(Please text 864-MODEL-TX or send me an email at elle.joy.modeling@gmail.com to discuss booking a close-upcoming shoot with me. I do not check this account as frequently as Facebook either, so send me a message through my page at www.facebook.com/elle.joy.portfolio. TAGS AND PHOTO COMMENTS ARE INCREDIBLY WELCOMEL BUT SHOULD NOT BE PROVIDED AS SHOOT OFFERS.)

**Before you send me a TF shoot offer, PLEASE read the sections below the travel dates
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INTRO
Thanks for checking me out on Model Mayhem! For the last 20+ years, I have modeled & assisted photographers, painters, designers & many other artists to help create & present their visions & talents to the world. I love being a part of the collaborative process with all of you..
My experience is diverse, starting out in runway in my teens under agency contracts, & then continuing on as a freelance model once I gained experence. My network expanded with international travel, which diversified my marketability while acquiring new skills.

MODELING SCHOOL/ PORTFOLIO & CONFIDENCE MENTORSHIP AVAILABLE
I have always welcomed constructive feedback & negative criticisms as much as praise to help me grow as I worked to improve without taking any of the things people said they didn't like personally. We are all organic & never finished products. I have found that is the key to longevity in this industry as a model, & something I teach those who mentor to focus on developing within their own lives. If you or someone you know is interested in refining their skills as a model, please reach out with fee inquiries. I am located in Houston and also for travel to your location.

MODEL STATS
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Height: 5'11". (In-Heel range from 6' - 6'5")

Tattoos: 100% Natural

Eyes: Dark-brown. (Colored contacts are available for shoots to those who do not incorporate photo retouching in their work )

Hair: Dark-brown curly hair that is easy to work with & straightens easily with a blow dryer/ flat iron. ( a plethora of wigs are available to choose from that I can bring to shoots with 24 hr advanced notice)

Eyes: Colored contacts are also available for shoot use to those who do not incorporate photo retouching in their work.

Skin: Italian /Swedish-American ethnicity with olive skin that is kept lightly-tanned. (If you have a preference for darker skin, please give at least 48 hours notice prior to shoots for time to prepare. No last minute requests are granted due to uneven light reflection in skin)


EQUIPMENT/ STUDIO RENTAL ($60/hr)
Lighting, backdrops & other equipment is available for rental for those who want to book but do not have the set up yet, or who simply do not want to transport their own equipment. I have a studio in Northwest Houston available for $60/ hour. Please message me with inquiries on rental costs.

PORTFOLIOS/. MODEL RESPONSIBILITY
None of my online portfolios reflect the entirety of my career's work. I do my best to add raw and untouched photos of me on recruitment sites to show potential clients that I am not just a retouched creation. Please note that I do not stay updated with portfolios, or social media accounts & expect those I work with to be responsible for publishing or posting the results of our work. If you would like to see more images to decide on booking, please send me a request, & I will send you more of my portfolio. You may also check out these other online portfolio sites for review:
http://www.facebook.com/elle.joy.portfolio
http://modeldesire.com/profile/ElleJoy
http://www.onemodelplace.com/models/elle-joy
http://www.facebook.com/elle.joy.modeling
https://www.instagram.com/elle_joy_ryder/
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*** I AM NO LONGER ACCEPTING INTERNATIONAL BOOKINGS FOR 2023- 2026!!!
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RATES FOR BOOKINGS
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My modeling rates differ depending on numerous factors that make a flat rate impossible to post. To inquire about rates for shoots, please send me a message with details for the shoot that includes the following details:
- location
-preferred dates/ times of day you are requesting to shoot
-# of hours you are requesting for our photo session
-is a MUA/ Hair & wardrobe being provided
-whether or not time you are requesting to shoot above includes MUA/ Hair/ Wardrobe or if model is to show up ready to shoot
-your intended use/ point of publication/ commercial intent of our images
-the name of the fashion or commercial client

PHOTOGS
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- For photogs interested in shooting within the Houston area, my general rates for shoots are $100/hr and $150/hr for shoots including nudity (Please see restrictions on "Nudity" below).

