So as I said, I got lucky. It was a different market over there, much more cutthroat than Japan was, and I was having too much fun to want to ruin it with competition overload. I mostly did print ads, which means newspaper and magazine work. This is the staple of most model's work. I also did my fair share of TV commercials and even live variety television shows, which are very big in Japan.
Live TV is a hoot.
I loved that. But I have a limp, and it really shows when I try to walk the runway. Actually, that worked out pretty well, since runway modeling was my least favorite thing. Also, I'm not sorry that I don't do it any longer. After eleven years of it, I lost my joy for it, which was a clear sign to move on.