Beauty & Brains continues to bring the most satisfying women to date, better than the rest on the web and our latest – Christine Bax – is just an example of what happens when beauty and brains comes together over a tight beat.

The Richmond, Texas sexy cowgirl isn’t prone to roping big bulls, but is more interested in her field of Geology. Studying at the University of Houston, Ms. Bax has had her beautiful 5’8” frame captured on film in such projects like Friday Night Lights and DMX’s “We In Here.”

Now, the 22-year-old darling sits down with Beauty & Brains to share her thoughts on the entertainment business and its proposed strike, the Ozone Awards, DMX and what changes she’d like to make in Hollywood.

Beauty & Brains: As a woman who’s trying to further her name in this business – what seems to be the hardest thing that you’ve encountered so far?
Christine Bax: I’ve encountered a lot of flaky people and a lot of liars. It’s been kind of hard judging who is for real and who is pretending. A lot of people say that they’re with a legitimate agency or company when they’re really not. They’ll say that photo shoots are clean, but then turn it around. People like to waste my time, so they don’t tell me everything upfront. I end up calling them out and then telling them that they’ll one day find someone dumb enough to work with them. I’ll just tell them straight up and never work with them because I’ll always remember who it is. I remember the good, the bad and the ugly.

B&B: What brought you in to wanting to become an actress and not something like being a teacher or something?
CB: Acting pretty much chose me. There are a lot of things that I like. I like music, I love dancing and make-up, I love being a nerd and learning. I’m a Geology major in college, but out of all of those things, I tend to gravitate towards modeling and acting more than anything else. In most aspects, I see myself there, but I’ll always fall back on it. It’s not up to me, no matter how many times I get screwed over I come back and just try to do me.

B&B: How much does the prospect of an actor’s strike help or hurt your chances at advancing your career?
CB: I don’t think that it’ll affect my career at all. I’m a pretty creative person and if there is a shortage of work, then I’ll create my own work. You have people who start their own production companies and I’m on the way to doing that myself. It’s kind of hard for me to put up with people when I’m trying to create jobs for others. I’m not going to leave it in the hands of a photographer or agent to handle my career. I’m trying to continue to do me. I haven’t sold out on who I am… not yet, anyways. [Laughs] I’m still true to myself and the way that I am. I can be pretty cynical sometimes and stone faced when it comes to certain topics. I feel like I’m realistic and I’m not the type of person that likes to have fun, but I do. I rather tell the truth and keep it real about who I am. It’s why I’m not a size 2, and why I haven’t gone blonde and got big boobs. Who I am is who I am and I’m not going to change just to impress anyone.

B&B: Now, you did a lot of work out of Houston, Texas, but by any chance did you get an opportunity to attend the Ozone Awards?
CB: No, I didn’t. I’m so out of the loop that I didn’t get a chance to hear about it until the night before. I heard that it was fun, though.

B&B: So, you didn’t put any money down on who would win between Trae and Mike Jones?
CB: No, but I heard about it… Any kind of squabble like that is immature to me.

B&B: What do urban models think of those award shows like The Source, BET and MTV? Is there much of a difference?
CB: I would say there is a difference with the Ozone Awards because – I don’t know that much about it – but they’re originally out of Florida, right? They happened to be in Houston this year. It’s focus on the south, culturally. It’s still all-urban. I can’t speak on all the urban models in Houston and how they feel about it, but from my standpoint, I don’t know much about it to relate other than what I’ve heard. I’d rather be on BET than in the Ozone Awards, but that’s not to say that what happens there [at BET] is any better.

B&B: It’s safe to assume that you like being in front of the camera, but how did you find yourself in a DMX video?
CB: [Laughs] My friend sent me the casting call for that and I submitted my picture. They cast me and I got the part of whatever it was that they wanted me to do, but when I got there they changed things around. One of the girls didn’t show up and they changed it up and they made it a crowd thing. DMX asked me for baby oil to make it seem like he was sweating. I’m so busy doing my own stuff now, so I don’t really get a chance to keep up with what’s going on with other people. Continued on page 2 »