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I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.
Carre Otis
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Carre Otis
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 28
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I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.
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I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.
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My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!
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