Isabela Brasileiro
How long were you a student at CTJ?
I started my CTJ classes when I was 13 (in 2001) and I graduated at the age of 19. At first, I began studying English just because my parents wanted, but it was cool in the first levels. But then, as I went through the books, it started to get harder and I started to have so many difficulties that I wanted to stop studying English. However, when I got to the advanced level, I began liking English in a way I never thought I would.
When did you graduate?
I graduated at the beginning of the second semester of 2007, because I chose to do the winter course, which was taught by a great teacher, Ronaldo Lima Junior, who, more than the knowledge, brought us lots of unforgettable and funny moments. By the way, unfortunately, I couldn’t go to the graduation because of an invitation I got to become an international model.
How did your career as a model begin?
Since I was 16, many people used to tell me to go through a model career, because I was tall and had posture. However, I never liked this idea very much, and, to be honest, I thought that being a model could be really boring, even liking the profession. Then, one day a booker, the person who chooses models, told me that I had a good profile and I should be a good model to work abroad, because of my height and my body. Consequently, that was when I started to think about it, because I always had a great interest in living abroad and getting to know new cultures. My first job as a model was in BFF (Brasília Fashion Festival), and, when it was almost July of 2007, I received an invitation to work in Milan. That was when I decided to take the CTJ intensive winter course.
Tell us a bit more about your international experiences now and for the future.
Even though 2007 was a year full of great surprises, 2008 will be a much busier and even more amazing year regarding jobs, especially the international ones.
After a season of 3 months in Milan, I went to Argentina and stayed for 3 weeks just for a one-week job. Then I came back to Brazil where I will be until the 28th of February. On this day, I'll go to Costa Rica, where I'll stay for 2 weeks for a TV recording and then I'll be back to Milan to follow a 3-month contract.
It is amazing to travel this much, I'm enjoying it a lot. More than that, getting to know new cultures and languages is awesome, even though I speak only English in all those trips. Hahaha.