Now is have ten years I begin work for commercial model

[Snow Sabre]

Hello!

I am change the picture for the CBR Forum is my very old picture. This the picture from the ten years ago. In the 1996 I am 16 year old and begin to first work for the commercial model girl. Is also have the name CM girl in Japan.

I am remember when begin is do the fashion photo for the young woman fashion botique. It is for the spring fashion in the 1996 year. In the picture you can see I am so young then. Now I am old lady! Hee hee!

I am remember the first job is pay for 5800 JPY. Is near the U.S. 50 dollar. It is the photo session for 2 hour is the good pay for the model but is not all the time have work. In beginning maybe every month only have 5 or 6 day for the work but I am still teenager and my daddy and my aunty taking care of me.

Is after six month I am have the more work is sometime busy for the photo session 14 or 20 day in the month. Then is make more money.

When is 1997 go to travel in the world and do the photo work in other country. Is also in same year go to USA to study and meeting Michael and Kenny. Next year is marrying with Michael but in this time also is still working. I am in the Japan for many month in 1997 and 1998 to do the photo session. Is two years is most busy for me.

Now this year I am 25 year old. Is the CM girl in Japan the career is only for 16 to 25 year old. After is 25 year old then the many company in Japan is not hire the CM girl. In the last year October I am be 25 year old so I am retire but now I am the boss for the photo studio. Now I am help the young model for starting the CM buisness. The young girl is just start in the buisness of CM model is send me the email for the question. I am hope the experiance I am have will helping for them.

[Cotton]

Cool, you were a commercial girl. Believe it or not, I actually knew one of the girls from the cover of the Smashing Pumpkins Album Siamese Dream:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000WJZ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

The girl on the left is named Sandy, she is currently living in Arkansas.

[Gilda Dent]

Nah, you're not an old lady until you hit 30. We in our 20's are still but young lasses.

Gilda

[Snow Sabre]

Yes I think you are right Gilda! I am not the old lady until 30 years old! Hee hee!

Michael and Kenny is say I am looking the same like ten year before but I am think I am looking older.

[Solaris]

Your true age is in your heart, Kyoko. :)

Look at the pinup model Bettie Page: she did modeling work for many years, and was quite beautiful. Now, she is in her 70's... but she is *still* beautiful, even with wrinkles and signs of age on her.

Many women nowadays are carrying beauty with them as they age. Yes, some of it may be plastic surgery and the like... but I think an awful lot of it is that women are starting to realize that beauty doesn't end at 30... and so they continue dressing beautifully, and feeling beautiful... and it makes a difference.

[Gilda Dent]

Solaris is wise. It comes with age.

:D

Gilda (212 days of youth and beauty, well youth anyway, left)

[Snow Sabre]

Hello Chris and hello Gilda!

I am thinking you both are very right and very wise. The beauty is inside the heart is more than inside the face and the body. I appreciat the wisdom you are give me.

Michael is always say only the thing I am change the ten year is he is love me more now than the ten year ago. I am also very appreciat he is feel that way.

Ten year before I am the young and silly teenage girl. I am not know the important thing in the life. Now I am have the responsability for be the wife and the mommy and the buisness woman. It is make me happy I am grow so much in the ten year.

Maybe I am not really looking so much different even the ten year. Maybe you can see. Hee hee!

http://www.dumparump.com/thumb/394/H7IaYJl.jpg

is I am in 1996

http://www.dumparump.com/thumb/466/64J67k1.jpg

is I am 2005

[Solaris]

In the first picture you were a young girl. In the second you're a young woman. :) Your bones weren't quite finished growing in the first picture. Other than that, I see no difference (on the outside! As you said, there's a big one on the inside.) :)

[Snow Sabre]

Hello Chris!

Yes is the big differance on inside.

When I am looking at my two little girl the Kana and the Hana I am see myself in the 20 and 25 year ago. They are both looking so much like when I was so little.

But one thing I am will make differant. They will have the mommy until they are the grown up. My mommy she was pass away when I am very little and I am not really know her. But I am still love and miss her. But the Kana and Hana will have the mommy for all the childhood and teenage because I am will do all the thing to be healthy. I am hope one day I can see the Kana and Hana also have the children and I can be the grandmother! Is my dream.

[Lubichev]

Nah, you're not an old lady until you hit 30. We in our 20's are still but young lasses.

Gilda
You are a lady until you reach 30. After that, you are a woman. As in, whoo-MAN! (apologies to Bill Cosby.)

[Gumbo Maximillian]

I know what you mean about feeling old; hit 25 this year myself and thought, you know it didn't take anytime at all to get to this age, does that mean I'll blink and the next thing I know I'm going to be fifty?

Yeah; 25 is pretty much the pre-midlife crisis crisis. First time your no longer a young man or young woman but just a man or woman.

'Course young is relative, to a sixty year old 30's young, to a ninety year old 60 is young and they from their perspectives are probably right.