Being born in Wyoming was unique enough. Being born with the last name Voogd was even more of a
challenge as I grew up.. Not that Voogd, which is Dutch and has a silent D on the end, is a bad name. It is
, however, not Smith or Jones or Larson. It is Voogd! Pronounced Vogue, like Vogue magazine or the song
"Vogue" by Madonna. Impossible to pronounce to those newcomers, a million times mis-spelled, and the
eventual destiny of my life. Voogd, pronounced Vogue...like the fashion magazine.
I was born in a very middle-class family in Sheridan, Wyoming. Very middle-class! When I
think of the conception of my life, I think I was born at a time that would eventually be part
of the biggest changing generation in history...the end of the baby boomers. No cell phones,
no e-mailing, no texting, in fact...no websites. Computers were just starting to be
developed. We had a black and white televisions that carried all of the programing on ABC,
NBC, and CBS.
think of the conception of my life, I think I was born at a time that would eventually be part
of the biggest changing generation in history...the end of the baby boomers. No cell phones,
no e-mailing, no texting, in fact...no websites. Computers were just starting to be
developed. We had a black and white televisions that carried all of the programing on ABC,
NBC, and CBS.
My parents were the best. My father was the son of a upper middle-class family. He was born, was educated, lived his entire life,
and died in Sheridan. He started to date my mother, who had yet to finish high school, and realized she must have been the one.
Dad was 22 years old when he married my mother. Mother was from a poor family, a very poor family. I think out of desperation,
she married my father before having the chance to complete high school. Mother was 17 when she said "YES".
and died in Sheridan. He started to date my mother, who had yet to finish high school, and realized she must have been the one.
Dad was 22 years old when he married my mother. Mother was from a poor family, a very poor family. I think out of desperation,
she married my father before having the chance to complete high school. Mother was 17 when she said "YES".
Earl
&
Peggy
the Story of my life ...
My dad was said to have movie star good looks. It is always amazing to me that people say that...then so many of my friends see
old pictures of him and think that it is me. His legal name was Clarence Earl Voogd, but everyone knew him as Earl.
My mother, Peggy, was born Margaret Agnes Harrison (take note of the formal name). Mother was called Peggy, which is very
correct for a girl named Margaret in the English (British) heritage. So the Peggy and Earl Voogd that lived on Emerson Street were
actually Margaret and Clarence Voogd. Who would have guessed?
My dad was the middle boy of three...boys! Stanley, Clarance, and Homer..
My dad's folks...Homer and Jesse (Rose)...remained on the family ranch for my entire life. Grandmother had a stroke and died when
I was in my early 20's. Grandfather died of prostate cancer and old age when I was nearly 40.
My mother was the oldest child of five born to Joe and Anne Harrison. By the way, my mother's dad was really David Joseph.
Mother had two sisters, Joann and Kathy, and two brothers, Tom and Bill. Grandpa Joe, who had tons of medical problems and
smoked like a chimney, died when I was 19. My Grandma Harrison died when I was in my 40's, on the exact same day (only years
apart) as my Grandmother Voogd.
old pictures of him and think that it is me. His legal name was Clarence Earl Voogd, but everyone knew him as Earl.
My mother, Peggy, was born Margaret Agnes Harrison (take note of the formal name). Mother was called Peggy, which is very
correct for a girl named Margaret in the English (British) heritage. So the Peggy and Earl Voogd that lived on Emerson Street were
actually Margaret and Clarence Voogd. Who would have guessed?
My dad was the middle boy of three...boys! Stanley, Clarance, and Homer..
My dad's folks...Homer and Jesse (Rose)...remained on the family ranch for my entire life. Grandmother had a stroke and died when
I was in my early 20's. Grandfather died of prostate cancer and old age when I was nearly 40.
My mother was the oldest child of five born to Joe and Anne Harrison. By the way, my mother's dad was really David Joseph.
Mother had two sisters, Joann and Kathy, and two brothers, Tom and Bill. Grandpa Joe, who had tons of medical problems and
smoked like a chimney, died when I was 19. My Grandma Harrison died when I was in my 40's, on the exact same day (only years
apart) as my Grandmother Voogd.
