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Exclusive Interview with Supermodel Carol Alt
Feb. 10, 2005
Bryant Park Grill, NY
LN: Your name for the record?
CA: Carol Alt
LN: What made you get involved in modeling?.
CA: I thought it was going to be a summer job, and it turned out to be
a career.
LN: Did you start off very early as a runway model or commercial model?
CA: Actually, you’ve got to remember something. I’m twenty
six-years in this business.
LN: Wow!
CA: So--thank you, I’m glad you said “Wow”, because
that means I don’t look it.
LN: No, you don’t look it.
CA: I’m twenty-six years in this business, and when I started out,
most of the fashion models who started out did not do fashion runway.
I ended up doing runway because I was over-exposed. Now, can you imagine
over-exposure today?—It’s impossible—but back then,
there was overexposure, so, I was overexposed, and they told me I had
to take some time off, and since my work was all I do—they took
me right out of college to model—I said “Can you keep me busy
doing something?” and so we started doing runway, and it grew into
what it is today.
LN: When did you take on the status of supermodel? What was the turning
point?
CA: There is no turning point in a person’s mind. There IS a turning
point in terms of the press. You have to remember, back when I started,
there was not such thing as a supermodel. I went to John Casablanca, and
I said, “listen, I need one person to work with me.” He said
“One person?.” I said “Yes, because I can’t work
in this model management division; I need one person.” He said,
“you know what? I’m going to make the super-elite division.”
So he made the super-elite division, and when they answered the phone,
they said “super-elite,” and the press termed us the “supermodels.”
LN: Which designers have you worked with?
CA: Everybody—I’ve worked with Everybody.
LN: Who is “everybody.”
CA: Let’s start with Versacci, Foret, Valentino, Nippon, Thinskin,
Cavalli,
LN: Oh, by the way, I worked with Cavalli—he’s a good friend
of mine.
CA: Yeah, he’s friend of mine too—I worked with just about
everybody.
LN: Are you still involved in modeling? Are you still connected with
modeling in some form?
CA: Oh, yes, absolutely, I have la line of skin care called Lomire Dorme,
that I am face for it. I come to the shows; I actually even walk shows,
if I’m asked. I do photographs, too, if I’m asked by different
friends in the fashion industry, who ask me to as a favor. I don’t
do it day to day, because, mostly, I do movies, and right now I have a
best-selling book out, so I’ve been busy with that.
LN: Tell us about the movies you appeared in.
CA: Oh, I’ve been in sixty-five films.
LN: If you were to name a few, what would they be?
CA: Private parts, with Howard Stern, I’ve had two series on television,
one with Terry Hulk Hogan, which was a children’s series, and the
processor the hit series “Lost” was Amazon, and I was in Amazon,
which was the number one new dramatic series in 1999. I did Anna Corinna,
I did Vendetta with Eric Roberts, Eli Wallach, Bert Young, Michael Onteen,
so I’ve done quite a lot of films.
LN: You said “skin care”. What made you get into that. Was
there a need for this kind of thing, or did you think you could probably
do better skin products vs. what’s on the market.
CA: The skin products made a huge difference in my skin. So, I thought
other women might want to know about this.
LN: Are you married with kids?
CA: I’m not married, no kids.
LN: Where were you born?
CA: I was born right here, in Long Island, New York.
LN: Are you presently still living in New York?
CA: Yes, I live in New York.
LN What is your favorite hobby?
CA: My favorite hobby is working, isn’t that funny? I just started
a web business, for all the people who want raw food, and I’ve been
doing that in my spare time.
LN: What is your favorite place of travel?
CA: That would be Italy. I love Italy.
LN: Your favorite food?
CA: I’m a raw-foodist, so my favorite food is raw kirimisu,
LN: Tell us a little about your book? How many books have you written,
or is this your first book?
CA: This is my first book? We just hit the USA National Best-Selling Authors
list., and basically it’s how I stay looking good, staying slim
and eating healthy raw food, how easy it is, why you should do it People
are getting it, and people are understanding.
LN: What is the title of your book?
CA: Eating in the Raw
LN: If an aspiring male or female model wanted to break into this fashion
business, which is very cutthroat, as you well know, what kind of advice
would you give to him/her?
CA: You know, a lot of people start out in small agencies, in their home
town. They try smaller agencies because they think they do better if they
get a smaller agency. I say, heck with that, go for the time, because
if you can’t make it in the big time, you don’t want to hang
onto the fringes. Find something that you’re really good at and
work really well at it. If you’re not meant to model, hanging around
or doing small little things, or inappropriate things, is not really a
good idea for a young girl.
LN: So, you’re saying “Go Straight to Top”
CA: Go straight to the big-time agencies, and they will tell you if you
have any ability—they’re looking for people. I f they start
sending you out to spend a lot of money on photographs and what not, that
means they don’t believe in you.
LN: What kind of charities are close your heart?,
CA: Make a wish foundation, and different medical institutions, involved
finding a cure for cancer.
LN; Thank you for your time. Please enjoy the fashion show.
CA: Thank you again, for your time.
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| Betty Coker, Chairwoman of the H.A.D.
Organization of N.Y.C., Inc & Senior Editor of the Liberty News
Online, will write articles about modeling, fashion design, fashion
events, and how she co-founded the World's Largest Community Fashion
& Modeling Organization.
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