- Additional fees may be added for travel time, make-up/hair, use of photography or lighting equipment/ props, intended use for advertising, & shooting for extended hours or holidays, participation in workshop shoots, etc...

***I DO HAVE A 2 HOUR MINIMUM FOR ALL SHOOTS BOOKED

-RUNWAY RATES:
Runway services are only available to clients under detailed conditions for established designers/ corporations. If you are looking for management services, I offer my services to manage casting calls/ go-sees to provide runway models for those needing assistance. To book me for a runway or other promotional event, please email me a message with your payment offer, the designers' name, the location& date/time of the event etc.. to Elle.joy.modeling@gmail.com.

-BOOKING DEPOSIT: A $50 deposit is due upon booking for new clients with fee applied toward payment on the day that services are rendered. All deposits are final & non-refundable.
-DISCOUNTED RATES: To support the arts and the success of starving talents, I do offer discounts for painters & other artists who are trying to get their work into galleries/ exhibitions,

CANCELLATIONS:
I work hard to surpass the flakey model stereotype &I take pride in being reliable, so I do not cancel when a shoot is scheduled unless it is absolutely impossible for me to do otherwise. I ask that others please do the same, & provide me with at least 24 hrs notice before shoots if cancellations, or rescheduling, is needed. All shoots not cancelled in that timeframe will lose their $50 deposit & may be subject to payment in full.

TFP OFFERS: Trade shoots are not being offered at this time. Happy creating.

NUDITY:
I am available for suggestive nudity in shoots for independent photographers looking to update their portfolios. All nudity sessions are otherwise specifically reserved for fine art photographers & painters for gallery or exhibition pieces. I do not do pornographic images, or any shoots that do not fall within that description.

My modeling services are only available to intermediate and experienced artists with established portfolios that can be verified with research. All offers not providing sufficient time for such will be rejected. All GWCs will be reported for disrupting the professionalism of this industry.

SHOOT ESCORT:
Safety is a priority & my responsibility to ensure. For shoots booked with me by new photographers that require me to meet in a private location, I do ask to be allowed to bring an escort for safety purposes. Please note that at no time will my escort be asked, or expected to, stay in the area that I am modeling in or be related to my personal life in any way. I've been at this a long time & don't bring drama to the workplace.

So many of you on here have such amazing creativity and talent! It's been a true HONOR to work with so many of you, & I look forward to the collaborations & creativity that lies ahead! Until we meet again, happy creating!

Ciao ciao! :-)

~ Elle Joy Ryder

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DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE ME CREDITS IF YOU HAVE WORKED WITH ME! Recommendations go a long way with experienced photographers, & help models know who is trustworthy to work with too!


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TRAVEL DATES FOR ELLE JOY RYDER:
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**I am sorry, but all travel tours have been suspended due to personal reasons until further notice. Shoots are open for booking in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin, and New Orleans at this time. Thank you for you understanding.
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Archives____
2017
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January 1st - January 3rd: New York City, New York
January 4th - January 26th: Houston, TX
January 26th - February 3rd: Las Vegas, Nevada
February 4th - February 8th: Houston, TX
February 9th - February 11th: New Orleans, Louisiana
February 12th - February 24th: Houston, Texas
February 26th - February 28th: Galveston, Texas
February 29th - March 7th: Houston, Texas
March 7th - March 10th: San Francisco, California
March 11th - March 12th: Napa Valley, California
March 12th - March 15th: Phoenix, Arizona
March 16th - March 18th: Dallas, Texas
March 19th - March 23rd: Unbroken Springs Festival, Texas
March 24th - June 7th: Houston, Texas
June 8th - June 12th: Seabrook, Texas
June 13th - June 26th: Houston, Texas
June 27th - July 3rd: World Bodypainting Festival, Austria
July 4th - July 12th: Vienna, Austria
July 13th - December 31st: GLOBALLY AVAILABLE!!

