NEW BLOG XXX

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that I changed my web adress!

You can find my blog now on http://maikekleiber.tumblr.com

I decided to keep it a little bit more simple, clear & pure.
Of course I will still keep you updated and add some special features now and then, so this is just the base for now.

I hope you will enjoy reading my blog again and share it with your friends. :-)

Xoxo
 

Tiny Time Out

Bonjour everyone,
how are you?

I'm back in Paris since Tuesday night and already busy again.
Fashion week castings will start tomorrow and also my parents will visit this weekend. I'm sooo happy to see them and I really can't wait even though it will be a very busy weekend anyway.

So this post is called "time out" because I will take a little break from the blog. 
Also I might change the design soon and add a small surprise feature for you guys but that takes some time. So first of all I will be back after the fashion week and as soon as I get to go to Germany for a bit I will work on the layout of the blog.

So keep up following the upcoming shows here in Paris and stay tuned. :)

 

Wrong era?

Hey everyone, how are you?

I'm okay, catching a little cold again but I'm used to it.
These days in London are quite busy. I'm running around a lot, doing heaps of castings, some fittings and shows.
However, I'm not satisfied at the moment. Sometimes (especially during fashion week) I feel like I'm born in the wrong era of time.
I mean, I am a woman and I actually look like one. Yes, WITH curves.
Sorry, I don't intend to be rude, it's just that I sometimes don't understand what designers are looking for. They want to sell their collections for real women, right? Thus not for kids. Cause when I look at some shows I only see super flat models without any female shape.
That makes me really sad and to be honest I sometimes wish to have the times back where Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista & Co. ruled the business.
What do you think?

So maybe that's why I'm not doing super many shows at the moment but I'm still busy, which is good.
Here comes a picture of my look last night from a show and another one on the ride with the bus today. 

I hope you had a good weekend. ;)
Xoxo

LONDON calling

Hello hello from LONDON ;)



As I told you, it was a pretty spontaneous decision but here I am now.
I can feel the show season starting since I'll have 12 castings tomorrow.
So I just wanted to give you a quick shout where I am right now and I really need some sleep now. 
I'll keep you posted.
Xoxo

Hello Weekend

Hey everyone,
how are you doing? I hope everything is well and this stupid winter weather is not disturbing you too much.
The past week I was still working with Saint Laurent as the fitting model and I will continue this work until next Tuesday.
Also I've moved houses again so it was quite a busy week haha.
However, thanks to my boyfriend I can relax with him in the evening after those long working days. :-)
And not to forget: My french becomes really better working with all these french people.


But back to the business: Unfortunately I still can't give you news regarding this show season. My agency and I are waiting until Monday/Tuesday to decide because we are waiting for news on some good editorial options that I have for Paris. So if I do London, I'll go there last minute Tuesday night so don't be mad if you don't get any news for a couple of days please. ;-)

One thing more that i HAVE to tell you. Many of you might know that I'm kind of a shoe addict. Not only heels though. So what do you think of those cute Leopard shoes I bought yesterday?
                     

So enjoy your weekend everybody and as always I'll keep you posted as soon as I have news.
Xoxo

Time managing problems

           

Bonjour tout le monde,

I really have to apologize for making you wait for an update for a whole week again. As you know, I was working for Saint Laurent until Wednesday, so I was quite busy because some days I also had some additional castings.
However, we enjoyed the little after party Wednesday night and in between I went to see that amazing ferris wheel at the place de la concorde with one of the girls working with me at the showroom.

However, on Thursday I had to get up really early to catch my train to Antwerp in Belgium since I had an important request casting there.

So I was working in the morning and enjoyed a free afternoon in Antwerp to see a bit of this cute city. And the language they speak there was really cute to me since it's quite similar to German haha.                                                                                                                                   

Also, one morning before the work at the showroom I went to see the "Jardin du Luxembourg", which is a beautiful huge park and the weather was just perfect. Even though since that day it's just drizzeling and windy but at least not so freezing anymore. 
                   
And to give you some news about what's going on with my travelling, I can tell you that I am for sure not starting the show season from NYC this time. The whole next week I have another job here in Paris and then we'll see, I'll probably start from London directly after that job.
As always, I will keep you posted!
Xoxo

Early bird

Bonjour tout le monde, ca va?

These days I'm quite busy as I'm working in a showroom again for 8 days. 
The title of this post is "early bird" because at the moment I am starting work at 7.30am in the morning each day.
Also I will not get to have a weekend but at least from Monday to Wednesday I will start work at 1.30pm haha.
The following picture was taken right before work. It's the "Petit Palais" but I'm working at the "Grand Palais" just vis-à-vis.

The good thing is that you can still enjoy your free afternoons when you work early so today for example I went to the "Carrousel du Louvre", a cute shopping centre next to the Louvre.

