{"id":54825,"date":"2018-10-25T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T17:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=54825"},"modified":"2023-05-02T08:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T12:51:18","slug":"sara-grace-wallerstedt-on-looking-like-a-fairy-people-watching-and-finstas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/sara-grace-wallerstedt-on-looking-like-a-fairy-people-watching-and-finstas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Grace on looking like a fairy, people watching and finstas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='row' id='cover'>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-12 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-312.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-312.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-312-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-312-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"covertitle\">\n<h3>The Graduates<\/h3>\n<h1>Sara Grace Wallerstedt<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n#content .row {max-width:100%}\n#cover {\nbackground-color: white;\nposition:relative;\nmargin: 0 auto 30px auto;\ntext-align:center;\n}\n#covertitle, #covertitle h1, #content #covertitle h3 {color: white;}\n#covertitle {\nposition: absolute;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\nbottom: 12%;\nwidth: 100%;\nfont-size: 4rem;\nfont-weight:900;\n}\n#covertitle p {}\n#covertitle h1 {display:inherit;}\n#content #covertitle h3 {font-size:1.7rem;}\n#content div.post {color:black;}\n.post p, .post div p:first-child {padding:0}\n.coverpic {max-width:1280px;padding: 4%;margin:auto;}\n#introbox,.txtbox,.introblurb {text-align:justify;}\n.introblurb,.introblurb p {line-height:1.6;}\n#introbox,#creditbox {border:1px solid white;padding:90px 30px !important;max-width: 850px;margin: auto !important;}\n#introbox, #introbox p {font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01';}\n#introbox{font-size:20px;text-align:center !important;}\n#introbox .introcredits {font-size:.85rem;}\n#introbox, .introcredits {font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01', sans-serif;}\n#introbox,.txtbox,.rside {margin:0px 0 10px 0;font-weight:300;}\n.title {font-size:4.2rem;color:black;font-weight:normal;margin:auto;padding:60px 0;text-align:center;text-transform: capitalize;font-family: 'Neue Haas Unica W01';font-weight: 400;}\n.title a {color:black;}\n.subtitle {margin:auto;padding:60px 0;text-align:center;font-size:.8em !important;}\n.photogtitle {font-size:2rem;}\n.pullquote {font-size:1.8rem;text-align:center;font-style:italic;max-width:900px;margin:auto;padding:20px;font-family: 'Neue Haas Unica W01';}\n.txtdiv {padding: 0 40px;clear:both;}\n.txtbox {font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01', sans-serif;width:36%;border:0;margin:auto;padding: 10% 10% 20% 10%;}\n.credits {font-size:.95rem;padding:2rem 0;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;clear:both;text-transform: uppercase;max-width: 800px;margin: auto;}\n.subcredits {font-size:.9rem;}\n.separ {border:1px solid white;clear:both;margin:60px;}\n.center {text-align: center;}\n.center img {max-width: 80%;}\n.pic40 {width:40%;margin:5% 30%;text-align:center;}\n.fullwidth {max-width:100% !important;margin-top:20px;}\n.videodiv {height:auto;width:auto;background-color:white;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;max-width:1280px;}\n<\/style>\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/\/fast.fonts.net\/cssapi\/1ee7eecc-8318-40d7-9f60-2840770611c0.css?1\"\/>\n<!-- mdc set, L Futura W01,Linotype Didot W01,Neue Haas Unica W01 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\">\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div class=\"introblurb\">\nThey broke the mold when they made <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/models\/sara-grace-wallerstedt\">Sara Grace<\/a>, didn\u2019t they? Fantastically freckly, preciously elfin, super-duper darling, we met her fresh out of Texas when she first blipped in 2016 and still was a wee model-in-the-making. She was crazy great then and is just plain better now. All you really need to know about SG is she\u2019s soaking up the know-how and has a face that can\u2019t help but being fashion with a capital F.  Her utter girl of the moment-ness is evidenced by <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/sara-grace-wallerstedt\/client\/all\/calvin-klein\">all those Calvin campaigns<\/a> crowding her page; Versace, Prada, Proenza Schouler, too. Covers you ask? She\u2019s got 6 in all shapes and sizes: <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/sara-grace-wallerstedt\/year\/magazine\">Dazed to Vogue Italia<\/a>. If you want to book her\u2013\u2013get in line.<\/p>\n<p>Visit her <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/sara-grace-wallerstedt\">Models.com page<\/a> and click or tap the heart icon <i class=\"fa fa-heart-o\"><\/i> to favorite Sara Grace and <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/db\/favoritepeople\">keep track<\/a> of her work.