Model Life: ISO & Zell

by Isobella Jade, Jazmin Ruotolo (Illustrator)

ISO & Zell are rising fashion models across the world from each other. ISO is based in Manhattan and Zell in Shanghai, but they have been friends ever since they were teenagers. This episode shares where their story began, when Zell was a foreign exchange student from China and lived with ISO in Syracuse, New York. Arriving in the winter and leaving a trail of memories by summer of secrets, love and friendship. Which is why, years later when ISO has a favor to ask of Zell in Shanghai, she doesn’t hesitate to help her special friend. Follow Zell and ISO's friendship in the episode Model Life Takes Shanghai.

16 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 27, 2017

About the author

Isobella Jade is an author, petite model and a wizard of self-promotion. Her modeling memoir Almost 5'4" is her personal memoir about being a shorter-than-average model in NYC, the ins and outs and highs and lows of striving to beat the odds. Her graphic novel Model Life was released in November 2009 and Short Stuff is her collection of on-the-job experiences that took place after Almost 5'4" and includes modeling tips for shorter girls. Her most recent work is a new YA novel called Careful, the first book of the Careful, Quiet, Invisible series.