B&B: On your MySpace page, it says that you’re married… Is that true? Or is that just to get the ‘Net Stalkers out of your hair?
NM: It’s just to get the stalkers out of my way. I do have a boyfriend, but we’re not married.

B&B: So, how can one navigate the business and be married?
NM: It’s tough. It’s really tough. But you need to be with someone who has trust. He’s in the industry too, so we understand one another. Our schedules conflict sometimes, but we make it work. He doesn’t live here in Miami, so we have to work around people’s schedules. I have school and I’m trying to do this modeling thing, so it’s kind of tough. You don’t go into a relationship trying to make a long distance relationship. You make a choice to either be all in or don’t deal with it at all. We have fussing and fighting, but this is something that we both want.

B&B: Do the advances from talent/photographers/rappers annoy or anger your man?
NM: They annoy me because I think they’re full of shit half the time. You can come off and network about what you can really do for me, but don’t come and sell me a dream. It’s just a waste of time. You’d blackball yourself. I wouldn’t ever want to work with you in the future. Him… he sees through it. I’m naïve sometimes, but he’s there to bust to my bubble. There are so many girls who are willing to do things for free, willing to go the extra mile for exposure, so if you have the next girl who’s willing to do thing for free and you charge – they’ll move on. There are too many women in this business downgrading themselves. Appeal – No, because sex sells and it’ll never stop. As far as an appeal, as far as it being marketable, but it appealing to women, yes… A lot of models are strippers, so they’re shaking their poom-poom so why not get paid for it and be on TV and in music videos. I see a lot of nice bodies, but not a lot of pretty faces. I’ve found out that a lot of girls are having work done. I can tell about breasts, but a lot of girls are getting butt injections. The butt implants are easily noticeable. I know they do fat injections. I know some girls who’ve had it done, but I’ve never asked them if there was anything wrong with. If they do it too much, they could have permanent bruising on their butt.

B&B: [If so] Well, I guess that brings me to love. Another piece on your page was breaking down “infatuation” and “love.” When was the moment that hit you that you were in “love” and just weren’t infatuated with this other person?
NM: Now that I’m a little bit older. My first love, I was really young (14). I spent some time by myself and I got into a relationship 2 years later. I was 18 at the time and I was confused. I didn’t know how to act in the relationship. I was in-between acting like a child and being an adult. When we broke up, I asked him for some insight. I realized these things that I argued about some stupid stuff. I had to keep on going because my pride would get to me. Now, with the relationship that I’m in long-distance wise is very challenging. Being that it is so challenging, I’m able to differentiate from the two. Infatuation kicks in from time to time, but I love this man and I’m down with him for the ride. Continued on page 3 »