IMTA L.A. 2011 Awards

Barbizon students have just returned from Los Angeles after attending the International Modeling and Talent Association conference.  Our contestants had tremendous success, winning awards and honorable mentions over all catagories!  Congratulations to all of our solo and team contestants for their fantastic performances and achievements!

Team Singing – Winner

Team Dance - 2^nd runner up

Team Fashion – 3^rd runner up

Ramone Williams (Clt):
Winner,  Close Up
2nd Runner Up, Runway
Honorable Mention, Pre Teen Male Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Monologue
Honorable Mention, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, TV Real People

Julian Smyre (Clt):
Honorable Mention, Pre Teen Male Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, Monologue
Honorable Mention, Sitcom
Honorable Mention, TV Real People

Tessa Kluttz (Clt):
Winner, Close Up
Honorable Mention, Female Child Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Dancing Child
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Swimsuit
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Rebeca Zamora (Clt):
Honorable Mention, Female Child Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Ready For My Close Up
Honorable Mention, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Tyanah Rooyakers (TO):
Honorable Mention, Female Child Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Commercial Print
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Sitcom
Honorable Mention, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty 

Tyresha Lloyd (TO):
2nd Runner Up, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, Young Miss Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Singing Child

Chelsea Thomas (Clt): Winner, Clair Sinnett Scholarship
Winner, Cold Read
3rd Runner Up, Female Junior Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Host
Honorable Mention, Monologue
Honorable Mention, Sitcom

Tai Nguyen (TO):
2nd Runner Up, Entertainment Host
Honorable Mention, Monologue
Honorable Mention, Sitcom

Lauren Smith (Clt):
Winner, $10,000 NY Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Scholarship
1st Runner Up, Runway
1st Runner Up, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, Theatrical Headshots

Kathryn Gross (TO):
Winner, $1,500 NY Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Scholarship
2nd Runner Up, Sitcom
Honorable Mention, Junior Miss Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Host
Honorable Mention, Monologue
Honorable Mention, Theatrical Headshots

Isabelle Simon (TO): 
Honorable Mention, Junior Miss Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Host
Honorable Mention, Monologue

Honorable Mention, Sitcom

Ciera Carpenter (Clt):
Honorable Mention, Junior Miss Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, TV Real People

Lana Turcic-Brandau (TO):
2nd Runner Up, Monologue
4th Runner Up, Junior Miss Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, TV Real People 

Tony Rebucci (Clt):
1st Runner Up, Theatrical Headshots
1st Runner Up, TV Real People
4th Runner Up, Male Junior Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Host
Honorable Mention, Jeans

Lexi Karabatsos (Clt):
2nd Runner Up, Singing Junior
Honorable Mention, Female Junior Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Host
Honorable Mention, Read For My Close Up
Honorable Mention, Sitcom
Honorable Mention, Monologue

Kimberly Wollett (TO):
Honorable Mention, Female Junior Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Read For My Close Up
Honorable Mention, Singing Junior
Honorable Mention, Sitcom
Honorable Mention, TV Real People

Emili Escalente (TO): 

1st Runner Up, Sitcom


Honorable Mention, Female Actor of the Year


Honorable Mention, Cold Read


Honorable Mention, Monologue

Greg Filipovic (TO):
2nd Runner Up, Male Fitness Model of the Year
2nd Runner Up, Swimwear
2nd Runner Up, TV Beauty
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Sitcom

Fatou Sonko (Clt):
Honorable Mention, Female Fitness Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Makeup
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Swimwear

Reagan Reeves (Clt):
Honorable Mention, Female Fitness Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Makeup
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Autumn Greenway (Clt):
Honorable Mention, Junior Miss Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Makeup
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Alexandria Gelly (TO):
2nd Runner Up, Junior Miss Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Commercial Print
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Makeup
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Cassidy Powell (TO):
2nd Runner Up, Runway
2nd Runner Up, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Male Young Adult Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Monologue

Danielle Jackson (TO):
Honorable Mention, Female Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Makeup
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Helena Shebeshe (TO):
2nd Runner Up, Makeup
4th Runner Up, Female Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Commercial Print
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Krystal Kennedy (TO):
Winner, Jeans
1st Runner Up, Makeup
2nd Runner Up, Female Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Commercial Print
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Swimwear

Agnieszka Powichrowski (TO):
Honorable Mention, Female Young Adult Actor of the Year
Honorable Mention, Cold Read
Honorable Mention, Monologue
Honorable Mention, Sitcom

