K&K (Taste Features)
35. Coseams
“Welcome to our guest house in Competition Of South East Asian Model. It's great to accept you as COSEAM contestants. You will be quarantined for four months, which means that during that time you will be released from social contact with outside the guest house. We will only provide magazines and newspapers. Every week we will conduct a gradual evaluation that will disqualify two models at once until the last week the three best models are left to enter the grand final. Now let me introduce the special jury who is also your coach, miss Cordelia,” welcome the host of COSEAM to Sarah accompanied by the applause of thirty participants and some crew.
Sarah walked elegantly in red-soled shoes, approaching the male host.
“Thanks for all. I'm Sarah Cordelia Dominique Hamas, just call me Cordelia. Nice to meet you. I'm a guest judge and coach to all of you. I'll teach you how to be an international model like me,” Sarah brings a momentary proud smile.
“I will also select your daily one by one to be considered assessment later. Manner is the best important as a model. Pay attention to your attitude, learn to be an international professional model so that you will truly be who you want to be. So, prepare yourself to be the best in this prestigious event,” all participants look at him full of admiration.
Sarah may not be older than most participants because she has been an international model since her teens, and now at the very young age of 21 years has the honor of being a judge and coach of COSEAM.
Not lingering in the introductory session, the beautiful model contestants from various magazines and local agencies immediately entered their rooms and improved.
Sad image of course for the next four months can not contact his mother. She felt sorry and anxious when she left her mother alone. He became acquainted and became friends with several models from various archipelago. Sarah heads to the committee room where another jury has gathered who are talking about the scoring system.
“Miss Cordelia, we agreed with others and after consultation with the management of COSEAM that the judging system should be changed,” said the male jury of a fashion designer. Sarah frowned in surprise and was a little angry.
“We apologize for not talking about it before with you. We have to change some of the judging points systems. Read the new rules,” female judges give maps in blue.
Sarah read at a glance, that the right 40% of her judging was abolished because stage II and the end involved many parties other than the five jurors. All five jurors received equal rights to 15% of the judging, and the remaining 25% of the value was obtained from advertising clients. Sarah gulped, and could not demand that equal judging be approved by COSEAM management.
“OK. I think it's fair. So, I don't have to waste a lot of time and energy.” Sarah smiled bitterly. He felt the presence of other jury against him.
Adit approached the jury along with several local and foreign journalists. They want to cover the latest developments of the contestants and the comments of the jury.
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Journalists from private stations are also no less exciting covering the daily activities of the contestants who every Monday night aired on television as a daily’s model event. Unfortunately, the television in the restaurant is only in the office of the manager. And it was impossible for Kirana to sneak into the office just to watch television.
After all, he was too tired to work as a pianist and assistant bu manager. In the fourth week, daily model journalists were interviewing Citra and other contestants about life before becoming a model.
“I miss my sister very much. She is beautiful, and also talented. Unfortunately the plane crash made him die,” Citra's story and he took a tissue to wipe his tears. “Sometimes I feel he sleeps next to me and hugs from behind. Even my mother was so sad that she thought I was her sister. Indeed our face is a bit similar just that she is smaller than me and of course more beautiful,” continued Citra with a small laugh.
“What are your hopes for the people you love here?” ask reporters.
“If I win in COSEAM, this is all for mama. Thank you for staying with Citra until now. And for my brother, my eyes and my father who are in heaven, may you be happy there. I will take good care of my mom,” Citra said.
“Tante...” reprimand mbak Moni who just got home from work.
“You've come home apparently. Have you had dinner?” ask Sita ma'am.
“Udah tan. Here I bring my favorite cheese martabak aunt,” mbak Moni raised a crackle containing a box of cheese martabak.
“Aduh inconvenient only. Thank you yes,” voice bu Sita leaving sobs.
“Tante out crying?”
“Tante happy to see Citra is fine at guest house,”
“Tenang aja tan, there the management has taken care of all the needs of contestants from eating to health. In fact, aunty who must be able to survive to take care of herself. Don't be sad continue,” bu Sita nodded.
He felt a fresh breeze rustling in his chest after hearing Moni's entertainment. Since the death of her husband, she has become very sensitive and does not hesitate to shed tears.
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The weeks are still passing with the rainy season that always soaks the realm of the equatorial state. Floods that hit Jakarta and its surrounding areas so excited lately did not discourage the finalists of COSEAM to survive to be the winner in their guest house.
Even the flood was used as one of the views for the photo shoot as a judging model for an NGO advertisement. And approaching the last week to leave three finalists.
“This will be a tight and increasingly heated final between the three of you. Indonesia needs a professional model to get into Coseam and bring your country to the international world. Be the best for yourself. You can make friends and make friendships, but don't forget you're here to compete for the best in an honest way. You have to be more expressive, natural and whatever the photographer wants from within you to produce the best photos. Learn to recognize yourself and find the soul of a professional model to become a goddess.” Sarah commented as a host and jury at the beginning of the grand final.
“Use the whole arm, facial expression, leg and more. The judging system this time will be different from before. You will get a profile map that contains the identity of the course, achievements during the selection stage to the final contest and your best photos. We're going to Bali to do some photoshoots with clients. And we hope you get as many clients from some of the ads available there. Easy, every product ad from the client will ask you to promote with a variety of photos. And I hope you can get them to choose you as a model in the product. Each model will earn points when it gets clients. From the results of the points collected and some assessments the client will receive a progress report as the final result that will be submitted to the jury and decide who will be the winner at the Competition of South East Asian Model and going to International.”
Competition is getting tougher of course, Citra clenched a strong hand. He has reached this stage, so the ambition to be a winner is the main goal. He did not want to disappoint the mother, and if he won of course the prize money to pay off debts and buy back his big house in Jakarta.
However, sadness suddenly skyrocketed when the contestants had to leave for Bali. They had just returned from Batam, and now had to get out of town again. He was worried about the distance with his mother.
The fear of the plane could not stop Citra leaving to take all the tours. Bu Sita continued to be anxious when the princess only had to travel with the air vehicle.
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