Sunday, September 23, 2018

One Hot Mama

"And the Southern girls with the way they talk,
they knock me out when I'm down there." - David Lee Roth
 

She definitely has that Southern charm, but there is much more to her than meets the eyes.



Mary Kaitlin is an accomplished model, gracing the pages of Maxim, SI.com, manic.magazine, and Kandy magazine (cover #59). Mary Kaitlin was also Miss Bikini Model Alabama in 2017 and a finalist in the Las Vegas International Model Search in 2015. This blonde-haired, blue-eyed bombshell has over 300,000 followers on Instagram that can attest to how perfect she looks in a bikini.

However, her interview with SmartIsSoSexy.com goes beyond her modeling career and mentions her creative passions, real estate business, and fitness + nutrition brand. In between the typical model questions Mary Kaitlin talks about her faith, her values, and her family. These are the things that are most important to her. She is beautiful inside and out...smart and compassionate, too.


When I first met Mary Kaitlin in the Fall of 2017 I was a deer in the headlights; she has a strong, captivating gaze and is wonderfully mesmerizing when face to face. Her warm Alabama accent is as unmistakable as the taste of pecan pie or the scent of designer perfume. And of course in real life she is as sweet and as nice a person can be.

We were both in Koh Samui as part of the inaugural Meraki Photo Event in Thailand. A dozen models, a half dozen photographers, and an amazing makeup artist spent a week on the beautiful island. For me it was a great learning experience and I was really excited to work with top models like Mary Kaitlin and alongside some amazing photographers.





My shoot with Mary Kaitlin was the most efficient, easy, and peaceful set of the week. I'm pretty laid back to begin with, and that seem to suit her just fine. The weather had been testy most of the week but luckily the blue skies appeared once we got started. I really enjoyed working with her. My hometown of Pensacola is only 250 miles from Birmingham, so chatting with her was easy. Football, SEC, beaches, normal Southern small talk. It's ironic that we met on the opposite side of the world. The shoot seemed to pass quickly, too quickly for me, and I spent most of the time rearranging pool furniture. During that whole week in Koh Samui we really didn't spend much time together other than this one shoot, but it was memorable!




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