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\n<h3>Photography by <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/sebastian-kim\">Sebastian Kim<\/a> for Models.com<\/h3>\n<p>Styling <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/andrew-mukamal\">Andrew Mukamal<\/a><br \/>\nHair <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/Hiro-Mari\">Hiro + Mari<\/a><br \/>\nMakeup <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/kristi-matamoros\">Kristi Matamoros<\/a><br \/>\nManicure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wschupfer.com\/artists\/sarah-nguyen-manicurist\">Sarah Nguyen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Editor <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/stephan-moskovic\">Stephan Moskovic<\/a><br \/>\nText &#038; interview by <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/steven-yatsko\">Steven Yatsko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top image: Tube top, Pants, and belt &#8211; Stylist&#8217;s own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/tag\/the-graduates\/\">The Graduates<\/a>, since its conception in 2013, has become a Models.com mainstay featuring the foremost models of the moment. More specifically, when a Hot Lister moves up in rank to Top 50 through their own accomplishments it\u2019s deserving of recognition, each a worthy addition to this ongoing series.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:20px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pic40\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2998\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-133.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-133-1268x1900.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-133-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Lace shirt &#8211; <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/alexander-wang\">Alexander Wang<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<strong>Where are you from, and can you tell me a little bit about your background?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m from Bedford, Texas which is about 45 minutes outside of Dallas. I turned 19 on July 30th. <\/p>\n<p><strong>When did you start modeling? Do you remember? <\/strong><br \/>\nA year before the last solar eclipse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you show me on your phone the first modeling picture you ever posted.<\/strong><br \/>\nOkay, I&#8217;ll show you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BFmU1MJB2rB\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">This<\/a> was my very first photo shoot ever in my life. 2016, it was in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get discovered in Texas?<\/strong><br \/>\nI went to an open call at my [now] agency, it was on spring break of my junior year. When I was growing up everybody told me since I was tall and thin that I should model. I decided when I was about 16 that I wanted a job\u2013\u2013I really didn&#8217;t want to work at Chick-Fil-A or any other fast food place or restaurant, so I thought I&#8217;d give it a try cause the worst thing they could say was no.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Were you pretty confident going in?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, not at all. I had gone to a few other places, and they didn&#8217;t sign with me, so I was like, well, this was my last ditch effort to try.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the response like when you did go to that open call?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was spring break, there were about 12 girls there [at the agency], which it doesn&#8217;t sound like a lot, but it&#8217;s a very small building and a small room. The agents talked to me for a little bit, and then my mom and I got in the car and we were about to leave, cause they said, &#8220;Oh, we&#8217;ll call you with our answer.&#8221; And as soon as we got in the car they were like, &#8220;We wanna sign you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick like that. <\/strong><br \/>\nYeah. I think they didn&#8217;t want to do it in front of all those girls, you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you think your perspective has changed on what the fashion industry is since you first started now that you have a lot more experience?<\/strong><br \/>\nI never thought that I could be a model. It was just not ever something that I thought that I could do. I felt I was like, \u201coh, I&#8217;m just gonna do what everybody does and go to college.\u201d Because that&#8217;s what my mom did and our family&#8230;If you look at pictures of me when I was 14, 13, I wore t-shirts and jeans every day. I wasn&#8217;t into fashion. I didn&#8217;t really pay attention. Once I started modeling, I feel like I paid more attention. It made me more artistic that way, I could look at things in a different way. I wouldn&#8217;t pay attention to what anybody was wearing but now, I&#8217;m like, &#8220;Oh, she looks really cool. Oh, I like all of this and that.