Elite and Pulse MGMT Street Bash May 31 2008

DJ Miss Lisa Keeps em Dancing in the Street

Miss Lisa keeps the crowd moving until 1:00am when the Elite / Market Station groundbreaking celebrations wrap up.

Diggabeatz Keeps the Party Pumpin'
Diggabeatz is one of the most well known scratch DJ's in the state of Utah.

Market Station Crowd

Helicopter Base Jumper

Bob Gray - Mayor of South Salt Lake

Mayor Gray says a few words about what Market Station and Elite mean for the
city of South Salt Lake

Stacey Eastman and Hannah Holman Top Model American Eagle & Paris

Ali Stephens and Her Mother

Elite Crew Philippe, Neil and Stacey

Stacey Eastman and Anja Aste

Randy Mareno XSports/Half Pipe

Half Pipe Entertainment

Shredding the half pipe during the Elite / Market Station groundbreaking celebrations.

Super Model Anja Aste

Hannah Holman, Stacey Eastman and Hannah's Mom

Neal Hamil
North American director of Elite Model Management talks about the value of the Utah model market, his partnership with Pulse Management, and the decision to become the first major tenant at South Salt Lake's Market Station Development.

VIPs get flown in by Helicopter

Stacey Eastman
Pulse Management founder, Stacey Eastman talks about the partnership with Elite, the world's largest modeling agency, and introduces runway starlet, Ali Stephens at the Elite SoSala / Market Station groundbreaking Saturday.

Steve Aste and Family

Developer Steve Aste with his family. His daughter, Anja Aste (pictured), was discovered by Pulse Management, and is now signed with Elite Model Management.

Hannah Holman with Elite Crew

Ali Stephens World's Top Model Representing at Market Station

Ali Stephens talks about her experience walking runways around the globe with her mother by her side at the Elite SoSaLa groundbreaking in South Salt Lake Saturday.

Stacey Eastman and Ali Stephens

Neil Hamil and Stacey Eastman

Neal Hamil poses on the red carpet with Stacey Eastman. Neal Hamil is the North American director of Elite Model Management. Stacey Eastman is the founder of Pulse Management, the model management and recruiting firm that connected Elite Model Management with the developer of Market Station in South Salt Lake.

Elite Crew

Stacey Eastman and Steve Aste

Elite and Pulse MGMT Judging Utah's Next Top Model

Utah's Next Top Model Winner
Breanna Deyoung wins the "Utah's Next Top Model" contest.

Photos courtesy of Eric Hamilton Photography

Check Out The Grand Opening Street Bash

Courtesy photos of Eric Hamilton
Elite / Market Station Photo Story

Elite / Market Station Groundbreaking
A set of photo highlights from the Elite / Market Station groundbreaking celebration in South Salt Lake Saturday evening

Elite Crew at The Playground
Some of the Pulse Management / Elite Model Management was hanging out at The Playground in Park City Utah. I decided to go say hello and take some photos. Entertainment was provided by DJ K and DJ Miss Lisa!

The Park City Playground

The Park City Playground hosted a party featuring DJ Miss Lisa and DJ K, with some VIPs from Pulse Management as guests. In case you haven’t heard, Pulse Management has partnered with Elite Model Management. They’re building a new office in Salt Lake City, and the groundbreaking celebration is today. Last night’s event was just a relaxed get-together. Today they’re taking over a block of Main Street for X-sports, a runway show, and more DJ performances from Diggabeatz and DJ Miss Lisa. Should be one hell of a show! Check out last night’s full gallery.

Elite Model Management Breaks Ground in Salt Lake

Last night I met Neal Hamil, director of Elite Model Management’s North American operations at the groundbreaking ceremony for Elite’s new office, the first major tenant in the $500 million Market Station real estate project in South Salt Lake (which Elite dubbed “SoSaLa”). Market Station is project by Utopia Station Development Corp., directed by Steve Aste.

The celebration featured dj’s, breakdancers, a half-pipe x-sports show, helicopter fly-ins, a base jumper with a golden shovel, a fashion show contest for “Utah’s Next Top Model”, some words from the Mayor of “SoSoLa” and the state governor’s office, performances by Utah’s legendary scratch DJ, Diggabeatz, and his dance crew, and a headlining dj set by DJ Miss Lisa, which kept the enthusiastic crowd’s hands in the air until the party ended at 1:00am. The celebration occupied an entire city block and people were literally dancing in the street until the music was shut off and the crowd started chanting, “One more song! One more song!”

Model recruiting efforts in Utah will be managed by Stacey Eastman, founder of Pulse Management. The company has successfully scouted and placed seven Vogue cover models from Utah. Also in attendance at the event was Elite’s newest runway sensation, Ali Stephens, who was discovered on an outing with her family in Salt Lake City’s Gateway Mall, and made her modeling debut walking for Prada in Milan, quickly followed by shows for Chanel, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, and a whole lot more.

The runway show featured jeans by Danny Nappi, and hair / makeup by Vanity Hair Extensions. Liquid refreshment and entertainment booking was provided by the Park City Playground.

All told, I think the event was a resounding success. I’m sure those who attended will be buzzing about it, and what it means for Utah’s fashion industry. I have a feeling it’s about to get a major shot in the arm - and as a photographer who loves living in Salt Lake City, I couldn’t be happier about that!