Thanks for taking the time to chat with us XTina. Tell us a little about yourself.
Xtina Noel: Thank you for having me! Well a little about me? I could go on for days! (laughs) Well as you can see I'm a model, I've been in the industry for about 6 years, I had a late start. Better late then never right? I'm very outgoing, I'm a Sagittarius so I dont bite my tongue and I'm willing to try anything once. I'm Puerto Rican and Italian, yes the best of both worlds! I'm a risk taker, there's nothing I won't try at least once; love traveling but hate flying; BUT I am going skydiving this year - yeah go figure, I'm afraid of flying but I am going to be jumping from a plane 13,500 feet in the air (laughs). You live once right?
How would you say you've evolved since you came into the modeling industry a few years ago?
Xtina Noel: Well in the beginning I was representing myself. Currently, I am signed non-exclusively to various modeling companies/agencies because of my full time 9 to 5 job. I started off freelance and would take any job to gain exposure and get my name out there, even if it was not a paid gig. Now I know alot better! I've raised my standards and my awareness to situations and people in this industry. This is a very tough industry and there's always someone behind you waiting for you to mess up so they can step over you. I've learned to keep my head up and keep going no matter what anyone says
You've got an impressive resume that spans from runway to music videos to off-Broadway shows and more. When did you first realize that you wanted to work in the entertainment industry?
Xtina Noel: Why, thank you! Well when I was a little girl I would watch music videos on MTV every morning before school and I would record them on VHS and practice the dances in my living room (laughs) - yeah one of those. I admired all the beautiful women because they were on TV, in movies, in videos regardless. I knew I wanted to be somewhat like them (attention wise - not "groupie" wise), I loved attention because I was an only child at that point so I guess thats when I set my goals of one day being on TV or somewhere in a magazine, even if it was just once. Currently, I've passed that mark quite a few times. I've been on TV, in music videos, printed in magazines and posted on websites!
You've had quite a few spreads in popular magazines, which experience would you say was the most memorable and why?
Xtina Noel: They are all a memorable experience - between the anticipation of seeing the final edits and meeting and working with new people. You can't wait to see your face when you open a magazine, there is nothing like it! I was lucky enough to be on 2 covers - VBlazin and Batchelor.