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Born of a Greek and Egyptian background, Acid PopTart was born on the coast of Florida and raised in the South with a mix of Greek influence and that proper Southern Belle mentality. She first entered dance at age three and continued throughout her life with ballet, tap, modern and jazz as well as landing a coveted role in the traveling African American Dance Ensemble with famed choreographer, Chuck Davis, where she learned disciplined grace. Later she entered ballroom dancing where she taught at Arthur Murray's for a brief time and fell in love with Latin dances as well as swing. As every small child, she was actively involved in plays and recitals and continued through high school and college with her love of the theatre performing in several stage productions as well as advancing to a few movie roles such as her performance with Brad Dourif in "The Calling".

A few failed attempts into mainstream modeling lead her to the common modeling scams, including an offer to be in Playboy. But the disappointment never lasted long as her life was too busy being a deejay for a local club and radio station and leading that typical punk rock lifestyle as she went from party to club to bar fights.

"I had no focus in my life then, I've always lived for the moment. We lived fast and hard in a very short amount of time, I watched a lot of people die, some first hand. I never thought I would get past 25, maybe that's why I never planned. I don't regret a moment of it though, I've come away with experiences people couldn't imagine, good, bad, extraordinary. I seized life, because I watched it be snatched away so quickly, and if that was going to happen to me, I wanted to make sure I lived. I mean really lived. To touch, taste, hear, see everything I could. I was also a fighter, I had (and still do) a horrible temper and would be the first to jump in a fight. But a lot of it was about protecting myself, I never wanted to be a victim again, so I've always fought like I might die.

I got to live in a rich time; the punk scene that was falling into the goth genre in the late 80's and early 90's in North Carolina. Of course everything was way behind the times from across the pond, but I had a British best mate who introduced me to so much. She was an amazing lass and most of my memories are with her. Now that I think back, I'm still trying to figure out how we got out of some of the things we got into, alive.

But the scene then was all about the music, there was no Hot Topic or even smaller retailers offering goth clothing. There wasn't even the word goth. We got called death rockers a lot or ghoulie girls. Fashion then was total DIY, we'd hunt vintage and thrift stores and then dye it black or ripped it up. Sian (my best mate then) and I weren't necessarily limited to black - we were quite fond of various styles and colours. She use to wear this gorgeous lime green kimono with stilettos and that stunning shock of red hair. We spent far too much time creating the perfect shade of red hair dye, we finally achieved it by mixing three different colours we bought from the beauty store.

Whenever people would ask what colour it was, we'd give them the wrong dye number and watch them dye it a shade of Ronald McDonald red."

When Acid PopTart moved to Ohio, she found herself reluctantly at a sci-fi convention where she met a costume designer, Scott Crawford, who introduced her to cosplay and other comics besides the Sandman and Love and Rockets which she previously read. She got into costume design and worked with Scott, cosplaying as Rogue and Catwoman for various conventions and mall shows. Eventually she met Everette Hartsoe, who hired her on the spot to portray his comic creation, Razor. She became the official cover model, appearing in the comics and at conventions until a split of creative differences lead her to pursue other avenues. During her initial years of heavy con attendance, she met many amazing artists such as David Mack, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Jim Jusko, Billy Tucci and others. David Mack used her for the cover of his Kabuki comic (Masks of the Noh, Act

2) as well as the cover for the Jinx Homeless Special. She was written into a Deadpool (Marvel) story arc as Anna, the back stabbing tattoo artist. And later became the basis for Broadsword Comic's Boo Cat, a seductive werecat with a lucky mark of a jack o'lantern face on her stomach as she was "born" on October 31st. She also serves as the inspiration for another comic character in the same book, Licorice Dust, a beautiful vampire with live black widow pasties.

"Modeling was an offshoot of cosplay, we went beyond just going to cons as these characters. We started doing better shoots, entering contests, gaining recognition. Just last year I did two cosplay articles for Lee's Toy Review. It's something I still try to do when I have the time. With the exception of the characters who are actually based off me, such as Jim Balent's amazing creations. I will always make time for that. Holly and Jim are great people.

Conventions were great for networking and soon I was guesting at cons as a model and writer, not just as the official model for 'Razor'. It took off from there."

Acid PopTart serves as the assistant fashion editor for Gothic Beauty Magazine as well as freelancing for several other publications such as Wizard the Guide to Comics, City Morgue, Lee's Toy Review and Vamperotica. Her image has spawned numerous art pieces and she's appeared internationally in publications from Bite Me to Elegy to Vampirella to Gothic Beauty. Currently she's modeling for Madame Le Goth, Artwith Latex Designs, and Broadsword Comics where she'll be portraying her comic book likeness as well as modeling their witchy wear. She still takes time out for acting, and is currently working on her first directoral debut. Teaming up artistically with F13nd, her love, they've formed Nightmare A-Go-Go; a dark themed multi media force focusing on the macabre.