Of course I'm not only working but also enjoying some time with friends, like here for a drink. ;)

Also I have some news for you according to the next show season.As far as I know the plan for now, it seems that I'll skip NYC since my book is not ready yet and instead start from London. It would have been a little bit late to go to NY right after the showroom anyway and like this I'll be more than ready for NY the season after. :-) If I don't book any other job in between, I will even get to go home for a few days before all the shows/castings start again which would be nice for sure.
So far so good, enjoy your weekend everyone (as long as you have one haha) !


Xoxo, Maike

Trouble

Hello everyone, 
I hope you're alright?! I apologize that I've made you wait a whole week for some news but again there was a lot going on for me here in Paris.
Of course I got sick AGAIN!! I really couldn't believe it but I'm glad it was just a cold and I'm getting a lot better so I hope it will be over the next few days. 

I guess it's no wonder if you look at the weather at the moment. Heaps of snow everywhere, minus degrees --> not cozy at all!!

           
out of my window at home
           
  snow chaos at Moulin Rouge

That I was sick again was not the only trouble I had though. There were some issues in my private life that I rather don't want to discuss about anymore. I am just trying to keep my head up and go on (as you all know me).

So I'm glad that I have a lot of work to do the next days as I will do a showroom for 8 days again. I will not be allowed to show you any pictures but I'll keep you posted if anything interesting occurs haha.

Furthermore, everyone is getting prepared for the Fall/Winter Fashion Week season starting in NYC on the 7th of February, so right now my agencies are discussing if I should start from there or only do Europe but we'll see and of course you guys will be the first to know. ;)


I wish you a nice day/evening! :) Enjoy it (like me)

Time for some new pictures

Hello hello, how are you doing?
I had quite a lot of castings today and one of them was the mooost important ever (already for the next show season) so PLEASE cross your fingers everybody! :-)

Tomorrow the German INTERVIEW magazine will be released - the one I shot in Berlin last month, remember? So I already have a little preview for you and the theme was "Accessories". Enjoy it and feel free to leave a comment. :-)

Oh and by the way --> I'm on TWITTER now! Check it out: @maike_kleiber

Photos by Jonas Lindström; some brands were Chanel, Givenchy, Gucci, Dolce&Gabbana, Salvatore Ferragamo, Saint Laurent, Céline, Jimmy Choo etc.
 

Toujours à Paris

Hey everybody, 
so finally I can tell you some things that happened here, back in Paris. I was a bit busy these days and also had some private stuff going on so I hope you forgive me that I didn't keep you updated earlier.
Anyway, so far I was only doing castings so nothing special. Also we took new polaroids at the agency and my booker measured me. 2 centimeters more on waist and hips yaaay. :)

So at the moment I can still do some editorials because there are not so many girls in town yet. Also I hope that I will start the fashion week season from NYC because I have this one special option but I don't know yet. It would start in the first week of February so there's still some time. 
Oh and I will work in a showroom again for a week at the end of this month. :)

So right now I'm just enjoying my weekend and we will see what's gonna happen next week. I know that there are some good options so let's cross our fingers. :-) 

               the wall of the girls who are in town @the agency ;)

Have a nice start into the next week! :)
Xoxo

2013 starts iiin...

...PARIS!

Hello everybody and first of all SORRY that you didn't get any news from me.
I hope you all had nice holidays and a good start into this year. I celebrated New Year's Eve here in Germany with my friends. Also I really enjoyed my vacation back home because there was some family time, I went to the gym many times and I could meet my friends. 

Anyway, my "work" year will start this Wednesday in Paris (like last year ended in Paris,too). :-)

I am really curious what this year will bring for all of us, both, professionally and in private. Personally I have big plans and I've always been an ambitious person, so I will really give my best and try my hardest to achieve some of my goals. 
I want to wish you all the best for 2013 guys: love, health, friends, luck and success!
 
Here are some images of my home-vacation, enjoy. ;)
Xoxo

                            tired cat & mommy

                                          family day in Heidelberg :)

                                           motivated before working out haha

Review on 2012 and my New Year's resolutions

Hello everyone,
today I am trying to give you a little review on my year 2012 and I'm gonna tell you my resolutions for 2013.

