A Trip Down Memory Lane: 11yr Anniversary Modeling

When I tell people that I have been modeling since I was 17-years-old they seem shocked, but mostly think i am exaggerating. I had someone tell me that the Guest of Honor position for FetishCon is chosen by years in the business and I didn't have enough experience to be considered - alright then! That came as a shock to me because I've been shooting for almost as long as many of the guests of honors, have a huge fan base, and have shot with almost everyone in fetish, fashion, and art on the east coast. Even some of the newer models will tell me about who they shot with and how good friends they are only to be shocked when I say, "Wow, I knew them since 2002!" Have I gone full-tilt head first into slathering my face all over the Internet? No, I haven't, which is why I am still here and more successful than ever. Everything in moderation! I do have days where I feel old, I am 28 now, but I decided to dig into the Angelique Kithos vault and share some memories of my modeling adventures! Enjoy! :)

2000 - Age 17
I was so scared during this shoot because it''s the smallest amount of clothes I've worn as a model!

2001 - Age 18
This was when i first started shooting fetish and nudes! I had no skills and hardly talked during shoots. I used lots of fake names and had no idea of the world! I would show up at abandoned houses and shoot in 20-degrees. A lot of these shots were photographed in freezing temps, with film, and paid only $50hr.

 This shot here is from my first bondage shoot with DetectiveChronicles.com. I got really scared during the shoot because he wanted to cut my bra off! I don't think i even showed up with any makeup on my face! Oh, have times changed!

2002 - Age 19
These shots are from my first unchaperoned trip to NYC to do fetish and nude modeling. Feetfair.com was my very first foot fetish shoot! I think I was model number 4 or 5 for them? LOL I also got my very first pedicure too! It was a pink/lavender and I'll always remember.

 I actually always liked Israel Colon. I know a lot of models had issues with him, but he was always very pleasant and nice to me. Maybe it was because I was also a fashion agency model at this time too, so he didn't want to piss me off? LOl Who knows!

 This last photo is by Randall Wirth and we shot in Chelsea. He was pretty awesome and smoked pot during the shoot. He took some of my first pretty lingerie photographs!

2003 - Age 20
This was a fun year for me with modeling. I was spending a lot of time in Miami and testing with Ford Models. Testing means I was on their "testing board" and didn't get paid jack! I shot with Albert Ortega at a place called, Jimbos where all the playboy models shot. it was pretty cool!

 During this time I was also shooting a lot with Rodney Young in the DC metro area. I had a mini-paysite of sorts, so we were shooting some erotica art stuff for that.

2004 - Age 21
Woohoo! I can finally drink! LOL So, what did i do one drunken night? I chopped all my hair off and donated it to charity. It was quite liberating of an experience and gave me the self-confidence I needed as a young woman. A lot of women will hide behind their hair as a security blanket and that's what I had been doing most of my life. My hair was what I had that made me feel pretty. Without, i felt as if I could conquer the world! :)
This is before I lopped my hair off, January in NYC shot by the amazing Eric Hason 

Then this is me after with a cute blunt haircut! :)

 Oh yeah, I also got published on Maxim's web site too!  last two images were shot by Wayne Sclesky.

2005 - Age 22
More page-boy hair cut! I went a little shorter and started shooting more glamour nudes.

2006 - Age 23
During this time I was shooting a lot more fetish art and lingerie. I shot still with a couple close fetish producers. I was traveling mostly in the North East.  I remember during this time I was supposed to shoot a smoking fetish video in CT, Draggin' Ladies or something like that, I drove up there and they flaked on me for a 5hr booking. I was so upset and lost a bunch of money in travel expenses.

2007 - Age 24
This time I was shooting more fetish and art, more than fashion. I was shooting everything from mermaid fetish, to feet, to stockings, to pantyhose!   I lived in Charleston, SC at the time, but it seemed that I was always back home in Maryland, in Philly, or in NYC shooting!

2008 - Age 25
I had a model who I was good friends with, we'll call her bitch face, give me some horrible advice. She pretty much still is doing the same shit she was when she started so a lot of good her advice has done her! When I turned 25 she told me that I needed to start lying about my age because people wouldn't want to hire me because i was too old. It seemed so weird because I didn't feel old! I took her horrible advice and started saying I was 22. LOL Now I just don't give a fuck! Thinking back on it now, she was partially right. People don't want to hire older models who have no modeling skills and bring nothing to a shoot except the same old tired face seen on millions of other wannabe models. During this time is when I really started to connect with the camera on a whole new level. I am Kithos!

