BT GIRLS CALENDAR: PRESS RELEASE
Native American Women’s Calendar 08-09
16 month calendar
BT Girls Calendar: Native American Women’s Calendar 2008
Unit 150 - 991 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6Z 1V3
E: btgirls@thebakertwins.com
www.thebtgirls.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
2008/2009 Calendar Features Beautiful and Talented women who are positive role models to young girls and their communities
Vancouver, BC November 12, 2007 – BT Girls Native American Women’s Calendar is excited to announce that the release of the BT Girls Native American Women’s Calendar will be on March 1, 2008. The BT Girls Native American Women’s Calendar is one of the most diverse calendars to hit the industry. The Calendar is the very first of its kind, showcasing First Nations women in high fashion and glamorous imagery.
A team of beautiful and talented models and top industry professionals are working together to produce sophisticated imagery of fashion and glamorous editorials. The calendar also pays homage to women that are positive role models to their communities and to the younger generation. The calendar is being created to showcase the beauty and talent of the women in this calendar to the world through mainstream fashion and modeling. The style of the calendar is the equivalent with popular high fashion magazines, but very much encompasses its own unique flavor, giving it a greater edge.
BT Girls Calendar: Native American Women’s Calendar 2008/2009 is a sixteen month calendar and will be for sale for the modest price of $20.00 each. Twelve models have been selected to model with The Baker Twins for their first 2008/2009 calendar. Each model will be featured with The Baker Twins in one month of the calendar.
“Every year we get asked to do a collaboration calendar with different models and different companies. We remember what it was like to want to be a model and how impossible that dream seemed to be. The world doesn’t realize how many beautiful and talented Native Women there are in this world. First Nations people may not account for a large population of Turtle Island, but we do exist. Each week we receive emails from aspiring models that expresses their desire to want to become a model. If we are going to do any type of collaboration we are first going to do it with our own people.” co-creator of the calendar, Shauna Baker said.
Co-creator, Shannon Baker, continued: “Our main objective in producing this calendar is to showcase the beauty and talent of First Nations people through imagery to the mainstream market. When many people think of Native American people they immediately think of the westernized image of First Nations people that has been long depicted in Hollywood movies. Many people do not know that many First Nations people are successful doctors, lawyers, teachers, actors, models, etc. In the media, there is almost no portrayal of First Nations people living in the present day. The world needs to stop stereotyping First Nations people and start showing this through the media, and that is what we are doing with this calendar.”
THE CREATORS:
BT Girls Native American Women’s Calendar is distinctive in that the calendar was started by two sisters who wanted to combine their experience of working in the entertainment industry and their experience as entrepreneurs to create a calendar that showcased the beauty and talent of First Nations people through imagery to the mainstream market.
Co-creators, Shannon and Shauna Baker are models, actors, spokespeople and entrepreneurs. They have been on a variety of television shows, films and videos. They recently made a celebrity guest appearance on ‘The Tyra Banks Show’. Both of the girls also played a role on an episode of the television show ‘Smallville’. Some of their acting experience also includes movies and films such as: “Tin Man’, ‘Sharp as Marbles’, ‘Night of Removal’, ‘Time after Place’, ‘Family Portraits’, ‘History Lesson’, ‘Magical History Tour’, ‘Xylophobia’, ‘Hard Way To Grow up” and more. They have been managing their own modeling careers for almost five years. They take their role as positive role models to younger generations very seriously and are currently spokespeople for ‘Say Magazine’. They are also owners of the website design company ‘Baker Twin Designs’.
Shannon Baker has educational and “hands-on” experience in Business Management. She has held a variety of management positions having worked as a Project Manager & Research Assistant for a Research Project at Simon Fraser University. Her relevant business experience includes working as a: Sales & Marketing Planner, Junior Accounting Assistant, Administrative Coordinator, Director Assistant, Information Communication Technology Trainer and Web Designer. Currently, she is near the completion of receiving her degree. Shannon Baker was one of 59 delegates that competed in the Miss Universe® Canada 2007 pageant where she was an award recipient winner of the Revlon® Award.
Shauna Baker has extensive management experience and some educational experience. For two and a half years Shauna worked as an Accountant for a prestigious renovations company in downtown Vancouver, BC. She has extensive experience in the retail business having managed a popular fashion clothing store called Buffalo Jeans where she was the number one seller across North America. She has also worked as an office manager for a busy Underwriting Insurance Company in Vancouver, BC. Her additional relevant business experience also includes being an: Office Manager, Administrative Manager, Retail Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Sales Representative and a Youth Conference Coordinator.
For more information and to purchase the calendar visit the website: www.thebtgirls.com
