Mariana Verkerk - Modeling Mentor

www.marianaverkerk.com

Mariana has been working as a highly successful model for over 20 years and has walked the runways of New York, Paris, Milan and Tokyo. Her clients include Victoria's Secret, Nicole Miller, Bill Blass, Escada, Thierry Mugler, Gloria Vanderbilt, Halston and Michael Kors. She has worked with many photographers including Peter Beard, Steven Meisel and Antoine Verglas and has appeared in notable publications such as Vogue and Elle.

While represented by the Elite modeling agency, Mariana was asked to train the agency's "Look of the Year" contestants how to walk the runway.  Since 2005 she has been the Runway, Posing Coach and jury member for Holland’s, Benelux’, Scandianavia’s and Norway’s Next Top Model. She has produced numerous fashion shows and prepared Jill Hennessy, Minnie Driver, Gina Gershon and Gretchen Mol for their runway debuts, among many others.  Mariana was involved with Model Search America, ‘THE’ and the Model Convention in Europe and has trained over 200.000 models to walk the runway.  Mariana resides in New York City.