C-Falls student appears in Super Bowl ad

Columbia Falls junior Kelcie Christenson recently got some air-time as a model during the Super Bowl.

Christenson high-fived another girl and jumped in her car as part of a Whitefish Credit Union ad. It may not have drawn millions of viewers, but every model has to start somewhere. Christenson hopes to someday make a living as a model.

“I got paid $75,” she said last week.

Next month, the 17-year-old will head out on a Global Stars Network modeling cruise from Miami to Mexico where she’ll compete with other models in a variety of competitions, including photo shoots, runway and swimsuits. The hope is the cruise will lead to more modeling gigs. She’s traveling with her mom.

“I’ve wanted to be a model since I was born,” she said.

Christenson has big brown doe eyes and a naturally warm skin tone, but she’s thinking about getting her tonsils pulled.

“They say if you get your tonsils pulled, you can grow another inch,” she said.

Christenson is represented by the Rocky Mountain Entertainment Agency out of Polson, which lined up her credit union ad.

She plans to graduate early from high school so she can pursue her career. She’d like to model in Asia, but if that doesn’t work out, she plans to attend Central Washington University to study fashion merchandising. She’s currently working at Sportsman and Ski Haus in Kalispell.

Christenson said she took some photography classes, “but I realized I wanted to be in front of the camera.” She said she walks on a treadmill to stay in shape, but doesn’t run.

“You don’t want to run — it makes your hips bigger,” she said.

Christenson watches what she eats up to a point. She has salads for lunch and watches her sugar intake, but admits her favorite food is steak.

“Anything with A1 Steak Sauce,” she said. “A1 is my weakness.”

Christenson said she’s always had good skin, but she never tans because it’s bad for her skin. On swimsuit shoots, they just put lotion on her skin, she said — no spray-on tans even.

The one drag is putting on makeup everyday. She went a week without makeup at school and people thought she was depressed.

“I wish I didn’t have to do it every day,” she said.

Columbia Falls junior Kelcie Christenson recently got some air-time as a model during the Super Bowl.

Christenson high-fived another girl and jumped in her car as part of a Whitefish Credit Union ad. It may not have drawn millions of viewers, but every model has to start somewhere. Christenson hopes to someday make a living as a model.

“I got paid $75,” she said last week.

Next month, the 17-year-old will head out on a Global Stars Network modeling cruise from Miami to Mexico where she’ll compete with other models in a variety of competitions, including photo shoots, runway and swimsuits. The hope is the cruise will lead to more modeling gigs. She’s traveling with her mom.

“I’ve wanted to be a model since I was born,” she said.

Christenson has big brown doe eyes and a naturally warm skin tone, but she’s thinking about getting her tonsils pulled.

“They say if you get your tonsils pulled, you can grow another inch,” she said.

Christenson is represented by the Rocky Mountain Entertainment Agency out of Polson, which lined up her credit union ad.

She plans to graduate early from high school so she can pursue her career. She’d like to model in Asia, but if that doesn’t work out, she plans to attend Central Washington University to study fashion merchandising. She’s currently working at Sportsman and Ski Haus in Kalispell.

Christenson said she took some photography classes, “but I realized I wanted to be in front of the camera.” She said she walks on a treadmill to stay in shape, but doesn’t run.

“You don’t want to run — it makes your hips bigger,” she said.

Christenson watches what she eats up to a point. She has salads for lunch and watches her sugar intake, but admits her favorite food is steak.

“Anything with A1 Steak Sauce,” she said. “A1 is my weakness.”

Christenson said she’s always had good skin, but she never tans because it’s bad for her skin. On swimsuit shoots, they just put lotion on her skin, she said — no spray-on tans even.

The one drag is putting on makeup everyday. She went a week without makeup at school and people thought she was depressed.

“I wish I didn’t have to do it every day,” she said.