00:00Yes, I have held an apple before. Plenty of coffees, phones, makeup, lipstick, lots
00:07of nail polish. For the past decade hand modeling has been my full-time job. It
00:12really is funny work. I'm Adele Udo and I am a parts model. Parts modeling is short
00:20for body parts modeling so I mainly do hands but I've done lips, legs, feet, eyes,
00:25chest, even earlobes. I am generally known as a high-end hand. Dior and Christian
00:32Louboutin, most parts models have a side gig. There's just a handful of us so to
00:38speak that do it full-time. It's sort of a you know underground-ish subculture of
00:46modeling. It's something that I sort of fell into. I certainly didn't plan for a
00:52career in parts. I had been told a few times mainly by my grandmother that I
00:59had nice hands so I went on a casting once and ended up booking this big job
01:05and thought hmm you know maybe my grandmother's on to something. What they
01:10typically look for is like the shape of the hand, long fingers, thin wrists, great
01:17skin tone is crucial. If you look good cropped you've got a career. I love parts
01:24modeling in that I can be like viewed by millions of people and still remain
01:28private and anonymous. For many years I felt almost ashamed to be a parts model
01:37and I think it was ultimately because I was raised by this hippie feminist mother
01:41and her friends. I felt like I was somehow betraying them by becoming this
01:49objectified body parts model. There was this girly part of me that just wanted to
01:54express myself and wear lipstick and somehow I felt guilty when I did that. I
01:59really love what I do and I'm grateful for what I've been able to do. Sometimes
02:04I've judged myself for it not being deep enough you know I've wanted to
02:08contribute more to society than nice nail beds. I'm not too precious with my
02:14parts. I have learned to take pride in my work and to take it more seriously than
02:20I used to but I also want to have a life and use my hands. I garden, I hike, I
02:30swim, I
02:31dance. I would say that when your body becomes sort of an object it's harder in
02:36some ways to inhabit it. Because my body parts are literally under a microscope, a
02:43macro lens and everything shows, I think I scrutinize myself more than actually I
02:50have felt scrutinized by the industry. I admit to obsessively moisturizing.
02:58Probably five-ish to fifteen times-ish a day. So every year I'm going through at least a gallon of
03:05lotion.
03:05I created a lotion actually, Essentiel by Adele.
03:13Sort of out of necessity because I had to keep my skin in shape for these macro close-up photographs
03:21where it's literally down to the cuticle. So I ultimately wanted like a premium face lotion I could
03:27afford to put all over my body. I don't believe you need a bazillion bottles in your bathroom. I believe
03:34it
03:34can be a lot more simple and more effective. It's not that difficult. It ultimately comes down to ingredients.
03:41I don't really consider myself a great cook but I can cook a good lotion.
03:48I don't think you can really miss that there's sort of an inherent absurdity to what I do.
03:54I'm always surprised at how natural the hands look when I'm hand doubling for someone.
04:01Because it's such an unnatural process I'm, you know, underneath someone's armpits like trying to gracefully put my hand on
04:10the side of their face.
04:14Parts of my life is what I do. It's not really who I am. It's part of who I am.
04:19And I've learned to appreciate it.
04:21But yeah, I don't take it all so seriously.
04:27Now I realize we can be many things, many parts. We can have even conflicting parts of ourselves. I can
04:35be superficial and deep.
04:37You know, it's not an either or.
04:39It's not an appreciate.
04:45Thanks for sharing your comment.
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