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Covington, a New Yorker, is. "I do wear gloves often. Walking down the sidewalk in New York can be treacherous ... an out-flung hand with a ring on it or a briefcase that brushes by too closely can cost a hand model a job."
Jacobson practices similar caution in other aspects of her daily routine. "If a job is coming up, I'll forgo washing dishes ... heck, to be honest, I don't need a modeling audition to skip out on housework. But I am more careful about little things, like putting my seatbelt on, shutting doors and even opening the mail or reading a book," she continues. As silly as it sounds, in this line of work, all it takes is a little snag in a fingernail or a paper cut for an agency to pass you over for the next girl.
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