KATRINA SHALEEN

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BIO

  Katrina’s birthday is October 11,1992. She was born in Walnut Creek, California. She completed her school years in Las Vegas, Nevada when she ended up moving to Oahu, Hawaii after graduation. Her jobs consisted of bartending, bottle service, nannying and promotional modeling. Boating, hiking and fishing were some of her favorite things to do while living there. The ocean always brings her joy even to this day. It’s most certainly her favorite place to be. As she always says, ” All I need is my toes in the sand and the salty breeze and I’m at peace.”

  Five years later she decided to move back to Las Vegas to be with her family when she found out she was going to be a mother. On May 2. 2018 she was blessed with a little baby boy. A few years passed and she moved to St. George, Utah. How did she get into modeling you might wonder. Well that’s where it all began. She began going to the gym and found that lifting weights acted as a type of therapy. Through her fitness journey she began to find happiness within herself and found the importance of self love. She made friends at the gym who had invited her to do a couple photoshoots. That was extremely out of her comfort zone. Thats when she decided that it was important for her to do things that were out of her comport zone if she was going to grow as a person.

  She went to these photoshoots and although she felt awkward in the moment, seeing the pictures after the shoot for the first time was so rewarding. What she saw in those pictures was not a girl who was insecure, shy or afraid but she saw a woman who was confident, brave and fearless.  She fell in love with the art of modeling and being able to express herself in photos. She explains to some photographers, “ I want my picture to tell a story, I want it to be more than just a still image. It should make somebody feel something.” Being able to work with so many different photographers has taught her so much more about modeling. Each photographer brings something different to the table, they have an art and vision of their own. Katrina thrives in sharing her story about how fitness and modeling has changed her life, bringing out a side of her that wants everyone to truly find self love. We all deserve that in life and when you find it, it really is a beautiful thing.