Who is Nicolette Nightingale?
"“The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.â€
Since the age of understanding what a camera did for her, Nicolette has been prancing in front of the camera, striking poses, singing, and performing for whomever would watch.
Nicolette grew up in a strict catholic environment--no radio unless it was christian radio---and the tv was heavily monitored back before the days of parental settings. She grew up around the midwest, moving from city to city as an Air Force brat. She was very heavily involved in gymnastics, pursuing her hopes and dreams of being an olympian.
And then over the next consecutive years, life turned in ways as life does. First, she broke her leg, cutting off any dream of gymnastics that she ever had. Socially, life was simple until the age of puberty. Then she realized how sheltered her life was and then the approval of her peers became important. Around those pre-teen years, Nicolette went through and interesting stage of being the ugly duckling--buck teeth, braces, and frizzy hair. She had no idea what was on MTV or on the radio. The perfect prospect to be picked on: she was constantly made fun of.
To top it off--her parents went through a nasty divorce where the school she attended shunned the entire family and Nicolette ended up in foster care for a short period-she learned an innate sense of fashion around this time---she went from coming from a family that was comfortable to shopping at thrift stores and going through hand-me-downs. She later returned to live with her Mother and Brother.
When the family moved to Tualatin, OR, Nicolette then smoothed over the high school years being active in dance, yearbook and anything else that was social. She never wanted to belong to any one certain group--remaining in an identity all her own---trying to learn as much from anyone that crossed her path.
She fell in love with her High School sweetheart and moved to Denver Colorado--and as her love's interest grew as being a Pilot in the Air Force, knowing that she didn't want to live that life again, Nicolette's interest grew into the entertainment industry. She landed her first job--a six page spread in (the now non-existent) EAS' Energy Magazine and decided she wanted to pursue her modeling career further. On a whim, she broke off her relationship in pursuit of grandeur dreams in California. Thinking San Diego was pretty close to Los Angeles, and her mother had just moved there, she moved via train to the west coast with all her belongings packed into a few moving boxes.
In the hustle and bustle of the California market, she went to cosmetology school for a career as an Esthetician and Hair Stylist. Taking a few modeling leads here and there, she worked full time and she also went to school full time trying to obtain an associates in business. But then one day, while doing a fashion show, Nicolette's friend handed her a microphone for a video he was shooting for the line that was featured that night. The videographer gave the advice to pursue her career much further. Nicolette knew that a modeling career wouldn't sustain her, but then after that advice, she dove into whatever came her way entertainment wise. Although cosmetology was not even being practiced, the beauty knowledge bolstered her fashion sense. Putting college and that on the back burner, Nicolette kept pushing in the San Diego Nightlife industry as a model and door after door after door kept opening.
Always insisting that things would unfold as they were meant to, and often accused of being crazy and taking chances others might scoff at, she has established herself as a local model celebrity. She's just signed a contract with her manager in recent months and now is establishing her role in mainstream media as a model, actor, host, and dancer.
As far as personally, she's been through relationships and in order to grow into her own identity, she is still single but avidly dating amidst downtown San Diego. Always living on a philanthropist life philosophy with friends, family and strangers --- life's been good to her despite the obstacles.
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"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that Way." --Jessica Rabbit
Whatever that 'it' factor is, I know I have it, but I can't define it, and it's confusing.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1858
A few things first:
1. Believe everything you hear and nothing of what is possible with people's character. It makes for interesting conversations.
2. Have double standards because you'll feel better about yourself.
3. Surround yourself with fake friends-because then you are the person everyone wants to know.
4. Waiver on your beliefs on a person by person basis---because then you'll get everything your subconscious wants without having to admit anything to yourself.
5. When all else fails and you see that you are just as much as a chump as the rest----get back to the basics of living.
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)
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