Former Victoria's Secret, Target and QVC model to be celebrity guest judge at M.A.A.I in Miami!

MIAMI - June 13, 2014 - PRLog -- Kristi Finch was discovered while in college by fashion designer, Gianni Versace.  Less than 8 months after Kristi booked her first fall fashion show in Milan, Gianni Versace passed away.  Kristi was devastated and depressed for months.  She later returned to her hometown and enrolled in John Robert Powers modeling school and quickly became recognized as one of the top aspiring models in her region, landing 3^rd place in the swimsuit competition and being crowned Miss M.A.A.I. at the 1999 pageant.  While attending the M.A.A.I. convention, Kristi was called back by a few national modeling agencies, such as Karin, Next, and Wilhelmina, and began working in New York City and overseas immediately after.  Kristi was also a finalist of over 2,000 aspiring models on MTV’s Reality Television Show, Fashionably Loud and as a result signed a development contract with IMG Models.

Kristi worked for over a decade as a commercial actress and as a print, runway, and television model for major companies such as Target, Victoria’s Secret, L’Oreal, Pepsi, Smashbox, Comcast, BET, QVC and Chick-Fil-A.

Kristi retired from modeling and acting when she started a family and now owns The Sam Blaze Agency for models and talent serving Atlanta, GA and the Southeast U.S..  Kristi used her industry connections and quickly began staffing models and talent for clients such as, Disney, The Oprah Winfrey Network, USA Network, Starz, HSN, Spike TV, BET, CW, AMC, Comedy Central, Lifetime, HBO, Investigation Discovery, Fiat, Adidas, BMW, and United Way.

The Sam Blaze Agency is currently booking models and talent for the following ongoing movie and television projects as well.  Movies include: Fast and Furious 7, “Brilliance” with Will Smith, “Term Life” with Vince Vaughn, “Selma” with Oprah Winfrey, “Get Hard” with Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, “Ride Along 2” with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, “Drumline 2” with Nick Cannon, “Goosebumps” with Jack Black, “Divergent”, and it's sequel “Insurgent”.  Television shows include: Devious Maids, The Walking Dead, Finding Carter, Being Mary Jane, Halt and Catch Fire, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, and Triple Nine.

Kristi Lin Finch of The Sam Blaze Agency was invited by the board of directors of the Modeling Association of America International to return as a celebrity guest judge and to speak to the aspiring models and actors about her personal journey from the beginning as a M.A.A.I. attendee.

The Sam Blaze Agency will be at the 2014 M.A.A.I. convention in Miami, FL to find the next superstar.  We are currently seeking aspiring and experienced models and actresses to fill current and future projects.  The best of luck to all of the models and talent who will be in attendance.  See you there!

Contact info for Modeling Association of America International (M.A.A.I):

Next convention is at the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami, FL.

June 19-June 22, 2014

www.maai.org


Contact info for The Sam Blaze Agency:

(404) 594-4726

samblazeagency@gmail.com

http://www.SamBlazeAgency.com

http://www.Facebook.com/SamBlazeAgency

*FREE Modeling Classes, Acting Audition Classes, Makeup Lessons, Beauty Bootcamp and Branding Services.


Contact info for Kristi Lin FInch:

-same as The Sam Blaze Agency.

http://www.KristiLinFinch.com

http://www.twitter.com/KristiLinFinch

http://www.linkedin.com/in/KristiLinFinch