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SI Swimsuit 2015 Casting Call: Alicia Rountree

Rebecca Shore

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NAME: Alicia Rountree

AGE: 28

HOMETOWN:Mauritius

CURRENT CITY: NYC

YEARS MODELING: 9

INSTAGRAM: @aliciarountree • WEBSITE: www.aliciarountree.com

YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM MY WORK WITH:Heineken commercial, GUESS, Victoria's Secret, Bare Escentuals cosmetics, Buxom cosmetics, True Religion . . . (I am also a co-owner of three restaurants called Tartinery and we are doing a pop-up in Montauk this summer)

WHEN I TRAVEL I ALWAYS BRING MY . . . movie scrips for acting class and cozy sweatpants!

THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE HAD TO DO ON A SHOOT IS . . . Ski. French Alps. Bikini—imagine!?

I AM BEST KNOWN FOR MY . . . eyes/smile

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS . . . always dressing up and destroying my mom's shoes!

MY VERY FIRST SCREEN NAME WAS . . . LiLou_CooL because I loved Mila Jovovich in The Fifth Element

I FEEL SEXIEST WHEN . . . I'm in a fitted, backless dress

MY FRIENDS THINK I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME . . . pouting for a picture

MY PET IS A . . . yorkie named Ella—but I grew up with a pet lemur, donkeys, ostriches, geese and bad-tempered swans

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS . . . everything scares me! But that's what makes life exciting

THE CELEBRITY I'D DO A KISSING SCENE WITH IS . . . been there, done that :) 

THE BOOK EVERYONE SHOULD READ IS . . . It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden

THE MOVIE EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IS . . . Edward Scissorhands—just want to hug Johnny Depp in that movie!

MY GO-TO KARAOKE SONG IS . . . "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper

IF I STARTED A CHARITY IT WOULD BE TO . . . help orphaned children in my hometown in Mauritius. I also work with Water-Thirst to help transform lives with clean water

THE LOOK THAT BEST DESCRIBES MY STYLE IS . . . 

  1. Leather jacket and motorcycle boots
  2. T-shirt, jeans and Converse
  3. Chanel sunglasses and Louboutins
  4. Maxi dress and sandals
  5. Other: My levis

THE THREE ITEMS ON MY BUCKET LIST ARE . . . 

  1. Travel around Ireland with my family as I'm of Irish descent
  2. Shoot for SI Swim! 
  3. Tour South Africa

I AM . . .a morning person • not a morning person "...depends on what country I'm in"

I AM AN . . . amazing cook • O.K cook • awful cook . . .

AND THE BEST THING I MAKE IS . . . it's so simple but I make the best avocado toast :) (I add a special secret ingredient)

MY FAVORITE FOODS ARE . . . sweet • savory

I AM . . . single "...Newly! Anyone interested??!" • in a relationship • it's complicated • I'll never tell!

I AM . . . spontaneous • a planner

ONE OTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME IS . . . I am excited to see the end result of a fitness app (ballet-inspired) that I did with my trainer Robert Brace. It should be out in the next month or so!

PREVIOUS CASTING CALLS

Alexandria Morgan • Aline Weber • Ana Carolina Jorge • Annie McGinty • April Love • Casie Chegwidden • Candice Lee Jolliffe​ • Clara Alonso • Daniela Braga​ • Emma Stern Nielsen • Gabrielle Kagay​ • Georgie Wass • Hailey Clauson​ • Heidy De la Rosa • Lauren Bedford • Jasmine Sanders​ • Jessica Strother • Lindsay Bélanger • ​Martha Hunt • Megan Williams​ • Robyn Lawley • Samantha Gradoville • Sharam Diniz • Stephanie Bertram Rose • Ashley Smith • Rachel Marie Thomas • Shane Seng • Stephanie Shiu •Terese Pagh • Yara

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