Modeling Is Not Natural

Ava and Leah have awe-inspiring features but modeling talent is not something one acquires naturally, Jaqi realized this when the girls’ first shoot happened. She said, “Ava would look at the camera while Leah would stare off into space… Leah would accidentally bump into Ava who of course thought it was on purpose and would shove her back.” But Jaqi had to cut some slack to her girls, they were kids and this was their first time modeling.

Just The Beginning

Apart from their newness to the whole thing, the girls behaved quite remarkably during the entire shoot. The photos were, to no one’s surprise, mesmerizing. Now that Jaqi had some promotional photographs she prepared a portfolio of her girls and decided to go to an agency again. She was not too confident about receiving a reply as it had been 6 years since her last attempt. She was wrong.

 Tapping Contacts

Jaqi decided to talk to her previous contacts about putting her daughters in the modeling line again. She told in the interview, “I still had a handful of contacts, so I decided to start there. To my surprise, I heard back from almost every single one asking to set up a time to meet the girls.” Jaqi was unable to decide which agency she should go with, in the end, she committed a blunder. 

Double Trouble

Unable to decide among the shortlisted agencies, Jaqi went ahead with two agencies, DreamRay Model & Talent in Orange County and a Los Angeles agency Zuri Model & Talent. Jaqi thought that working with two agencies would provide more exposure and opportunities to her daughter but she just ended up in trouble.  

In A Pickle

Things were smooth until one day one of the agents called and said, “Hi, we wanted to let you know we were able to get the girls straight through to a callback for a Barbie Audition tomorrow.” Jaqi panicked as the girls had been to the same audition with the other agent. Luckily, the two worked out a deal among themselves and things sorted out. The girls got the most amazing pictures clicked and were becoming famous children models.

Social Media Marketing

In the age of social media, there is no better platform for marketing. To create a fanbase for her daughters and to have an online portfolio of their pictures for the agencies to look at, Jaqi created an Instagram page.  The twins are so adorable and beautiful that the page instantly garnered a lot of followers!