Model or Ballerina?

Young 18 year old Tessa Parkinson was just starting her life as the night cook at Steiny's Family Sports Grill when her dreams were cut short. Parkinson had modeled for her friends t-shirt company and another family friends photography business advertisement. Director of the Ballet Way magazine, Ryan Raal saw her while shopping for a humorous t-shirt for his own daughters christmas present. He remembered Parkinson's name from Imagine Ballet Theatre's World Premiere of the Secret Garden, and had noted she was a ballerina with excellent potential. He sought her out while she was working one night, and after eating the best pizza he'd tasted, Raal asked if she was interested in starting ballet again. Enthusiastically, Parkinson said yes. He hired her on for pointe shoe modeling in exchange for a position in Miami City Ballet. She has danced as the prima ballerina star roll in many new ballets that she was kind enough to provide a modernized twist for the shows to gather a larger variety of people.