LAURA WILLERT

Though she is no stranger to the modeling game, 17-year-old Laura Willert was stunned to hear her name when she was announced as the 2013 Future Face of Foothills champ. (She is with FORD/Robert Black Agency.) “Right as I heard my name as being the winner, a huge relief went through my body,” she says. “Not only did I make it to the top 10, but I actually won. I was thrilled and speechless at the same time. It was so exciting to see my family so supportive of me; they are my biggest fans.” In fact, the Ahwatukee resident tries to spend all of her spare time with her support team of family and friends—and shopping. “Jeans and shoes are my weakness,” Willert says. In the future, Willert, who just graduated from Desert Vista High School, hopes to study business at Arizona State University, following in the footsteps of her three older siblings.