Amanda-Marie Thompson

Amanda-Marie is a teen model of Belizean and Malaysian decent from New York City who aspires to establish a career as a super model and fashion designer. Amanda-Marie believes that once established, her fashion career will allow her to travel the world and influence youth with her philanthropy. Her first modeling opportunity came about when she was scouted out by a modeling representative from New York Barbizon School of Modeling and Acting while shopping in a clothing store. Soon after graduating from Barbizon, her modeling career took off. Her accomplishments in the fashion world include runway training with Strike-A-Pose Model and Talent Management, and Victoria Henley and Rio Summers of America's Next Top Model. She has modeled designs and participated in fashion runway productions for Magnifique by Victoria Henley, Heritage Indian Designs by Prashant Goyal, H&M, GAP, Macy’s, Uniqlo, and Old Navy, The Model Experience by Meagan Good, Rainbow Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, EPN Fashion Week, Champs For Autism, Bronx Fashion Week, Brooklyn Fashion Week, and Walk Fashion. Amanda-Marie’s love of fashion was sparked when she began taking fashion design courses at the New York Fashion Institute. She spent her summers taking courses in the Pre-College fashion design program. Amanda-Marie is a visionary who takes pride in her work, and in bringing a designers vision to life on the runway and in photoshoots. When asked why she loves to model, she always says, "Modeling is an inspiration. It fills me with strength and confidence that motivates me to work harder. I know the hard work that designers put into every detail of their pieces. I see myself as a canvas that bring each designers visions to life on the runway. I know modeling is my passion and I want to pursue all the opportunities and benefits modeling offers.” Amanda-Marie plans to use her fashion platform and proceeds from earnings to bring about awareness regarding lung cancer. She would like to raise money to find a cure and help those in financial need for medications and additional medical resources. Her passion to find a cure for lung cancer is fueled by the tragic loss of her grandmother. Amanda-Marie’s grandmother always encouraged her to persevere though life's challenges and always share her blessings with those less fortunate. It is Amanda's dream to one day use her own fashion designs and modeling agency to offer all people, including those with special needs and those who suffer from chronic diseases, and their families the opportunity to be fully included in the world of fashion. She plans to do this by producing fashion shows in which they will be given an opportunity to model and do print work. Amanda-Marie has been fortunate in accomplishing her goals at an early age. As a toddler, Amanda-Marie was featured as a model in the textbook, Parenting A Preschooler: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Child for the Classroom written by R. McClure and Vince Iannelli, MD, photographer Susan Bates. As a young philanthropist, Amanda-Marie participated in a video submission contest powered by Super Model Zendaya. Her video was selected out of hundreds of thousands and featured on Zendaya's website. In the video, Amanda-Marie shared how she gives back to her community during the holidays by donating toys to children and families who are less fortunate. Amanda-Marie has a host of talents and hobbies. She has a love for writing. As an elementary school student, she received an opportunity to be a participant in the Scholastic Writers of Tomorrow program where she authored the story, "The Reused-Food Machine." Her story along with stories from her peers at her elementary school, PS 135Q, was published by Scholastic as the compilation book, The Children's Dreams of The Future. The book features fictional stories with the common theme of ways to save the earth. During her down time, Amanda-Marie participates in the arts such as, Tiger Schulman's Mixed Martial Arts, ballet, and sketching various fashions. As Amanda-Marie continues her journey in the fashion world, she continues to be inspired by the designers and creative people she encounter and works with.