From Model To Butcher
What a change of career! But I salute Nina Schubert’s spirit, to have a skill.
Nina Schubert was a top professional model for six years. She did the catwalk shows, travelled first class, did the catalogue shoots, appeared in the big magazines.
She made heaps of money and she saved it.
She quit because she woke up one day and realised it was an unhealthy lifestyle.
Now she is flatting and running triathlons with her cousin thrice removed, businesswoman Celine Filbee, the daughter of local accountant Peter Filbee and his wife, Cherol. Miss Schubert’s mother is Peter Filbee’s cousin.
Miss Schubert says she is in Hawera because of this family connection. She quit big-time modelling early last year and came to New Zealand in November.
“It’s a long story why I’m here. The short version is I was living in the south of France and my paintings were paying my rent. I met this Australian guy and we got engaged and we were supposed to come back to Australia and we kind of broke up. Celine had lived in England for 10 years and she came and stayed with my family. I thought I’d go and stay with her.