****All other dates pending at this time. Please message me for bookings.


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TRAVEL DATES FOR 2016
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January 1st - 15th: Houston, Texas
January 16th - 25th: Austin, Texas
January 26th - February 15th: Louisville, Kentucky
February 16th - February 27th: Houston, Texas
March 1st - March 19th: Los Angeles, California
March 20th - March 31st: San Diego, California
April 1st - April 19th: Houston, Texas
June 9th - June 11th: Chicago, Illinois
June 12th - June 22nd: Houston, Texas
June 23rd - June 25th: London, UK
June 25th - July 27th: Vienna, Austria
June 28th - July 3rd: Portschach, Austria (World Bodypainting Festival)
July 4th - July 5th: Milan, Italy
July 6th - July 7th: Chicago, Illinois
July 8th - August 7th: Houston, Texas
August 8th - August 15th: New York City, New York
August 16th - September 7th: Houston, Texas
August 18th - August 21st: New Orleans, Louisiana
August 22nd - September 4th: Houston, Texas
September 5th - September 7th: New York City, NY
September 8th - September 11th: Austin, Texas
September 12th - September 30th: Houston, Texas
October 20th - October 30th: Palm Springs, California
October 31st - November 2nd: Austin, Texas
November 3rd - December 28th: Houston, Texas
December 28th - January 3rd: New York City, NY

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2015 TRAVEL DATES:
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January 1st- February 8th: Houston, TX
February 9th - February 12th: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
February 13th - March 10th: Houston, TX
March 11th - March 24th: Vienna, Austria
March 25th - March 27th: Istanbul, Turkey
March 28th - March 29th: New York City, NY
March 30th - March 31st: Dallas, TX
April 1st - April 24th: Houston, TX
April 25th - May 9th: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
May 10th - May 23rd: Houston, TX
May 24th - May 28th: Dallas, TX
May 29th - June 7th: Houston, TX
June 8th - June 19th: Vienna, Austria
June 20th - July 2nd: Split, Croatia
July 3rd - July 11th: Houston, TX
July 12th- July 20th: London, England (UK)
July 21st - July 23rd: Brussels, Belgium
July 24th - July 28th: Vienna, Austria
July 29th - July 31st: Zurich, Switzerland
August 1st - September 7th: Houston, TX
September 8th - September 11th: Austin, TX
September 12th- September 29th: Houston, TX
October 1st- October 17th: Dallas, TX
October 18th- October 28th: Sao Paulo, Brazil
October 29th - November 8th: New Orleans, LA
November 9th - November 15th: Houston, TX
November 16th - November 23rd: Cancun, Mexico
November 24th- December 17th: Houston, TX
December 18th- December 23rd: Dallas, TX
December 24th- December 31st: Houston, TX
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All other prior years have been archived. If you would like to know if I have (or will) travel to your city, please send me a message. Thanks. :-)

I do not have time to fill in all of these Model Mayhem numbers, so please message me to update and add credits to your profile. I always try to make sure everyone is properly credited for their work in images, but in the event that someone is not properly credited on any of the images I have posted, please send me a message so that I can add them to the list of people I have worked with:

