AUTHOR / DAISI POLLARD
Stories.
Knowledge.
Legacy.
Practical guides for modeling, pageantry, and creative business—and a family story carried into a new chapter.
THE MIND OF AN AUTHOR
Experience,
shared on the page.
Daisi Pollard Sepulveda draws on her experience as a model, pageant titleholder, and entrepreneur to create practical guides for others building their own careers. Her writing explores the modeling industry, pageant preparation, and the creative decisions behind effective product photography.
Alongside these guides, her contribution to The Tin Box carries forward a different kind of knowledge: a family’s literary legacy, rooted in the world of Texas cattle and oil.
01 / MODELING
Starter
Model Guide
Volume 1 · Getting started in professional modeling
Drawing on Daisi’s experience as both a freelance and agency-represented model, Starter Model Guide introduces the practical steps behind a modeling career—from building an online presence and portfolio to finding representation and booking paid work.
Her experience across exclusive and non-exclusive contracts, runway, campaigns, and editorial work informs a guide designed to help aspiring models understand the industry and approach it with a plan.
Inside the guide
- Understanding major and niche U.S. modeling markets, including New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.
- Finding freelance modeling opportunities online and offline.
- Building a portfolio and sourcing photography, retouching, makeup, hair, wardrobe, and digital portfolio services.
- Learning industry terminology and preparing to meet agencies and other professionals.
- Developing a personal brand and building working relationships that can lead to more opportunities.
02 / PAGEANTRY
To Be
a Queen
Volume 1 · Preparing for the stage—and what comes after
As a multi-pageant titleholder, Daisi brings an insider’s perspective to choosing, preparing for, and competing in beauty pageants. Her international pageant experience includes competitions in China, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States.
To Be a Queen explores the work that surrounds the competition itself: raising funds, attracting sponsors, and using a title to create professional opportunities and support causes that matter.
Inside the guide
- Choosing the type of pageant that fits your interests and goals.
- Preparing for competition and understanding what to expect.
- Planning fundraising and approaching potential sponsors.
- Turning a title into career-building opportunities, brand relationships, and charitable work.
03 / BUSINESS & CREATIVE PRODUCTION
My Product Model
Success Guide:
PHOTOS
A practical guide to e-commerce photography
Created for e-commerce brands, this guide explains the process of producing product photography through Daisi’s work at My Product Model. It helps merchants plan the images they need, organize a professional shoot, and avoid costly production mistakes.
The book breaks down what makes a product image effective, how different photographic styles serve different purposes, and how to choose an approach for the platform and audience.
Inside the guide
- Recognizing the elements that distinguish a strong product photograph.
- Understanding photo styles and when to use them.
- Planning images for different online platforms and business goals.
- Organizing a shoot, selecting locations, hiring models, and choosing equipment.
04 / A FAMILY’S LITERARY LEGACY
The Tin Box
A Story of Texas Cattle and Oil
By Jerome Aredell Williams · With contributions by Daisi Pollard Sepulveda
Set against the Texas oil boom of the 1950s, The Tin Box follows rancher Tom Meredith after he discovers a battered metal container floating down a flooded river. Its contents reveal secrets and betrayals that threaten to change his family’s future.
The mystery reaches into his daughter June’s lost inheritance, the schemes of a man enriched at others’ expense, and a love triangle involving a financier and a ranch hand. Ranch intrigue, family loyalties, and business ambition unfold across a changing Texas landscape.
Originally written by Daisi’s great-grandfather, Jerome Aredell Williams, the novel connects her writing with an earlier voice in the family. Her contributions add historical context and help bring the story to another generation of readers.
Discover the family legacy ↗BOOKS, INTERVIEWS & SPEAKING
Continue
the conversation.
For book inquiries, interviews, and speaking opportunities, connect with Daisi’s team.