Josie Maran
Occupation: Actress, model
Birth Date: 8 May 1978
Birth Place: Menlo Park, California, USA
Nationality: American
Sex: F
Height: 5'7"
Father: Polish and Russian
Mother: Dutch, French, and German
Maran was born in 1978 outside San Francisco in Menlo Park. The chestnut-haired beauty got her start in modeling after a woman noticed the then 12-year-old at a hometown BBQ and asked her to be in a fashion show. But Maran's career didn't really take off until she finished high school
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
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