Thanksgiving Hawaiian Style

Stacey Eastman and Jodie Gordon

Not only was this the Eastman family's first Thanksgiving since their move to Hawaii, they were lucky to have some amazing visitors join them. Jodie Gordon and Travis Kipp from Fusion Model Management. Having business partners that feel like family is definitely something to be thankful for, and this trip is going to have to be a Thanksgiving tradition!

Travis, Jodie, and Shayna 

Stacey, Travis, Lily Eastman, Jodie, and Shayna before their night dive with Manta Rays

Fashion News Live Interview and Inside Amato Premiere

Rocco Leo Gaglioti and Stacey Eastman at the film premiere

Last night some members of the Pulse Management team were able to attend the New York City premiere of the movie Inside Amato by Furne One, and the Art Hearts Fashion Week Gala after it.  If you remember we, we partnered with Fashion News Live for fashion week coverage, and hopefully you have been checking out their videos here.

Fashion News Live founder, Rocco Leo Gaglioti, directed the film and we loved being able to see his passion for the industry come through on the screen.  Stacey was invited to do an interview on the red carpet, and as soon as we get the footage we will post it for you all to see.

We spend so much time working on managing and finding out models, it was such a treat to go out for a night with some of our Pulse Management team members, who at this point are pretty much family!

Stacey while being interviewed on the red carpet

Stacey and Shayna at the Gala

Shayna, Rocco, and Stacey after the screening

Lisa, Shayna, Stacey, Lacey, and Nancy

Big Day for the Eastman Family!

If you have met Stacey and Shayna Eastman (President and COO of Pulse Management), you probably have heard about how much they love Hawaii.  Ever since I have met them I have heard about how they are planning on moving out to the islands, and TODAY is the big day.  Along with their beautiful children they are making the move today.  We want to wish them good luck on their move, and we can't wait to see more pictures of their new Hawaiian life.  

How does this affect your model management, or your potential to model for Pulse Management?  The good news is it won't! The great thing about technology these days is we can manage you from anywhere.  We are looking forward to huge things for our models in September, and we already have models working all over the globe right now.  Even a huge move halfway across the Pacific can't slow us down!

Dolls Shoot in NYC

Stacey and Shayna Eastman are wrapping up a whirlwind weekend in New York City where we had our latest Dolls Test Shoot.  We moved the Dolls Shoots to New York City a few months ago and so far we are loving meeting our new models in NYC.  Being in New York also is beneficial because we can meet up with our models that are working in the city, and we can meet up with our partners at Fusion.  This weekend was filled with a lot of work, a lot of laughs, and left us all feeling excited about some of the new faces we signed!  

Madison, Georgia and Hazel with Stacey

 Shayna with our models

Stacey and some of the new models in the Fusion Office

Pulse Management's Mother's Day Tribute

Bree (Pulse Mgmt Scout) and her son Sylver

We can't emphasize enough how much we value and appreciate mothers.  Not only in the home but their contributions to society are too big to be measured.  The Pulse Management team is made up of a lot of mothers, and we know how fiercely protective mothers are of their children.  This is why we take our jobs so seriously as model managers, because we know we are dealing with someone else's son or daughter.  Many of our scouts are mothers, along with our Chief Operating Officer, and our Head of Public Relations, and we hope they all had a happy Mother's Day.

We also love and admire our models' moms!  We have seen mothers drop everything, time and time again, to hop on a flight with their child for a photo shoot or runway show.  These mothers are their model's biggest cheerleaders and biggest supporters and we love them for it.

Scrolling through instagram we saw a few tributes to mothers from our team, that we wanted to share with you.  

Stacey and Shayna Eastman with four of their beautiful kids

Lisa (Head of PR) with her two little ones

Lacey (Scout) with her gorgeous daughter

Hazel (model) with her sweet mama

Izzy (model) with her mom in NYC

Larisa (model and mother) with her beautiful Mom 

Happy (Belated) Birthday Shayna!

With all of the madness over the holiday weekend, we didn't post about one of the most important days of the year.  Happy birthday to the one and only Shayna Eastman!  She is one of the most beautiful people we know.  Pulse Management would not be where it is today with out this woman, and we are all so grateful for her. Shayna is the COO of Pulse, wife to Stacey, mother of six kids, and she is a friend to all of our models.  As a former model and actress, she can provide the unique perspective of someone who has worked in the industry to our models, and that advice and guidance has proven to be valuable more than we can say! She heads up our Dolls Model Management and Development and it couldn't be in better hands.  She is truly one of a kind, and we are so lucky that she (and Stacey) head up this Pulse Mgmt team.  Happy birthday Shayna, you just keep getting better!

Have You Met Stacey and Shayna Eastman?