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Has there been a particular shoot that&#8217;s really inspired you? <\/strong><br \/>\nWell, maybe not a shoot, but just getting to meet people from all over the world and getting to travel. Cause I&#8217;m almost 100% sure I wouldn&#8217;t have left the country, or even gone to New York, for a long time before I started modeling. Everybody kind of stays in Texas. It&#8217;s just not really something that most people do, especially from my small town. Texas is so huge that there&#8217;s really no need to leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s it like when you go back now, now that you&#8217;ve traveled so much?<\/strong><br \/>\nDefinitely act a little bit different than other people do. I have a different outlook on things cause some people are just very, I don&#8217;t want to say closed-minded, but they just don\u2019t\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most people don&#8217;t know anything about the fashion industry.<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, of course not. When I was in high school, nobody really asked me anything about what I did. I don&#8217;t know if they were talking when I wasn&#8217;t there, but I felt like it kind of went over people&#8217;s head. Just cause it was not the market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Midwest and the middle of the country, their idea of a model is more of a commercial beauty. <\/strong><br \/>\nOr Victoria&#8217;s Secret. It is basically one of the only fashion shows that they know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What have been a few of your, that you feel, a few accomplishments that you are most proud of?<\/strong><br \/>\nDefinitely the <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/vogue-italia-vogue-italia-april-2017-cover\">Italian Vogue cover<\/a>. Also, being on a billboard for Calvin Klein.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where was it?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was in Times Square.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you go see it?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, definitely, it was during Fall Fashion Week, I think. Calvin Klein had put up a ton of billboards with a lot of the models on it and stuff. I was really excited about that. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anything you&#8217;re aspiring to do?<\/strong><br \/>\nDefinitely, I feel like every model kind of wants an American Vogue cover. I also want to travel a lot more; I really want to go to Japan and Korea.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-325.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-325-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-03-Sara-Grace-325-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>What type of shoots are your favorite to do? Have you found a particular type of shoot that is most enjoyable for you? Or that you perform the best in?<\/strong><br \/>\nSome of the moving stuff. Especially, I remember, I did <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/v-magazine-dreamscape\">a shoot with Nick Knight<\/a>\u2013\u2013it was couture dresses\u2013\u2013but we were doing cool, weird movements and moving the dresses. I really enjoy doing that cause I feel super princess-y and all that. It&#8217;s really fun. I also recently did this location shoot, but I was in water. Shooting in water is always really interesting to me cause it gives a different texture to the photos&#8230;It&#8217;s definitely more difficult, but I think the pictures turn out really cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What sort of direction do you respond most to?<\/strong><br \/>\nI mean if you kind of tell me, &#8220;Do whatever,&#8221; that&#8217;s kind of a weird thing to do because I don&#8217;t know if you want me to go into the weirder dance-y kind of stuff where it&#8217;s moving arms and trying to be flexible or if it&#8217;s more of an emotion. I definitely feel like when you&#8217;re wearing certain clothes you have a different sort of character to play. It&#8217;s more like acting how somebody who would wear this would act. It&#8217;s kind of like that: different moods. If a photographer gives you a mood to go off of, it&#8217;s much, much easier like saying try to act sexy, bitchy, or like a kid or sweet. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there any type of mood that&#8217;s not really your type of modeling, but you&#8217;re envious of other girls who have that, because you have your own thing going?<\/strong><br \/>\nI do think since I look so young that it&#8217;s a little more, not necessarily harder, but I don&#8217;t know looking a little like a fairy if looking really intense suits me as well. Normally people are like, &#8220;Oh, look cute.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Look cute.<\/strong><br \/>\nNot necessarily smiling. Also, smiling. I don&#8217;t do a ton of smiling in shoots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to do smiling in shoots?<\/strong><br \/>\nNot necessarily. It&#8217;s a little bit awkward for moi. Some people can just do it like that; I&#8217;m still working on it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you&#8217;re not modeling, what&#8217;s your day-to-day like? What&#8217;s your favorite thing to do?