Christy keeps moving up
by Terry Toole

Christy Joiner, writer, poet, top model

Colquitt resident, Jeri Christy Joiner, 30, a successful model in her own right, has recently been named to be the 2008 spokes-model for a national cosmetics line, Nevichi Cosmetics.

Christy is a graduate of Henderson High School in Atlanta. She attended the University of Alabama, University of Georgia, and Georgia State University. At the University of Georgia, she was an active member of Kappa Delta Sorority, where she remains an alumni.

The all-American beauty recently became a published writer and cover model. Christy received recognition for her poetry when she won a national poetry contest. Her winning poem was written about her near-death experience. Entitled "The Death of Me," it was published in the International Library of Poetry and won the Editor's Choice Award.

Christy has also signed with a major modeling agency. She appears in a myriad of magazines. Among them are Tallahassee Magazine, Emerald Coast Magazine, Hawaiian Tropic, Stuff Magazine, and she is a semi-finalist in Maxim Magazine. The newest magazine cover that the model has adorned in the February issue of Register Magazine.

This is the newest magazine cover Christy is on.

In addition to magazines, she appears on billboards and in catalogues. She sometimes works under a show business name in order to protect her low-profile in her home of Colquitt.

When talking with Christy, she admitted that she never dreamed of becoming a model for the very makeup that she was buying and using in her career.

In a recent notice from Charles Nevichi, CEO and founder of Nevichi Cosmetics, a national cosmetic firm, he stated, "Christy kind of embodies one of the looks that we're using for our spokesmodels, an all-American look."

Nevichi is jumping to the beauty forefront by using Christy Joiner, as the newest 2008 spokesmodel for the national cosmetic company.

Christy stated, "I am a makeup fanatic, and I was always finding out from the dermatologist I go to which products wouldn't make me age quicker, and I heard about Nevichi."

She continued that in her quest for perfect skin, which helps in her modeling career, she found that the cosmetics she was using was looking for a spokes-model.

"I decided I would try out for the position and contacted Charles Nevichi, the founder and owner of the company," Christy said. "I didn't expect to hear anything back because it's such a big company." she continued.

Within 24 hours, the Colquitt model heard back from Nevichi Cosmetics and was told that she was just what he was looking for.

A spokesman for the compa- ny stated that Joiner's blonde hair and blue eyes made the perfect addition to where the campaign is going to.

"And the fact that she had experience made it easier. She has a very bubbly personality, and she's easy to work with," Nevichi added.

CEO Charles Nevichi invites everyone to check their website to see our wonderful products and our beautiful spokesmodel.

Christy is the daughter of Brenda Joiner and the late Jerry C. Joiner of Colquitt.