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10 || CELEBRITY MAGAZINE || MAY-JUNE 2017You%u2019re from Toronto, how did you end up in the states?I was born in Newfoundland and my family moved to Toronto. When I was 14, I signed with modeling company, Next. I then moved to NY by myself, and stayed at a fellow model%u2019s apartment until I established myself so that I could get my own apartment. I would go back and forth to Toronto, but I was living on my own in NY as a young teenager. It was common to send young models to Taipei and Barcelona to learn about modeling and to gain international experience. When I was 16, I went alone to both places. By my 6th year of modeling, I started getting calls to work in Los Angeles. I ended up moving to LA. I%u2019ve been traveling my whole life, it%u2019s nothing new to meDo you have siblings?Yes, I have two younger brothers, Brad and Gord. They live in Toronto. Brad lives with my mom and Gord lives with his fianc%u00e9 and three children, one girl and two boys. I get to see them quite frequently. My mom and Brad were just visiting me and I try to get back to Toronto often to see them all.Clearly your mom is most important in your life. What makes her so important to you?My mom is the reason I am where I am today; she%u2019s always been pushing me. I grew up in Newfoundland, a really small place on the East Coast and a place not many people leave. My mom noticed I wanted to do bigger things, model and act; I was always performing for her and her friends. She felt she needed to give me a chance. I explained to her there weren%u2019t many opportunities for me to model or act in Newfoundland. She sold her house, packed up the car and drove to Toronto to give me opportunities. She didn%u2019t want us to feel trapped, and wanted to make sure we had opportunities to chase our dreams. My parents separated when I was 13 and my dad moved to Vancouver. We had some family in Toronto that helped us settle. The first week we were in Toronto I signed with Next, and they are the ones who sent me to Taipei