Julia Goncharenko, a Northwest model we shot for the winter/spring 2008 issue of Seattle Met Bride & Groom and who has since signed with Elite New York, was on one of my favorite style blogs over the weekend. I do love to see local talent make it big.

Craig Arend, the street photographer behind Altamira.blogspot.com — maybe also known as the Guy Who Can Find Any Off Duty Model in NYC and Get Her to Look Like a Friendly Babysitter for His Blog — snapped her in a little dove gray dress looking … well, like a friendly babysitter.

And here she is as Portland photographer Rafael Astorga captured her a few years ago:

Congrats Julia – we knew we were lucky to have you while we did.

In other local talent news: some of the folks at Heffner Management just launched a blog to keep track of their worldly beauties. You can check it out if you click right here.