Bermudian high fashion model Jenna Judd is more that just a pretty face.

The 27-year-old Ford model, who also has a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and English and a Master's degree in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, has been on the cover of several magazines, been in several television commercials and has travelled all around the world modelling for some of the top fashion labels.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Jenna moved to Bermuda at a very young age.

Her father, who is Bermudian, applied for her citizenship and she was then enrolled in Bermuda High School.

During her years in Bermuda, Jenna was always interested in being a model and had posed in two spreads of the RG Magazine.

After she graduated from Saltus Graduate Year, at age 18, she left the Island to pursue her educational goals.

While enrolled in the University of Toronto, the five-foot ten-inch, blue-eyed blonde decided to get into part time modelling and walked into the only Modelling agency she knew of, Ford Modelling Agency, and asked them if they could represent her.

Ms Judd said: "It was not always easy for me, you have to deal with rejection a lot. You have to maintain your emotional self and not take the criticism personally.

"It was very difficult to separate the modelling business from my personal life. It was a big change for me at age 18, I was very green."

After she graduated with her bachelor's degree, she took some time off from school and travelled to Milan and Paris to model.

"Being in Europe modelling became very stressful to me. After modelling for a while, I went back to university and focused on my education.

"I graduated with my Master's degree in 2005 and I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do. So I decided to model full time," she said.

Jenna started working in Canada and in 2007 she travelled to Barcelona, Spain and Madrid and then moved to Hamburg, Germany.

"The market in Germany was very good for me because I have been told I look German, therefore I was getting a lot of work there."

She will be in New York City working in the fall of this year.

Jenna has also been in television commercials. From 2000 to 2001, she was the spokesperson for Garnier Fructis.

She also was the model for a hair campaign called Schwarzkopf where she appeared in many of their posters and was the face of their hair products particularly the new colour for summer and fall.

"I've also done TV commercials for Cashmere Toilet Paper, Coors Light Beer, Bell Simpatico (a telephone company in Canada) and Budweiser Beer."

Jenna has had most of her work in Canada where she has been on two covers of Wish, a lifestyle magazine containing fashion, beauty and recipes. She also was featured in Canadian Living, a woman's magazine.

"I am 27 now, so I'm targeted for older magazines as most models in the business are in their teens and early 20s. I am considered really old to be a model," she said.

Although she may be, by the modelling industries standards, old for modelling, she has not slowed down and work keeps coming in.

"Next week I will be in Venice and Rome to do a shoot for Canadian Living," she said of her current schedule.

Ms Judd is happy she completed her education before jumping into full-time modelling as many of the other models she works with have not even completed high school.

"I get a kick out of being around all the models because I'm the oldest one there," she said. "The modelling industry is very difficult, you have to deal with a lot of rejection and criticism in your face.

"You really have to know who you are as a person so I'm glad that I had my education to keep me grounded."

Modelling is not the end of the road for Jenna. She knows that it is not a profession that she will be in for a long time.

However, modelling has allowed her to be exposed to other professions such as photography. "I have become very interested in documentary photography and may consider it in the future," she said.

While she would not reveal exactly how much money she is making in her modelling career, she admits she is doing well.

"I'm earning way more than I would have with my Master's," she said.

But the business is far from reliable and there is no insurance coverage for models, she noted.

"Fortunately, I'm covered as an actress as there is insurance coverage for actors here in Canada. I'm with ACTRA."

While the industry is notorious for its bone-thin models, Ms Judd said she tries to maintain a healthy body image.

"Luckily, I've been naturally thin," she said. "In Italy I was told to lose weight but I didn't.

"There are a lot of models who really have to work at keeping their weight off and some do it in very unhealthy ways, but you have to be careful with your health.

"Many agencies, particularly in Spain, have become more concerned with the health of their models and have increased the recommended body mass index (BMI) requirements and it's catching on in other places."

And she warned women not to believe everything they see in magazine photos.

"There is so much retouching on photographs that readers who are looking at the magazine have a false sense of what the model really looks like which can be damaging to the reader," she said.

For those that may be considering modelling as a career, Jenna gives the following advice: "Talk to many agencies and find one that best suits you. Keep your feet on the ground and don't take the criticism personally."

Jenna says that she doesn't visit the Island as much as she should because her family has moved to Canada.

"My brother is moving back home though, so I am going to be visiting a lot more.

"I like living in Canada but will consider moving back to Bermuda if I found a long term career that I can do there."

For more information and photos on the Bermudian fashion model visit http://www.megamodelagency.com/women/Jenna-Judd/.