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| Me in my 11-year-old L.e.i. jeans. |
I have a pair of jeans from sixth grade. The wash may be a little bluer than I would buy today, and the bottom a little more flared, but I wear them regularly, none the less. This isn’t a testament to my minimal weight gain since I was 10, but more of a tribute to the durability of said jeans. They aren’t designer and didn’t cost me an arm and a leg. Actually, they were, at most, $15 from T.J.Maxx and are by L.e.i. So, when asked, a couple of weeks ago, to help launch the L.e.i. Model Citizen contest, I jumped at the opportunity.
L.e.i. Jeans and Teen Vogue, are holding a contest to find the next L.e.i Model Citizen; a girl between the ages of 15-21 who best exemplify the values of L.e.i— life, energy and intelligence.
The contest whose grand prize winner receives a $100,000 college scholarship, a feature in L.e.i.’s Fall 2010 national advertising campaign, a Teen Vogue internship and more, is judged by some of fashion’s most influential women including Teen Vogue’s editor-in-Chief Amy Astley, designer Rachel Roy, and models Chanel Iman and Ali Michael.
To enter the contest which begins today and ends on Mar. 23, 2010, you must create an original video, no more than two minutes, showing how you best exhibit life, energy and intelligence. Tell about your success, how you give back to your community, or even show a talent. What you do, is completely up to you.
I highly encourage you lovelies to enter, not only because a two minute video is super easy to make, but also because a $100,000 college scholarship is major not to mention you get an automatic, no questions asked internship with Teen Vogue.
In the insurmountable words of RuPaul, “You betta’ work!”
Keep up to date with L.e.i. Model Citizen contest on Twitter and Facebook where judge and rising supermodel Chanel Iman will be chatting live with fans on February 4.
If you need an example of what to do for your video, on the right is the completely low budget video I made using my cruddy webcam that makes everything look dark and the Windows Movie Maker skills I obtained during a journalism class I took a little over a year ago— I guess you will use the things you learn in class.
p.s. It’s so strange hearing my own voice, it sort of grates on my ears. So, tell yours I’m very sorry.
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