Niki Taylor

VICTOR DE SOUZA - Would you please tell me about your new projects?

NIKI TAYLOR - First and foremost project is my family.  I have a 19 month old and twins that are almost 16 year olds, so, if that’s not project, boy, oh boy.  But professionally I have had the great fortune in being asked to participate in a network TV project (which I can’t name yet), just taped yesterday (10/7/2010) a Biography Channel “Celebrity Close Calls” which I tell my story of the day that changed my life as I knew it, and continuing to work on partnerships with great brands. 

VS - You have had much success even at a very young age, but you have also had much adversity.  What lessons do you take into this next stage in your career?

NT - Appreciate each thing I get to do and participate in.  Be grateful and really enjoy where I am and what I am doing. 

VS - Not only are you a supermodel, but also a wife and a mother. What importance does high-fashion have in your day-to-day life?

NT - Well I live in Nashville where it’s a bit more laid back and casual but instead of maybe high fashion I call it functional fashion.  I do get the opportunity on date night and at event to really jack it up for high fashion and what person doesn’t love to that.  

VS - Does spirituality play a role in your life?

NT - Yes I really believe with all that I have experienced in my life that God really isn’t done with me yet.

VS - The show you co-hosted with Tyson Beckford, Make Me a Supermodel, was picked up for a second season, but you did not return as co-host because you were pregnant. How do you balance your career and family?

NT - Always have perspective of what’s most important.  That’s been pretty consistent for me.

VS - Any advice for the everyday woman on how to strike that balance as well?

NT - Have a sense of humor, know what you want your end to look like and it’s a reminder of where you want to go and how you want to get there.

VS - You just had a daughter last year. Would you support her decision if she wanted to go into the fashion industry? What advice would you give her?

NT - YES of course.  She’s 19 months and showing a lot of athletic ability already but I want her to do what she loves, enjoys and what she’s passionate about.

FC - What changes in consciousness would you like to see in the fashion industry?

NT - Put models back on covers of magazines and in campaigns and let the movie stars do movies.