Man, they should’ve just paid this guy the 8.5 mill he requested! What a story, though. Can you imagine wandering through a grocery store, looking for a bloody mary mix, and stumbling across your mug on a coffee jar label? Granted, he had done the model shoot in 1986, but that is some time ago now…
This leads me to my lone modeling experience (discounting the time Charity and I performed on the catwalk in our prom dresses for the Lincoln Christian Women’s Club, that is). During my teen years I posed on my back deck for an artist. Holding corncobs and cornstalks, I wore a button-down blouse, pinafore and straw hat in imitation of a farmgirl from some day of old. My hair was long and wavy (permed) and I didn’t have to pose for long. The artist, a friend from Covenant Presbyterian, snapped photos and drew a gorgeous picture from them. I was paid around $40 for my “work”. The result, my friends, is that my face, or rather, the artist’s rendition of my face, graces an “a-maizing” corn snack called Glad Corn!
It gives me a kick to walk into a store and see my resemblance on the Glad Corn bags. And it takes every ounce of energy in my being to keep from bragging like a five year old to the cashier, “See! This is ME!” My favorite story in all this comes from Sarah Baker who attended a Campus Life event in Colorado. In her gift bag was a snack-sized bag of Gladcorn and she proceeded to show it off to her disbelieving friends, working hard to convince them that she did indeed know the girl on the bag.
Alright. I’m done with the show-and-tell. As with birthdays, we adults don’t get to “brag” as much as we should. So here ya go. If you have something you’re proud of and that you’d just love to brag about, go right ahead. I’m your listening ear.
9 Comments
Mom Feb 1, 2005 6:31 PM
I’m so proud of you, honey!! Mom
RT Feb 1, 2005 9:00 PM
Oh, Mom. You said that as only a mama could. Thanks! xoxoxo
mrscrumley Feb 2, 2005 7:46 AM
I was in a parade once, I was a Santa’s elf. That was a pretty cool experience and I was 6, I think.
Megan Feb 2, 2005 10:01 PM
Okay – here you go. I was Miss Owasso High School in 1992. Tada!
And, no, this isn’t like a “Miss [Whatever] Town” contest where you sing and dress up and stuff – it was a vote by teachers and students and other random high school factors. No swim suit modeling for this very Southern Baptist (at that time) gal!
My name is on a plaque in one of the halls at the high school which might mean something if anyone I knew ever went inside there. No pics of me on bags of corn, however – that is VERY cool.
Haley Feb 3, 2005 9:19 AM
I was Miss Belhaven College in 2001. HA! There wasn’t a competition for that either, I just kind of got told I was voted Miss Belhaven and to show up for a picture in the yearbook. It was very weird, and I still laugh every time I think about it.
Jacinda Feb 4, 2005 6:17 PM
Where do they sell this Glad Corn stuff? I want to see this for myself! :)
andrew Feb 5, 2005 9:57 AM
correction! for the shoot you were actually holding rolled up newspapers…not cornstalks!
never forget the observant eye of a 9 year old.
RT Feb 5, 2005 12:28 PM
You’re right, but only half right, I think. No corn cobs (used newspapers instead) but we did have corn stalks, didn’t we? Or am I creating a false memory of them stacked against the house?
You were 9, so I must have been 13ish. I was wondering how old I was at the time. Stupid memory!! I’m only 27 and I can’t remember anythink like you and Adam do.
andrew Feb 5, 2005 2:04 PM
i really don’t know if cornstalks were involved. i only really remember you holding a hold bunch of newspapers.