Anyone who has ever had an eye for aesthetics and fashion would say that modelling requires more than just good looks. One has to see through the outward appearance and sense a drive to make it big in the modelling world.
Amanda Van Annan’s life story has inspired many other models to be excellent in their careers. As a well-known successful model, she has motivated and guided several aspiring models to follow the same path as her. However, she does not downplay the downsides of being a model.
Amanda Van Annan’s career began at the young age of 16. Hailing from a family of diplomats, politicians, and intellectuals, she surprised everyone by going down a different career path and following her passion for arts. She enrolled in drama school in London where she took the first step in chasing her dreams to be successful in arts.
When make-up artist Susie Sollis saw the potential of Amanda as a model, she put her acting career on hold and introduced her to an agent at the world-famous model agency. Amanda was signed immediately as a model.
Her life-changing decision to be a model allowed her to be a part of various modelling projects. All of these helped build her reputation as a top model. She has published a book titled “Win the Runway” which provides a lot of useful information for aspiring models who want to make it big as a model. Amanda loves helping people, especially youth who aspire to be successful in the modelling industry. She shares a lot of valuable tips in her book that she has learned from past experiences of working as a model.
Amanda’s vast experience has given her a lot of understanding of the many issues that new models face in their careers. She has a passion for art and wants to encourage other women who share a similar passion to follow their dreams and make it big in life. While Amanda loved being a model, she had a desire to be an actor. She loves theatre and movies.
Not long after her enrolment at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, she became proactive in forging her path as an actress. She started trying out for various acting roles despite battling a lot of emotions. She was anxious and doubtful but was courageous to make decisions and persevered through adversity to become an established actress.
Soon after returning to London, she established a connection with one of the leading agents of celebrities, Emma Bloomfield. She found a role for her in television and was involved in a lot of exciting projects. She was able to take her experiences as a model and transfer them perfectly in her roles as an actress.
Amanda loves challenges and believes that with drive and motivation, anyone can achieve big things in life. She has made it a mission to help young models become successful in the modelling industry by advising them and helping them on issues they find challenging.