By: Tracy Mignone We are a group of people who aim to educate about and prevent eating disorders and erase the stigma that they don't need to be taken seriously... we aim to go into schools and teach classrooms at a time to have a better understanding. While the main focus of the INNER YOU is on eating disorders each week we deal with a broad spectrum of self esteem issues because a self esteem issue of any kind can lead to long term debilitating effects such as drug abuse, alcoholism, and self injury. We teach how to make healthier choices for yourself.... You do not have to have an eating...


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Long Beach... 3 weeks after Sandy. WOO and NY Hope join forces to help clean up Long Beach and bring supplies to area shelters. VIEW ALBUM


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By: Tracy Mignone The pictures say a thousand words, and draw a thousand gasps... the WOO team gets down and dirty to help dig out of the devastation 1 mud flooded structure at a time. Homes, lives and businesses destroyed. The boardwalk is gone. The streets are sand roads but we are NY and the spirit in the area was phenomenal. View Album


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By: Tracy Mignone This is what's it's all about. The children, their smiles that for a time were taken away by Sandy but given back by Santa. This event would not have been possible without so many key people in place, starting w/ Val Jenter, a brave and beautiful soul who put every beat of her heart into this day. A very special thank you to The Shortstack Models (www.wooshortstack.org) and all of our volunteers including Joanna Ianniello (who spent her birthday bringing toys to these children) with Peter Stratis, NY Hope's Doreen Zampaglione who bought and distrubuted $2000.00+ worth of toys...


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By Rebecca Henely Times Ledger Young women leave Shortstack modeling with the ability to pound the runway, but it starts with walking the auditorium stage at JHS 190 in Forest Hills. The modeling agency held its second week of auditions Saturday at the school, at 68-17 Austin St., seeing about 15 contestants who could become one of the lucky 24 to have a spot in the agency for the year. Young women leave Shortstack modeling with the ability to pound the runway, but it starts with walking the auditorium stage at JHS 190 in Forest Hills. The modeling agency held its second week of auditions...


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Name: Sofy Maxman Home: Bayside Age 18 Height 5’2 Weight 106 Stats: 31-28-32 Sofy Maxman has been modeling through Shortstack, an agency for petite models, for about three years. So far, she says it’s been an amazing time for her in every way. “The general experience of being in Shortstack was so fantastic all around,” she said. Sofy has always had a fascination with photography and fashion. She even took a couple classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology. During her sophomore year of high school, she learned about Shortstack through her mother. She auditioned with her best...


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Name: Olympia Zipitas Home: Flushing Age: 19 Height: 5’3" Weight: 105 Stats: 31-29-35 Olympia Zipitas has been modeling through Shortstack, an agency for petite models, for about two years. It’s where she has made some great friends and even pitched in when school work arises. “I have helped a few of my friends who are photo and art majors with their photography projects,” she said. Olympia got involved with Shortstack when a high school friend told her about an annual fashion show. They needed a ballerina. Olympia, who used to twirl a bit, helped out with the show and decided...


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Name: Jordyn Morschhauser Home: Bayside Age: 19 Height: 5’4" Weight: 115 Stats: 33-29-39 When Jordyn Morschhauser first moved to New York from Kentucky, she came to the area with big hopes and aspirations. On top of modeling with Shortstack, the ambitious 19-year-old also manages to balance a schedule of working at a local Friendly’s and attending school at Long Island University as a music education major. “Coming here, I was a little shy and nervous,” Jordyn said. “Modeling with Shortstack has really helped me gain confidence and make a lot of friends.” Since...


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Name: Ashley Garcia Home: Ozone Park Age: 17 Height: 5’5" Weight: 140 lbs. Stats: 32.5, 29.5, 40 “Mother knows best” sums up Ashley’s modeling beginnings. Growing up in a house of three girls, Ashley’s mother suggested they all try new things. She was attracted to the “good posture” of modeling, and Ashley has run with it ever since. “I did a lot of pageant work when I was younger. I also modeled for family shots in catalogs like JC Penny’s,” said Ashley. It wasn’t until she was a junior in high school, when she spent the year in Madrid, that she got a taste...


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