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would prefer, if I&#8217;m not doing anything that day, and it&#8217;s not blistering hot outside, to walk places because you just can put headphones on and tune out. You just can look at things, just look at everything cause it&#8217;s honestly amazing what I get to do and where I get to live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you looking at?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would say just people watching. New York&#8217;s probably the best for that. Just so many people everywhere. Also, there&#8217;s this place in Texas called Sundance Square where there&#8217;s a lot of people. It&#8217;s a very pretty place in Dallas, I think it&#8217;s in Dallas\/Fort Worth, I&#8217;m not sure. You just kind of sit and look at people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the strangest thing you&#8217;ve seen since you&#8217;ve been to New York?<\/strong><br \/>\nI saw somebody pee on the subway. I also saw a clown on the subway. That was kind of weird. He was just chilling. Which I thought, I was like, mood. Just like insane. You just see random things. I remember I saw somebody in a full-on almost Babadook-esque outfit with platforms just walking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interesting. Another mood.<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, sir.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pic40\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-044New.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2998\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-044New.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-044New-1268x1900.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/10\/180716-04-Sara-Grace-044New-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<strong>What&#8217;s next?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m kind of just going with it right now. I would say, personally, I&#8217;m trying to get an apartment. That&#8217;s where my mind is at. My whole plan is to just do this until it stops working for me then I&#8217;ll go back to Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, you think so?<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah, I mean I love Texas, it&#8217;ll always be my home. It&#8217;s where my family is. I&#8217;ll go back and go to college. I&#8217;ll probably still look like a 12-year-old so it won&#8217;t be that weird.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You never know, you might be a lifer.<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll see. We will see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would that be something you would consider?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf it got that far, yeah. Probably not like Naomi Campbell, she could do this forever. I don&#8217;t think I could do that. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you feel any pressure with social media?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m a pretty private person. I don&#8217;t know why, but I just like to keep things to myself, like,&#8221;This is mine.&#8221; I have trouble posting on social media. Thankfully, my agents haven&#8217;t really said much to me. They\u2019re just like, &#8220;She&#8217;s fine.&#8221; Cause I definitely feel like I should post more. I know other people that post a lot more and put more of their personal life on there, but personally, I don&#8217;t like to get crap for doing things that I enjoy doing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a finsta account?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel like that&#8217;s what you need.<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah, the people I would add on there would be like, definitely a few models that I&#8217;m really good friends with. Also, the locals, people I went to high school with. Some of them, not all of them. That&#8217;s probably pretty much it. Just friends and stuff like that. People who I feel wouldn&#8217;t judge me for being strange or doing something weird.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you post on it?<\/strong><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know, probably just a lot of those stupid close up Snapchat pictures where the camera is right here [Sara puts the phone under her chin] of me at some photo shoots or something, I&#8217;d get some really unflattering angle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You prefer that looking-down-at-the-camera picture?<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah, that&#8217;s like my aesthetic. Looking like a misshapen potato or something. Like a tater tot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, that&#8217;s a good place to end. I think that&#8217;s perfect.<\/strong><br \/>\nWith tater tot.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graduates Sara Grace Wallerstedt They broke the mold when they made Sara Grace, didn\u2019t they? Fantastically freckly, preciously elfin, super-duper darling, we met her fresh out of Texas when she first blipped in 2016 and still was a wee model-in-the-making. She was crazy great then and is just plain better now. 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