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Eventually Heaton took over the fashion shows and began training girls from across the region. "It was névcr something I had intended to do." she "She asked me lo model for her. so I used to model in her shows." Heaton said. "Then she asked me to train her girls" "Things have heen busy around here. and it keeps things really interesting." she said. Healon opened the mod- cling agency in 1965, after leaving Tomato lo come to Kitchener with her familv. She said she met Joyce Carter. a former fashion edi- tor for the Record. who organized fashion shows in the region. A model accomplishment Among her many suc- l'css stories, she mentions Megan Millington, who was featured in the tpowie"Mean Girls". starring Lindsay Lohan. Hoamn's models have been featured in Flare Mag- Mine, Toronto Life Fashion. Wedding Bells, Batons. Club Monaco. designer Cullen lions and more. ls [men 40 yvars since Imam Heaton opened the doors to (amen Models, and she hasnt looked back. In fact, lll the past tour decades. she has coached many successful models and artors. "We've had people all over the world." she said. ameo Models of Waterloo celebrates 40 years of building confidence in youth Bt TIM Munnn For Nut [mum h, During a lecture about grooming and posture to a group of 24 teenaged girls. she asked them if they would be interested in join- ing a class if Heaton was In admitted, Joan Heaton stands next to her wall of fame, made up of photos of some of her models. Heaton opened Cameo Models 40 years ago, after a friend asked her to train some fashion models. Lowly four-bedroom, J-bath. 2-srtorey mm In Backward Forest arms from; 37-3119 Monarch Woods Finished bur ment w1th hot tub, main Boar famlly‘ With tin-place and slid": to deck l Main floor laundry. orntml nurh'nr Ito-car an“. hue-d yard in"! ma mar “no; You to!“ Ill may - Hm #23934 211 STOKE DR., WEI! C] T] BUSINESS organize one. "They all said yes," Heaton said. adding every single one of them showed up to the ftrst class. V "A lot of our models went on to do amazing things "r_uh T Ill m W217R0N1CLE from there, and " just got bigger and bigger and big- gen" Heaton operated Cameo Models for just over 30 years on Queen Street in Kitchen- er, before moving to her cur- "Mai ’IM My?” N010 Multrlevel and? spln Over 2,500 sq ft 3 four bedrooms 4 baths, family rooml th wood fsrephtre Urge kstchen, new gas fummwomtral nut and water eater Flmshtd mm mm tN-acre lot Four-car dove with double garage awfully decorated 2N tlthhttom Br. W By - [manila] Yo in cal Se6-2262 n-m- PM COLONIAL ACRES. [DOOR POOL. "We like to make chil- dren and teens feel good about themselves." she said. "We feel this is important, regardless of what they're going to do in life." Heaton said the skills base children develop becomes key in advancing careers. "We had one boy who did really well in modeling and "We act as a mother agency in the business." Heaton said. "We place them with agencies in Toronto when they're ready. and the Toronto agencies place them in international agencies." Heaton said Cameo starts children when the/re young. with the main focus on building confidence rather than modeling. rent location at 51 Albert SI III Waterloo, In the modeling classes, the children are taught uboul what it takes to become a professional model: getting their looks tugether, working on a run- way and reacting to a pho- tographer. among many things. "We like to make children and teens feel good about themselves." - loan I lealon t Imm’n Models Realtor Care... and Share Suppnmng Our ( ommunlty Thousands of homes With one address Updated darly www.mls.ca Heaton said she has trained other people to leach some of her classes for her, but she likes to keep her hands in the business to make sure everybody is happy. Classes at Cameo Models run from September to May, with an intake of about 100 students. She said classes are always full. and with the use of the Internet, classes fill up several months in advance. For more information on Cameo Models. visit www.cameomodels.mm . "l'm just having w much fun." she said. "l had thought I would retire long ago. bu! the business just keeps getting better. So why leave?" A past-president of the Modeling Association of Canada, and current presi- dent of the Models' Alliance, Group of Canada. Heaton was also recognized as Busi- ness Woman of the Year in 1977 by the KW-Oktoberfest committee. "It's kind of the perks of the business when you're recognized," she said. So far, Human said. she has no plans of retirement. She said Cameo has graduates who now work as lawyers. doctors and den- lists. went an In Milan, and he ended up working as a char- tered accountant for a firm in NewYork. "They made him a man- uger because he was able to get up in from of people" REALTOR®