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Features 3 6 Wednesday, April 22, 1987 THE n n _ j. seeing nurope, win< Two stu By RACHEL K. JONES Features reporter If you find yourself with no snare time and a camera in front of your face when you're not in classes or studying, then you have something in common with Michelle Cox and Janice Payne. Cox and Payne are full-time USC students ? and part-time models. JANICE PAYNE Payne, 20, is an advertising/public relations sophomore. The Charleston resident said she started modeling at 13. It started as a desire to improve myself, and it led to bigger things. I started with a basic modeling agency in Charleston taking classes, and soon I was teaching the classes," she said. McKissick) Works by two USC students, fessor and three alumni are incl the 1986-87 SpringsTraveling Ar on disDlav through Sundav at M Museum. "Art of the Carolinas" consist 46 best works of the annual Spr competition, which attracted mc ' * V...' s? 1t \/ Oysters S Free Drinks For 1 Happy Hour Prices For $1.00 Drinks Foi Friday 50* Drinks For The suiu nut Raw Bar Happy 10' Shrimp $100 Drinks Fo Saturday -50* L Then C103 Radio Broi Who Will Be Giving Raw Bar Haoo\ JOIN ] Every Thursday cc/l ' Food TAPi 1-26 find i 77 Dress Codc I ning coniesis, growing dents find Janice Payne Miss Teenage America In 1985, Payne's mother sent her picture to Teen magazine for a "Miss Teenage America" contest. She won the contest ? and its perks. nuseum sho\ a pro- 700 North and South Cai uded in Featured in the traveli t Show, merit award winners an cKissick mentions. USC's merit a^ elude art professor Boy graduate student Megan s of the Alumni winning mer ings art mixed-media artist Jean >re than Christine Kierstead. L ! ; ~ 'EXCITING. I AND VERY YOU ARE INVITED TO WIN OUR 'EEKEND PARTY 9SDAY,FRIDAY & SATURDAY 09Shrimp And 25' Parting At 5:00. 'he Ladies 8:30 -10:00. The Ladies 10:00 till closing. r The Men 8:00 9:00. Party Till 4 AM. Ladies From 9:00 10:00. n 11:30-12:30. Hour Starling At 5:00 And 25' Oysters. r The Men 8:00 - 9:00 )rinks For Everyone 7-9. 3dcasts Live With J.J. Jaxon Away More Gifts & Prizes. i Hour Starts At 6:00. THE FUN Friday & Saturday cPnfi CT)/ 'inL rr i/' lyiQAN'S Bush River Rd. 2-6303 r, I.D. Required up 1 glamoui "I started with a basic modeling agency In Charleston taking classes, and soon I was teaching the classes.9' Janice Payne The benefits that came with the title included a new car, a $25,000 scholarship she uses to attend USC, and a contract to model for K-mart and Teen. She also wrote an advice column for Teen, and she was a spokeswoman for Kmart and the Ford Motor Company. Payne said she learned through experience that modeling involves business as much as pleasure "I.ast semester. I did a lot ol modeling and over-extendec myself, so now I just have to saj no to a lot of opportunities." Despite the successes and fr v features I -olina entries. Two studer ng show are six honorable rr d 40 honorable works. The a .yard winners in- Marcy Myers d Saunders and Dee Hansen i Wolfe. Dodd won it awards were Hansen won i Gallagher and Schell was r cnilrttiirf* qi INNOVATIVE, SURPRIS FUNNY CARTOONS. ? Leonard Mattin. Entertainment & i?~~ 7< * j ^ ?llt'S IT'O V I I o BEEN A BANNER YEAR ?llt'S r, growth "It's a rough business, but it has helped me learn a lot about people and how to deal TTlt.ll IIICIH. Michelle Cox inge benefits of her modeling exi periences, Payne said she isn't I planning to pursue it as a career. i wain i\j icaiu iiic uuifi muc of modeling. I see myself workI ing in a large city for a company or agency doing work more related to my major," she said. ! MICHELLE COX > Cox, 21, is an advertising [ sophomore. The Columbia resi1 dent said she began modeling / when she was 12 and started on a full-time basis when she was 18. "1 got an offer to model in ISC students its and two alumni rcceivcd acryli lention awards for their Tin lumni arc Colin Dodd and show Schell, and the students are Sprin ind Jeanne M. Thomas. based for an oil painting, and Mc for her watercolor work. Horst ecognizcd for her ceramic weeki id Thomas won for her 1 to i Tonight pokin' >p?kin' in modeli Michelle Cox New York,so I decided to model then and wait to go to school," she said Cox said she modeled for a year in Europe, working in Italy, Sweden and West Germany. She returned to Columbia in 1985. Although Cox said modeling alumni art c painting. c annual competition and traveling have been sponsored since 1959 by gs Industries Inc., a textile company I in Fort Mill. Kissick Museum, located on The eshoc, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. days, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. i-Tk \ wgj arl \ tS>S h j; ^ h Our equipment if. sterile and pf ] don't let unfounded fears depi > \ upon your t>!asma donation. If j s$$$$$$$$$$$jsss p] s This Col I i ** 5 001 I eM 5 Rrinn in this r.nu I, donation a $ $1 S (On? coupc 5 Expires May SS$$$$$$$$$$$SS3 [j [l^fek EARN CASH wi [1 Can 254-2280 np world helps substantially in paying for school, she feels she has gotten more out of it than money and prestige. "I have really grown up a lot. It's a rough business, but it has helped me learn a lot about people and how to deal with them." School cuts in Because of school, Cox is limiting her modeling to parttime local work. However, she said even that keeps her very busy. "I model in Columbia for * ? - ?_ magazines ana catalogues sucn as J. B. White. I do a lot of fasion v shows for department stores, and I recently did a couple of com mercials, one of them for Belk," she said. Cox said she plans to get a degree in advertising from USC, then apply that to the world of modeling. \ (s <yr 1 Celebrtrtioi. Hie J efferton Theatre! \ / . 4 Pmk&s, W?tw C?Urt, Cftytw 1/ ? M*tt C?UfW Fthi MM 0 m Cwm Sm Tto Fta, Brt*$ Ywr Jf J >e?W* M.00 MmMw II ^ r Yw fortwo F?f A *75.00 JJ 9X11 Ti B? forM On Frffay, M?y H Hi P?retMM Nmmm^ Tt Enter! V/ . ^ f I place humans ... ^ ... your plasma willB : always be needed.! j j designed for onetime use. Please H j ^ rive those whose lives may depend j C. t 1?? 1 ,SS$$$S$$$$$$S$$$$$$ 9 -< ipon is worth $ DOLLARS $$ [ 15 pon on your first J I nd receive J t; 5.00 m I | ? pnr po?*9on) HYLAND J BR \J) 20, 1987 PLASMA $ H -j >sss$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ B ^ H Rglgl * TH EACH DONATION for information jointment. 9 > I I > $ *