May 11, 2010 06:00 ET

Naomi Campbell and Glamour Magazine Find Top Model and Photographer Through Talenthouse

Sabrina Rocha and Miro Arva to Participate in a Photo Shoot With Campbell for Glamour Magazine's August Issue

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2010) -   After a two-month-long search, Talenthouse, Naomi Campbell and Glamour Magazine UK editor Jo Elvin today announced the aspiring model and photographer selected for Talenthouse's latest creative invite. Hailing from Slovakia, Miro Arva has been selected from thousands of entries as the winning photographer and Sabrina Rocha, 22 of Miami Beach, Florida as the top model.

More than 8000 aspiring models and photographers submitted entries in the Talenthouse creative invite for the unparalleled opportunity to work alongside Naomi Campbell and Glamour Magazine. Following the first round of online voting from Talenthouse's global community, Campbell and Elvin were presented with the Top 100 entries to make the final selection. As the winners, both Arva and Rocha will participate in a shoot with Naomi Campbell to be featured in Glamour Magazine's August issue.

"The entries for the Talenthouse creative invite have been incredible. I had so much fun looking at the entries and it was really difficult to choose the winner from so many excellent entries," said Campbell. "Miro Arva and Sabrina Rocha are both incredibly talented individuals. I'm very much looking forward to working with both of them."

Jo Elvin, editor of Glamour Magazine, added, "The competition has been fun and we have been overwhelmed with the talent. We are delighted to be in partnership with both Naomi and Talenthouse and we are thrilled with the winners."

The Talenthouse platform gives artists around the world a chance to showcase their abilities to a worldwide audience and participate in unique opportunities with iconic artists and brands. The platform has also been used by a number of global companies and entertainment icons including adidas, Montblanc, Nokia, BBH, Rihanna, the Vienna Symphony and Taio Cruz, in addition to Naomi Campbell and Glamour Magazine.

"Talenthouse was built to give all artists an equal chance to be seen, heard and compensated," said Amos Pizzey, founder and president of Talenthouse. "We are overjoyed at the vast response to Naomi Campbell's and Glamour Magazine's creative invite. Naomi is a self-made icon of the fashion world and immediately offered her services and time to help Talenthouse find, liberate and empower new talent."

Through the creative invite process, Talenthouse has changed the lives of many of its global community; opening doors to careers, sending emerging talent across the globe, providing aspiring artists a stage and has rewarded thousands of creatives for their work.

Winning model Sabrina Rocha, represented by My Public Debut Inc., said, "I'm ecstatic! This opportunity with Naomi Campbell and Glamour is so unbelievably thrilling and wondrous! I feel super blessed and can't wait to shoot the photos of my life!"

Miro Arva, winning photographer, expressed his feelings as "I am so grateful to be part of this and with such a positive result. I did not really expect that I could win and I am still shocked. I am sending a big thank you to all at Talenthouse. I am really looking forward to collaborating with all people involved."

About Talenthouse

Talenthouse is the leading platform for creative collaboration, providing artists unprecedented opportunities for recognition and compensation. Talenthouse embraces artists at every level of their career, as well as all supporters of the arts. Attracted by the potential for discovering, collaborating with and mentoring emerging talent, many global brands and acclaimed industry icons are involved with Talenthouse by hosting Creative Invites. Brands choose Talenthouse to engage in a dialogue with their audience in a targeted, relevant and credible context.

Talenthouse has launched projects with global brands and entertainment icons to help discover new talent, such as Rihanna, Nokia, adidas, Universal Music, Montblanc, Glamour Magazine, Asos, Decca Records, Boy George, Photek, Vienna Symphony, Island Dej Jam, Mayday Parade, Alexandra Burke, Steven de Souza, BBH, Kirsty Almeida, Diane Pernet, Ryan Leslie, Caitlin Moe, Taio Cruz and Naomi Campbell.
For more information please visit www.talenthouse.com