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Magazine Singapore
April, 2009
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Penthouse fashion shoot location for VIP Magazine Miss April Playmate :
Tiffany Livingston [Launch Issue] Shot on 6th Feb 2009
Girl On A Mission
CENTERFOLD TIFFANY LIVINGSTON TELLS US
ABOUT HER LIFE, DREAMS AND THE MAGICAL MAN IN HER LIFE, AND CHARMS US IN
THE PROCESS
"Smile" is Tiffany's favorite word, and it
is little wonder why. Sweet, young but definitely not just another
pretty face, Tiffany boasts the immaculate poise of a mature model
wrapped with a bubbly demeanor and girlish buckle. Armed with a
luminescent set of pearly whites, chocolate locks and a winsomeness
framed by the softest lips this shade of candy floss, Tiffany wields an
approachable appeal that is elusive to many emerging stars; the kind
that makes every girl want to be her BFF, and every guy secretly
covet her. Her child-like innocence, though belies the many years of
working experience she's chalked up.
Having worked through odd jobs such as
waitressing at a restaurant to being a childcare minder at a gym at the
ripe old age of 12, Tiffany remains sanguine and candid about working
and living in the public eye these days. Especially since it's rumored
she's dating celebrity magician, David Blaine. This media-savvy girl
simply smiled and refused to answer questions on her
relationship.
According to Tiffany, she has a few tricks
up her slender sleeves herself but argues how magic has "never been one
of her interests." She is certainly rapt with attention and all ears,
when watching magicians perform - no prizes for guessing who her
favorite magician is. Magic does fascinate and enthrall her as it brings
out the child-like naïveté and childish spirit in everyone. "Magic is a
good form of escapism and it helps you to question and wonder how it was
done! There is only one so much the human rationale can explain about
life's mysteries and magic is a great tool to merge reality and fantasy
and making the impossible, possible!"
Then, magically, she turns the
topic of conversation to her other love - travel. We hear, from the
grapevine, she was recently in Cambodia with a certain magician. But her
thrills of travel come from trekking the off-the-beaten paths and
exotic, or undiscovered locations, she says, "I hate the crass
commercialism of tourist spots or oft-mentioned and over-rated romantic
spots! I preferred the temples, shrines, floating villages and ancient
ruins of Cambodia!"
Besides the occasional break, she
remains focused and determined in furthering her career. She claims,
"I'd probably still be lounging or chilling doing aimless modeling
around the city if I hadn't read Man's Search For Meaning [Viktor
Frankl's 1946 book that chronicles his experiences as a concentration
camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding a
reason to live].
It has also helped in managing her
anger. "When you are modeling as a teen, you are basically surrounded by
a bunch of miserable girls and self-absorbed people who are only wasting
their time by being wrapped in indulgent self-pity! I'm glad that I have
good friends who help me through the tough times and dark periods!" Talk
about baggage.
Turning to a different kind of baggage,
she says weight is not a problem, and she doesn't really exercise.
"Exercise? No. I'm not very sporty. My exercise is eating biscuits in
front of the television". Tiffany admits that most of the models she
knows that are very thin have some issue with food. If healthy sized
models dominated the runways, the public would be much more accepting
and interested in the fashion world, she quips. A nonchalant response,
but untypical of a model who chooses to be headstrong, tenacious and
cynical; staying unconventionally puerile and pristine amid the decadent
excesses of fashion and media.
Centerfold
Luxurious 300 count
Egyptian cotton sheets and goosedown pillows by Ploh
"Julia Roberts, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro. I
grew up admiring the old school-gangster-ghetto type of movies and those
usually have the best actors and directors and well-crafted storylines."
Ambitions
"I've always wanted to take acting, and
cooking lessons. I'm a junk food queen so it'll be cool to make my own
cakes, finger foods and snacks, and I've always dreamt of being a pastry
chef! I've also wanted to be an interior decorator and I'm always
thinking of ideas to do up my own place in the future. Before I started
modeling, I'd done manual labor and worked as a landscaper, helping to
design patios, verandas-porches, fences, stonewalls and making bark
mulch! I have worked on some luxurious and vulgarly huge million-dollar
mansions!
Do you believe in destiny?
"I'm the kind of person, who needs to feel
like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes
badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it
was worth it."
On popularity
"It's weird, I thought I'd have so many more
friends, but I feel like I'm less popular than I've ever been, it makes
me value the people I can trust even more; I still have the same best
friend I've had all through high school."
On the difficulties of modeling
"It's hard to keep friends and maintain
contact with the ones you cherish or feel close to when you are
travelling, things keep changing and relationships with people are
transient. It's great though; having had the opportunity to meet the
people I've come across while modeling in exotic and exciting locations
around the world!
Sound track :
High Wide + Wonderful
Gerd
Seduce Me
Text Tristan
Chan; Photographer Justin Jonah
NG; Styling Fazillah Abdul Gaffa; Assisted by Gerald Tan; Hair
and Make Up Kel Liew using Shue Uemura; VIP Playmate of the
Month | Miss April | Tiffany Livingston