Angela made this delicious cake for her own birthday and shared it with the photo crew she was working with that day! Lucky peeps 
It’s a gluten, dairy and lactose- free cake, and believe it or not; healthy enough to have for breakfast 
Happy Birthday Angela! To another fun-filled year with lots of awesome recipes and adventures!
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This beautiful long legged redhead is Angela WIllemse. Great body, great skin, no wonder her fantastic blog is named www.greatbodyskin.com. This knowledgeable beauty shares all her amazing recipes, work-outs and tips for healthy skin. As a model Angela knows first hand what it’s like to live a balanced healthy lifestyle with the requirements of the fashion industry in mind. Curious to find out if she diets, counts calories and if she’s obsessed with her weight? Read on; she’ll tell you everything!
Thanks Angela! Your passion for health and sharing your knowledge is wonderful! Models can be great role models! You certainly are!
It was a pleasure to interview Bailee Roberts for Models Do Eat; she’s such a smart, down to earth and food loving beauty! Bailee is also featured in the newest issue (June) of Health and fitness magazine talking about her blog and health.
Bailee: “I’m not naturally toothpick skinny; It’s a conscious effort me to stay slim. While I’ve always been aware of the importance of keeping healthy, my enjoyment of cooking and eating can take over! If I ever struggle to find a balance between modeling and life’s pleasures, such as cake and wine, then I’ll find another job”!
THANKS BAILEE! Keep spreading the joy of cooking!
I just discovered Bailee’s fantastic food blog; “THE MODEL FOODIE”
Bailee and I are totally on the same page; “We should be able to enjoy a diverse diet that does not feel restrictive and leaves us with a beautiful healthy body. Fundamentally, I don’t see why we need to choose between taste and health.” Amen!
Check out her tuna tartar recipe: tasty, healthy, quick and impressive
So it’s lunchtime in the international world of modeling, what’s on the menu? After 18 years of modeling it would be interesting to get a cross-section of all the meals I’ve ordered; the juicy burgers, mouth-watering seafood, delicious vegetarian and the list goes on.
But what do you think models eat?
Apparently that’s an interesting question so I googled ‘do models eat’ and to my horror these were the threads.
Heavens above, are you people serious? This just makes me want to go home and eat a pound cake over my sink and cry into my cat. There are only two food items on this list of which I DO EAT, but the rest of those items… a tapeworm? REALLY?… Come on give models a break and hands us the Kit Kat that goes with it!
We aren’t freaks… I don’t eat tissue.. I wipe my ass with it though. And as for cotton, I don’t ever recall wanting to eat the shirt I was wearing now matter how peckish I was.
Why is there such a toxic aura surrounding models and what we eat? Yes it’s true some models are so thin that wearing a super-sized tampon makes them look fat but that doesn’t mean we don’t love our food. As for me, I love to eat, and I could eat a horse; I don’t wanna eat what the horse is eating.
I wanna eat with greed, I wanna eat with my hands and make a mess and wipe my face on my sleeve like a caveman. I want a rack of ribs with mashed potatoes. I like stuffing, garlic bread and have a kebab after an evening session at the pub, where I drink beer and wine.
I’m a regular sized 6 girl (8 UK) and there’s nothing wrong with my appetite. So what’s my secret? Shhhhhhh… Sure I’ll tell you: EXERCISE! There’s no cheat sheet if you want to be slim, you gotta move! That’s how it works. We enjoy food just like you, and we eat whatever we want of course in moderation. So next time you take a model to dinner please don’t order a tapeworm or I’ll wrap it around your neck
Sarah Warnaar is a successful model who has a degree in nutrition and happens to make the most tasty and healthy oat bars! She’s been making them for years, her friends can’t get enough of them. These nutritious bars never fail to satisfy! Guess what? Sarah shares her secret recipe with Models Do Eat!
Check back tomorrow for a fun interview with this Dutch beauty and find out what she’s passionate about and what food you can wake her up for in the middle of the night
Note: It might need more water, depending where you live (humidity levels) I added almost half a cup of water (instead of 1/8) to get the mixture nice and sticky. And when you spread the mixture in the oven dish, firmly press down until solid and smooth.
Nut variations: cashew, macadamia, almond, pecan
Tip: Add one cup shredded coconut, leave out ½ cup oats
When naughty: add 2 tablespoons peanut butter, honey and/or dark chocolate chunks.
Photographer: James Houston
This handsome man knows how to cook, has a good sense of humor and likes to get his hands dirty. He’s been stripping out an apartment he recently bought in London which he is turning into a James Bond style bachelor pad! Leather floors, wallpaper made of silk, an eclectic mix of Danish fifty’s style furniture; he’s got style!
Find out what Paul likes to cook, what his morning ritual is like and what food he thinks is sexy!
Heath recently traded the football field for modeling and lost 50 pounds muscle mass to fit in designer clothes. He transformed his body in a matter of months! I was intrigued by his story and discipline and wanted to share it with you! Heath is a very nice, interesting and down to earth guy and only just started his modeling career. He’s going to make it BIG . Read the interview and check out his before and after pics!
Can you describe your body’s “journey” from the day that you decided you were going to trade the football field for modeling?
