Modeling is like any art-form or any entertainment career: all it takes is a dream. The rest is up to how bad the person wants it. You need a thick skin, passion and the ability to take direction, to succeed in the modeling world. So when I met Frances Ruban, that was all we had to go on, a beautiful--but shy--girl who dreamed of walking the runway.


What set Frances apart was that passion to grow and succeed. She was always willing to learn from Nijah's top team of industry professionals. They developed her personal style, her comfort in auditions, even her walk on the runway. She trusted in Nijah completely, because she knew we shared her dream: make Frances Ruban a model.



With her edgy, trendy style and her confidence at an all-time high, Frances attracts the attention of US and international agents alike. But not even Frances could have predicted that she would explode onto the modeling scene after her development with Nijah. She's since been seen on the cover of major magazines and in spreads, like Seventeen. She was a model on the hit series, "Project Runway" and has worked with Steve Madden. Thanks to one girl's dream and the exposure of Nijah, she is signed with a boutique agency in New York, and looks forward to even bigger things in her career. But being the shy girl is not one of them.