Temptu PRO Search 2014: Spoiler, I was a winner!
So the secret is now out – ya girl won! My photo is 2nd from the left, bottom row and I was the sole winner in the “Flawless” category. (The categories this year were Flawless, Editorial, Bridal and FX)
Many thanks for photographer Kate Szatmari and model Silja (Photogenics) and to Temptu PRO for the selection! And congrats to all of my fellow winners!
It’s a tiny bit of a stretch calling this a “BizTalk” column but here’s the thing: if you are a freelancer, publicity and creating opportunity are huge parts of the game. I’ve never entered any type of contest before, and in fact I entered this one on a TOTAL whim. I’ll tell you who inspired me to enter a contest is my friend and fellow artist Liza Macawili Ramos. You may remember she wrote the article on this years The Makeup Show Los Angeles for us. Liza is an awesome artist and also an awesome lady. One of the facets of her awesomeness is her willingness to put herself out there. She enters a lot of competitions for makeup artistry. She doesn’t always win (she does almost always Place), but she’s in the game. And you cannot win the game if you aren’t in it. By contrast I have historically been too shy to try. Back in the day I could get away with that because marketing yourself as a freelancer was just different. But in today’s Social Media driven world, shy does not work. So I took a risk and entered.
When it comes to freelancing, put yourself out there every now and then. You never know what might happen π
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Thank ya ma’am. You Le Rock \m/
Aw, thanks for the shout out Tania! A long time ago you said “I look forward to competing against you” after we had a conversation on twitter about competing.. I’m so glad you took the plunge and super stoked for you for winning your first one! I hope to compete with you in many more lol.. Congrats again!!!