Grafton Teen Models on International Stage
By Paul
J. Rellinger
GRAFTON
-- Melissa J's modelling career may have taken her to Asia and back, but deep
down she's just a good ol' country girl.
After
modelling for little more than a year and a half, the 19-year-old Grafton woman
signed a contract with Select Models, which saw her spend three months in
Instanbul, Turkey.
If
not for a chance meeting in 2011 at Northumberland Mall, Melissa would not have
known the excitement of being an international model.
"I
was walking through the mall, with no makeup on and this woman walked right up
to me and asked me if I would be interested in modelling," Melissa said.
That
woman was Audra Anderson -- owner and president of Mode Elle, a model and
talent agency headquartered in Belleville.