Our cover model, Valarie Kobrovsky, began her modeling career after becoming a regional winner of Elite Modeling Agency’s “Look of the Year.” Since then, she has modeled all over the country and overseas, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Italy and will work in Barcelona, Spain this summer. She has also appeared in several films, including “The Notebook” and “Heights.” Valarie’s favorite pastimes are riding and showing her horse and cooking and baking vegetarian food.

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