I'm sure many of our readers and followers know about the Eastmans, but just in case you don't we have a new video to introduce them to you, and to our potential models (and their parents).  Stacey and Shayna are the husband and wife team that are behind Pulse Management, and they are the reason our models feel like they are part of a family when they join our management company.  When you watch the video it is clear that these two have a genuine affinity for their models, and for the industry in which they work.  Which is probably why the company has been successful!

Pulse Mgmt Launches Kara Beller in a MAJOR Way

Everyone, we would like to introduce you to Kara.  She is one of our newest models, and she is already slated to do some major things.

When Pulse Management President, Stacey Eastman, and his wife Shayna flew into LAX for our last Dolls Model Mgmt shoot they spotted Kara in the terminal.  They both noticed her and thought she needed to sign with us, ASAP! Unfortunately there wasn’t time to go talk to her, and in the madness of LAX they lost her.

Two days later we were all at the Dolls Shoot, and in walks Kara and her mom.  They were at LAX because they were flying in town from Minnesota for Kara’s Dolls Shoot!  Kara was scouted by one of our amazing scouts, and Stacey had actually met with her online before, but seeing her in real life was even better.

We had to change the location of the Dolls Shoot at the last minute and Kara and her mom went to the original location.  They waited there for an hour, and were sure they had been suckered into a “modeling scam”, until we finally go a hold of them and got them headed to the correct location.  

Kara’s shoot went amazingly well, and we knew that this girl’s career was going to take off quickly!  We interviewed Kara and her mom right after she finished her shoot in the video in the post directly below this one.

The Dolls Shoot was on February 28th of this year.  Fast forward to last week when we had some good news for Kara.  We thought it would be fun to video our call with her (the video above), so you could all see how exciting it is when your life potentially changes forever.

Kara’s career is taking off at lightning speed, and the fact that she is already headed to New York is HUGE.  New York is the toughest market to be successful in as a new model, and they are already asking US for HER. We sure are glad that even though originally Kara and her family were skeptical we were scamming them, (especially as she waited in a parking lot thinking her photo shoot was non-existent), they stuck with us, and look at the amazing things we have done for her already.

Working in the modeling we are usually met with a fair amount of skepticism, and we totally understand that.  There are some nefarious people out there, that want to prey on people being vulnerable, and we wanted to post this video to help show all of you that is NOT how we operate.  We scout models, we develop them, and then we send them around the world while managing their careers. Our current models can vouch for our authenticity, and we hope that this video does as well.  For Kara, her career is now a reality, and it wouldn't have been one if she hadn't trusted us.  Thank you Kara, we are happy to represent you, and we are going to accomplish HUGE things together.

Don’t worry everyone, we will keep you posted on all of Kara’s exciting happenings.

Stacey and Aaron Jessee

All photos taken by Shayna Eastman

This week Stacey Eastman met up with Aaron Jessee on the North Shore to talk about Aaron's career and to catch some waves.  We can just call the beach our new conference room, because really who wouldn't want to have a meeting there?! We are excited about the big things we have in store for Aaron in both the fashion and the surfing world. Don't worry we will keep you posted on everything as it happens.  Happy weekend everyone!

New Liz Kennedy Video

You guys.  We are so proud of this video we made for our girl Liz Kennedy.  Not only does it showcase her flawless beauty, but it also gives you a behind the scenes look into how we launch a model, but why we do it.  As you can tell by our blog, we love our models and we love introducing new models into this crazy fashion world.  We shot this short film shortly before Liz left for her first international contract, a trip to Tokyo for a guaranteed $25,000.  Which is pretty unheard of for a brand new model. We hope you enjoy this video, and that it helps give you more insight into our company and our passion for the modeling industry. Enjoy!

DOLLS MODEL MGMT Test Shoot: How We Get A Model Started

Have you ever wondered how we get our models started? They don't just appear in the pages of Vogue out of nowhere, do they? Once a model is scouted or submits photos to us, we set up an online meeting with them, and Pulse Mgmt President, Stacey Eastman.  Stacey has a video call with the model and usually one or both of his/her parents and we see if the model is what we are looking for, and the model does the same and can decide if we are the type of management he/she wants. If both parties think we are a good fit, we set up a test shoot for the model in the Hollywood Hills with our sister company, Dolls Model Management.



At the photo shoot the model has assistance selecting wardrobe, and get his/her hair and make up done by one of the industry's finest artists. Dolls Model Management only uses photographers/hair and makeup artists that we know and respect within the fashion industry because we want to make sure the test shoot has the potential for the best outcome possible.  The model is photographed in a couple of different looks, and is also captured in an HD video reel, which serves almost like a commercial for the model so we can show potential agencies and clients a little bit of their personalities and they can see the model's movement.



