by Joelle Litt April 5, 2007
No, she didn’t just appear out of thin air and
on to your television screen,
SiSi Wang, aka
sisi, the third place winner of the very first
Canada’s Next Top Model, has been through the
same trials and tribulations of every other
model breaking into the biz, and every other
ordinary girl, for that matter.
The story begins back when SiSi moved to Canada from China at the age of fourteen. As many other models, she began her career two years later, at the age of sixteen, with a local Vancouver modelling agent by the name of Liz Bell. Taking a break from studies, after highschool she packed her bags and headed straight to where it all happens; New York City, and of course, Milan. She stayed abroad for about a year booking international gigs with the likes of Clairol and KMS Hair, and graced the pages of Mademoiselle, and Italian Donna. While in New York, she made the decision to go back home to Vancouver and continue her studies at Simon Fraser University….only two weeks before THE September 11th. She is now majoring in the field of Communications.
Okay…okay…I know you all want some dirt on
the actual show…here’s a little something to
hold you over…
During my interview with Sisi, I made a point to
ask her if the model feud’s on the show are real
or somewhat staged for more ratings….
Plain and simple,
people, the fights are
real. If you happen to
remember noticing any
tension between Sisi and
Brandi, you weren’t just
imagining things. The
two rivals still don’t
speak to each other when
they happen to be at the
same casting at the same
time. Sisi admits to
pretending that she
doesn’t even know
Brandi, and avoids eye
contact at all times,
and vice versa. However,
Sisi and Tenika still
remain close friends
since the taping of the
show.
I have always
been anti-TOP MODEL…so I
was anxious to find out
from Sisi whether she
felt that the show was a
good way to break into
the biz, and how it has
helped her career.
Upon being asked those
questions Sisi
commented, “I began
modelling a long time
before the show
happened, so I didn’t
use it to break into the
industry. I am very
grateful for being
selected and taking
third place, but I
always knew I could be a
model,” and then very
modestly added, “I’ve
had many interesting
jobs since the show, and
the show did give all of
us lots of exposure. It
has helped people
recognize me on the
runway…but I still have
to be a good model to
book the jobs.”
As for the winner, Andrea, who most people I talk to don’t even remember…what did Sisi have to say about her whereabouts…”I don’t know…”
Letting my curiousity get the better of me, I did some digging. The Andrea, Canada’s Next Top Model first season winner is finishing the work involved with her one year $100,000 contract with Proctor & Gamble….after that, she hopes to ditch the industry and live happily ever after as a dental hygenist. Sounds pretty glamourous to me(????)
Reality television is nothing but reality television, and will always be just that, modelling contract or no modelling contract; and let’s face it, one can dream forever and a day about living the life of a model, but most don’t know what that actually entails, and once they do, they just aren’t cut out for the lonely nights and long days.
What does the future
hold for this reality
media model?? The
question that I ask all
models…Any interesting
travelling prospects
coming up?? Her reply,
“Right now I’m only
travelling between
Toronto and Vancouver. I
don’t really care to
travel to other cities
since I have worked in
Milan, New York, and
Paris already. I didn’t
like travelling back
then and I know I won’t
like it now.” So, it
looks like its local for
Sisi…we may start seeing
this Canadian beauty’s
face around more often.
What advice does Sisi offer to her young fans thinking about getting into the industry….”MAKE SURE YOU CAN TAKE THE CRITICISM!!!!!”
