Name: Josie Maran
Birth: 1979
Zodiac: Taurus
Nationality: American
Hair: Chestnut
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'7"
Occupation: Model
This chestnut haired exquisite beauty is best known
for her work in the Summer '98 and Fall '98 Guess? advertising
campaigns. Josie Maran was born and raised just outside
San Francisco in Menlo Park, and graduated from an all-girls
private school. Although she now resides in Manhattan,
California will always be considered home. Following
the path of many other models, Maran did not initially
aspire to be a model.
She was hanging out with her friends at a BBQ in her
hometown three years ago when a woman asked her to be
in a fashion show. This request was the beginning of
her modeling career, since a modeling agent at the show
spotted Maran and encouraged her to start modeling.
Presently managed by the Elite Model Management, Maran
has graced such magazine covers as Fitness, Glamour
and Teen, as well as Shape, Seventeen, Stuff, and Sport.
Apart from her work in the Guess? advertising campaign,
she also appeared in ads for Maybelline and American
Eagle Outfitters. People may recognize her as the main
female character in the Backstreet Boys video, "Everybody
(Backstreet's Back)".
Although Maran has already had an impressive modeling
career at the tender age of 20, she is still down to
earth. Not only does she "look at life as an adventure",
but she also enjoys learning about different people,
cultures and countries. When not working, Maran makes
time for her favorite pastimes: reading, hiking, traveling,
and spending time with her family and friends.
With such a large number of young girls being approached
by modeling scouts, she advises young aspiring models
to finish high school, since there is always time for
modeling after graduation. She also suggests to keep
an open mind, not to take life so seriously and be deceived
-- modeling is not as glamorous as it seems! It may
not be glamorous, but with Maran's natural beauty, she
makes modeling seem like second nature, despite the
fact that she is only 5'7" tall(below the standard
for female models).
Maran hopes to continue modeling for a few more years
and eventually try her hand at acting.