So, I am an Aries. My mother was and Aries. I am left handed, my mother
was left handed. I am the middle son...actually, I am the second child of
four. I was born on March 28, which was also my Grandma Harrison's
birthday. I attended elementary, junior high school, and high school in
Sheridan.. I was surrounded by first cousins on each side, and spent time
with them during holidays and other gatherings.
was left handed. I am the middle son...actually, I am the second child of
four. I was born on March 28, which was also my Grandma Harrison's
birthday. I attended elementary, junior high school, and high school in
Sheridan.. I was surrounded by first cousins on each side, and spent time
with them during holidays and other gatherings.
As a child I was a really good student. I hated sports, my mother wanted me to play flag football...but I
hated it. I had broken my arm when I was a young child, so I was babied just a bit...okay...a lot.
Besides...I would have rather been a cheerleader...but not in those days, and not in that town. So,
instead, I developed a great imagination and lived out so many situations in my mind. I joined the choir,
orchestra (what was I thinking), and learned that I was a natural at swimming. I was never great at any
of them...except swimming.
hated it. I had broken my arm when I was a young child, so I was babied just a bit...okay...a lot.
Besides...I would have rather been a cheerleader...but not in those days, and not in that town. So,
instead, I developed a great imagination and lived out so many situations in my mind. I joined the choir,
orchestra (what was I thinking), and learned that I was a natural at swimming. I was never great at any
of them...except swimming.
So much happened after high school! So much. It was if I found myself...and I liked what was hidden inside. Modeling,
Pageants, College...and, of course, coming out to the world. My personal life was a haze of activity. In my post high
school years I directed beauty pageants, which lead to great lifetime relationship.
Pageants, College...and, of course, coming out to the world. My personal life was a haze of activity. In my post high
school years I directed beauty pageants, which lead to great lifetime relationship.
I really grew to understand love in the two failed relationships in my past. Todd Davis was my first true and honest love. He
was a horse groomer that wanted so much more. I certainly gave him several years of more and different. Todd always had
this need to run, just like his dad, and one day he ran off to California. My life was crushed. To this day I still have an
emotional attachment to him. We lived a crazy life...money.. no money! He now lives in Wyoming. It was the first time that I
actually lived in a relationship...and it was work. This really was my first love, and there are days I think about how great the
early days had been. But I would not give up what the future brought to live in the past.
Ah...Clint. I think Clint was more of a gold digger. Not that I had a whole lot of cash in those days, but I had started gaining
tons of connections and Clint had a dream to be famous. He and I never lived together. In fact, there was a whole lot of
things we never did. He was my party boy... and a great guy. I opened some doors for him, and he eventually succeed at
some things. My life began to change so much at the end of this relationship that I lost track of him. Great guy to look at..
was a horse groomer that wanted so much more. I certainly gave him several years of more and different. Todd always had
this need to run, just like his dad, and one day he ran off to California. My life was crushed. To this day I still have an
emotional attachment to him. We lived a crazy life...money.. no money! He now lives in Wyoming. It was the first time that I
actually lived in a relationship...and it was work. This really was my first love, and there are days I think about how great the
early days had been. But I would not give up what the future brought to live in the past.
Ah...Clint. I think Clint was more of a gold digger. Not that I had a whole lot of cash in those days, but I had started gaining
tons of connections and Clint had a dream to be famous. He and I never lived together. In fact, there was a whole lot of
things we never did. He was my party boy... and a great guy. I opened some doors for him, and he eventually succeed at
some things. My life began to change so much at the end of this relationship that I lost track of him. Great guy to look at..
Maui
FAMILY
YOUNG ADULT LIFE
Interesting that I saw an ad on television that 1 out of every 5 relationships start with an
online dating service. Ours, sorta did! Maui and I have been partners for over 10 years. He
really is the center of my life, no matter what wacko thing he thinks of next. Maui was
attracted to me because of my looks and intelligence. He always tells me how smart I
am...and how much he loves me. Maui is like a little kid sometimes, but has such strong,
positive energy, that he attracts people. He is so talented. He took on the task of helping me
in my businesses, and made them all very successful. He is involved in property investments,
music, and helping talented actors. He even named our management group The Crawford
Agency.
online dating service. Ours, sorta did! Maui and I have been partners for over 10 years. He
really is the center of my life, no matter what wacko thing he thinks of next. Maui was
attracted to me because of my looks and intelligence. He always tells me how smart I
am...and how much he loves me. Maui is like a little kid sometimes, but has such strong,
positive energy, that he attracts people. He is so talented. He took on the task of helping me
in my businesses, and made them all very successful. He is involved in property investments,
music, and helping talented actors. He even named our management group The Crawford
Agency.
BEAUTY
It is hard to believe that my life career would start with a charity fund-raiser beauty
pageant. I was a fierce pageant trainer, choreographer, producer, and State
Director. So much, that eventually it was not fun anymore because no one would
want to compete against the contestants I had trained. I became know for having
great state and national winners. The life-long friends I gained from it have brought
so much clarity into my life.
pageant. I was a fierce pageant trainer, choreographer, producer, and State
Director. So much, that eventually it was not fun anymore because no one would
want to compete against the contestants I had trained. I became know for having
great state and national winners. The life-long friends I gained from it have brought
so much clarity into my life.
And then it started! I suddenly began to move from the beauty pageant industry to the fashion industry. I discovered
and managed some of the most recognizable models in the world. I began to gain respect from top agents
and have formed some really great working relationships. The ability to look at a person and find the a
marketable beauty helped me set my financial future.
and managed some of the most recognizable models in the world. I began to gain respect from top agents
and have formed some really great working relationships. The ability to look at a person and find the a
marketable beauty helped me set my financial future.
| The two people in my life I give the most credit to helping me become so successful in fashion and entertainment are Sarah Gunther and Derek Ebner. They were the two kids that grew up into such talented adults. They were kids in a time that even the fashion and entertainment was still young. They were the kids that became successful as a model and as a actor, making me understand my true value in a crazy industry. I had started a promotional industry called David Voogd, INC, that helped me set my financial future. But these two great talent sealed a future that would always bring me a strong financial base. |
TALENT
| Call it luck, call it education, or just call it growth...the entertainment industry began to pay off for me. An industry that was tough on so many seem to open more and more doors for me. I became so successful in the school business. Writing training programs, auditioning talent, running successful training and development schools, and eventually producing and managing major stars. As in modeling, I started to meet and develop great connections within a tough industry. Those connections understand that I was a person that they could trust to deliver great talent, and stay involved in their careers to help them grow. Now, some of them are famous, some are almost famous, and a lot of them are working on projects that could make them famous. |
My Life NOW!
So, family life continues to grow and change. Although I never had children, I
do have a Godson, named Chad Dygert. Chad is the son of my Godparents, Roy
and Jackie Dygert. Chad is grown now, and certainly does not need my spiritual
guidence. Roy is gone now, but Jackie is still involved in my life. They were
my parents, with a sisters named Pam and DD, in a life that saved me during
high school.
I, of course, have homes in Denver, Miami Beach, and New York City. Maui and I
get around a bit. So many days I think I live a perfect life, but at this point I
have much compassion for the elements that life brings. I also own property
that I inherited in Sheridan. Maui is my family unit, as well as my life long best
friend Kari Larsen.
do have a Godson, named Chad Dygert. Chad is the son of my Godparents, Roy
and Jackie Dygert. Chad is grown now, and certainly does not need my spiritual
guidence. Roy is gone now, but Jackie is still involved in my life. They were
my parents, with a sisters named Pam and DD, in a life that saved me during
high school.
I, of course, have homes in Denver, Miami Beach, and New York City. Maui and I
get around a bit. So many days I think I live a perfect life, but at this point I
have much compassion for the elements that life brings. I also own property
that I inherited in Sheridan. Maui is my family unit, as well as my life long best
friend Kari Larsen.
| Along came Sheridan. His legal name is Sheridan Emerson Batarse Kafati Voogd. I was really surprised that no one had used that name with the AKA. I found Sheridan in a pet store in Indianapolis. He is the center of my life, and has a insane attachment to Maui. He is a silky terrier, the breed just larger than a Yorkshire. He has all of the characteristics of a Yorkie, but he is a silky. Maui says that he controls our lives, but I think that he just has added so much to it. Sheridan has traveled more than most humans. He goes almost everywhere with us. He is such a great traveler, and seems to enjoy it. He also has my crazy love of clothing. He has a hugh wardrobe! Just like his dad... There has never been a time that I have not been happy to have Sheridan, even potty training. And so many people in our lives have experienced his great personality. He talks to me on the phone and sings to the piano. Sheridan is just an amazing animal. |
If everything in life were easy, it would make it boring. I participated in
treatment for an experimental drug being produced to treat my pancreatic
cancer. Although each battle is tough, and I mean real tough, it saved my
life and I became a cancer servivor. I have had an awful journey to this
point, and the support of so many voices from my past and present have
given me hope. The treatment, although only preliminary, had shown signs
of great success. Now, three years later, I am cancer free. On the down
side the drug also attacked my liver. The first and only drug almost took
care of the problem. I am now on a new super drug to help improve my
liver. Fighting is the only answer and pain is just the weakness leaving my
body. .
treatment for an experimental drug being produced to treat my pancreatic
cancer. Although each battle is tough, and I mean real tough, it saved my
life and I became a cancer servivor. I have had an awful journey to this
point, and the support of so many voices from my past and present have
given me hope. The treatment, although only preliminary, had shown signs
of great success. Now, three years later, I am cancer free. On the down
side the drug also attacked my liver. The first and only drug almost took
care of the problem. I am now on a new super drug to help improve my
liver. Fighting is the only answer and pain is just the weakness leaving my
body. .
Life has it's ah-ha moments, and I certainly have had plenty of them. Life, also, has those
times that you think that a black cloud would never go away. Mine started on December
15, 1997. Mother had been sick and dad had taken her to Sheridan Memorial Hospital a
week earlier. The morning of December 15, 1997, my Grandfather Voogd died in a nursing
home of old age. That afternoon, mother was taken off of life support and also passed. I
can only tell you of the great amount of sadness that continues to haunt me over my
mother's death. Almost one month later, January 28, 1998, Uncle Stan would die playing
racket ball at the Sheridan YMCA. Dan had come down very sick with his diabetes, which
had advanced to the loss of his kidney's. Eventually, March 14, 2001, he would leave us.
Finally, just when life could not test us again, dad was diagnosed with dementia. Aunt Lucy
had been diagnosed with Alzhelmer just a year earlier. Lucy lived in Denver, close to Anita
and Kara. We, instead, saw our dad disappear. By god's will, he finally passed on October
11, 2008. Aunt Lucy past in December of 2010.
times that you think that a black cloud would never go away. Mine started on December
15, 1997. Mother had been sick and dad had taken her to Sheridan Memorial Hospital a
week earlier. The morning of December 15, 1997, my Grandfather Voogd died in a nursing
home of old age. That afternoon, mother was taken off of life support and also passed. I
can only tell you of the great amount of sadness that continues to haunt me over my
mother's death. Almost one month later, January 28, 1998, Uncle Stan would die playing
racket ball at the Sheridan YMCA. Dan had come down very sick with his diabetes, which
had advanced to the loss of his kidney's. Eventually, March 14, 2001, he would leave us.
Finally, just when life could not test us again, dad was diagnosed with dementia. Aunt Lucy
had been diagnosed with Alzhelmer just a year earlier. Lucy lived in Denver, close to Anita
and Kara. We, instead, saw our dad disappear. By god's will, he finally passed on October
11, 2008. Aunt Lucy past in December of 2010.
| Well, this is certainly not the end of the story, but it is most of it. Of course, if you are still not certain that I am the David Voogd that you knew...here are some key words: NCB, Miss USA, Midco Communications, Club 332, Ford Models, Aperture, NordicTrack, John Casablancas, Portfolio Men, Productions Plus, IMTA, John Robert Powers, iPOP! That should help! Family life is really great! My two passions continue to be shopping and christmas decorations. My circle of trusted friends are extremely important to me. Want to communicate with me...david@davidvoogd.com |
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