Eight-year-old Shae Smolik, the daughter of Mark and Jaime Smolik, is already an up-and-coming model and actor. Locally represented by The Peak Agency, she splits her time between Des Moines and Los Angeles, where she was signed by a second agency last year. Since then, she has appeared in a national Tide laundry detergent commercial. Click here for a look at her work for dsm, and go here for a behind-the-scenes peek at our process in choosing the image for the cover. Photo by Ben Easter.
