Sunrise Life - beyond skin deep conversations with freelance nude models

Jamie Lee Bauern - True leader! Ditched her manager, left food job to pursue nude art

Jamie's story is truly inspiring! She tells the frightening story about how a fight with her boyfriend and a horrific accident was the catalyst for her nude modeling career. You'll be amazed to hear what happened! Jamie is a natural born leader, but also one of the most humble people I have interviewed. She is so sweet and creative, you will love listening to her fun and crazy stories!!
Check her out on IG https://www.instagram.com/jamie_bauern/
Cover Image by Matt Schmidt

Katlyn Lacoste - TONS of stories! Painter & Model, New Sobriety, & more!

Katlyn told story after story that just had me absolutely rolling! Their energy was so enthusiastic and fun throughout this whole show, the hour went by so fast! Katlyn is a professional painter as well as a freelance model, and paints for a few months at a time, then switches gears to modeling throughout the year. 
I felt like I resonated with a lot of Katlyn's crazy stories, especially when they mentioned sobriety. The camera lens can be a fun way to interact with the world for people who are getting accustomed to certain social situations again. 
I promise you will be on the edge of your seat for this one!!! 
Katlyn has an art show June 6, 2024!! Check it out if you're in Seattle: 
 
"Pretty Ugly" opening night June 6
Hometeam Gallery
310 Occidental Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98104
5-9pm
 
also check out her art at http://www.KatlynArt.com :) 
 
 

Autumn - Inspired Passionate Creative! Cosplay, Wardrobe Design, and more!

Autumn is a very creative and friendly traveling freelance model from Indianapolis- though she will soon be relocating to Las Vegas to be in an environment that jives with her career more! It was so interesting to get to know Autumn throughout the course of this episode, she is really into cosplay!
Check out Autumn on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tumthecreator
Cover image by me! 

Ivory Flame - Life Coaches, Hidden camera nightmare, Pre-Raphaelite vibes and more!

Ivory Flame has been modeling for 18 years, and her image has become a legacy online! She is very much a chameleon, sharing fashion, avante garde, gothic, artistic nude, fine art and pre-raphaelite style imagery on her portfolio and social links. 
We had such an amazing conversation and talked about so many things, dating back to the golden era of "hot or not dot com" to model mayhem and to today's social landscape of sharing our work and connecting with each other.
She was very vulnerable in sharing her experience where a photographer she trusted truly took advantage of her trust... the police had to get involved and everything! It definitely a story worth listening to, I sat there with my jaw hitting the floor as she was telling me about it! 
Ivory Flame and I also reminisced about our amazing experience working with Beth Creedon as our life coach! As freelancers, it's often helpful to have someone guide us into our best versions of ourselves. 
Cover image by Nicole Luneburg
Check out Ivory Flame online
Website... www.ivoryflame.co.uk
(Featuring galleries, information on shooting remotely and online styling page)
Instagram.... www.instagram.com/ivoryflamemodel
Facebook... www.facebook.com/ivoryflame
 
The Life Coach we both worked with https://bethcreedon.co.uk

Veronica LaVery- Once a Tomboy, now a Pro Model! Social media de-platformings, Real Estate & More

Born and raised in Czech Republic, Veronica LaVery moved to the US at age 17. She said she was never into makeup and styling but when someone on Myspace wanted to do a photoshoot with her, she ended up falling in love with it! 
Veronica has been modeling for over a decade and has built up her career quite a bit over time, so much that it seems like she might be "too hot for social media" platforms! Youtube demonitized her channel that used to make a decent amount of income for her, and her instagram that had over 300k was also deplatformed, yet Veronica continues to model and be successful despite the internet's challenges.  
 
Cover image by IG @Night_vulture_official
Veronica's Links
Modelmayhem
Http://www.modelmayhem.com/1036606 
 
Web 
http://www.VivaLaVery.com 
 
Twitter 
http://www.Twitter.com/VeronicaLaVery 
 
most current IG 
https://www.instagram.com/VeronicaLaVeryOfficial 
 
Facebook
Https://www.facebook.com/veronicalaveryofficial 
 
Real Estate IG 
https://www.instagram.com/LaVeryBestRealEstate 
 
Real Estate
https://www.VeronikaSells.com 
 
RE Facebook
Https://www.facebook.com/LaVeryBestRealEstate 

Emma Sirus - Adult Work VS Freelance Modeling, Breast Implants, Crazy Sexual Requests & more!

