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• I bought this pair here, sadly the combat boots I brought with me were just too much lacing and unlacing at every casting… the boots also gave me blisters! Coincidentally these shoes gave me blisters as well… and no I cant return them because I got the bright idea to try and cut the back to see if that would help… It didn’t. So now I’m stuck with them!
• These are one of the THREE pairs of shoes I brought with me, the simple pair of heels purchased for castings were just perfect! unlike most my other shoes…
• FREE! These shoes were a gift from the Model Lounge! all the models got a pair of Havaianas flip flops, I wore mine one day and sadly tripped and got a nasty cut on my toe.
• TOMS. Good old TOMS, these ended up being the shoes I wore every day. They didn’t give me blisters, they were easy to get on and off, they were just perfect! Except for the slowly growing hole in the toe… I guess it’ll be time for more tape when I get home!
• FREE! Another gift from the Model Lounge! CHARLES by Charles David heels were given to all the model who participated (even if just for 15 minutes…) in the catwalk class held at the beginning of fashion week!
• FREE! No, these aren’t from Model Lounge, I got these from the runway I did today, Three as Four! These NIKE Gladiator IIs are what the models wore in the show. Afterwards we weren’t supposed to keep them but the designer let one girl keep them and my dresser noticed and told me the were giving them to the girls! When I asked the lady in charge she said, “I’m not supposed too but you can take yours, just don’t let any other girls find out.” So in the end me and two other models snuck out of the show with free NIKE sandals!
• FREE! These were given as trade to the models from my first show Candela… unfortunately the largest size they carry is a ten… so I am hoping I can sell these shoes somewhere!
• This is the third pair of shoes I brought from home (the second pair was my TOMS). These are my combat boots from Target that I’m hoping I can return when I get home because these gave me blisters!
• FREE! A pair of sandals that happen to fit me that a girl left in the model apartment… shh, don’t tell anyone I took them!
• the last pair!!! These combat boots were also free, given out after the Theyskens' Theory show to all the models! We wore them in the finale and after the show they just let us all take them! Too bad these are also a size too small… curse my large feet!

So in the end I came here with three pairs of shoes and I am leaving with…

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TEN PAIRS!!