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Former Miss Kenya, Emma Too has some wise words for young people pursuing modelling as a career: always have a plan B!
Emma while sharing her two cents advised people to always keep in mind that modelling is a fleeting career and not something long-term so people should not solely depend on it.
"Before you go into modelling the individual has to understand that this is a very temporary career based on age and looks," started off the former model.
She went on to add, "Very few people can do it for a long period of time as there is always a fresh crop of models coming up. Ones career can end in the blink of an eye."
Emma who is now a landscape designer and into real estate also highlighted that the fact that Kenya's modelling scene was not as big as it ought to, does not reflect the lack of good models but more of the country's dwindling economy.
"The fact that the industry is not doing well speaks more about the economics of the country and not necessarily that there are no good models in Kenya," Emma advised
She also added that Kenyans have not grown to the point of viewing art as a full profession thus not valuing what there is to be offered.
"It is a profession that is frowned upon. Like a lot of girls are getting into it thinking that there it's glamorous, it isn't.
Modelling actually involves a lot of work, if you're not a strong person you can never survive as a model." Emma said.
The former beauty pageant in a past interview revealed that she'd quit modelling to get married but that failed to work out.
She also cited a terrible accident she had made her start considering a long-term career.
"I quit modelling to get married but obviously that didn't happen," said Emma as she laughed lightly.
She then went on to add, "I also had a horse-riding accident and I'm lucky my head wasn't smashed. Only my ribs were hurt and then it hit me it was time to consider a long-term career.
After all, modelling was something everyone said suited me, not something that sprung from within.
I was always a landscape designer at heart."
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