We also have a current or former model on hand to give a basic lesson on photo movement and on runway walking.  We then take digital polaroids of each model and Stacey and Shayna Eastman are present to answer any additional questions the models or their parents may have.  The test shoot is so we can see how well you photograph, which for a model is crucial.



This video was taken at our test shoot a couple of months ago.  The main purpose of it is to show potential models what occurs at our test shoots, and to hopefully answer some questions and ease some anxieties about what to expect.

Good Luck Shaun!

Shaun White and Stacey Eastman

While we have been preoccupied with the beginning of Fashion Week in NYC, we almost missed a chance to post about another huge event that kicked off yesterday.  The WINTER OLYMPICS in Sochi!  As a company that also represents action sports, we are watching closely to see what is going on in the Olympics and we are stoked that Slopestyle is now an olympic event!

We would like to wish our longtime friend, Shaun White, the best of luck this olympics.  Bring home that 3rd Gold Medal in a row for Team USA in the half pipe.  We met Shaun when he came to our party at Sundance a few years ago, and have kept in touch since. Good luck Shaun, make us proud in Sochi, like we know only you can!

Shayna Eastman and Shaun White

Pulse Mgmt Team + Our Models + LA = Perfection

Jessie Flanagan (Scout), Natalie Keyser (Model), Amy and Missy Swenson (Model Mom/Scout and Model), Lacey Hevern (Director of Scouting), Vikki Leza (Scout), Stacey and Shayna Eastman (Pulse Mgmt President and Pulse COO)

Sometimes we say this to the point that it sounds cliche, but we really do feel like our models and our team are a family.  We are counting down the days until our next Dolls Model Management Test Shoot in LA, and we can't wait to see some of our new faces, and get some of our team back together.  As a company we have models and scouts scattered across the country, so when we get together it is such a treat.  We have been looking through these pics from this fall when we got the team and a few models together for meetings and test shoots in Hollywood, and we are getting so excited for our next shoot.

Natalie Keyser, Stacey Eastman, and Lacey were showing Liz Kennedy and her mom the ropes at Liz's very first test shoot.  Currently Liz is in Tokyo on a $25,000 contract.  This girl is going to be a superstar and she was lucky to have Natalie to mentor her while in Hollywood.

Lacey, Shayna and Natalie being LA tourists.  I wasn't kidding when I said we all feel like family.

We also love seeing our models form friendships together.  Paris Naro, Rachel Cook and Charlee Pilon all became friends in LA, and it served them well when they were booking jobs together. We find it is nice for our models to connect and form friendships with each other because they can relate to each other.  Being a model is exciting, but it has its unique sets of stressors and pressure, and it is comforting for our models to have each other to talk about what is going on.  We are so looking forward to our next Hollywood shoot in just a few weeks!

What are You Doing for the Holidays?

The Eastman Family

Pulse Mgmt President, Stacey Eastman, is enjoying the holidays with his family in the sunny Caribbean.  At Pulse we feel like all of our models are part of our family, and we want to know what you are all up to for the holidays! Send us a picture of what you are up to, and we will post some of our favorites on our Pulse Mgmt Instagram.  (@pulsemgmt)  Send photos to lisa at pulsemgmt.com 

Stacey and Shayna Eastman

A Few of our Favorite People

Lisa (Head of Pulse Mgmt PR), Shayna (Pulse Mgmt COO), Stacey (Pulse Mgmt President), Liz (Future Supermodel), and Jen (Liz's mom)

We had a busy weekend, which we will share all of the details with you soon!  All the stars aligned on Friday night and we were able to have some of our favorite people at one table.  Liz and her mom escaped the cold in Minnesota and were in LA for some photo shoots.  Stacey, Shayna and Lisa were in LA for the Dolls Model Mgmt test shoots.  We all met up at an Eastman family favorite restaurant, The Stinking Rose in Beverly Hills.  

We had a great dinner, and had a chance to chat with Liz about her whirlwind month.  While at dinner we were reminded of what is going to make Liz so successful.  Her look is immaculate, her go-with-the-flow attitude, willingness to make modeling her top priority, and her awesome family support are all combining to make Liz a force to be reckoned with. We hope Liz and Jen have a rest of their trip out in LA, and enjoy being home for the holidays.  Next stop for Liz is Tokyo, and then who knows?! (We personally think she is going to be our next girl to be on the cover of Vogue, we have done it 19 times before so we are speaking from experience)

Pulse Mgmt in Shanghai with partner, Elite World. @ THE PRE EVENT

Pulse Mgmt Lands in Shangahi China for the most perstigouse fashion event of the year! ELITE WORLD MODEL LOOK.

Pulse Mgmt invades Japan!