Kelly Abbass

Kelly was born in Ontario, Canada and has lived there her entire life. Her love of art started with music, following in the footsteps of her mother, singing in choirs at school and church. However, Kelly wasn't satisfied with expressing herself only through music. She also became enamoured with acting, as well as fashion - in particular, the modeling side of fashion. Her plans of pursuing modeling seemed dashed when she reached 5' 4" tall and stopped there. Offers for catalogue modeling just didn't appeal to Kelly, but there were other forms of modeling that did appeal. She admired the great nude paintings and sculptures of the art world, and further admired the photographs of the camera age. That is what she wanted to do. At the age of 19 she began dabbling in the Fine Art world of artistic nudes. Mostly just with friends and local amateurs, Kelly would use the time getting to know how to present her body to the camera. It was a few years later that she was contacted by a talented young artist/animator by the name of Bryce Hallett. Bryce was dabbling more and more in photography and he had an idea for a series of photos. Most of the photos weren't going to be nudes (although there would be some), but would be more of a sexy vintage style, with lingerie, tight dresses and men's suit jackets, set against a swinging twenty's backdrop. The idea appealed to Kelly - partly because of the fashion elements, but also because the sexy, half dressed shots reminded her of the Pin-up girls that she adored so much. It was shortly after that shoot when Kelly knew what she wanted to do. Beginning to work with seasoned professional photographers, Kelly continued to enjoy her Fine Art nudes, but many of her photographers agreed to also shoot her new love - the Pin-up, striptease photo sets. The photo sets combined the fashion elements of various outfits, the acting elements of a role play scenario, and the peek-a-boo tease of Pin-up - as well as many times incorporating the finer artistic elements she knew so well. Even though many single shots were being published in various magazines such as, French PHOTO and Carrie Leigh's NUDE Magazine, and occasional sets would appear online on sites including Michelle 7, Domai and Suicide Girls, Kelly found herself sitting on thousands of pictures that didn't have an audience. Not wanting to sign away her image and name, or more importantly control, Kelly chose to reject offers of representation, instead opting to start her own website as a forum for her work. And so KellyAbbass.com was created. In the eight years that the site has been running, Kelly has worked tirelessly to create dozens of photo sets, amounting to thousands of photos. As well as over fifty videos - some showing behind the scenes of her shoots, others showing behind the scenes of her life

• all done with her own artistic flair. Kelly's image can now be seen

internationally in paintings, sketches, even tattoos. Her face (or body) graces the covers of CD's. She still dabbles in fashion, donating her time to model for other independent artists and musicians, and even spent a year as spokesmodel for Original Sin Apparel. Beyond modeling, Kelly has continued singing, forming the band "Pristine" with guitarist Stephanie Dilts, as well as lending her voice to various other music projects, including singing the title track for the Italian film "Darkness Surrounds Roberta". It is through that film that Kelly was able expand into acting. Working with Producer/Directors, Bruno Di Marcello and Giovanni Pianigiani, Kelly plays a character much like herself in 2014's humorous Italian horror "ChristmaZ". Kelly also appears in the 2014, Cody Campanale directed Canadian film "Fragile Minds". Kelly closed 2013 with the introduction of the book "From Dawn 'Til Midnight". Written by D.S. Edward, this book takes a look at the personal life of a woman that works in an office by day and pursues a life of modeling after hours, all the while satisfying deeper desires. It is also inspired by Kelly's life - and it's not for the shy.