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Welcome back to another episode of Shredding Secrets.

Today we're exploring the glamorous world of modeling and acting with the one and only Laura

James. Laura is best known for winning cycle 19 of America's next top model, where she took home

the first place title along with a bunch of other prizes, and yes, I will ask her the dollar

amounts. But what's interesting is that before she launched her Rowan modeling career,

she graduated from Paul Smith College with a degree in hotel resort tourism management.

In 2014, her acting career took off, and she starred in episodes like Hello Ladies,

the Young and the Restless, and American Woman. Her most prominent role was in the critically

acclaimed show called SWAT, ever heard of it. She's had such incredible careers in both modeling

and acting. We're going to drill down deep into both. I'm even curious if someone just off the

streets wanting to get the acting, how do they do it? I can't wait to do it. Laura, thank you so

much for coming on this episode of Shredding Secrets. Thank you for having me. That's quite the intro.

I'm excited to be here. Yeah, and this is so exciting because we have not had anyone within this

space. And for you, you did just that, right? In 2012, you come in first place, America's next

top model. What a huge opportunity. And I was reading, I can't tell you what, bachelor's got to

step their game up because we don't get, you know, we get love, which is great. We don't get

shit when we win. You got these contracts and this and that. I made unbelievable. But I want to

get into how did this even come about? How did you end up finding this show that, of course,

changed a little bit of the trajectory of what you're doing today? Yeah, no, it's actually crazy.

And I know you mentioned my college, which is where I went to school. And I went to college for

hotel resort and tourism management because I was completely in love with the hospitality industry.

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