Ashley’s Smilin' for Votes! She is Still a Finalist!!!

Well they experienced issues with the videos and views so everyone who submitted their digital pics and videos advances to the next round of the Wet Seal 2009 Model Search. Ashley finished in the top 30 videos so thanks for your hard work. To make it through the next round, they are only taking the top 25 vote getters, based on 1 vote per day, per email address. Voting ends April 26th.

Here is the link to Wet Seal to cast your vote. There is one vote per day, per registered email. Please convince your friends and family to do this to help a sweet girl realize her dream. When I got the entry form it was two days before the contest ended and she was headed out of town for a weekend volleyball tournament. We didn't have time to take professional pics and most of the girls have modeling head shots. So, she really needs your help to advance to top 25. She was 27th in video views. You can continue to watch that, too, to help her out. It may make a difference in the finals! Here is a special thank you message from Ash...

"Thank you so much all of you who viewed my video!!! Modeling has always been a dream of mine and getting this far in the competition wouldn't have been possible without all of your help and support! This is such an amazing opportunity. Please help me continue on to the finals and make top 25! Thanks again!" — Ashley

One Proud Mom - Ashley's Modeling Contest News

I have to admit I am one proud momma. My 15 year old daughter, Ashley, got the news on Thursday that she was selected as one of the contestants chosen to move forward in the 2009 Wet Seal Model Search Contest. With that exciting news, she had to make a one minute or less video telling why she would like to be a Wet Seal Model. So this has become a total family project...new photos, shooting the video, blending the video and photos and posting to YouTube. They are basing part of the judging for this next round on how many people view the video by April 10th. We are a bit behind since it just went up tonight. So please follow this link and view the entire video (only a minute of your time- yes, I am begging...now you’d do the same if it was your child, too!) Below are some of her photos. In the video, they view so quickly. She has always had a love of the camera since she was little. We have many home videos with a large eyeball in the frame saying, “Close Up, Close Up!” ...definitely her destiny. Please help keep her modeling dreams alive and ask your friends and family for their help, too! She is such a sweet girl who deserves her big break!!