Anita Smith, founder and president of Anita Smith Enterprises is an image coach, motivational speaker, and professional model. Having more than 19 years experience in speaking, training, motivating and modeling, Anita has coached individuals with diverse background in range of gender and age. She has also served in leadership at a local non-profit for 10 years.
In her modeling profession she's had the privilege of working with such designers as Stephen Yearick, Ysa Makino, Louis Vuitton, Sonia Rykiel, Jones New York, Eileen fisher. Anita has been an image partner with corporations such as McDonald’s, toured with Soft Sheen Carson - now owned by L’Oreal and done various print ads for magazines and businesses such as Today's Chicago Woman, Helzberg diamonds and Quixtar, and Sprint. She's worked in an expo for Today's Black Woman, made appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show and toured with the Oprah Winfrey live your best life tour. She's done collaborations with Reggie wells, world renowned makeup artist to such stars as Aretha Franklin, destiny's child, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige and others. She collaborated with Coach Eric Morris on “make it happen” goal setting workshop at prairie state college. She was the motivational speaker at the 2010 Ms. Black Minnesota Training competition. She’s also done coaching & motivational speaking on conflict resolution and having the correct mindset at Malcolm X College and with Cromatic Designs on “Effective Communication. She has also spoken at Crete Monee high school.
When she’s not in front of the camera she’s aiding in the development of those who wish to improve their image.
Her cd entitled “Image From Within” embodies her vision to change the hearts of women and young people and empowering them to truly know they are people of purpose, destiny and beautiful without the approval of society. The vision of the cd is to challenge others in a way that they can affect their households, communities, and nations. Her vision for image also includes her I Am series of fashion tshirts so that girls and women can make a declaration of who the know they are. For information on Anita’s workshops, itinerary or personal consultations, contact her at
(312) 912-7021 or anita@anitasmith.biz or go to the website at www.anitasmith.biz.
