International Runway Fashion Model Alva Page Joins Vyzion Models
International Runway Fashion Model Alva Page has had his figure on the pulse of all things beauty and fashion related for 15 years and counting.
International Runway Fashion Model Alva Page has done it all. He has contributed to such productions as
Mercedes Benz 
Fashion Week,
Cayman Islands Fashion Solstice, Tim Johnson Productions,
Banana Republic Fashion Show, TV Land’s “She’s Got the Look,” BET Rip the Runway and MTV Made just to name a few.
Page’s models have gone on to work with such greats as Bramer Leon Stevens, Korto Momolu, Tracey Reese, Givenchy,
Perry Ellis, and Valentino.
Alva never wanted to be a international model. His initial aspiration was to become an actor. 15 years ago a letter in the mail set a chain of events into motion that would prove to be the makings of International Fashion Model Coach Alva Page. The Letter was from
John Casablanca, the Founder of the Elite Agency. In it, was an invitation for Alva to come to Florence South Carolina to audition to become a model. That invitation impacted A Page’s life. Page met with Trish Holms, the Director of Casablanca Center and was ultimately accepted to go be tested. After testing, which included a photo shoot and a monologue, Page was told that he did not belong in school. He was encouraged to jump start his career as oppose to taking a more traditional route. With a new confidence, Lake City South Carolina native, Alva Page embarked in a journey that would bring him as close to New York as he could get. North Carolina was the recipient of the man who would come to be known as International Runway Fashion Model Coach Alva Page
Page attended modeling conventions for the sole purpose of getting into the modeling network. It was at one of these conventions that Alva met Martin Snaric, the Prince of the Runway. Snaric has trained the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and
Whoopi Goldberg on how to move in front of a camera. Under Snaric tutorage Page was mentored on how to train models. Page took what he learned and began training people who would not be traditionally thought of as a model. He fine tuned his concepts and before he knew it word got out and he was finally being paid for his craft. It was then that he took himself more seriously.
Some would say that being a part of the international beauty world has its share of ugly. An unsettling encounter between a model bound to a wheel chair and a casting director, viewed by Page, was the eye-opening experience that brought the purpose to Page’s mission. It was then that Page implemented the teachings of developing beauty from the inside out. Page trains all types of people in the art of self expression in the way they walk, sit and carry themselves. “Everyone is a model….even if they don’t know it. There is a certain amount of confidence that comes from knowing that you have entered a room with the strongest presence you can conjure up. I make it my business to make sure that people own each and every one of their steps and leave a lasting impression on the onlooker. Everyone has their insecurities about something. It is wrong for a person to be judged for something that they cannot change. Even if a model comes to a casting call and I have no place for them….there is a way to be kind with the truth.” Page said as he reflected on the memory.
When asked what his thoughts were on the current state of international fashion Page had this to say, “The world of fashion has come a long way, as it relates to what society perceives as beautiful. There was once a time, not so long ago, when the only people considered to be beautiful were a certain size or a certain color. With the change in times all types of people grace runways all over the world. Modeling in this day and age presents with some challenges as well. There is an infiltration of all types of people who use singing or acting as a gate way into modeling. That coin flips both ways. Look at the amount of singers or rappers who are now considered to be actors. This business is a fickle one. I constantly try to instill a desire to constantly redefine in models. The shelf like for most models is short. A model needs a backup plan…not because he or she expects to fail but because he or she knows that a career as a fashion model can be life-long or as fleeting as a blink. It is imperative that a model always knows what is next.”
With success comes some form of failure in most cases. When asked how he dealt with the constant judging and let downs Page recalled, “I remember being in New York. I had $2.00 to get back to Brooklyn. I heard this booming voice at a tent revival giving his testimony. I remember thinking to myself that the voice sounded like
Donnie McKlurin. Low and behold it was him! I remember standing on the opposite side of the fence….hands clinching that wire as if it was the only thing holding me up. He was speaking on how he was trying to survive in this world. …..He said “God said don’t Give Up.” I remember it like it was yesterday. That was my turning point. It was as if I had been given a shot of drive and ambition and IU have never doubted this place that the journey is taking me.”
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he was, at his house, or for any occasion or none at all—music was everywhere. From playing on his mom's component set to listening to the cassettes on a boombox, music was a central point in his life.
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