It was kind of a weird goal so there was not a lot of guidance. I knew a lot about training to get size and to get ripped but it’s really rare that somebody wants to lose the muscle mass that they have worked years to get. I knew 3500 calories equaled 1 pound and when I was 215-220 I would eat around 4500 on average a day. So when I cut my calories to around 1800-2000 my body freaked. I think I lost the first 20 lbs in a little over 2 weeks. Then it slowed down after that but I first came to Miami in November around 190 and I remember one day being 185 and talking to my booker and saying, I think 180 will be as small as I can get. By December I was 178 and by the end of January I was 175. And by the beginning of March I hit 170. So I am way smaller than I ever thought I could be but I for real think this is it. I recently got with agencies in Europe and Milan in particular was like 5 more lbs and you’ll be perfect. I laughed on the inside and thought I wonder if they would have every wanted me at 200 pounds.
What was the biggest challenge?
The biggest challenge is probably food. I love chocolate chip cookies and Mexican food. I literally used to eat one of the two daily and now may eat one of them every 10 days.
How do you feel in this new body?
Light! I can never really lift weights anymore to avoid bulking but do a lot of body weight cardio type stuff and I can do at least 5 times as many pull ups now. I can also fit in all the clothes I model now. At first I couldn’t book as much because my legs were so big.
Do you miss your football body sometimes?
For sure in certain situations. I don’t go to gyms really but I know I would miss it if I did. I used to see guys lift a weight like 10 times then go do it like 20 just to show off. Now I probably couldn’t do it 2 times and honestly don’t want to find out.
What’s your favorite food?
Chocolate chip cookies and Mexican food. But since I never have either much I would say almonds (especially almond butter) and spinach have to be my favorite foods I eat daily. I am also big on protein shakes. A lot of people don’t realize they are literally like the leanest thing you can eat.
Do you cook? What’s your specialty?
Yes I cook basically every meal I eat. Restaurants are there because the food tastes good and to do that they add so much butter and unhealthy things. I would say my specialty is chicken I use it in a lot of different things I eat from salads to wraps to just by itself. My go to meal is probably just a salad using spinach with eggs, chicken, tomatoes, avocado and a fat free dressing either Italian or balsamic.
What type of women are you attracted to?
Women who are down to earth and have kind personalities. Especially in modeling I meet a new pretty face almost every day, so beautiful looking women are a dime a dozen but to meet a female who is beautiful on the inside and outside is rare.
Tell us about a recent funny/awkward moment as a model?
I was at an airport one time and had my bag super full so my book was on my rolling bag. I was going down an escalator and it fell off and extra pictures went everywhere at the bottom. So there were all these basically naked pictures of me all over and people were helping me pick them up and going O MY!!! I just didn’t make any eye contact and tried to pick them up as fast as possible.
Any advice for the guys out there to get a body like yours?
You can’t drink and party every night and have a nice body. You have to be really dedicated and strict about what you put in your body. I am to the point where I can eat a few slices of bread and see my body change from the carbs. DIET is more important than any pill you can buy. People go out and spend $200 on supplements when really they just need to change what they eat.
Follow Heath on Twitter; Heathhutchins and check out his FB page; Heath Hutchins
My friend Evelyne Verpaalen is beautiful inside and out! She’s smart, easy going and always brings her positive attitude. Even when Evelyne has a bad day she’ll tell me about it with a big smile on her face, I love that about her!
Evelyne is very much into healthy foods but definitely likes her sweets. She’s the kind of person that looks at the desserts on the menu first when she eats out Evelyne believes that it’s better to listen to your bodies needs and be happy than depriving yourself; “Just take small portions and exercise” is her advice.
To stay motivated, Evelyne likes to change up her workout routine. She enjoys kickboxing, body pump, booty class and recently discovered ballet fitness and boot camp classes.
Her personality beautifully reflects in the way she cooks as she doesn’t use measurements but simply follows her intuition. I enjoyed watching her cook up a wonderful meal for me!
I watched her carefully and made sure to get all measurements to create this recipe….enjoy!
Besides being a model, Evelyne is also an entrepreneur and shares her passion for boots, bags, jewelry and bikini’s with you on her website www.eveintheusa.com Check it out!
Combine 1½ cup quinoa with 1 cup water and 2 cups chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover with lid and simmer until the grains are translucent, about 15 minutes.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and sauté the garlic. Add the chopped zucchini and mushroom, stir-fry on medium/high heat for 3-4 minutes.
If your frying pan is large enough add the shrimp or use another frying pan to stir fry the shrimp on medium/high heat (with butter or olive oil)
Add the wine and cook until shrimp turns opaque; only a minute or two.
Season the shrimp with “badia complete”, salt and black pepper.
Finish the dish with lots of crushed red pepper!
Mary David tells “Models do eat” how she prepped herself for beauty pageant season and beyond:
I had to change my eating habits, while competing in different pageants at the state level and then going on to the Miss United States 2012 pageant as Miss Wyoming United States. If I was going to feel comfortable being judged on stage in a bikini and high heels, I needed to do everything I could to look and feel my best. I exerted more mental discipline than I ever imagined on eating right. I adopted a philosophy for eating that had served me well in law school and continues to benefit me now:
Work smart, not hard.
Here are some rules of thumb that I followed and still follow today:
