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New Horizons Mia Will lives her best life, Celebrating 50 Years
August 2025 | Vol. 50 | No. 8
helps others do the same By Leo Adam Biga eauty industry professional, travel planner, tour guide, etiquette educator, influencer and host Mia Will lives her best life and helps others do the same. This “free spirit” divides her time between Omaha, where she ownsoperates Lash Goddess Spa, and Mexican resorts, where she rents her residential properties as vacation getaways. From lookin-feeling great to basking in sun-soaked, oceanside locales to taking in the sights she’s turned a pleasure-seeking lifestyle into a career that indulges a need to seek adventure and find harmony. “I enjoy helping people enjoy their life whether it’s making them feel good through beauty treatments or introducing them to new places,” Will said. “We all love being taken care of. We all need a place to go where we can just shut out the rest of the world or any problems we might be having.” Outside of a desire to travel and be her own boss, little of her life or career has been planned. “I just do what I love to do whether here in Omaha or in Mexico. I just kind of make it up as I go.” As an only child she grew up
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COURTESY PHOTO steeped in the beauty and garment businesses, which helps explain her passion for pampering and fashion. Her mother owned Sonia’s Salon in North Omaha and her
father supervised a manufacturing line at Pendleton Woolen Mills in Bellevue. With an appreciation for those things hard wired in her, she convinced her folks to let
her attend modeling school. Her mentor, the late Nancy Bounds of Omaha, trained men and women to become runway and print talents. Will became a proud graduate of the Bounds school. Exuding a Southern charm and bigger-than-life personality, Bounds was an exacting teacher, Will said, but gave students like herself the tools for success. “I owe so much of my success as a woman to her. She was an amazing mentor and I will be forever grateful for the etiquette and poise she instilled in me at a young age. I learned so much. Years later I went back for a refresher course, then I ended up teaching for her agency.” Will did runway and print work for area department stores though she was too short for major runway shows like Ebony Fashion Fair. Besides modeling she organized fashion shows for her mom’s salon. She’s forever grateful for what Bounds did. “She’s a legend. I think the last time I saw Nancy it was at a nightclub downtown. She was still fabulous I went over to her and said you are responsible for every amazing thing that’s happened in my life. --Will continued on page 9.
Common sense advice – think before you trust By Andy Bradley Contributing Writer he call came from out of nowhere. Josh was distracted. He was driving his 2014 Toyota Camry with coffee in hand, late for work at his first job out of college. The caller ID on his smart phone reads, “Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC.” What he heard next jolted him. “I don’t really know anybody at that agency, but it seems like a call
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that I should probably “Agent Williams tells me, ‘Look, answer. So I do. they’ve been trying to “I get on the phone get a hold of me for with a man who has months, so if I don’t a thick accent, and he agree to pay in the mosaid, ‘Mr. Planos of ment, he will have no Omaha, Nebraska? choice but to arrest me Who graduated from for tax evasion.’ UNL?’ “I’m thinking about “He tells me his how I am running late name is IRS Agent Frank Williams, and he for work. I’m thinking reads off a badge num- about the coffee that is ber, and he informs me spilling onto my hand. that I have unfortunate- I’m thinking about how I’m going to have ly inaccurately filed my taxes. I owed about to explain this situation to my mom, who will $5,000 to correct the situation. --Trust continued on page 8.
Agencies seek senior models and actors
If you’re looking for local agencies seeking senior models and actors, you can try reaching out to agencies that actively promote diversity and represent a broad range of ages, which often features talent across different age groups. Learn more about modeling and acting on Page 16.