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18 || FASHION MAGAZINE || FEBRUARY 2015FMM: When do you feel most beautiful?VP: When I sing in the parking lot, hahaFMM: What%u2019s your favorite healthy treat? VP: I love going to the sauna, especially to the one with aromatherapy. Food wise, my favorite is fresh squeezed juice where I blend cranberries, oranges, apples and carrots.FMM: In your opinion what should be the very first step in pursuing a successful modeling career?VP: In modelling %u2013 your face and your body are your weapons, but if they%u2019re not charged with the right energy and attitude %u2013 it is useless. I value professionalism, passion and ability to deliver on the highest level. I also love when models take risks, being spontaneous and open. If you have to shoot with that snake naked %u2013 go for it; if I ask you to pose with the ice cream %u2013 make me hungry for it. I wish more models would be more open minded as that%u2019s what the true super models are %u2013 confident, free and fearless.FMM: What does an aspiring model need to have before they can shoot with you? VP: I really love to see the diversity in model%u2019s portfolio, the range. Not as much in terms of the different type of shoots she has done, like lifestyle, commercial, fashion, but more of the different characters, range of emotions. I want to see the ability of transformation. That is what is so spectacular about Kate Moss %u2013 she is like a plain canvas, but when you give her a character %u2013 she is phenomenal. I want to see the model, who can take directions really well, but also independent enough to take over and give me her best. I have had amazingly beautiful girls, who just couldn%u2019t deliver, didn%u2019t know their bodies enough to use them to >>>>>