Local Business Spotlight - Lugertha Rose Modeling Agency

Meet owner Jemal Lavan Hancock and board president, Mr. Raymundo Santana Jr. of Lugertha Rose Modeling Agency and producers of the fine art magazine, Beauty Thru the Lens. Through their online magazine, they aim to show you the best of fine art from different parts of the world. Read our interview with Jemal Lavan to learn more.

Give us a small backstory of how your business started.

Lugertha Rose is founded in the image of my (Lavan) mother Mrs. Lugertha Rose Hancock to share her beauty along with the beauty of Mrs. Alba Iris Santana and Mrs. Ruth Dye by way of the international faces of beauty at Lugertha Rose Modeling Agency.

What are some of your favorite moments of running your business?

Working with my Board President, Mr. Raymundo Santana Jr., and the belief that we share that fine art defines human beauty and that our fine art magazine Beauty Thru The Lens will showcase this beauty to the world.

Do you have any hobbies that you do outside of running your business?

My hobbies are the promotion of world peace through understanding beauty of life.

What is one of the best pieces of advice you have received?  

It comes from the late, great Civil Rights Leader Senator John Lewis, “Keep your eyes on the prize.”

What are the best ways people can support your business right now?

It is to always share the beauty inside of them with the world and love all forms of art, not just fine art, for it is the window to the past beauties and future Thru The Lens.