Ep. 159 - Guest: Marc Coudriet

Elizabeth Solomeina, founder and CEO of Flying Solo, one of the largest and most rapidly-growing fashion production platforms worldwide chats with Backstage Pass Host, Victoria Elizabeth about the origins of Flying Solo, its inaugural Fashion Awards season in ‘26 and grand-scale plans for the future.

Jennifer Lully, founder of and CEO of Broken Mirror Designs, chats with Backstage Pass Host Victoria Elizabeth about the inspiration behind her brand, pushing through disappointments and her hopes for the future of Broken Mirror. You can catch her on runways across the US and connect with the brand on the social media pages listed below:Website: Https://www.brokenmirrorfashion.comEtsy: brokenmirrorfashion.etsy.comInstagram: broken.mirror.fashionBusiness Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/broken.mirror.fashion/Personal Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.lully.9/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/espritlibre1020/

Model and designer, Marc Coudriet, chats with Backstage Pass Host Victoria Elizabeth about the hard launch of his brand “Marc Leon”, his iconoclastic method behind creating his couture, Elizabeth Taylor inspirations and his shock as winning “Top Designer” at the Magnifique Spring Showcase .You may connect with him on social media @marcleoncouture (Instagram)

In the wake of the pandemonium surrounding the Netflix Documentary: “ Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model”, Victoria Elizabeth, alum of Cycle 19 of the reality show provides her own account of what the show was really like behind the scenes: including accounts of producer manipulation, systematic starvation and sleep deprivation of contestants, and back room vaccinations.

Backstage Pass host Victoria Elizabeth sits down to chat with Jesse Landers, founder & frontman of the band Yes M.A.M and creator of The Georgia Songbirds Podcast, through which he has interviewed and spotlighted Grammy Award winners and songwriters/singers at every phase of their journeys. Listen in as Landers chats about the trials and tribulations of having a band, dream podcast guests, and what he feels is the anatomy of a great song.

Daniel, CEO and creative director of EyeCam photography and Gotham Glam Fashion shows, sits down to chat with Victoria Elizabeth, host of Backstage Pass on Iheart Radio and FCB Radio network about the blood, sweat, tears, and rigorous logistics which go behind producing a grand scale NYFW Fashion Show.Recorded live within the fashion district at NYFW Sept ‘25

Aarya Tiwari, is a model and inclusion activist, breaking barriers and making waves within the fashion industry as a model with Down Syndrome. Tiwari and her ever-supportive mother, Monika, sat down to chat with Backstage Pass about the origins of Aarya’s modeling journey, common misconceptions about special needs individuals, and how they hope to use their newfound platform to encourage and inspire others.

Nikki “Enigma” Harper is a model, entrepreneur, and designer/creator of “Harper and Enigma”, a clothing linen that embodies artistic creativity and won the top prize at the May 17 TN showcase.Harper chats with Victoria Elizabeth of Backstage Pass about the unique origins of her design career, her most memorable runway moments, and also, how she overcame her wildly unusual, nearly debilitating disease (she is allergic to herself) to find success in the fashion industry.

The nationally acclaimed aimed singing sensation, The Hall Sisters (comprised of Jessica, Lydia, Natalie, and Valerie) took time to chat with Backstage Pass about how they got their start in music, the curation process of their show (from song selection to wardrobe styling), and how’s they maintain their bond (and their sanity) while on the road.Be sure to follow @thehallsisters on all major social media platforms and visit their website: www.thehallsisters.com for more details on how to keepp up with their upcoming appearances, get personalized merchandise and much much more!

Backstage Pass host, Victoria Elizabeth, sits down with Pageant Planet founder, Steven Roddy onsite at the “Best in Pageantry” Awards and Gala at the beautiful Virgin Hotel in Nashville TN. Despite a few interruptions (the interview was being conducted while set up was taking place for the evening’s event), the duo chatted about everything from Pageant Planet’s humble origins (Roddy started the site with only $20 to his name on a lap top while using Starbuck’s free WiFi) to now being celebrated as the top connectivity platform for some of the world's largest national and global pageant systems.Be sure to get connected by following “Pageant Planet” on all major social medias platforms and by visiting https://www.pageantplanet.com.