My Big Break!

There once was a girl who's dream was to become a famous actress/model. She knew her dream wouldn't come true that easily, so she worked hard to achieve it. Here is her story...

"Hey there all you want to be soon to be somebodies! Are you ready for a life changing experience? Do you want to be our next big success story? Well if you are interested in dancing, singing, modeling, or acting then this is the place to be! We will be in front of Dillards at Jordan Creek Mall auditing you! Yes that's right I said you!" I hear the lady's voice on the radio say. I nearly had a heart attack right then in there! I was in complete shock, my knees started to get weak and that's when I freaked.
"OMG!!!" I scream.
"Quite down can't you hear? I'm trying to use the phone!" My mom hollers back at me.
Shes probably on the phone with the child support people. My dad is that type of guy whose really tight with his money that means he thinks he can get away with $44 a week and not $634 a month, i mean i am worth billions! Its like cm on, you know ? Well anyway I wait for her to get off the phone and than tell her about everything.
"Guess what!" I say
"What is it this time?"
"I was listening to the radio like always when I get bored and they had a commercial type thing and they are having a Casting Call in front of Dilards at Jordan Creek Mall! And I was wondering if I could do it?
She just looks at me for a couple seconds. "I know I can! Remember those beauty competitions from when I was a little girl? And..." She cut me off as I blurted out my pride and determination.
"Yes its ok I will take you, and yes i do remember the beauty competitions from when you were a little girl."
"Really!?" I shouted I already knew the answer I was just so surprised that she didn't say "Its a scam you know it I know it and your not going! All they want is our hard earned money and I'm not going to fall for it anymore and that is final!" Instead she was supportive and actually cared about my dreams.

The next day I wake up and get dressed, take a shower, brush my pearly whites, get dressed do my hair, eat breakfast, and walk out the door. Its a pretty simple routine I think but my mom says I take long showers I just love the hot water that's all! But I don't care it is true so at least shes not lying.

When we get there it isn't packed yet there are still people there. There are about ten people when I get there and they are pretty friendly. I look around I see into Dillards (of course I see into Dillards I am right in front of it) I also see happy teenagers laughing and smiling. I am about to freak when my friend Taliyah calls me and I hear my ring tone. Justin Bieber's new song Baby featuring Ludacris! I love that song and the reason why I freak is because I get way to excited and keep wishing I could meet him which only makes me more determined to live my dream! My dream is to be a famous Actress and Model I know I can model and I really know I can act (I get the acting from my dad and I get my good looks from my mom!).

I am really nervous and I am starting to shake. A man in a suit who works there hands me a yellow sheet of paper and a white sheet of paper. The yellow sheet I need to fill out it asks questions like How old are you? What are you interested in? Do you have a flexible schedule? Just simple easy quick questions. But on the white piece of paper, all I need to do is just read it. The whit paper talks about what the Casting Call is all about and on the back it has several scripts on it. Soon the man in the suit calls me up to the camera and I have to read one of the scripts that was on the back of the paper. I read the one that advertises a hair product I'm not positive what the name is. Next I go and stand by the railing we are on the second floor of the mall so I can look down and I can see people that I don't know.

I finally get called to talk to three scouts. Two lady's and one man, the man is the photographer, the other two lady's are the main scouts. The man is tall with a really indescribable hairdo but I really like it, one of the other lady's had black hair and it was long and pretty the other lady had shoulder length red hair. They made me walk back and forth for modeling all I really needed to do was walk slower but other than that they said I had great confidence and that I was really cute! The lady with the red hair had a southern accent, I noticed that when she talked to me.
" Do you get blotchy when your nervous?" says the lady with red hair.
"Yes."
"Sweetie there is nothing to be nervous about, your doing great so far." I giggle after she finishes. Next the guy starts to ask me questions.
"Do you do good in school?" Says the man who I don't know the name of.
"Yes pretty good when I try to."
"Very good. Now are you able to travel constantly on weekends?"
"Yes and I can occasionally miss some school if you want. I am all for that!" They giggle at my response and then give me a callback! A callback is when you get called back for a certain event such as the one I was participating in.

When we go to the callback we are in a conference room with the three talent scouts, the man in the suit who video taped me doing the 'commercial' and about twenty something different people who had also got called back. The scouts show us a power point that shows us what the cruise few of us twenty somthing different people get to go on it turns out there is another dangerous round and its the almost final round. They also tell us how the people who get to go on the cruise are pretty lucky because only three-hundred fifty people across the united states get to attend this special event. The main reason why this event is so special is because its on a cruise from Miami, Florida to some place in Mexico and eighty agents from across the world will be there and some of the worlds top thirty agents will be on the cruise also! They told us if we made the final cut then they will call us later!

I wait a good three or four hours until the phone fianally rings and I don't think anything of it because it had been such a long time but it was one of the scouts and they called to tell us I made the final cut my mom smiled at me and I went in my room and texted all my friends and told them how my life is becoming awesome but I was forgetting the main problem... money. We cant afford over Three Thousand dollars that includes airfare, our cabin on the cruise, portfolio, head shots, and plenty more!

When I go to the final callback its just me and two other people at a hotel in a meeting room. The scouts talk to us individually and give us a ton of paperwork and talk about the cruise and one scout highly suggested that I take workshops she didn't sound rude she was actually really helpful and gave me good tips after all I think she was a former model herself !

This was a life changing experience and a 100% true story that I loved living out! I am hoping on going on the cruise but with the costs of it all we are looking for a local modeling agency (I've found three so far!) and acting agencies (I only found one.)! I am looking forward to what my soon-to-be career has in store for me! Who knows maybe I might get lucky and meet Justin Bieber after all!