Alex Rouse: painter (Los Angeles, California): MM#
John Moses: painter/ digital artist (Houston, Texas): MM#
John Phorn: photographer (Los Angeles, California): MM#
"Tree": MUA/ stylist (Houston, Texas): MM#
Cathy Bunn: hair stylist (Heights, Texas): MM#
Jessica Moses: model (Houston, Texas): MM#
Ron ?/: painter/ sculptor (San Antonio, Texas): MM#
Adrianne Seccoy: painter (Lubbock, Texas): MM#
Latina Magazine (Houston, Texas): MM#
Sky Lounge- Latina Magazine, Runway Benefit (Houston, Texas): MM#
Neil Hammil Agency (Houston, Texas): MM#
Model Search America (Corpus Christi, Texas): MM#
Ashwin Dowlaghar: photo assistant (India): MM#
Tonya Habjouqa: Mexico; photographer (East Jerusalem): MM#
Sara Elizabeth: painter (Houston, Texas): MM#
Alan Rogers: model (Rosharon, Texas): MM#
Ciara Houghton: model (Houston, Texas): MM#
Rainet Lewis: model (Houston, Texas): MM#
Negrus Lebrum: fashion designer (Houston, Texas): MM #2126235
Maday Gonzalez: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM#
LaTanya TajModels: agency (Houston, Texas): MM#
Billy Bui: photographer (Cypress, Texas): MM#
Tiffiny Luong: MUA/ stylist (Arlington, Texas): MM#
Mona Moore: model (Houston, Texas): MM#
Ray Maxa : photographer (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic): MM#
Julian Quintana: painter/ digital artist (San Jose, California): MM#
Rex Lane: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM#
Michael Vavlitis: marketing manager (Boston, Massachusetts): MM#
Zarihs Zoltan: retoucher (Dubai, United Emirates): MM#
Holger Weimann: photographer (Vienna, Austria): MM#
Photoxmedia: photographer (Split, Croatia): MM#
Thomas Hovezak: steampunk jewelry designer (Vienna, Austria): MM#
Theodor Kupferdach: steampunk couture (Vienna, Austria): MM#
Elliot Cooper: model/ designer (Vienna, Austria): MM#
Roman Volkel: studio assistant (Vienna, Austria): MM#
JaJo Couture: couture designer (Houston, Texas): MM# 849695
Daniel Lichterwaldt: photographer (Vienna, Austria): MM #2387569
Emre Cakmakci: retoucher (Cypress, Turkey): MM#
Adil Birsen: fine jewelry designer (Istanbul, Turkey): MM#
Robert Billingsley: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM#
JT Makeup: MUA (Dallas, Texas): MM#
Aubrey Harding: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM#
Robert Douche: assistant (Houston, Texas): MM#
Robert Prophet: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM #1943920
Nuri Galata: jewelry designer (Istanbul, Turkey): MM#
Fahid Khawaja: photographer (Los Cabos, Mexico): MM#
Tomas Barron: photographer (Los Cabos, Mexico): MM# 1358523
Nic Harper : photographer (London, England): MM #33447
Patrick Strumm: photographer (Zurich, Switzerland): MM# 819606
Photoxmedia: photographer (Vienna, Austria): MM#
Laura Corbin: lyme disease wardrobe (San Diego, California): MM#
Fotofusion: photographer/ studio (Houston, Texas): MM# 51672
William B.: author/ screenwriter (New Mexico): MM#
Tomas Barron: photographer (Los Cabos, Mexico): MM#1358523
Dean Mayo. : photographer (Palm Springs, CA): MM#
Lee E. Wright: painter (Houston, Texas): MM# 2299016
Mickey R: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM #
Peter D.: photographer/ creative artist (Houston, Texas): MM#
Sergeant John J. Rambo: model (Jersey Village, Texas): MM# 3382708
Robert Williams: screenwriter/ photographer (Lake Jackson, Texas): MM# 809152
Holger Weimann: photographer (Cancun, Mexico): MM#
Christian MacTavish: model/ stylist (Dallas, Texas): MM# 1018071
Brianna Apsara: photographer (Dallas, Texas): MM#
George Buczko: retoucher (Paris, France): MM#
PH Photo: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM# 3315968
Bill {Anonymous}: photographer (Boulder, Colorado): MM#
Hair by MacTavish: hair designer (Flower Mound, Texas): MM# 426187
Sarah K: model/ modeling student (Houston, Texas): MM#
MeruMerus: designer (Houston, Texas): MM#
Bo Whaskaley.: model/ photographer (Houston, Texas): MM#
Raj Nitro: photographer (Houston, Texas): MM#
Belinda Adel/ Bedazzle Studio: Hairstylist/ MUA (Houston, Texas): MM#
Karen Taylor: photographer (League City, Texas): MM#
Dougie Anonymous: model (League City, Texas): MM#
Ritual Fashion: designer (Los Angeles, Texas): MM#
Sil Klusova : Makeup/Hair (Houston, TX): MM#


