My name is Allison Brand, and I'm a model.
For the past four years, I've been a fashion model. I've modeled blue jeans, skirt-suits, sportswear, swimwear, lingerie, just about every sort of type of clothing they sell in America.
And then, my roommate Chloe stepped in and interfered.
Chloe has something of a twisted and playful sense of humor. In addition to that, I gave her authority to be my sexual mentor. Take those two things and combine them together, the result is that Chloe called my agent and told her to change the focus of my modeling career. Instead of looking for fashion modeling jobs, Chloe told her to look for nude modeling jobs.
It was a truly new direction for me.
Standing utterly naked in front of a photographer leaves you feeling vulnerable and exposed. And my Catholic upbringing left me with entrenched feelings of guilt and sinfulness if I took my clothes off in front of a stranger.
"It's part of your sexual training," Chloe explained to me when I tried to complain, "It will help to keep you in the proper mindset."
"Naked and embarrassed is the proper mindset?" I ask.
"Abject surrender is part of the proper mindset," Chloe responded, "And being naked, exposed and accommodating for a total stranger will get you to abject surrender faster than just about anything I know. Take you clothes off for the photographer, be dutiful and obedient, and it will help you to overcome psychological blocks."
"Psychological blocks," I asked, "Seriously?"
"We've discussed this before," Chloe said, "Your strict Catholic upbringing left you all sexually repressed and your libido all bottled-up. The more you surrender control, the more your sexual inclinations will be able to escape the psychological bonds you've placed them in."
This sounded like pseudoscience to me, however, I wasn't willing to challenge Chloe on it at this stage of the game. I refused to admit it out loud, however, the thought of being naked in front of a fully-clothed stranger was already making my loins feel feverish with heat. Yes, I would feel embarrassed and defenseless while a fully-dressed photographer intently examined my naked body, however, those feelings were a large part of what excited me.
Maybe what Chloe was saying was total bullshit, or maybe there was some logic to what she said. Either way, I had discovered that I became disconcertingly excited when I was naked and ogled by fully-clothed strangers.
* * * * *
My first nude photoshoot was with a photographer named Anya Yakovleva. She had become semi-famous for her photographs of nude ballet dancers. I had never danced professionally, however, I had twelve years of ballet training and I still have the same lithe figure, grace and flexibility that I had when I was in training.
And since many professional ballet dancers refuse to pose in the nude, Anya was thrilled when I agreed to pose for her.
"Hello! Come in! Come in! You're right on time," Anya gushed when I arrived at her studio in Campo Verde.
Anya was a middle-aged woman dressed all in black. She had a boyish haircut, a slender waist, and narrow hips. She seemed long and lean, but not fragile. She was passionate and as energetic as a high school teenager at a pep rally.
I was introduced to Anya's assistant and shown around the photography studio. Part of it had been converted to look like a ballet rehearsal studio, with freestanding ballet barres and full-length mirrors across one wall. Another part was set up for me to sit while Anya styled my hair and makeup. Normally photographers hire somebody else to do that, however, Anya was a high-energy control freak. She probably couldn't be idle long enough to allow somebody else to paint and style her models.
"You can change behind the partition," Anya said, "Come out when you're ready and stand over at the barre."
"Change into what?" I asked, not seeing any clothing to change into.
"She means get undressed," Anya's assistant explained, "She needs for you to be naked."
"Yes," Anya agreed, "What Han said. I need you to get undressed."
"You've done nude modeling before, right?" Han asked, and I had to admit that this was my first time.
"Are you nervous?"
My heart beat madly in my chest, and I responded, "Terrified."
It was even worse than I was saying. Inside of me that fear and embarrassment had gotten all mixed up with arousal. The more terrified and humiliated I became, the more my pussy throbbed. I could feel my nipples hardening and my sex growing moist. And my vulva was shaved perfectly bare, which meant there would be no hiding my arousal from these women once I was naked.
And once these two women saw my exposed, swollen labia, I would feel even more humiliated, which would probably make me even more aroused. It was a vicious cycle with no obvious limits. There was no telling what heights of humiliation or arousal I was going to be driven to.
"I think I can help," Anya said, "Posing naked seems terrifying now, but that's largely because you've never done it before. Try to focus on the things you have done before. You've done stretching exercises at the barre before, right?"
I nodded in agreement.
"And straddle splits?"
"Of course," I replied.
"Leg extensions?"
"Yes."
"Arabesque, third position?"
"Yes, Ma'am, thousands of times."
"Well, focus on those things," Anya advised me, "That's all you'll be doing today, really. Focus intensely on making certain that your form is perfect, and you'll worry less about Han and I seeing you naked."
I took a deep breath and promised that I'd take her advice to heart and try to make it work.
I made my way across the room and concealed myself behind the partition. As I undressed, I tried to tell myself that Anya was paying me a lot of money to photograph me in the nude, although, if I were being truly honest, I would never have done this if it weren't for Chloe. Since she became my sexual mentor, it's become impossible to disobey her. It's like I'm desperate for her approval now.
Taking off my shoes and socks were no big deal, but after I pulled off my t-shirt, I felt butterflies in my stomach and my face felt feverish. "Lots of women do nude modeling," I told myself, "I'll bet none of them get this nervous undressing behind a partition."
Then to add to my troubles, my hands started to tremble, and it took multiple attempts to undo the clasps on my bra as my hands were unsteady.
My hands were still unsteady as I undid the button on the front of my jeans and zipped them all the way down. The jeans were easy to tug down even with shaking hands, but I found it difficult to hook my thumbs into the waistband of my panties.
When my panties were on the floor, I was fully naked. I no longer had a valid excuse to hide behind the partition, so I took another deep breath and padded barefoot and naked out into the main area of Anya's photography studio.
Almost immediately my eyes locked with Anya's. My heart pounded frantically, and I tensed up as she marched over and stood close enough to touch me. She was just there to get a light-reading, but I was the only one naked in the room, and it left me in a state of wide-eyed anxiety.
"Just try to forget that Han and I are here," Anya suggested, "Focus on the barre and begin some stretching exercises. The more you focus on stretching your muscles and ligaments, the less you'll worry about who's watching you."
I walked over to the barre and tried to take Anya's advice, but seemed as if I could feel the weight of their gazes on my naked body. That probably sounds strange, but my skin felt as if it was being touched when Anya and Han were looking at me.
Ignoring Anya and her assistant was difficult. Han held an umbrella light on a pole and directed it towards me. Anya pointed her camera at my naked body. All attention in the room was focused on me as I stood at the barre and began my stretching exercises.
I still felt exposed and vulnerable, however, as I focused on warming up and stretching my muscles, my hands stopped shaking and I felt more limber and self-confident.
When I was all warmed up and sweat was beginning to bead on my skin, I stood at the ballet barre with my back to Anya, right leg up on the barre, utterly straight while pointing my toes. I leaned over my extended leg and grabbed my heel with one hand. This exercise is designed to stretch a dancer's hamstrings, however with me totally naked, bent over and my legs apart, it meant that my swollen pubic lips were utterly exposed and indecently on display. And my pussy was so wet at this point, Anya could probably see moisture glistening on my labia.
"If you're finished warming up, we can get on with the more interesting shots now," Anaya suggested.
Anya commanded to hold an Arabesque position, standing on my right leg (the supporting leg) with my other leg (the working leg) turned out and extended behind my body, with both legs held perfectly straight. This is a classic ballet pose, however a ballerina is usually wearing a unitard, a leotard, tights or some sort of ballet costume when doing this. I was utterly naked and feeling very wanton and exposed.