Lizzie's Profile
Lizzie, Female, 27, Essex.
- Disability: Wheelchair User
- Height: 163cm - 5' 4"
- Eye Colour: Hazel
- Hair Colour: Light-Brown
- Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
About Me
I'm a friendly, sweet natured, kind and considerate individual and I consider myself to be a people person who strives to get on with anyone I meet. I am conscientious and work hard to make a positive contribution to anyone I work for or with. I consider myself to be a fast learner and someone who likes to take on new tasks and challenges. Last year I did a charity skydive which I thoroughly enjoyed and this has also given me the drive to want to do another one sometime and hopefully take on similar challenges such as paragliding. I am a very determined individual and do my best not to let my disability hold me back with anything I want to do.
I also enjoy the chance to take on new challenges career-wise. The Beyond Boundaries exhibition was my first modelling experience but I had very positive feedback and am currently in the midst of a some photoshoots. I don't have any acting experience but I do have plenty of perfornance experience. When I was younger I did various sorts of dancing (classical Greek, ballet, tap, modern) for 13 years. During this time I did various shows and competitions as well as various exams. I have also played various instruments and sung since I was 5. This has also involved many performances and exams. I carried my musical studies onto degree level at Goldsmiths College, London although I had to leave during my second year due to health reasons. My experiences with dancing and music have given me plenty of experience of performing to an audience. It's also meant I am good at following instructions. I consider myself easy to direct and work with.
TV/Film, Theatre or Modelling Experience
7 recent photoshoots including one for wheeliechix-chic with the results to eventually be used on their website.
Photos of me have appeared in Able and Disability Now magazines in relation to Wheeliechix-chic. Also the photographer of Draken Photography has used a photo of me in his book "Draken - Evolution"
Filmed for documentary pilot hopefully to eventually be shown on Channel 5, Aug 2008
Catwalk model for Wheeliechix-chic at Beyond Boundaries exhibition July 2008
Was filmed for short tv piece for BBC's City Hospital June 2006
Special Skills or What makes you Extra Ordinary?
Have been told I have a fresh-faced appearance and have a good bone structure making me suitable for modelling.
Have also been told I have a very professional attitude when Ive done modelling jobs and other photoshoots
When filmed for City Hospital I was told I was a natural in front of the camera
As mentionned above I am a very determined person willing to take on new challenges
My performance history has made me willing and able to follow instructions effectively