You never know where or when opportunity will find you. Jamie Tipton a junior at East Tennessee State University was just walking around at a NASCAR event in Bristol, Tenn., when a talent scout noticed her. That was five years ago and Tipton has been hired to promote several products since including: Vault CXT, Tag Body Spray and Cover Girl.
The Talent Pool Inc. representative at Bristol Motor Speedway gave Tipton a contact card to set up an interview and photo shoot. Tipton, a Johnson City native, said she talked it over with her mother and decided to do the interview with the agency located in Charlotte, N.C. “Any legit company will suggest a companion accompany the model that has been booked for a shoot,” Tipton said. Her mother agreed and Tipton has been traveling the East Coast with NASCAR ever since that first encounter.
The publicity this ETSU junior gained from modeling NASCAR events soon caught the attention of Action, a modeling firm in California. “In modeling, one thing leads to another,” Tipton said.
Tipton’s ‘modeling bug’ sprang from competing with her four sisters for attention around the house. That natural star power has landed Tipton a gig on MTV. “I am super excited about being a co-host for a new show (on MTV). I will travel to New York every three weeks from now until all the episodes for the first season are taped,” she said.All of this modeling and entertainment sounds great, but there are some sacrifices. “I love to eat . pizza, ice cream, chocolate, but when you are with your agent they put you on a strict diet,” Tipton said.
Besides the chore of eating vegetables, this young Buccaneer has also had to put in work behind the scenes. Some of her duties as a product promoter and model keep her busy. Companies have asked her to receive and distribute promotional materials, set up displays in stores, and work directly with customers to stimulate product awareness.
Tipton has gained a wealth of experience in her five years of modeling and she says she is just getting started. She currently has a feature role in a horror movie and plans to tour Europe with the Hawaiian Tropic promotion in the near future.

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