Namita Nayyar:
You have many video advertisements for products like Persil Sensitive, Lavera Natur Kosmetic, Cowboy bags, and SWR. Tell us more about working on making these videos?
Chrissie Geenen:
I love photo-shoots but I also love making commercials. The work is completely different and filming days can be incredibly long. Running the same scene all day can be exhausting and sometimes you feel like a failure when repeating things over and over and over again. Then again, you just need to trust in the vision of those you are working with and trust that collectively, you all want to produce the best product possible.
My favorite thing about video work is how much I am always learning. The more I learn, the more confidence I gain in front of the video-camera and that confidence definitely translates in both pictures and film.
Namita Nayyar:
Advice and motivational words to the inspiring and budding fashion and glamour model girls, who all are your fans and shall like to know from you for their climb to the ladder of success in the field of modeling?
Chrissie Geenen:
Be yourself, be authentic, don’t forget where you are coming from, be polite, be patient, be ambitious, stay focused and tell yourself that you can achieve whatever you want IF you really want it.
Namita Nayyar:
Fashion and Glamour Modeling involves doing bold photo-shoots. How you are so body confident and advise your compatriots?
Chrissie Geenen:
I do a lot of sport shootings but not so much lingerie. I feel comfortable in my body but of course that’s a process. If you don’t feel comfortable don’t do it. You can clearly tell your agency or agent that you don’t do lingerie or beach wear or whatever you don’t feel comfortably.
Namita Nayyar:
How do you train your abs? One secret to your toned body.
Chrissie Geenen:
10 minute abs burning workouts are your best friend. Body weight resistance workouts that are intense and short are a life saver. Anyone can do them in the few spare minutes they have and it makes a difference.
Namita Nayyar:
Five foods you absolutely love and five you keep to a minimum.
Chrissie Geenen:
To be honest, growing up in southern Germany, a single list could probably cover both. Cliché as it may be, some of my favorite foods are the heavy comfort foods which are traditional from the region in which I was born. I still love my Schnitzel, Spätzle, Weißwurst, Maultaschen, Brezeln etc even though they may not be the “healthiest choices”. I just try to keep them in moderation.
I also tend to eat in trends, like I’ll have phases. Recently Southeast Asian cuisine has been my favorite. I don’t think there is anything I intentionally avoid but I try to be mindful of my red meat and fish intake both for health and environmental reasons.
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