About Rebecca

As a child, Rebecca's favorite pastime was reading. She used to check out dozens of library books then read while she ate, rode in the car, during class and even in church. Her love of literature developed into a general quest for knowledge and imagination and entertainment, which came alive through her involvement with dance and theatre. Despite being a tiny thing for her age, Rebecca made up for it with a big personality. Shy would have never described her, as she practiced her newfound vocabulary words and theatrical impressions on anyone who would indulge her with a moment. She had become an absolute ham in front of the camera.

During high school, Rebecca's love of competition and determination paid off. She became so involved that her parents threatened to ground her from school. But she remained involved in one activity after another! From cheerleading and softball to academics to honor society and student council, she couldn't get enough of school. She managed to wiggle past the restrictions allowing freshman on the yearbook staff, and by her sophomore year, she was running the show. And that's where she began learning photography. Of course, she never imagined that she would be on the other end of the camera! She continued on the yearbook and then co-edited the newspaper. At that time, she developed a love for writing, and hasn't been able to shake it off!

Despite her busy schedule, Rebecca tried to fit in time for boys....pretty unsuccessfully! When she became co-captain of the cheerleading squad, she thought that she would have dates right and left. But guys couldn't rid themselves of the tomboy image they saw in her - probably because she could beat them all in wrestling or scare them with her fast pitch in softball! Her first time in front of the camera was for her senior photos at age 17. She thought the pictures were great. Her dad thought she looked way too grown up, and the boys at school finally realized that she was a girl! But she put off the thought of modeling with disillusions that a model had to be 6 feet tall and 90 lbs.

After graduating from high school, Rebecca worked two jobs as a waitress during the summer to save money for college. Needless to say, she liked the money, but realized she wasn't cut out for a life of food service. So she headed off to college in the fall, determined to get her degree and make even less money as a journalist! College at the University of Oregon was a real party. she joined a sorority, had her heart broken for the first time, slept through her first class and still managed to make the Dean's List. And when she heard Playboy was coming to campus, she made a decision that threw the rest of her life for a major loop.

Remembering the all-American girl image that she had been type-cast in her formative years, Rebecca decided that it was time to pull out the stops and shock people! So she tried out for Playboy's "Girls of the Pac 10" issue, and somehow was selected! No one was more amazed than rebecca, except maybe her parents. So she did the shoot with four other girls from the UO for the cover of the College Girls section, wearing a bikini and tank top, and surrounded by hundreds of yelling frat boys!

Once the issue came out, life as she knew it had changed. She returned to school her sophomore year, a week after the issue had been released, to find over 300 emails in her inbox, along with several interesting photographs of men that she could have easily lived her life without seeing. But not long after the barrage of emails, which ranged from "nice pic" to marriage proposals, she was contacted by a local photographer.

After many hits and misses on the web and with modeling, Rebecca says, "I've been fortunate to have had so many more positive experiences than negative ones. I realized I had a love for the modeling industry - not just modeling, but doing makeup, assisting on shoots, graphic design, and networking - that wouldn't go away."

After working on a large newspaper for seven months, she realized that hard news reporting wasn't her cup of tea and that her interest in another field had been renewed - the law. Rebecca is finishing her journalism degree while traveling for shoots and assignments, doing make-up for different photographers and developing a presence on the web. After college, she plans on taking at least one year off to pursue modeling and save money before beginning law school. Of course, even then, she plans to continue modeling.

Rebecca advises that "the most important thing that is to keep up my spirits and my sanity, and remember that modeling is 10% looks, 40% motivation and 50% luck. Also, modeling is as glamorous and exciting as everyone thinks - about 5 percent of the time. The rest is hard work staying in shape, marketing yourself and taking rejection over and over for jobs and opportunities."

Rebecca says, "I've managed to stay a normal -- no, I won't go that far -- a down-to-earth person. I can't wait to see where this adventure takes me and I know looking back, I'll never have to ask myself what if?"

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