Tarsharna Nye has completed her first day of model training in the lead up to her debut at the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival catwalk on March 10.
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The training involved runway walking and posture with the intensity increasing into the week.
Despite her athletic background in rugby league and basketball, Ms Nye said the training was more difficult than she expected.
"For those people who say modeling is easy - no it's not. Think about all the hard work and effort that models put into their strut, walking down the runway," she said.
"My legs are so sore today, and my feet, from standing in the one position for minutes."
"It's not as easy as it looks. We [received] critiques on the way we walk, so we can improve our walking and posture before the show so we all look professional.
"I am very proud of myself and how far I have [come] in life. This is just the beginning for me and I can't wait to take my life further," she said.
Ms Nye is also a talented artist. When she was 15 years old, she completed an art internship through AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience).
Her winning design was featured on a range of AIME apparel and was available to AIME’s corporate partners, such as Coca-Cola, Google and Virgin.
The turtle artwork she created was inspired by the coast and its link to her family identity.
Ms Nye said the AIME program helped her discover the importance of education, even when times were tough.
“Culture is who I am. Hopefully people will be inspired and feel the ocean through my work,” she said in 2015.
