La
Voz Latina Interview Snippets: By Dawn Cherie
White, Staff Writer
Kristine Kelly exudes confidence and poise well beyond
her young age. Her stunning looks, amiable personality,
and immense talent have landed her international modeling
and acting jobs.
Her
exotic look comes from her mother, who is Mexican and
Russian, and her father, who is Irish. Kelly believes
her mixed heritage has helped her modeling and acting
career. “My heritage has offered me more opportunities,”
Kelly said.
Kelly
has learned from unauthentic people in the business.
“Negative energy can set you back. The reflection
of people around you should be positive,” Kelly
said.
A
turning point in her life occurred when she was involved
in a traffic accident while filming an ESPN commercial
in New York. “It was a very spiritual moment
for me. I realized I am still living for a reason,
and life can be taken away at any moment,” she
said. She would not change anything about herself
or her life. “Everything I have gone through
has made me what I am,” she added.
Prior
to Kristine Kelly's modeling and acting career, she
freelanced as a Script Supervisor, Production Coordinator
and Production Manager for film and television productions
and post-productions to include: Warner Brothers, NBC,
ABC, MTV, Columbia Pictures, Comedy Central, NBA Entertainment,
ESPN, Arts & Entertainment Network, Telemundo, BET,
etc.
Kristine
Kelly has appeared in ad campaigns and commercials for
Toyota, Urban Outfitters, Arden B, Nextel, Goldwell,
Dynamix Fitness Magazine, Gold’s Gym, Trim Spa,
Showtime Next, Boscov’s, Ashton Hall, Mervis Diamonds,
etc.
One
of her mentors along the way was Poet, Mark Craver,
M.F.A., who challenged Kristine as an
artist:
“I
think it's our job as poets, to write about the things
we do and make them into art.
The most mundane things-its really our reaction to them
that is important, not what
they are. We tend to think that we have to write about
things that are really of utmost
importance, when in fact the things that we cherish
the most are the smallest things
that happen on a day to day mundane basis."-Mark Craver,
M.F.A.
Thank
you,
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