Emma Sirus is a beautiful glamour model who is also a licensed cosmetologist. When the pandemic hit, her makeup artistry was put on hold so she decided to find other avenues of income. Before she became a well known model, she was first an adult star and worked for an agency. 
Emma works hard at her marketing, and that's how was drawn to her for this interview! She recently underwent a breast enhancement surgery and at the time of this interview, she is still in the early stages of recovery- so the world has not yet been graced with seeing her new boobs yet! How exciting :) Emma shared about the controversial comments she had been getting on social media about her decision to make the cup upgrade, and the drama she is dealing with is unimaginable!
Much like many of us traveling freelance models, Emma has also endured some extremely uncomfortable situations - especially some instances where photographers have made audacious sexual requests! Find out what happened by listening to the full episode. 
Check out Emma on her IG http://www.instagram.com/emma.sirus
Also on her website Http://www.emmasirus.com 
Sponsored by http://www.modelsociety.com
If you're curious about the underwater photography event: https://www.astridkallsen.com/cws-mexico 

Cat Ross - Social media shit storm, finding her passion again, GWCs vs Professional Photographers and more!

Cat Ross has been very intriguing to me, as I have heard so many amazing things about her as a model and a creative person! I have seen some of her latest posts calling out unprofessional behavior in the industry as well as some messages to the masses that might have come off a little harsh, and I wanted to dive deeper. You can learn along with me what's been going on with Cat Ross, and she's quite fascinating! We can all relate. 
She is a super fashionable model based and actress in NYC who maintains a love for creating evocative imagery with like minded artists.
Check her out on her social media! https://www.instagram.com/catrosshatesyou 
 

Lilly Rae - Mysterious, Nude modeling from the start, Aging positivity in modeling

Lilly Rae describes herself as an art model and supports the idea that her nude modeling is not sexual. Her family is fairly supportive even though some of them don't fully agree with modeling as a concept, she has good respectful relationships with them. 
Though Lilly has a mostly conflict free modeling career, she still does her best to separate her modeling "brand" from other segments of her life, being very careful not to intermix her nude modeling with her other business endeavors. She enjoys the rebelliousness of modeling, it's a freeing, explorative part of her life. 
Check out Lilly on instagram! http://www.instagram.com/lillyraeartmodel
Cover image by Eye on Photo :) 
 

Brennan Hill - Gossip, Agency and Freelancing simultaneiously, The Blacklist, & More!

It felt like we were in the same room together gossiping at a sleepover party when I did this podcast episode with Brennan! She has been modeling since she was a child, her first gig was for a K-Mart ad! To this day she is known for her outspokenness in model safety, most notably in publishing a blacklist that resulted in a frivolous lawsuit with one of the predatory photographers named who wanted to continue his shady business practices...
Brennan continues to model and be successful, she thought the blacklist would end her career but it ended up having the opposite effect! PLUS she now has the benefit of being a natural repellent to creepy photographers. 
We laughed a lot during this episode, and she had some craaaayyyzy stories!! 
Check out Brennan on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/b_models 
 

BONUS EPISODE! Religion & "modesty" vs Nude Modeling and OnlyFans Creators, with Grant Klentzman

So this episode is a bit different than other episodes, this human Grant Klentzman contacted me to be on *HIS* podcast as he was also a fan of Sunrise Life. We were discussing what to talk about, when he told me I was not allowed to mention nudity or OnlyFans on *his* show. That was a bit of a dealbreaker for me... So naturally I asked why? He explained because he is a Christian conservative. My curiosity about why this person wanted to talk to me at all grew. He suggested we could have a chat about it on *THIS* podcast! 
After polling my audience, 60% of you said "yes" and 40% said "no"... so this bonus episode about religion versus nudity is for you 60% who wanted it to happen!!
If you think we should prepare for a part 2, Let me know! We could probably come prepared a bit better next time, as our raw conversation was a bit triggering for both of us, yet we did our best to have a civil discussion. 
You can check out Grant on his instagram at http://www.instagram.com/grant_model