Monika

Words by Cisco Corea Photos by Peter Collie

Meet Monika, the blue eyed Canadian set to stun Australia with her striking good looks, and love of our local culture.

ASM: Hi Monika, thanks for being here. How are you?
Monika: I’m good thank you, thanks for having me.

ASM: You’re of Polish-Canadian background, how long have you been in Sydney?
Monika: [Thinks] hmm… about three years. I have been going back and forth between Australia and Vancouver, but I love it here. I always wanted to visit and be in Australia.

ASM: Really, how come?
Monika: Well, it’s kind of something I always wanted to do. I spoke to a lot of people that had travelled to Australia, I read a lot about the country and I loved the idea of living on the beach – back home it’s not as good and it’s just cold. So it felt right to come here. Deep inside I always knew it would just happen; it’s what I’d end up doing regardless.

ASM: But do you miss home?
Monika: Definitely. I miss my parents more than anything, especially since we’ve always been a very close family and I am really going to miss the Christmases without the snow; it’ll be very weird for me to have a Christmas without snow.

ASM: Can’t be that strange? Can it?
Monika: Yeah for sure. Christmas back home always has at least three feet of snow and at least minus 30 degrees Celsius. It is just the way it is and I grew up with that and for me it won’t feel as festive if all that is not there. I might have to just travel back home for the season, but that’ll turn out to be very costly [smiles again].

ASM: Fair enough, now how did modelling come about?
Monika: [Cheeky smile] I was actually discovered in my year book [laughs].

ASM: Hmm, sounds interesting? So what happened?
Monika: Well, I actually got a phone call from a modelling agent in Vancouver who had seen a photo of me in the 10th grade year book and I was in.