Nineteen year old Sonia Reynolds was looking forward to working in one of the world"s fashion capitals, New York. And at the time Sonia was still a comparative novice having only taken up modelling a little under a year previously. The Lough Road student had originally intended to become a fashion designer and studied A Level Art at St Michael"s College. But after being persuaded to enter two beauty contests and having done well in both her modelling career took off at a pace that even surprised Sonia.New York he contacted Sonia and offered her a month"s contract with the chance of more work abroad if things worked out satisfactorily. I could not take it in at first and I admit that I felt just a little apprehensive. But now I am looking forward to the trip and the work. I left school and decided to take time out from my studies to see how modelling would go.As it turned out things have gone much better than I could ever have hoped. It takes time to establish oneself in the business and going to New York means that I will have to start from scratch again. You have to learn to cope with heavy pressure and all the demands that at made on you. But I must admit that so far I have enjoyed the work.