InkSpired Magazine: How and when did your modeling career
begin?
Katie Amen: I dabbled a bit when I was my younger in some pageant
stuff, but that was a whole different world than what I do now. I would
say that's where my passion for the industry began.
InkSpired Magazine: Do you have any advice for aspiring models?
Katie Amen: I suppose it would be to know what your goals really
are with your modeling career. And keep an eye out to not get taken
advantage of.
InkSpired Magazine: What else do you do?
Katie Amen: A little bit of everything. I co-owned and operated a
tattoo shop for a couple of years. And I have been working in shops
piercing and doing body modification for six years or so.
InkSpired Magazine: What inspired you to start getting tattooed?
Katie Amen: Oh man, I've always been drawn to the strange and
extraordinary. Since I was a little girl, I'd always stop in the grocery
store magazine aisle and look at all the people whose skin was
adorned with designs and be in awe. I knew I didn't want to be
ordinary, that's for sure.
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