The incredibly versatile Heidi Cortez is a best selling author, coach, speaker, branding expert, advisor and former model. A true entrepreneur, she also appeared in E! Network’s hit reality TV show, Sunset Tan, which helped to escalate the success of her business, Cabana Tans in Reno. She has published two books, Heidi’s Bedtime Stories – a spin-off from her segment on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM satellite channel – and For Somebody Who Knows Nobody: How To Start Your Modelling Career. In 2017 she launched TheModelAdviser.com, an online community and safe haven for models, aspiring models, children, and their parents through which she offers coaching and mentoring.
Always one with a strong business head and ethic, the passionate Cortez stated at a young age selling door-to-door, and by the age of 22 she was the owner of one of Nevada’s largest tanning salons. At the same time she was branding herself in the entertainment industry. Cortez’s acting and modelling career took off internationally in television and print when she appeared in such prestigious magazines as Maxim, as well as in countless TV commercials and music videos.
Cortez has a huge presence on social media and regularly posts about her personal and professional life and achievements via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. She also has her own official website, heidicortez.com, through which she is available for coaching questions and media requests among many other things.