Jessica is a 22 year old native Kansan. She has modeled for 2 years and is pursuing glamour print work in Miami, FL where she now resides. Jessica is very active with modeling, shoots daily and has dedicated her life to the print industry she loves so much. She is very fan oriented and encourages written communication and obliges print requests from those supporting what she does.
An interview with Jessica Vaugn:
Where were you born, and how was life growing up? I am native to Wichita, Kansas; right in the middle of the US. I lived in Kansas till I finished college. Life in Kansas was pretty uneventful as a child. It is a cool place to grow up because of the closeness between city and country. I was riding horses in the wide open fields and then an hour later shopping in a great mall and back to urban life.
What nationality are you? I am Italian and love it! I enjoy people guessing what nationality I am when they meet me.
What would the average person say about you? “She sure does love taking pictures!” It’s hard to say since I have had so many passions in my life that I had given myself to completely at that time. No matter who you talked to they would all say I was passionate about whatever my focus was at the time. Everyone knows I am driven, almost to a fault!
What kind of stuff did you get into after high school? I was a competitive horseback rider and then fell in love with glamour modeling!
Do you have any secret weaknesses or guilty pleasures? I love foreign fashion magazines! I will spend a hundred dollars on a few when I find them in the US. The European models inspire me with their beauty and show me how other people in the world see the things around them.
Describe your most embarrassing moment. When I did my first walk for Hawaiian Tropics I messed up my runway pattern on stage! The crowd, having seen 30+ girls model it correctly, surely noticed my mistake.
What has been your most memorable experience as a model? My first trip to LA when I had never seen the West Coast before. It really hit me how awesome my life was when I saw my favorite flower, Birds of Paradise, growing everywhere when I got off the plane. They don’t grow where I was from and I had never seen them in the ground before Los Angeles. Sounds insignificant, but, it rocked my world and showed me things were progressing.
What’s your biggest turn on? I love a man who knows the perfect line to walk between confidence and arrogance. There is a definite art to not crossing the line with personality attributes!
What’s one thing about yourself that everyone should know? Everyone should know Jessica Vaugn loves what she does! I feel so awesome in front of the camera and I want people to know how much I love my job when they see my photos.
Do you kiss on the first date? If they actually got far enough to take me on a real date, yes, I probably am plotting how and when to kiss them!
Do you consider yourself more of a “giver” or a “taker”? I am a taker. It plays into my personality push to succeed. I take care of me and my own. Be on my team, I’ll take care of you.
If you could have any car you wanted, what would it be? A red 1969 Camaro!
Do you have any hidden talents? I am an awesome cook but few people know that about me.
What do you like best about being a model? I love playing a part in the creative process to create something that will last forever, such as an image.
What would you consider your strongest attribute? My strongest attribute would be my mind for business. I am a hell of a marketer and salesperson.
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and who would you take with you? I would love to go to the beaches of Belize and swim in the bluest water imaginable. I would take someone with me who had never left the Midwest where I am from and show them how amazing tropical places truly are!
We know you’re a model and all, but you must have a favorite food. What is it? Vietnamese food! I just love it. I would eat it every day!
Besides modeling, what do you do for fun? I love to watch scary movies whenever I can get someone who likes them too to go watch them with me!
What are your dreams and goals? They morph and evolve the more I live and learn. I want to be a makeup artist for European beauty and fashion magazines; after a satisfying career as a glamour model of course!
Would you prefer a guy to pursue you, or do you like to be the aggressor? I value the personality of those who are aggressive but because I am that way myself I prefer to be the aggressor in the situation.
How did you get your start in modeling? I shot with a local photographer who was just starting photography for fun and from those shots more and more professional photographers in the Midwest contacted me to shoot. I said yes to pretty much everyone who wanted to shoot my first year so I could learn all I could. From that began lots of traveling the US for photo shoots!
What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done? Quitting my great college job and taking the risk to model full time! So glad I did though!
What’s in your CD player right now? Kanye West
Do you have a website? Yes! Go visit www.jessicavaugn.com to see my body of work.
How does someone book you for a modeling project? I am open to independent or commercial hire via email at modeling@jessicavaugn.com or via phone at (305) 423 9736.
Relationship Status: Unmarried but in a relationship
Favorite Sports Team: Miami Dolphins
Favorite Movie: American Beauty
First Job: I worked retail sales for the men’s cologne department at a national department store.
Piercings/Tattoos (How many? Where?) Just my ears… I’m boring like that! No ink, I’m afraid of needles and as whimsical of a persona as I am, I’d probably be tired of a tat the week after I got it.
What fun facts or talent of yours should guys know about? My boobs are real… it’s true. I also am a makeup artist pursuing print work with local and national magazines.
Thank you and best of luck with all your future goals! -MixedMag.com
Photos Courtesy of Danny Griffin
