Two pictures from an outdoor fashion show on Guam. I loved
these clothes; they were so comfortable (100% cotton batik).
One more sarong. This
is one of my favorite photos simply because it has my favorite photographer from Guam, Herman Crisostomo. (Great photography
skill runs in the family; his brother Manny is a Pulitzer prize winning photographer) Herman and I almost died together
in a plane crash. OK, not really, but our plane caught fire upon take-off from New York to Dallas. Herman said
"It's been nice knowing you, Jo!" I loved that the flight attendant came by calmly and said "Oh,
sometimes this happens." as if she had just spilled a drink or something!
Can you say "1980s"? Big shoulder pads! My bangs weren't
scrunched up like a lot of fashion shows I was in, but I think the essence is there!
Speaking of the 80s, that side ponytail thing was BIG! This was the cover of one of several composites I have had made. A
composite is a card with several photos on it that you leave when you go on "go-sees" (like an audition, although
all you have to do is look pretty, show your pictures, and not talk!) The back has a swimsuit photo and I was thinking
I was going to keep those off this website.
This picture was saved from a fire, that's why it is all mottled.
I was 14 or 15 years old in this picture.
Wearing a side ponytail in a candid shot. This was not modeling, just
hanging out with some friends!
Me and a friend in our freshman year of college. After having lived
in Japan just previous to attending college, I was in awe of how big my dorm room seemed in comparison to the apartment I
lived in while in Japan. If I wore high heels in my apartment, my head would touch the ceiling!An example of an unretouched photo. Once again, me and HC.
His girlfriend shot these photos!
So here it is, my very first cover. I think I did 5 or so
for this tourist magazine, but by far, this is my favorite one. The magazine is about 11 X 14" so I could not scan the
whole thing. I DID drink that drink....no one told me it was a prop!
This
is obviously the table of contents, with a slight variation of the image.
I expect by now that you
are all completely envious that I lived on a tropical island. Yes, it was that awesome!
This is a picture from Cocos Island off the south coast of Guam.
I really liked that you can usually take a glass bottomed boat to this island and can view the ocean life. Here is one
small example of how I was in the minority for many years of my youth. On Guam, as in Hawaii, a foreigner, specifically
a white person, is called "haole", which officially means friend, but sometimes is used derogatorily. Thankfully, I
was rarely referred to in such ways. 
