I’m Hello, My name is Candice Henderson- Williams. My entertainer’s name is Canditrinae’ The Muse or Canditrinae’. I am 38 years old and have been a freelance model since July of 2021. I am a college graduate with three college degrees in office management, small business management, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in business management and marketing. Excitingly, I am a self-proclaimed beauty entrepreneur with international credibility and collaborations in being an international published model, actress, stylist, designer, make-up artist, lash tech, hair stylist, scholar, and an activist. I am the CEO and Founder of the following entities Canditrinae’ Beauty’s Artist: Beat to Slay, Beauty Ur Way Inc, Hired by Beauty MsCanditrinae’, Styles Designed by Mused Beauty, Mused Beauty Promotions, and Management, Debonaire and Zion’s Autism Outreach, Gifted and Talented Entrepreneurs, Kings of Autism Eclectic Arts Studio, Kings of Autism Photography and Performing Arts, and Kings of Autism Power moves in Houston Texas.Being a self-proclaimed beauty entrepreneur in 2021, now in 2022, I am the Detroit Brand Ambassador for Thickalicious Apparel “ Thick 4 Life” for ( CEO Eric Nikkon, Fashion Trendz Magazine, Georgia), The Queens of Blackberry Collective Spokesmodel for (CEO, Troy Thomas, El Grande Papiratzi, Houston, Texas), Executive Director for Image Magazine South Africa for the USA ( CEO Shilos Shilos, Image Magazine South Africa), Vice President of Queen Visions Modeling (CEO Ken Robinson, New Jersey), President of Carlos Shots Inc (CEO Carlos Stewart Houston, Texas), Executive Director of Loud Money Music Group South (CEO Steven Ragsdale, Loud Money Music Group, Chicago, Illinois), and the Executive Director of Closed Casket Entertainment Inc. (CEO Barnone The Mod, Closed Casket Entertainment, Chicago, Illinois) Canditrinae’ is my brand of expertise that I created with my limited abilities after surviving a stroke in 2019 and being diagnosed with a chronic disabling condition of multiple sclerosis at the same time. I was not able to walk, see, speak clearly, or remember my name. This is “ My MS and Stroke Survivor Walking Again Journey” in which I created the Podcast: Flesh Chronicles by Canditrinae’ to highlight myself of a visionary of expertise through God’s grace and mercy.
At what age did you know you wanted to be a part of the entertainment industry?
I was born in 1984, I have always been a performer and an influencer. In junior high school I was modeling , singing, acting, cheerleading, public speaking, and being a creative artist my whole life. I have never been to cosmetology school for beauty, I taught myself how to do all my beauty skills. I wanted to be a performer as a child.
Being a model, can have its challenges. Have you ever had to face some type of rejection, or disappointment from a gig you didn't get?
Being a disabled model and influencer, Runway modeling has been the hardest for me. The challenges of learning to walk again, choosing to do runway modeling and challenging myself has been the hardest but greatest victory. Rejection is something that is needed in any industry that you desire to be committed to. I have gone for many auditions and did not get them, and it can be a hard feeling, then you realize the industry of being chosen. I always say are you “Okay with not being chosen”. Modeling helps build self-confidence to conquer the runway of life for me and allows you to accept not being chosen and still know you are beautiful. Hey, You are your own model, so take the challenges and shake the room.
Have you ever done any runway shows in any states?
I have my first out of state runway show on December 10, 2022 in Gulfport Mississippi. Being a self-proclaimed beauty entrepreneur, this is a honor in a little over a year in the modeling industry. Excitingly, I had a model tour that I created this year to go to South Carolina, North Carolina, and Atlanta for myself that unfortunately did not happen due to industry changes, and COVID precautions.
Growing up, did you have a particular model/actress you looked up to as a role model?
When I was a young girl, until being a 38-year-old model, I always wanted to be Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks. These women are fierce and rocked the runway with that fierce walk and one turn. I always walk in “Shaking The Room” like the late great Pop Smoke said and raped about. I am all about representation and walking in how you expect to be treated and knowing who I am so I will not fall for anything. Fundamentally, this has broadened my reach in the beauty industry. Being a dark skin woman, we always had these two that brought us up and showing black confidence on every entertainment stream for modeling and being beauty entrepreneurs. Being the Vice President of Queens Vision Modeling in New Jersey, I can manage models and set the standard for Union Model expectation by guiding and teaching the fundamentals of modeling to get noticed.
The pandemic 2 years ago slowed the entire world down. Did work slowdown for you during this time?
During the pandemic, work began to slow down but it allowed me to also perfect by craft, while getting through my medical recovery. The pandemic allowed many of us true business owners and entrepreneurs to focus on our own talents and utilize them. I am literally now doing my own things that I used to pay to get done. Now I am a self-made make-up artist, hair artist, lash artist, stylist and designer sitting down at home during the pandemic, while creating my mobile beauty business of Hired by Beauty MsCanditrinae’. I learned that change is needed for “ Growth of The Seeds I Planted” You know the full harvest. We have to slow down and sit down to really get down and make the brand of your foundation be built on the rock. Canditrinae’ was created during the pandemic with the rock as the foundation. I am the “Canditrinae Brand”, Queen.
Have you worked with any celebrities since you've been in the business of being a model/actress?
Being a model and actress, I have worked with celebrities on different levels. In a year of following my acting journey, I was blessed with my first supporting lead role as “ Paulina” in the film “Irreversible Desires by Nakeva Bryant”, that is out now on life streams. Nakeva Bryant is a well-known musical performing arts, writer/ director, CEO of Skyhigh Films, affiliated with Maverick movies being an independent film maker.
