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Stephi's Bio as visualized by the author It was early June 2004 in Somerset Florida, a small town just south of Talisman. Some thing happened that warm day in June, something that changed the life of many, but first lets go back to the early 1950s, Somerset known for its beauty (and still is) and for its Rugs and Carpets, yes, thats right the soft pile under your feet. People from every where would come from miles away just to buy a rug or to recarpet there home and that wonderful store is still there today and owned and operated by the same family, just ask your nearby travel agent or Chamber of Commerce Rep. for directions. Also Somerset was known for its many choices of eateries, lobster and crab at "Shell’s Crab House" on Wood St. and Main, also "Rocco’s Pasta Vino" where the Mayor and his wife would frequent, even the Pizza Palace and Hamburger joints were always packed with patrons because the food was so good. Friday nights the town had its "Nights of Columbus Hall" where the local teens would spend their evening dancing and the girls would tease some of the boys. Never an incident where anybody got held up or a home burglarized, that was something that never happened in Somerset. Maybe the occasional baseball flying through some window during the summer or an incident with Mrs Jones of North Creek and the mailman, but that was just a rumor. The story begins with an ambitious little girl at the age of 3 with a desire not to become a nurse, doctor or sell carpets but to dance and boy did she love to dance. She also loved to have her picture taken any time any where, she also loved the Circus because of the bright colors on the tents and costumes that the Circus people would wear. Her favorite thing was to watch the trainers work with the animals especially the elephants big and small, she was always afraid of the fat lady and the fire eater however, yet she learned to like the "Tattoo Lady" she would ask her mom if the drawings on their skin washed off and her mom said, "not with soap. It didn't matter, Stephi thought the drawings on the ladies were pretty. Stephi recalls after spending all day at the Circus she would sit in her room and draw pictures of the Circus Clowns but her favorite was to draw the little elephants, once she drew an elephant on her hand but her mom made her wash it off because it was time for dinner. At the corner of Lauder and Willow stood a modest home painted yellow with white trim and a red door, flower boxes below the front windows of the house with fresh Daises and Jasmine, newly painted wood fence bordering the front and sides of the house and in the middle of the yard was a Weeping Willow tree where the kids would have their picnic and play house. Mom would be in the house baking cookies and chilling the lemon aid for the children, while her daughter, little Stephi at the age of 5 was showing her best friend Nancy her new dancing shoes that her aunt Betty gave her last week. Stephi always like to dance, whether she was at school or on the playground even at home she would dance to what ever music was playing on the stereo. Mom says that’s how most of the dishes got broken, Stephi would dance while drying the dishes, must have been one to many “Pirouettes” on a slippery floor. So after many broken dishes and soaking her feet in Epsom Salt, Stephi continued to learn new dance routines and doing her drawings of elephants and pretty models. One afternoon while Stephi was in the kitchen watching "Soul Train" and drinking "lemon aid freeze", her mom walk in and said, "Stephi I just got off the phone with your teacher, she said that the school will be inviting some local photographers to take some candid photos of the students and they would choose one of the girls and have her photo placed in the local newspaper representing her school and the article would talk about young girls getting into modeling. Mom thought it would be a good idea and later she was chosen to have her photo placed in the paper and from that day on, she continued having photos taken in various places when finally someone suggested that she take the next step and model on the web. At the age of 16 and with her own Website managed by Dr Harley, a retired veterinarian produced a quality Website with young Stephi as the new face on the web. Several years passed as her site grew from a few members to several thousand, from all over the globe, she soon became the star model on the web. Then one day as the story goes, Dr. Harley decided that he needed to capitalize on her success even more than he already had, greed set in and this made young Stephi very unhappy, it was a difficult choice she had to make, after all she had so many devoted fans from teen to seniors, young and old from all over the world but the decision had to be made, to go on her own so that she could produce a quality web site that her loyal fans deserved. Meanwhile the previous site made a small announcement that Stephi had retired and was starting a new career with no further explanation. Because of the sudden departure from her old site, none of her fans new what her plans were, as far as they knew she was gone for good. Many members would search the forums on the web, writing letters to other webmasters from other sites to see if they knew anything about their favorite model. Some would say they had worked with her in the past and would welcome the opportunity to work with her again, others had seen her photos and would try to hire her for their site. When finally one day a devoted and loyal fan received an email from one of Stephi’s friend, that had in the past photographed her and featured her photos on his site, announced that Stephi had started up her own Group on Yahoo and will be opening her own Website very soon. Well, this was wonderful news, what was once a situation that seemed hopeless, that Stephi had retired and would never be seen again became almost a miracle to find out that she was returning once again to her beloved fans. -Mail was pouring in from every where, Japan, Peru, Spain, Canada everywhere the letters were all the same, all saying welcome back Stephi, welcome home, we missed you very very much. With all this support from her loyal fans she knew she would not fail, that she was going to produce the best Website ever to be seen by anyone, starring Ms Stephi with her amazing galleries and videos. n July 2004 the site opened with 3 galleries and now 2 months later the site has 30 galleries and over 2500 photos, Wall Paper, Bio, Custom Shoots for members and much more. The letters continue to pour in, the support she got from everyone was absolutely incredible, members volunteered their time and talent to her site, helping her with Website techniques and producing Banners & Wall Papers of Stephi. In a short time she has taken her Website from 3 sets to over 100 sets and approximately 10,000 photos to her credit and continues to grow every day. Each and every email or letter posted at her Yahoo Group or to her directly, Stephi answers everyone of them, with her appreciation and responds to any questions that is asked of her. Simply amazing. The galleries on her site are terrific, every set different from the other, you see one set and the next update is completely different and surprising , from bikinis to see thru tops, tight short denim skirts, a little exposure here and there, not for the weak of heart, every photo is a keeper and should be featured in any popular fashion magazine cover. She is not only beautiful but has a body to die for and as gracious and charming as she is beautiful. The girl from the small town, Somerset, just south of Talisman, population 7711 in the summer, not known to many but if you ever get the opportunity to visit Somerset, you will discover a Shangri-La, a Paradise that will sink into your heart and stay with you for ever. Best wishes to all Rick M |
| Stephi taking in some sun on a beautiful summer day before she goes for her sunset swim. |
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