Dhaval Panchal (Clt):
Honorable Mention, Male Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Runway

Visullah Yusifi (TO):
Honorable Mention, Male Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Jeans
Honorable Mention, Swimwear

Bhavan Gill (TO):
Honorable Mention, Male Model of the Year
Honorable Mention, Fashion Print
Honorable Mention, Runway
Honorable Mention, Swimwear
Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Toma (Clt):


Honorable Mention, Junior Female Model of the Year


Honorable Mention, Fashion Print


Honorable Mention, Runway


Honorable Mention, Swimwear


Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Bianca Macias (Clt): 

Honorable Mention, Theatrical Headshots
Honorable Mention, TV Real People

Nicole Novacich-Pearce (TO):
Honorable Mention, Theatrical Headshots
Honorable Mention, Ready For My Close Up

Emory Carpenter (Clt):

Honorable Mention, Monologue

Miyuki Mori (TO):

Honorable Mention, Ready For My Close Up

Samantha Castillo-Lopez (TO):

Honorable Mention, TV Beauty

Barbizon Grad Nicole Anderson in Lifetime Movie!

Barbizon of Atlanta grad, Nicole Anderson will be starring in the powerful Lifetime Movie “Accused at 17” airing May 11 at 9:00pm.

To watch the trailer, click here.

Nicole also plays Kelly Parker in the ABC Family Series “Make it or Break it” and Macy on the Disney Channel series “JONAS.”

Barbizon Grad Kallie Childress in CSI: Miami

Barbizon graduate Kallie Childress recently booked three exciting projects! She will appear on the hit television show CSI: Miami as Jill in an episode called Spring Break (airing on CBS 4/12/10), and she is scheduled to appear on the Courtney Cox television comedy Cougartown. Kallie will also portray Crystal in a new Disney TV show called Good Luck Charlie.

Congratulations Kallie!

Barbizon Instructor Stars in Charlotte Play

Barbizon Charlotte Acting Instructor Terry Norman has been cast in the lead role of Alberta “Pearl” Johnson in the new Charlotte play "Black Pearl Sings".

The show is running at the Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, Feb. 10-March 6.

Read feature articles about Mrs. Norman and her theatrical success here:

www.charlotteobserver.com
www.thecharlottepost.com

And learn more about "Black Pearl Sings" here:

http://www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org/blackpearlsings.asp

Congratulations Mrs. Norman! We are so proud of you!!

ICE Talent Owino Thorpe for "The Simple Tricks For Living"

Toronto Ice talent Owino Thorpe has been cast as a doctor in the film "The Simple Tricks for Living". Filming is set to start Thursday November 26th 2009. Congrats Owino!

ICE Models and Talent for McDonalds

November 15th, ICE models and talent Cassandra Hill, Matthew Greco, Maleah and Brittany Sparks, Andrew, Noah, Nathalie, Linda and Richard Gosselin shot the McDonald's print ad 'Big Mac Fanatic'. We look forward to seeing the upcoming advertising!

ICE Talent Shoots Pilot Show

On November 11th, ICE talent Matt Willms did a shoot for Skywriter Television. The shoot was so successful that the pilot may go to air! Good luck Matt!

Alexandria Graves Recieves IMTA Award

Alexandria Graves, of Cincinnati, OH, attended the International Modeling and Talent Association's semi-annual convention in New York last week.

She was awarded 4th Runner Up in the Entertainment Host competition.

Emily Hughes Recieves Acting Honor

Emily Hughes, of Cincinnati, OH, attended the International Modeling and Talent Association's semi-annual convention in New York last week.

She was awarded Honorable Mention in the Jr. Miss Actor of the Year competition.

Emily Tauro recieves Honorable Mention in Acting

Emily Tauro, of Toronto, Canada, attended the International Modeling and Talent Association's semi-annual convention in New York last week.

She recieved an Honorable Mention in the Young Adult Female Actor of the Year competition.

Whitney Gentile Wins with Barbizon at IMTA

Whitney Gentile, of Charlotte, NC, attended the International Modeling and Talent Association's semi-annual conference in New York last week, winning the Cold Read competition!

Whitney also received 2nd Runner Up in Female Singing and Sitcom, 3rd Runner Up for Most Sought After Female Talent, and an Honorable Mention for Female Actress of the Year.

In addition to her many awards, Whitney received the Adam Hill Scholarship and the Actors Working Scholarship.