Photograph by Bryan Whitely, courtesy of Talent Plus
The Adams sisters have only been modeling for about a year, but Seventeen magazine has already photographed 20-year-old Andrea Adams, while Abercrombie & Fitch has shot her 15-year-old sister, Eva. Both girls appeared on the now-canceled CW show Remodeled, in which model expert Paul Fisher called them “goddesses.” But these girls aren’t hair-pulling, cellphone-throwing divas of the catwalk: Eva is still in high school, while Andrea is balancing modeling with her premed course load at Washington University. Maybe goddesses really do walk among us.
How did you get started in modeling?
AA: [My older sister] Renae actually was with Centro first, and she told me to come in and interview. I was like, “No, I’m not the type. I’m not tall enough.” But then I brought Eva in… Renae is no longer modeling; she’s up in New York, studying theater at Marymount Manhattan College.
What was it like meeting Paul Fisher?
AA: On TV, he’s depicted as very loud and yells at people and whatnot, but at least to Eva and I, he was so nice—he took me out to breakfast. He makes you feel good about yourself.
Andrea, you got the Seventeen photo shoot from Remodeled?
AA: The episode didn’t show it, but what they did was, Eva and I thought that we’d be doing the shoot together, and it turned out that only one of us could be booked for the shoot. So we were kind of in competition. Honestly, I thought Eva was going to get it. It was bittersweet.
Do you have much time for school?
EA: I am class president—well, I was for the freshman class, and I just got elected the sophomore class president [at Ladue Horton Watkins High School]. I also play field hockey.
AA: I did some AP Chemistry tutoring this semester. Every week for a couple hours, we went through chemistry, and it was so much fun—maybe not for the students.
What do your parents think about modeling?
EA: They’re really supportive and try to help us out with everything, but it’s a lot of work for them. They don’t have all the time in the world to plan for us.
What’s it like working together?
AA: [Laughs.] I hate it! Just kidding.
EA: I like it. You have someone to talk to the whole time.
You don’t get competitive?
EA: Not with each other—we’re more encouraging, if anything. There’s always someone better than you, so you can’t be that competitive.
