Kavelle Anglin-Christie, Staff Reporter
Pulse model Kimanee Wilson. - CONTRIBUTED
PULSE MODEL Kimanee Wilson is still excited about making the cover of the April issue of Trace magazine.
The issue was a special on Jamaica, featuring some of the island's top entertainers and models.
"That was a lot of fun. I saw that when I was in Jamaica ... I've worked with Trace so many times, but I hadn't worked with them for over a year before that. So when they called I was really happy to work with them again," she said.
Wilson's first cover "was for the London Times or something. I don't remember ... I'm sure I was pretty excited, because I still feel that way when I get to do things like that."
Wilson has also done work for Red, Essence, Intimissi and Peruvian Connection, as well as a campaign for Ralph Lauren Chaps shot late March this year, among others.
But this stunning young woman isn't only about strutting her stuff on the catwalk or gracing the covers of top magazines. She is also an upcoming jewellery designer.
"I think I've always wanted to do some sort of designing and about three or four years now I've been doing it. One day I was walking to a casting and I saw some beads in a store and that's basically where it started," she said.
She says she started designing mainly for fun, but it gradually developed into a side job. Wilson says putting beads together is especially relaxing when she is on castings.
"I don't know if people realise just how stressful going on castings and that sort of thing is. So when I go there I just sit and make my beads and I feel very relaxed," she said.
ENJOYING HER EXPERIENCE
Wilson and her jewellery will be featured at this year's Pulse Caribbean Fashion Week. "The models will be wearing my jewellery and I'm really excited about that. I make everything," she said.
Wilson, who joined Pulse last year, says so far she has enjoyed her experience with the agency. "Last year's CFW was the first time working with them. I wasn't signed to them at that point, but it was a great experience. Then I also did something with SHE Caribbean, so working with them has been great," she said.
That 'something' was a shoot for the cover for an upcoming issue.
Wilson, who grew up in Burnt Savannah, Westmoreland, and attended Mannings High School in the capital, Savanna-la-Mar, says success hasn't changed her. "I don't think I have changed in a negative way. Sure, now I am able to afford a few things that I want, but apart from that I am still the same person. The only thing is I am not as shy as when I first started out, but I am pretty much the same," she said.
