This is the fifth part of Ali's story, courtesy of her mother Patty (tFS user modelmom). Ali's journal chronicles the beginning of her modeling career in Paris at 15 years old (which was in 2002). Patty's comments are italicized and the format has been edited. 

Read Part 1 here,  Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here.

My mom took off this afternoon to see the Eiffel Tower. It’s getting late and she’s not back yet. She is always worried about me, I can’t even begin to think what I would do if something happened to her.

My mom showed up late last night….you guessed it, she lost her way.

But she did get to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower. I’m glad—that  was the one thing she wanted to do while we were here.

I had a job today!!! It was a photo shoot in a hotel in the Champs Elysee. I wore hot pink tennis shoes, balloon pants, and a pink and purple top. Hey, a job’s a job!

I had several castings today.  One was with a Japanese client - they took pictures and I tried on clothes. Karlie told me that was a good sign. The other was for Christian Lacroix. I’m not too positive about that one. I saw a lot of famous models getting out of their chauffer-driven cars. They just breezed past the line and went right in. I can’t believe I’m even being considered after seeing them.