I met singer/songwriter Tarnia back in 1999. She originally contacted me via my old ModelNet site. Tarnia is an amazingly hard working and talented young lady. I've found her a fabulous model, with a classic hour-glass figure and loads of creative ideas. I've also been lucky enough to work with her musically albeit in a limited way - putting her songs onto CD and converting them to MP3 format.

Now on the verge of a record deal in the USA, I expect we'll be hearing a lot more about Tarnia in the near future. I look forward to saying to my friends, "Look there's Tarnia on the telly. I knew her before she was famous."

• Tarnia came down to Southampton 2003-10-04 to update her portfolio. She looked 'well cool'. Please click here to see for yourself.
• Please click here to listen to the 2003-10-04 GarfNet interview with Tarnia. (32 kb/s mono MP3)
• Please click here to listen to Tarnia chatting to GarfNet model & researcher, Chiara Borgonovo, 2003-10-04. (32 kb/s mono MP3)
• She was also kind enough to step the other side of the camera and took some snaps of me for one of my little bits of random silliness. Please click here if you can bear to look!
• Tarnia also has a good understanding of the music business. See what she has to say in her blog
• And don't forget to visit Tarnia's excellent new music website: http://www.tarnia.com.