{"id":10010,"date":"2011-08-16T04:08:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T04:08:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:19:24","slug":"jenny-shimizu-and-tao-okamoto-fashion-models-meet-philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10010","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Shimizu and Tao Okamoto: Fashion &#038; Models meet philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tao Okamoto, Jenny Shimizu and their fellow fashion muses are more than just pretty faces.<\/strong> These \u2018Model Citizens\u2019 are elegant both inside and out. Los Angeles photographer Doug Inglish astutely captures and conveys their endearing traits in his exclusive portrait series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylecaster.com\/fashion\/14579\/model-citizen-selection-portraits-by-doug-inglish#139241\">now live on StyleCaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Between Shimizu\u2019s bold tattoo peeking out from under a Brian Suter-Maury jacket, and Tao Okamoto\u2019s voluminous locks above a flowing J. 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