By Ruth Ann Ruiz

The Post Newspaper Features Editor

Modeling has been her dream since at least high school, and though she isn’t rich and famous, Camilia Jo Morales—also known as C.J. Model—is a well-known model in the Upper Gulf Coast of Texas.

“I just always liked being in front of a camera,” Camilia said. “I’m an artistic person. I like to show it off. But I also like to help other girls who aspire to be models. When they say they want to be a model, I’m here to say, ‘Let’s make it happen!'”

Camilia is a self-taught model who jumped into her dream when she was 21 years old after responding to an advertisement she saw in the paper. The ad was seeking models for Lulu’s, a Galveston hair salon.

Since that advertisement, she has cultivated an audience through her work in other regional

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