You probably know Ava Cota as the lovely, leggy dancer who was rejected from the Abby Lee Dance Company, on “Dance Moms,” because she was “too tall.” Now, that lanky frame is propelling her career as a model. Ava just made her New York Fashion Week runway debut, and we’re guessing it won’t be the […]
We’re thrilled for our Cover Model Search winner Kaylin Maggard—but we also love our two runners-up, Haley Hartsfield and Michelle Quiner! We talked to Haley about how life has changed since her NYC visit for the contest. What have you been up to since your trip to NYC? I’ve been to Nationals in NYC, and […]
All of 18-year-old Kaylin Maggard’s dreams—from scoring the title of National Senior Outstanding Dancer at New York City Dance Alliance Nationals to winning the 2017 Dance Spirit Cover Model Search—are coming true. And to anyone who knows the gorgeous contemporary dancer, that’s no surprise. From the moment the Dance Spirit staff met Kaylin, it was […]
With her long limbs and delicate features, Ella Titus could pass as a model—and she has actually posed for fashion photographers on her days off from Miami City Ballet, where she’s in the corps. But Titus also sets fashion trends: For several years now, she has designed and hand-knit her own line of legwarmers, Ella […]
The latest in the never–gets–old trend of dancers modeling fashion (dare I say, bringing it to life?!) is a video of two of our favorite sisters dancing in all the latest for Glamour magazine. Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler are too cute for words, though we would have loved to see a little bit fiercer […]
Anna Zanovello is one of New York Fashion Week’s favorite new models—and a former ballet dancer from Milan. Not surprised? Neither were we. Ballerinas are elegant, strong, graceful—and perfect for the catwalk! Anna, a stunningly gorgeous, long-legged beauty, trained in classical ballet growing up, eventually earning a spot at Italian ballet company La Scala Theatre […]