Wilhelmina Rochester wants to acknowledge Rochester Magazine, the photographers and all of the stylists involved for designing and shooting a great photo for the cover. Great job! Last but not lease, we especially want to  congratulate Sevinc on her successful Cover Shoot! You look gorgeous! Great Job!

Elena has quite a diverse career in the modeling industry. She is a sports and fitness model, commercial/fashion model, a make-up artist, personal trainer, writer and actress with Wilhelmina Rochester. Living and working in the UK she got her College Degree at London School of Beauty and Makeup. After competing for the first time, Elena won the NGA East American Bikini Contest. She went on to win numerous swimsuit competitions. One could say with out reservation, she’s a fitness Pro earning titles in – Miss Bikini World; Gold medal, Pro Status in Vegas during WNSO World championships, Miss Bikini Chicago WNSO, Miss Bikini Tall – NPC Rochester and Miss Bikini Tall North East USA.

She’s written articles for Bodybuilding.com http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/elena-zweers.html and recently wrote a fitness article for Rochester Women Magazine. When asked about her fitness articles Elena said, “Writing about fitness and nutrition is something new and very interesting for me, I love to share my experience with people who love fitness and want to learn more.”

Elena Z Eastview Mall Campaign

Recently Elena has been quite busy just finishing a sports/fitness photo shoot with photographer Ira Morris, a photo shoot for Rochester Jazz Festival, an Eastview Mall Print/TV Campaign, Fashion Show at Seneca Niagara Casino and auditioning for several other modeling opportunities.

Elena while living abroad studied in London School ( London) of Beauty and then stateside at Lee Strasberg Acting School (NYC). She works with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics company as a freelance artist and one of the best artist in NY state, loves, skiing, hiking, swimming, dancing, traveling and has traveled to 20 countries already. Some of Elena’s favorite places she’s visited are Paris, Amsterdam, Monaco and Crete in Greece. Elena has been know to organize parties, gatherings with friends and events, like her Christmas charity event where she and others collect presents for kids in need. Elena also can be found in the kitchen where she loves to cook and have friends over  usually enticing guests with very interesting, healthy and different recipes. Some of her favorites include Greek cousin, Japanese, Indian  often creating something completely new on her own.  Elena hopes to write her own recipe book one day.

Some of Elena’s Favorites:

Favorite restaurant is Next Door, the best sushi in town:)

Favorite color is red.

Favorite movies Avatar, Love actually, Wedding crashers, Hangover:)

Favorite Music – Adele, Shakira, Beyonce.

One of the reasons Elena is so successful in the industry is she is knowledgeable about her craft, make-up, skin care, has made a commitment to self-improvement and continues to work hard! In our book, she’s an exemplary model and a big reason she was selected for Model of the Month! Congratulations Elena!

Last but not least…Elena thanks her agency Wilhelmina Rochester for the “awesome support and work we do for her and that she’s excited to go on all castings representing her agency!”