Pala Jenöshirk

**Palina Emelina** "**Pala**" **Jenöshirk** (born 13 November 1947) is a Lashardian model, performance artist, and dancer, who is largely considered to be one of the first Lashardian supermodels.

## Life and career

### Early life

Jenöshirk was born on 13 November 1947 in Jackael, Palsland. She was raised fatherless by her birthmother Jena Klosöshirk (1909–1997), who worked as an artist, and her mother's longtime girlfriend Eva Palövemer (1899–1968), who was a tattoo artist. The family was actively discriminated against by their community, and frequently moved throughout Palsland and Skaarsland, before settling in Hafteensemöhefferberginson, Hafteensemöhefferberginson Municipality when Jenöshirk was seven. She has went on to describe the family as "bohemian".

Jenöshirk attended primary school in Hafteensemöhefferberginson where she was interested in art much like her parents. However, she was very unpopular in school and often teased by her peers for having lesbian mothers. She graduated from primary school in 1963, and moved to Ubenmoor to study dance at Queen Maria's School for the Performing Arts.

### Modeling career

While living in Ubenmoor to study dance, she was often criticized by her teachers and peers for her massive height of six feet four inches being a hinderance to her dancing and told her to pursue a different career instead. In 1965, she was discovered by a fashion photographer who invited her to take test shots. After being mesmerized by the shots, she was signed to Vorchez Models and dropped out of school to pursue modeling professionally.

After signing to Vorchez, Jenöshirk began to rapidly build a career as one of the biggest upcoming print and fashion models, where she became notorious for her extreme height, which had never been seen on a female model at the time. By 1972, Jenöshirk had become the most notable model on Vorchez's roster and was the highest-paid model in Lashardia, earning no less than $20,000 per day.

In 1979, she became one of several notable models to sign to the upcoming Natalia Model Management citing extreme emotional abuse suffered by executives at Vorchez Models. She went on to back Nanna Palösens's claims of sexual assault by a high-ranking officer at the agency.

In 1985, Jenöshirk retired from modeling at the age of 38, stating that her 20-year career was the "highlight of [her] life". She has since went on to come out of retirement frequently as a guest catwalk model in 1990, 1996, 2004, 2010, and 2015.

### Performance art career

Following her retirement, Jenöshirk became well-known for her performance art. In 1989, she stood in Tenichi naked, asking strangers to put a post-it note on her body saying anything they'd like. She stood for four hours until her body was completely covered. After reading the post-it notes, it was discovered that over 90% of the notes had something positive written on them.

In 1993, she hung upside-down from a four-story building blindfolded for one hour before police forced her to come down. In 1995, she began performing shows at underground venues in Ubenmoor with her performance art. She stopped performing in 2006.

## Personal life

Jenöshirk has never been married and has no children. She has largely kept her private life secret from the general public. In a 1987 interview, when asked if she'd ever marry, she responded, "How do you know I'm not married right now? Just because I've never made it public doesn't mean it didn't happen". However, according to marriage records she never has been married.

Jenöshirk has stated that she has had romantic relationships with both men and women, and lost her virginity to a girl at the age of 14. She however does not identify as straight, bisexual, or a lesbian and instead states she simply believes in "free love". Jenöshirk has resided in the Breż district of Ubenmoor since 1989.