Florida 1st Models
Hi and welcome - my name is Karen Stephens and I am the owner and president of Florida 1st Models. I am the mother of two daughters and have been in the industry first as a performer and second as an agent/manager for a little over a year. Both of my daughters are in college now and out in the world on their own. I live now in North Miami Beach, with three cats (Cleo, Eric and Moo – the kitten), and the models that come and go from my house.
When I started in this industry a little over a year ago; for the same reasons many of you are looking to get into this business – I needed money. What I found were a lot of scams and big talkers that were promising me the world. Now at the time I was 44 years old and hopefully wise enough to not fall for all of them. But I cannot tell you that I didn’t fall for a couple. Thankfully I was lucky I found a couple of legitimate producers that shot me, and I enjoyed the experience. But I knew that my career as it were in front of the camera was limited, but I liked the industry…so I started looking for alternative ways of being in the industry. And I found it – becoming an agent/manager. I moved from Texas my home for twenty-five years in the late summer of 2007 to South Florida to work for another management company here. There I learned all the ins and outs of managing models. And the fact that I was a mother of two daughters; that were about the same ages as most of the models; helped in my relationship with the models. But as time went along I knew that with my new found knowledge and my past business experience it was inevitable that I was to move on, and so I did.
Florida 1st Models was started with the premise that the models safety is our first priority. I will never put my models in scenes that they are not comfortable in performing in, and never will I ask a model to perform in a scene that I would not perform in myself. If you ask, and I can give you the contact information of any one of my models, they will tell you that I treat each and everyone one of you as one of my own daughters. I will always do my best to continue your career for as long as you wish to keep performing. Please read our FAQ page for more information about this industry and Florida 1st Models. Or if you want please contact me directly by calling me at 305-764-7139. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerly,
Karen L. Stephens