Oh that headband!

It was that headband that catapulted Gabby (Godfrey) onto an exciting and…totally unexpected...path to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model.
Gabby Godfrey, a recent graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Natchitoches, La., and future student at LSU in Baton Rouge in the fall, wears an Alivia headband, during a photo shoot for her modeling portfolio. It was this unique headband that has catapulted Gabby onto an exciting path of modeling. Photo by Jess Roberts
Gabby Godfrey, a recent graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Natchitoches, La., and future student at LSU in Baton Rouge in the fall, wears an Alivia headband, during a photo shoot for her modeling portfolio. It was this unique headband that has catapulted Gabby onto an exciting path of modeling. Photo by Jess Roberts

Overall, the look was effortless chic with a twist of color.

A white Twin Sister dress that fit Gabby Godfrey like a glove. It was the first photo shoot created by the then 17-year-old aspiring model from Natchitoches, La. that would be the foundation of a portfolio for a hopeful future career in modeling and fashion design.

Halfway into the photo shoot, the photographer, Jess Roberts, suggested wea…