Two Falmouth maids are enjoying national attention and helping to firmly put Cornwall on the modelling map.
Former Falmouth School pupils Brandy Brewer and Rachel McDonald have both already made their mark in the industry and are encouraging other aspiring models to stay strong and not be defeated by long distance commutes to London.
Rachel, who is 24, believes the network of support provided by the close-knit family of models in the area is helping spur the girls on to new heights.
She said: "There are quite a few girls now from Cornwall who are doing really well and raising their profiles and we all support each other too which is important.
"It was and still is very tough getting into the modelling industry living in Cornwall, mainly because we're nearly off the radar down here with the main jobs being in the big cities like London for example, you have to be very determined and head strong not to give up.
"Commuting from here to London is hard and also expensive but I find the trips are always worth it and I've been luckily enough to regularly shoot abroad and I enjoy the long journeys strangely."
Rachel started modelling at 18 when her sister paid for her to get a portfolio shot and has since featured as a page three girl in the Daily Star and in a host of other publications.
She stills lists Falmouth nightspot Club I - Club International - as a guilty pleasure, a sentiment shared by Brandy.
Brandy, aka Amy, left Cornwall five years ago and has since won Loaded Magazine's Rear of the Year award and appeared on hit show The Only Way Is Essex, in the Daily Star and Zoo Magazine among others.
A die-hard football fan who is taking a keen interest in the World Cup - check out #brandysballtalk on Twitter - She has also worked as a sports presenter and writes a column for a lad's mag.
She said: "I've been doing this for seven years now and have been living in London for five.
"Commuting was really taking its toll so I made the big move, but I still come down every so often and I'm always mentioning Cornwall in any interviews I do and Falmouth will always be home and where my heart belongs.
"It was really tough getting into the industry living in Cornwall as nobody had heard of it and those who had assumed I was a farmer.
"I wanted it so badly and I had a daily routine of bombarding every magazine with pictures so they had no choice but to know who I was.
"I think the industry is taking more note now and looking further afield and it's great to see so many Cornish girls get noticed.
"It really warms my heart and makes me proud because this is what I worked for, for people to take Cornwall more seriously and see it as a place where hot girls do exist and not just farmers."
Brandy first broke into the modelling industry when she was scouted as a child and she subsequently shot a series of fashion shows, catalogue work and modelling for local surf store Freeriders.