As every year, the time went by way too quickly and now that I think about it, there were many many "special" things happening this year - both, in a bad and a good way.
To sum it up, here's a list of my 2012 events:
- my first cover (on the russian GLANZ magazine & pixx magazine)
- I graduated from highschool
- I became an adult ;-P
- I had the 2nd surgery of my life (wisdom teeth)
- little Tipsy (my cat) became a new family member
- I finally went on a cruise ship with my best friend
- I did my first tattoo
- the first year in ages that we didn't go on our annual family vacation
- I went to New York City and to Paris for the first time of my life
- I became a vegetarian
- and last but not least my dream job of modelling started and is still starting to become true

I hope I didn't forget any major events. So now it's time for my New Year's resolutions. Of course I'll keep some of them a secret to myself but those are the most important for the moment:

- maintain all important relations with my real friends and family
- bake and cook some recipes from my "to-do-recipes"-list according to my veggie lifestyle
- do a lot of sports (especially try to do sports while travelling) in order to maintain a good health and to stabilize my immune system since I was sick too many times in 2012
- keep up singing :)
- improve my language skills, especially French
- and most important: try to FULLFIL my DREAM of being a SUCCESSFUL MODEL

With these resolutions and my review on a very exciting and varied year 2012 I want to wish you a very happy New Year!

Beware of the new rock chick of 2013 haha ;)

Xoxo

 

Festival days = EATING

Hi everybody, how are you doing?
I'm sure you had some lovely holiday celebrations with your families and a bunch of good food. Me for example, I had some traditional German food like "Knödel" and "Spätzle".
Today I was in the city cause I died my hair again (picture to follow) - finally dark enough yay. :)
After the hairdresser I met my mum to do a little shopping after having a healthy lunch. The guy at the restaurant gave me the idea to this post, cause he asked us if we want any sweets as dessert with our Chai Latte but we refused because of all the huge Christmas eating and christmas cookies we had the last days. His reply was "Well, you have to enjoy this. And anyway, spring is far away." The first thing that came to my mind was: "Not for me, I always have to be in shape."
Also many people ask me if it's hard to keep the weight and they ask for some advice how to do so. 
That's why I thought, I'd give you some tips how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. If not now, then when?

As many of you know, I LOVE baking and I also like cooking. So for me it is impossible to abstain from something that I like and just yesterday I read an article that you shouldn't abstain completely from the food you love, e.g. bread or chocolate because eventually you would eat more of other things e.g. cheese, so you would end up with the same amount of total calories.
That's the good news. ;) If you want to lose some "Christmas kilos" you don't have to abstain from the food you love. The trick is to eat the correct amount.
I suggest to eat at least 3 amounts (1 = 1 hand full) of veggies and 2 amounts of fruits a day. If you are really disciplined you can try a trick in cooking. Why don't you twist the amount of the main dish with the sides? Try to consider the veggies as the main dish and the meat/fish/etc. as the sides. Also it is very important to drink enough! I drink around 2 litres each day and for me it's easy because I drink a lot of tea. Try to avoid sugary drinks though (you can save a lot of calories here).
Furthermore you shouldn't forget to get enough protein, e.g. from yoghurt, eggs or fish.
And it's true that you eat more during a day when you haven't had breakfast. Usually I tend to eat the most in the evening of a day, which is WRONG (I admit it). It's better to eat most in the morning/midday to maintain your energy for the day and then just eat a salat or soup in the evening, so your body can digest everything during the night.

Of course your diet will not work, if you are lazy and don't do sports. I know the weather is shitty at the moment, but why don't you go to the gym?
Trust me, you will feel better after and you can allow yourself to eat another christmas cookie after. ;)



I hope I could help you a little bit if you want to live a healthy lifestyle. However, as you know, I am NOT on a diet. To me, this is a lifestyle. I love to live healthy but of course I eat some sweets too because I love baking and if you are a steady follower of my blog you know that I'm rather struggling to keep my weight instead of losing it. So please don't take this post wrong. 
I just wanted to share my way of a healthy, veggie living haha.

Xoxo

Merry Christmas!!

Guten Abend and hello from rainy Germany!

How have you been guys? I hope you are all set for Christmas and you have all gifts together? I'm basically ready, just have to wrap some presents but I'm so looking forward to Christmas. :)

Since I arrived on Thursday I already met one of my best friends to see the Christmas market, I went to my doctor, I played tennis, I baked something as a present and tonight I'm up to meet another friend.
I really enjoy the free time, especially because I am not sick anymore!

So for me Christmas already starts tomorrow. I'll go to the gym first and then we'll have lunch with my great grandmother and my grand-aunt. 
On the 24th I will celebrate with my parents, sister, grandma and my uncle's family. Furthermore on the 25th and 26th I will visit my grandpa in bavaria to celebrate with him and my other aunt's family. As you can see, my family is pretty big and we'll have a busy Christmas haha.


So I wish you all the best for these lovely days :) 
Xoxo Minnie Mouse ;)

Vacation is coming :)

Hey everybody :)
How are you doing? After approx 3 weeks I can finally say I am NOT SICK anymore!! Perfect timing for vacation haha.
So now it's time for me to get my suitcase packed again because I'm leaving tomorrow. Heading home! I am sooo lazy but I have to get it packed cause tomorrow I'll have another shooting before I'm going home.

