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Don't let anyone tell you that modeling is an industry strictly for people younger than you. That's according to Valerie Owens, 58, of Lower Salford, who strutted the runway in July at the International Modeling and Talent Association competition in New York. Although she was there as part of a 58-model team representing Philadelphia's John Robert Powers Modeling and Acting School, Owens went home with individual accolades in the Commercial Division's Runway (first runner-up) and Fashion Print (first and second runner-up) categories. She did so with 3,000 other models looking on "I think it's because of the Baby Boomers that a lot more (mature) models are being used in print," Owens said... Since IMTA 2015, she's been summoned back to the Big Apple by BMG Models Global Management to discuss signing with them. "She's beautiful inside and out," said Mindy Sills, the director at John Robert Powers. "She came down that runway and she got a rousing set of applause. We know she's going to..

Also known as: Valerie Owens

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