A RENMARK teen has won the opportunity of a lifetime after entering an online scouting competition by Azalea Models.
Fifteen-year-old Immanuel College student Isabella Cant didn’t expect to hear back, much less win the coveted contract with the Adelaide modelling agency, when she submitted her self portraits to their Instagram account.
However, Ms Cant said she was amazed to have been selected out of hundreds of entrants – some international.
“It feels really awesome, especially since I didn’t really expect it was going to be me,” Ms Cant said.
“But to have the opportunity now that they’ve given me is really amazing.
“It’s really fun, and I’m loving it so far.”
As part of the prize not only did Ms Cant sign a one-year contract with the Adelaide modelling agency, but she won a nine-pack roll of toilet paper – something Ms Cant’s family finds hilarious.
Her father Ben Cant said he’s proud of his daughter and relishes the opportunity she has been given.
“Modelling was something that’s been on her radar that she thought she’d like to do, but wasn’t sure who to approach or how to go about it,” Mr Cant said.
“It was great the industry has reached out to her.
“It gives her another outlet, another form of expression.
“She’s quite an artistic young lady, and I think it’s just another career option she can do in the meantime.”
While Ms Cant hopes to pursue modelling in the future, she also has aspirations to become an architect and a house designer when she graduates.
Mr Cant said he had no concerns in either regard, and that this exciting new opportunity was just another feather to add to her cap.
“Isabella has been quite a prominent runner for a number of years, and she’s run at events all over the country,” he said.
“She’s done a lot of travelling (for that) and it’s something we (her parents) felt quite comfortable with – that if she needed to go to Melbourne for a photoshoot, she’s caught planes before, she’s gotten a taxi, and she knows how to get around and how to stay safe.
“Certainly, she’s still keeping up with her school work and making sure she’s still getting good grades.
“She knows it will be something that she can do for a period of her life, but won’t be forever.”
Mr Cant said in these unprecedented times, it is good to have some positivity spread around.
“I think it’s a welcome change,” he said.
“Isabella has been at boarding school, which is quite isolating, for this half of this term particularly.
“In these weird, uncertain times, it’s great to have this positive news story.
“This is just reinforces to her and everyone else that there’s positive things still happening in the world.”