WORLD BODYPAINTING FESTIVALS:
Special thanks to WB Productions
Diego Bormida: bodypainter (Portschach, Austria/ World Bodypainting Festival): MM#
Hannes Haefele: photographer ( World Bodypainting Festival, Austria): MM#
Ingrid Hofbauer: photographer (World Bodypainting Festival, Austria): MM#
Christian Anders: photographer (World Bodypainting Festival, Austria): MM#
Heinz Peter Bader: photographer (World Bodypainting Festival, Austria): MM#
Holger Weizman of Photoxmedia: photographer (World Bodypainting Festival, Austria)
....AND ALL OF THE OTHER TWO HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHERS AT WBF 2016. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, AND FOR THE PUBLICATIONS.

RITUAL FASHION RUNWAY SHOW (Houston, TX)
All of the models who were in that show, please message me for inclusion in credits.
Sara K.: model. (Houston, TX): MM#
Heather Murphy: model (Austin, TX): MM#
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MERU MERUS' FASHION SHOWS:
Umair Khan: fashion designer (Houston, Texas): MM#
MeruMerus: runway fashion show (Houston, Texas): MM#
Angel Sweets: fashion runway model (Houston, Texas): MM# 3135516
Kimberly Smith: fashion runway model (Houston, Texas): MM#
Amy Shields Hairr: fashion runway model (Houston, Texas): MM#
...AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE OTHER GIRLS WHO MADE IT OUT FOR THE CASTING FOR THIS SHOW & THOSE WHO RESPONDED TO MY CASTING CALL AND CASTING MESSAGES ON MODEL MAYHEM. (Please send me a message to be included in credits if I left out your name and you would like inclusion in credits.)


PUBLICATIONS:
Sonia, Christine. "Meru Merus: A designer interviwed by designer Christine Sonia." American Hashtag Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 2017, pp. 8-9. Pulled from https://www.joomag.com/magazine/hashtag-american-mag-3-jan-feb-2017/0628571001482429295# on Feb 29, 2017.

"World Bodypainting Festival Models Turn Themselves Into Living Art Work In Austria." Design You Trust, July 2016. Pulled from http://designyoutrust.com/2016/07/world-bodypainting-festival-models-turn-themselves-into-living-art-work-in-austria/ on Aug 7, 2016.

"Painting Rejected as a 25 Knockoff May Be a 26 Million Work of Art." AOL News, 5 October 2016. Pulled from https://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/10/05/painting-rejected-as-a-25-knockoff-may-be-a-26-million-work-of/21575230/ on Nov. 23, 2016.

"Austria Hosts Body Painting World Championships." AOL News, 5 July 2016. Pulled from https://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/07/05/austria-hosts-body-painting-world-championships/21424395/.

"World Bodypainting Festival: Your body is a canvas..." Sunday Express, 6 July 2016. Pulled from http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/2902/World-Bodypainting-Festival-Austria-body-art-designs-in-pictures/A-model-poses-during-the-World-Bodypainting-Festival-in-Poertschach-Austria-July-1-2016-147724 on Feb. 28, 2017.

Please check for other publications if you are interested in my print work, as I have been published elsewhere and not included the tear sheets in my port. Inquire for more details, or check with MeruMerus, Maxim Magazine, Raj Nitro, Getty Images, or WBF Productions for more information. .


...I know I've left out a bunch of you guys. I've tried to keep up with this. (Please excuse any and all crediting omissions and errors. I know I left some things out, as there are some that I know don't like being credited, but to those I have forgotten accidentally, please message me for inclusion.)

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