My feelings are a little bit mixed because on one hand I am so happy to get back to my family, cat and friends, especially to celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve. But on the other hand I'm really sad to leave Paris.
It really has become my second home, I love my agency and of course I don't want to leave my boyfriend because we will not see each other for a couple of weeks. :-(

However I'm positive because I will be back soon. :-) I don't quite know yet when, because there are many options for me going on for January and we have to wait for confirmations until I know where I'll be heading first.
As always, I will keep you posted! 



So I have to get my bags packed and will be back blogging from Germany (HOME)! :-)
And I promised you some pictures, so here is one from a shoot in London and one from Paris for you guys.
Xoxo

Weekend? Not for me :-P

Bonsoir de Paris :)
Well, I returned from Berlin this morning and I had a really great shooting yesterday. It was for the German INTERVIEW magazine, for the january issue.
It's gonna be a great story and the hard work was definitely worth it, so better watch out for the results. :-)
I'm really glad to be back in Paris though. Wanna know why?
Because of the WEATHER! It was an amazing shooting with a german team finally, it made me really feel home, but the weather was NOT good at all. Snow, rain, minus degrees --> WINTER! Not really my favourite season haha.
So here in Paris we had blue sky and 10°C today.
Look:




So yeah today I was working,too. We did the cover of the italian magazine "Io Donna" with many girls. It looked really cool and I had a nice day.
AAAAAND surprise: Tomorrow I'll be working,too. It's just a test shoot but especially for hair and jewellery so I don't know yet if it will be used for something additionally.

So I hope you are all enjoying your weekend and I'm curious if I'll be free on Monday haha.

Keep it up, lots of love & xoxo

Busy week

Hey everyone, it's me again ;)

I just wanted to let you know that my week is getting way busier than I first expected haha.
As you know I have 2 long days behind me, shooting with Antoine de Laroche yesterday and for VESTAL Mag today.
Of course it was hard work but the results are definitely worth it and every time I see some results I realize that this is my dream and it is just starting to come true. It is incredible how many different styles you can do. Honestly, I've already had many many photo shoots in my life so far but EVERY single shoot is different. That's what I love.
And so I'm really looking forward to the rest of the week because today I got to know - SURPRISE - that I have a job in BERLIN on Friday.
So I'll fly tomorrow night and return Saturday really really early in the morning.
I'm really excited and even though I'm freaking tired, I LOVE my job and my fantastic agencies! THANKS to all of them!! <3

                    backstage today @futuristic shoot


I will keep you posted at the weekend, when all this exciting rush is over. 
Xoxo

New week - new start

Hello everyone,
hope you're doing good. I'm slowly recovering. It's still not completely over but I'm getting there haha.
So today I was doing castings again and tomorrow I'll have a beauty shooting with probably some crazy hair. I'm curious haha.
On Wednesday I'm gonna do an editorial for a spanish magazine called VESTAL, so I'll be quite busy the next few days.
I hope my body will make it but you know I'm a fighter so don't worry. :-)
Here are some new Polaroids for you guys.
Have a nice week,
xoxo

ANGINA!!!

Hello you,
I hope you are doing better than me! It's really not hard to feel better than me right now.
As you know I went to the doctor on Monday and I already expected that I have angina/tonsillitis. I was kind of lucky that it affected only one side of my throat so I could at least speak and eat even though it was really painful to swallow at the beginning. However, the doctor gave me antibiotics and at least my throat slowly gets better. The main problem is that I feel a huge secondary effect caused by the antibiotics, so my stomach is sick, I'm kind of stuck to the bed and to the bathroom (I'll save you the details!!).
It really sucks and I hate being sick. I cannot eat properly and I feel pretty weak. My only hope is that it will really get better on Saturday because I'm gonna take the last antibiotic pill tomorrow night.

So I'm sorry that I don't have any news of my exciting model life right now, cause I'm really forced to stay at home!

Hope you're better and fingers crossed for my recovery so I'll have more interesting stories to tell next time. ;)

Keep it up, xoxo

A lot going on

Good morning,
how are you all doing? I'm actually sick and my throat is really really thick so I guess it's gonna be a funny experience to see a french doctor tomorrow. :-P

As you know I was quite busy working on my book the last days and my agency and I are just waiting for the pictures now. :-)

So I am free the whole weekend and yesterday my mum used this opportunity to visit me here in Paris. We had a lovely day together, doing a little bit of shopping and enjoying Paris together. I'm glad I know at least some parts of the city already so I could at least show her some nice places.
The time passed way too quickly and I'm already looking forward to Christmas to see all my family and to be reunited with everyone. :)

So for the moment I hope I'll get better soon to be fit for work again!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I'll keep you posted and here are some weekend impressions for you! Xoxo

                         la place de la concorde

                            my mum and me :)

                                  chanel store