Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Camille Parmashwar. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Camille thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

Hmmm…recently, someone reached out to me to do some background work on a relative, no one was allowed to speak about due to the nature of the tragedy. However, luckily enough, I was given the access and opportunity to re-visit a situation that many took attempts at and never succeeded. A lot of people had/have mix feelings about this relative due to her beliefs in a higher power and the community she belong too. What made this project a top priority or had people in the industry have a great obsession about this relative is the care-free attitude of celebrating her woman-hood. It became more intriguing to me not only because my family didn’t share who she was, but more-so understanding her thinking process and what led her to be the most liked and disliked amongst her peers.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I started modeling/blogging, independently around the age of 19/20. At the time, plus-size women, were challenging the barriers and requirements of body type’s and measurements. I became known as a published model around the age of 20/21, making it internationally faster than I did domestically. One thing I will say about being in an industry that criticizes your thinking process is knowing when to accept criticism and lose all morals and values, you stand for, but setting boundaries. I will admit, I did take a break and explored other area’s in business, which help me stay relevant, but when granted the opportunity to come back, I took it. If I’m not front and center, I’m behind the scene’s pitching idea’s to others that may be of use to. Even though, I’m young, I’ve seen how things made a turn for the better and for the worst.

How did you build your audience on social media?

Not going to lie, I think when it come’s to social media, things have change. I think a lot of people are resorting to old marketing tactics. What I mean by this is, when Instagram was popular (not saying it’s still not), people were getting known faster without having to be present in-person. For me, I became known on social media by hash tagging and using old marketing tactics. Now, I think the use of TikTok is what’s helping people state relevant. They want to see if you have a personality.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

A lot of non-creative’s will never understand the why or the what if. The most advice I can offer as a creative to another creative is to not take things personal from non-creative’s, who know you are doing a great job, but may not understand the complex feelings being illustrated.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: missparmashwar
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camilleparmashwarsmith/