I was
born on a sunny evening in 1985 around the
6 o' clock news as a healthy blond, blue eyed baby
girl. My mom was delighted to see me growing up as
a bright, down to earth young lady. Unlike many girlfriends
of mine who wanted to be a princess, supermodel or
rockstar I had a big heart for animals and had my
mind set on being a
veterinarian. Of course this job
would require some years of college so during high
school I settled for jobs as a salesgirl. Later on
I made a "career switch"' to being a
waitress in a 50's diner/bar. I had quite a good time there,
it was very educational and a lot of fun. It was in
this place that
a magazine photographer spotted me
and asked me to pose for the cover of a girls magazine
(nothing dirty, I was a minor may I remind you!).
At first I was a little reluctant and nervous at the
thought of seeing myself on the shelf of a newsstand.
But after careful consideration I decided I had nothing
to lose and go for it.
The shoot turned out to be so much fun! I had a
great time chatting with the makeup artist and running
around being all glammed up. Looking at the results
though, I couldn't quite identify with the person
in the pictures. I am
passionate and
adventurous but
the girl in the pictures reflected a sweet but boring
girl-next-door type of girl! So when
an amateur nudity
photographer I knew from internet asked me to model
for him in a more erm... naughty way I didn't
have to think twice!
The shoot turned out as a very pretty old-style
glam
black & white series. I put the shoot on
an online modeling community and before I knew it
I was bombed with requests from photographers amongst
which three from people who did test shoots for
Playboy
magazine... Wow, this was a lot more than I ever dared
to dream of. I got some paid assignments which made
a great addition to my skimpy waitress salary and
met up with the playboy team to discuss the shoot.
The photographer turned out to be a huge admirer of
Helmut Newton (but then again, what photographer isn't
these days) and we decided to do a studio shoot based
on a picture in one of his books. The shoot took two
days, and was very hard work, but the end result was
worth the work times ten. I was intended to
grace
the cover, and a little disappointed when Netherlands'
hottest actress was published in the same issue. My
luck though, the issue turned out to be
the best-sold
Dutch Playboy in history. All of a sudden lots of
old classmates, neighbors and colleagues remembered
my phone number hahaha!
After the publication of my Playboy issue, I found
myself in a place where — being tied to a year
contract — my options for modeling in Holland
were quite limited. Although being
a professional
model was never in any of my plans, I understood that
I was given this opportunity, and more important,
this title, that could open so many doors that I couldn't
just leave it at this. I figured, if I couldn't do
a whole lot in Holland, I would find my luck somewhere
else, and what would be a better place to do this
then the Mecca of modeling,
Los Angeles! I made a
list of people I longed to work with, both models
and photographers as well as websites, most of them
dedicating much of their work to various streams in
the fetish world. I sent them an email that I would
stalk them for eternity unless they worked with me,
packed my bags and took off. I was astounded to find
that most of them were actually
delighted to work
with me! You can find most things I did there on this
website. Returning to the Netherlands, I started working
on getting
my own website together. Despite of some
problems with web designers, a lot of people kept
supporting me, following my work and signing up to
my mailing list, which I am so thankful for! Now,
finally, everything has come together and I hope to
be able to do much more with AncillaTilia.com, working
together with more photographers, cute colleagues
and updating you with a lot more sexy, interesting
and pretty material of my own taste then ever.
For now, I really like this
unexpected road my life
took and who knows when I'm 50 and my modeling
career runs to an end I will become a veterinarian
. After all, dreams are better when lived.
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