tw: eating disorders
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f] [name_f]Sally[/name_f] (Trevors) Damaresk (49) is the owner of the agency [name_m]Donovan[/name_m] is signed to and a surrogate mother to several of the models. The company ethos is inspired by Rowena’s own modelling career which was deeply unpleasant and rather insidiously, she was signed to a company with a pro-ED mentality that encouraged her to develop an unhealthy relationship with food. This prompted her - after finally escaping her contract - to want to found an agency prioritising models mental and physical health, as well as celebrating and embracing all body types as well as physical characteristics. Her long-term partner came out as non-binary years after they married and she’s been nothing but supportive of this, as have their two children - who are thirteen and ten respectively. In a lot of ways [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] strives to provide people a spot in the modelling industry that isn’t dominated by some form of exploitation or incessant conflict, as she wants people to be able to follow their dreams without having to make massive sacrifices in the process.
Her office is home based so she can spend time with her son and daughter who she absolutely adores. After developing a cyst in her late teens, [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] had to have one of her ovaries removed and worried she’d be unable to have children but after conceiving her firstborn she found things progressed with ease. One of her oldest friends experienced premature menopause and this led to her being quite anxious when she was younger, but as maturing happened [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] became more focused on supporting her friend through these struggles, and subsequently doesn’t hold it against young people for having self-involved tendencies as she knows it’d be ridiculously hypocritical on her behalf. [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] doesn’t have much contact with her own parents or brother though, as when she was at her worst while stuck in her first contract they responded by acting like she had to just lay in the bed she’d made, after years of trying to control her career path. She subsequently doesn’t trust them much with her own children and it didn’t surprise her their contact came back when she found success.