Fresh Academy LOVING Katie Price SIGNED – Amy Willerton to WIN!

From 10000 wannabee celebs who paraded themselves in front of the Pricey months ago, a final fifty boys and gals were chosen to enter the Signed House and begin competing for the coveted prize….to become Katie Price’s own protégée.  Here we are then, 7 weeks later when the final SIGNED eighth episode this week will air on Sky Living tomorrow, Monday 28^th November at 9.00pm.  We at Fresh Academy can’t wait and will be Tweeting all the way through @freshacademy on Twitter. This is all uber exciting for us because as you may (or may not) know, Amy Willerton, one of the finalists has been a regular visitor at the Fresh Academy where we’ve had the pleasure of photographing her since she was just 15.  We are over the moon with how far she’s come and hoping she’ll go even further under the guidance of Glamour icon, the Pricey!

Whilst it’s obvious that Amy is an absolute beauty on the outside, there has been quite a lot of controversy over her strong personality.  Frankly, from what we can see, Amy shows all the right signs (pardon the pun) for someone who wants to make a success of her modelling and showbiz career.  You would hardly call Katy Price a wall-flower, known for her candour and explosive lifestyle could it be that Amy, with her “slightly” bossy nature is perfectly poised to walk in Katie’s high heeled shoes?  It’s apparent to us that Amy knows what she wants and is going all the way out to get it.  Good for you – we at Fresh say. 

It’s taken seven gruelling weeks of Apprentice-style and showbiz tasks plus make-overs, photo shoots and bust-ups with the contestants for Amy to get this far.  Definitely bright and savvy, our Bristol born Amy is just 20 years old and is the 2010 Miss Bristol title holder.  We know from the show that it’s true enough to say  Amy loves the high life, is partial to the good stuff (champers and caviar darling) and isn’t afraid to mingle with the celebrities.  A bubby, lively and totally caring young lady, Amy shows plenty of compassion, particularly evident where her younger brother is concerned, he is unfortunately severely disabled and she spends much of her time fundraising to raise money for charity supporting the disabled.  This is not too far away from Katie Price’s own personal trials with her beloved son, Harley.

So who exactly is in the competition for the title and prize of being Signed by Katie Price and subsequently launched into the heady celebrity world of modelling and showbiz – Kirsten, gorgeous as she is, she lacks a certain sophistication that is so obviously there with our Amy, and Amy seems to have a very strong air of confidence, not unlike Katie’s, and definitely more apparent than Kirsten's.  As far as the male contestant we wonder if he is in the final three because he’s male and therefore it’s more politically correct to have a man in the finals.  Secretly we do actually really like Rylan and maybe he will get signed whatever happens, he’s good looking, got a great twinkle in his blue eyes and is just an all round nice guy – but is he going to go all the way?  Not if Amy can help it!

Follow us for up to date Tweets during the final on Twitter @freshacademy – see you there!

FRESH AT BINTM LIVE – THE ULTIMATE GIRL’S DAY OUT (it really was!)

Last weekend, we had the pleasure and the privilege to attend Britain and Ireland’s Next Top ModelLIVE at Excel in London.  We truly had an amazing time and enjoyed every second.  For all of you who came to see us on our stand, we hope you had as much fun as we did and we look forward to you coming to visit us in Watford soon for your fashion photo-shoots and any modelling portfolios you need to organise. 

As soon as the big doors opened at Excel, there was a huge rush and whoop of excitement as the crowds of girls, some with Mums some with their friends, some on their own – hurried inside to feast their eyes on all the goodies and stands.  Many were really dressed up and looked utterly fabulous, plenty of interesting hair styles, short shorts, glitzy tops, and lots of cleverly applied glamorous make-up.  The high heels were clicking and clacking around the floor just waiting to be scouted by Fresh!  We had a really tough job because everyone was looking absolutely fantastic.

We were also extremely lucky to have the gorgeous Mr England (Roland Johnson ) on our busy stand until 4pm helping us give out information on entering for Miss England 2012.  He was so popular that the Mums and the Daughters were both having their picture taken with him as well as snapping him as much as they could themselves.  We also had FREE photo-shoots happening on our stand and the response was impressive so we were rushed off our feet! We were positioned right opposite a great wig stand called Annabelle’s Wigs – and all of us enjoyed watching the passers-by trying on lots of funky coloured wigs. 

Also from our stand you could see one of Britain’s Next Top Model’s faces, Charlotte Holmes who was presenting on the open catwalk.  Being one of Fresh’s girls, Charlotte came to see us after her busy schedule and it was great to catch up with her.

Amy Child’s of The Only Way is Essex had a terrific stand very close to ours and passed us a few times, with crowds of fans who also found their way onto our stand.  We also had a visit from the stunning Anna Watts who was modelling for Lauren Goodger’s tanning product (currently in the TV show Shipwrecked on E4)

We were so busy that we weren’t sure how much time we’d have to walk around the show, when we did finally get a chance (in between talking to all our visitors), we spent some time looking at Calvin Klein watches, Junk Food Clothing, Miss Selfridge,Wonderbra and lots others!

Can’t wait til next year!