Modern Model May 2014 | Page 20

POSING
  PERFECTION:
  Top
  photo,
  Clinton
  Township,
  MI
  Model

Ebonie
  Standifer
  relaxes
  in
  front
  of
  the
  camera.
  Boaom
  right,
  Ebonie

ponders

  where
  her
  modeling
  career
  will
  lead.
  Photos
  ©
  Dino

Mangano/Mangano
 Photography

W

  hen
  it

comes
  to
  Ebonie

and
  modeling,

nothing
  could
  be

more
  true
  than

the
  adage,
  “lead,

follow,
 or
 get
 out

of
 the
 way!”

  She
  is

not
  one
  of
  the

shy
  models
  who

isn’t
 quite
 sure
 of

what
 she
 wants
 –

s h e
  i s
  t h a t

p e r s o n s
  t h r e e

people
  behind

you
  at
  the
  coffee

shop
  who
  already

knows
  her
  order,

and
  has
  placed
  to

go,
 and
 people
 to

impress.

  “Last
  year
  in

May
  I
  enrolled

into
  the

  John

C a s a b l a n c a ’ s

School
  for
  AcJng

and
  Modeling,”

she
 said.
 “While
 I

was
  taking
  the

acJng
  courses

there,
  my
  mentor

suggested
  that
  I

a a e n d
  a
  f e w

modeling
  classes,

and
  I
  completely

fell
 in
 love.”

  Diving
  in,

E b o n i e
  h a s

aaended
  photo

s h o o t s ,
  a n d

parJcipated CH0