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President/Owner
Member of SAG and AFTRA, veteran of national TV commercials, magazines and motion pictures.
“Travelling to the fashion capitals of the world and placing our graduates with the top fashion agencies has helped me to discover the secrets of becoming a successful model or actor; making it in this business requires beauty, personality and knowledge – A TOTAL PACKAGE! My staff and I at Image Internatioal help you to achieve these goals.”
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Vice President/Director
Runway, catalog and print model in Tokyo, New York and Philadelphia, national TV commercials, QVC
“Our scouts and staff are trained to discover new faces to teach and develop into the stars of tomorrow. Self esteem, healthy bodies, style and grace are the elements that separate image models from the rest of the pack. We help you to achieve your greatest potential, not only in the fashion world, but also for every goal you set out to accomplish. Let Image International show you how to present your best image possible.”
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Cindy Kuhn - Women's Instructor & Makeup Instructor
Cindy has worked extensively in the fashion and commercial industries in NYC for the past 29 yrs. She has worked for Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Prevention Magazine, "O" Magazine, Women's Day, Pantene, and QVC. Aside from modeling and acting, she is also an accomplished make-up artist who loves ballroom dancing!
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Deena Blackburn - Children's Instructor
Deena has been teaching modeling and acting to children for over 10 years. She began studying drama in college and acting at the Stage Door and Pennsylvania Playhouse. Deena is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has been featured in many television shows, commercials and movies including ER, Coca-Cola Commercial, and Dennis the Menace Strikes Back. Deena has also been a member of a dinner style murder mystery theater group for over 14 years, directing, acting and producing.
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Jim Vivian - Acting Coach
Jim is a graduate of Northampton Community College (Associate Degree in Education) and the Leland Powers School of Television Broadcasting (Boston, MA). He has been an acting teacher for 20 years, performed in over 50 TV commercials, industrial films and TV productions in New York, Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley. Besides Image International, Jim has also taught acting at the Weist Barron School for Television (Philadelphia).
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Michelle Holloway - Women's Instructor & Runway Coach
Michelle has been a working model since the age of 8. As an adult, she now models full time in the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and New York. Michelle is especially accomplished at runway as well as being a very popular print and television model. You can see her featured on QVC where she models fashion, shoes, jewelry and other items.
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Deanna Fontanez - Women's Instructor & Runway Coach
Deanna has been a professional model for several years modeling in runway shows, print ads and on television. She has worked as a fashion model on QVC for over 4 years. You can see her on the Mally Beauty website, a high end celebrity makeup line.
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Ellen Nonnemacher - Women's Instructor & Runway Coach
Ellen took her first class at Image eight years ago and has been with the company ever since. She has been modeling hair and makeup products with QVC for five years and has been featured in an infomercial for Wen by Chaz Dean. Ellen has also participated in numerous runway bridal shows and was recently in Runner’s World Magazine.
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Amanda Jones - Women's Instructor & Make-up and Skincare Specialist
Amanda completed the Image International women's modeling program in 1998. She now models in the Lehigh Valley as well as the Philadelphia market for print, television and runway. You can also see her on QVC. Amanda has been a licensed Esthetician since 1999 and won "best makeup" in 2004 for Philadelphia Style Magazine's makeover contest. She has also studied extensively with the Dermalogica Skincare Institute.
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Troy Carlson - Men’s Instructor
Troy has hosted two local TV programs (“Your Home: Inside and Out” and “In the Driver’s Seat”) and has shot multiple regional commercials. He models for QVC, has done numerous print work and is a regular runway model. Troy currently teaches the men’s modeling program at Image International.
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Katelynn Walsh - Makeup Instructor
Katelynn graduated from a top makeup school in L.A., Makeup Designory. She specializes in everything from high fashion to detailed. While living in L.A. Katelynn worked on various Indie movies, many of which were in large film festivals, such as Sundance. Katelynn's current focus has been on beauty and fashion makeup and her work has been published in magazines and catalogs. Katelynn is also involved with many fashion shows in the Tri-State area.
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Lee Behler - Photographer
Lee began working for Image International about 16 years ago. He has been photographing models for over 20 years. He attended Kutztown University and graduated from the University of The State of New York. Lee had the opportunity to work on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shoot, with renowned photographer Robert Huntzinger and legendary super models Kathy Ireland, Paulina Porizkova and Naomi Campbell.
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Emily Bleasdale - Photographer & Fashion Instructor
Emily attended the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. She studied fashion photography winning several awards, including being published in Photographer's Forum Best of College Photography. After realizing her love for fashion and coming back to the East coast, she opened a clothing boutique in Bethlehem, Pa. Now she is applying her fashion knowledge and photography skills, having opened SugarRush Studios. She specializes in high fashion shoots, model portfolios, commercial photography, and beauty photography. Emily photographs locally and for several NY agencies.
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