2009 - Age 26
During this time something was happening to me emotionally. I wasn't happy in my relationship and I had just moved to the Raleigh-Durham area. Bitchface encouraged me to embrace my friends and pack up and move to Raleigh so we could hang out together more. Funny thing is that she never really wanted to hang out until I came back from a big trip. Then it was lunch and asking me about paid contacts. I was too naive to see that she was never really my friend. I often felt alone during this time and spent a lot of my time on the road. I had dropped my credit hours at school to only 2 classes and ended up failing most of them. My boyfriend at the time was fucking god knows what and spending every last bit of money I was making on either video games or pot. I'll refer to these years as my dark years. This year was also when I first met my future husband for the first time ever. I told him that he was like a bulldozer who came into my life, plowing down everything it his way to throw me sunshine and rainbows. I was on cloud 9 and as happy as can be. I instantly feel in love with him and wanted to be with him forever and ever! When I shared my love with people I got so many mixed reactions. Bitchface, my then best friend told me that i was too happy to be around and that she avoided me because she wanted her own "teddies." I thought how strange and peculiar that she wasn't happy for me being happy. Other men told me that he'd never marry a "person like me" because I was too young and he was 16 years my senior. I was heartbroken and still held on hoping for the best. During Fetish Con 2009 I was hired by a photographer, Thor from Kansas City, who told me that I was a whore and men, like my now husband, would never be interested in marrying me. Then he asked me if he could pay me for sex. Ummmm no. I am not a prostitute. If any models give this guy a good reference then he probably paid them for sex. The below shot was not shot by that tool, but rather by Asylum in DC. :)

2010 - Age 27
This was the year when I learned to stop being afraid and to stand up for myself. I was always taken advantage of by people and I had enough. As soon as I put my foot down, so many of my "friends" disappeared, but only to be replaced with new friends. I found my voice and started getting my life back on track. I told myself that I wasn't going to slum for cash and I would have respect for myself. No more shitty hotel room shoots, meeting in parks, or posing for some jerk. I no longer was afraid of what people would think of me if I made my voice heard. Boy! Did I cause some issues! LOL I booted out bitchface from my life once and for all. After not seeing her for almost 6 months because I was "too happy" she came over to my house for dinner with Kerri Taylor. Instead of catching up, she spent the entire evening talking about how she's shooting with Christina Carter and doing forced orgasms on some dirty perverts bed. I felt very betrayed that she had no interest in catching up and wanted to talk business and do what I guess she thought was bragging. As soon as I turned my back to clean up the meal that I purchased, she was trying on my engagement ring and trying to entice Ted into hiring her. She's so disconnected from the world that her content is shit. I can't give her videos away for free! LOL Anyway, it was apparent, besides being classless, that bitchface was a lost soul and just very sad and unhappy with herself and her life. Even though I always pitied her, she wasn't the type of person I needed as a friend.

2011 - Age 28
This year has been an exciting year for me. I had a ton of publications and I never even had to leave Raleigh!  I got smart about my modeling and started submitting myself to magazines and contests. I believe in me and I think I am talented! I also started producing my own fetish content and shooting what I liked, instead of what other people wanted me to shoot. I got a gigantic rock on my finger and a beautiful formal wedding despite people telling me it would never happen. I get to graduate in a month with a 2nd college degree and I am 100% control over my income and finances. I have two great dogs, a husband and business partner, and a great house to shoot in whenever. I don't live hand to mouth anymore and I don't have to pretend to like people to get shoots. These days I like people because I like them! Not depending on booking one shoot after the next in order to survive has been liberating. I am my own woman now. Bitchface is still in the same pathetic place where we mutually parted back in 2010 and my cheating exbf is back living with his parents. Both still depending on others to take care of them.  Karma is a mutherfucking bitch! It's nice to have the last laugh when it comes to being treated like shit for so many years only to have their selfish action bite them in the ass. I am now questioning if whether or not the industry has jaded me at all. It's hard to know who to trust and who likes me for me. I heard that someone told a friend of mine that "I am always mad at someone." I don't know if this is really true at all these days. I always feel so happy. What I realized is that I have voiced my displeasure with models and photographers freely who have lied to me or caused unnecessary drama in my life. 2011 has been mostly about Jack McNaughton/Shakeshift lying to me about photographers and models as a way to get me to publicly bash them while playing innocent as I take the heat. He is a professional and I respect him. He is the one who got me shooting superheroine content and I still consider him the best mentor I ever had. Unfortunately, he's just like bitchface and all the other jerks: Looking out for number one! I look out for myself, true, but I am also very caring and trusting of my friends. In a way I am still like the naive little girl that existed in 2000. I look at it now that this is a business and nothing is personal. I am not here to make friends, alienate people, or be made into someone's puppet.

I am Angelique Kithos.  I am 28-years-old. I love sex. I love bondage. I like to flirt and sing show tunes. I love comic books and meeting new people. I love to sit with my puppies and text Kerri Taylor, Chrissy Daniels, and Ashley Graham when I am bored. If you don't like me, then well, you're missing out on knowing an awesome person! :)