. "I love squeezing pimples. Mi hate see dem," she finally says, laughing. Her laughter is dark and rich, bubbling with easy sensual huskiness in her voice.
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Kimle tanışmak isterim: Name: Nadine Willis
What: Fashion model
They say: 'Nadine has an aura of power and intelligence which comes across as glamorous and plain sexy' David Lamb, fashion editor, i-D magazine
We say: Absolutely ghetto-fabulous
'Who's Robbie Williams? I've just been invited to his party tomorrow night,' asks Nadine Willis.
Considering this is the girl who's just shot the latest Gucci campaign and is on first-name terms with Mario and Tom (Testino and Ford to you and me), it's not as if she's been living the life of a hermit. But it's true, she hasn't the foggiest who Robbie is. Hailed as the new Naomi and with fine, gazelle-like stature, Willis doesn't know her Knebworth from her kneecaps. Her main concern these days is her four-year-old daughter.
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At 23, Willis is the current darling of fashion. She's only six months into what looks like being a very long modelling career, but already she has snagged an exclusive contract with Gucci and shot for the style bibles French Vogue, i-D and 10. To have not only Testino but also David LaChapelle and Ellen Von Unwerth chasing after you within weeks of being in the industry is every model's dream. 'I got the French Vogue shoot with Mario three weeks after I arrived in London,' she says. 'I didn't even know who he was then. When I found out I was shocked that I was working with one of the top photographers in the world. The next week I got Gucci. I screamed when I found out!'
Willis grew up in downtown Kingston, Jamaica. With an absent mother and a father who was unfit to look after his family, Willis and her 22 siblings were brought up in various boarding houses. When Willis became a mother at 19 she was dancing for a living and struggling to make ends meet. Deciding she had to make a better life for her daughter, Tatiana, Willis moved to London in search of an agent. 'I was a wannabe model,' she jokes. Despite the fact that she was rejected by 11 agencies, Mario Testino took her under his wing and showed her the ropes. 'Mario is so great because he really works with me. He's like my dad,' she says of her mentor.
Today, Willis is something of a celebrity herself in her homeland. 'I'm in a very privileged position now. I've gained the respect of the people in Jamaica, and besides all the fun things like travelling first class and staying in amazing hotels, the great thing about my life right now is that I can provide a good life and an education I never had for my daughter. That's the most important thing to me.'
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Willis confesses to having had two great loves in her life: one of them is Tyrone Downey who plays in the band, the Wailers. "I almost got married to him. We had a lot of fights but we'll always be friends, he is married now, and lives in Paris with his wife and kids. He is one of the great loves of my life, the other one I am still involved with, he is married as well, but we are still involved. He now lives in the USA."
Did you ever have sex for money?
"No. I never had to. I was always involved in relationships with men who took care of me so I never had to sell myself to men."
WHY SHE LEFT GEMINI
"I just knew I had to leave Gemini, I didn't want to become one of those 40-year-old dancers. Girls shouldn't dance beyond age 30, and if you look good, you maybe could last in the business till age 35. But I didn't want to be like some women, who were in the business so long that their daughters joined them on-stage at the same club. I have seen that happen, and that is sad," she said.
"That's why I decided to try something else, and it worked."
"I have a few friends at Gemini, like the bartenders, Ms. Gemini, and dancers like Rosemarie, Ninja and Irlene, but ... other girls criticised me a lot when I started to model for Pulse. They said things like 'yu caan model fi Pulse, yu nuh prettier than we'. If I followed them, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Willis says she has drawn on her personality and the work ethic she developed as an exotic dancer to help in her challenging modelling career.
"I am good with people and I am always courteous, polite and smiling even when things are not going well. The persona of easygoing Willis that I created during my eight years at Gemini gets me through. That Willis gets me through life."
She also speaks proudly about making a courtesy call to Minister Philip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce and Technology, who dubbed her an ambassador of the country.
"I am never looking back. Once you become a celebrity, there is no turning back. I know I have to maintain a certain standard, there are people looking up to me, little black girls who I can inspire in the way Grace Jones inspired me. I will not let them down, or let down the media, my agents, Pulse or my country. I will succeed."
PULSE
She signed with Pulse early last year but continued dancing up to this February.
"Things weren't going well for me in the modelling business in Jamaica and I had to supplement my income to take care of my daughter. She goes to prep school and the school fee is $16,000 (per term). I have to pay $2,500 to pick her up and $2,000 to take care of her per week.
MY BABY,MY HEART, MY SOUL
"A lot of rich kids go to her prep school, and I can say that none of them have anything over her. She has everything she needs. I never had birthday parties growing up, I am making sure that she has those and more."
When she is overseas her former guardian, Valda Sheriff takes care of her 4-year-old.
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Fashion Designers & Craft makers, Young Awards and Showcase takes place on Saturday 31st October 200, 4:00 pm – 8:00pm at the Novotel London St. Pancras 100 -110 Euston Road London NW1 2AJ The Theme this year is 'Homage to a Fashion Leader'
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Tickets:£12.50 in advance plus Booking fee and £16 at the door For tickets and information Call: Mobile: 07940 647 102/ Tel: 020 8986 8411
We have volunteering opportunities for: Presenters Comperes Music technicians Models Hair stylists Make up artists Photographers Film Crews Public relations officers or companies Male and Female stewards 07940 647 102 Send CV to youngdesignerawards@hotmail.com
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