A 亚洲天堂 Lake resident might soon make herself and the village more familiar names for millions of people.

Terri Shields, a hair stylist at the Curly Temple Hair Salon has since early May been in first place in the Maxim Cover Girl contest.

鈥淢y friend saw the contest and said 鈥榮end your pictures in.鈥� So I did and they accepted me right away. I was actually a late runner. This was three weeks ago,鈥� Shields told Lakes District 亚洲天堂.

The grand prize winner will receive $10,000 and be on the cover of the men鈥檚 magazine and appear in a double-page feature spread.

Visitors to Maxim鈥檚 website vote on the hundreds of women from around the world who joined the contest. The more votes, the higher the contestants rise in the rankings.

Shields rose quickly.

鈥淚 came to work, I put my name in. Out of my group there was 34 girls. And in two or three hours I was in second or third place. I stayed in third for a couple days. Then second. Then first. I stayed first that whole three weeks,鈥� she explained.

There are three more rounds of voting until the grand prize winner is announced on June 20.

鈥淭he more people who see it the more people can keep voting. It鈥檚 about publicity and being seen on social media and in newspapers. The most votes is how you win.鈥�

鈥淚 used to model back in the day in New York City. That was when I was 17-18. I did print work, commercial work. I did some advertisements, for Budweiser, [and] I did a shoot for a cell phone company. I [appeared in] The Girl Next Door. That was a sitcom that didn鈥檛 air,鈥� she said.

Her modelling ended when she returned to 亚洲天堂 Lake, got married and had three boys.

If Shields wins, her first thought is how she could use the prize money to help the 亚洲天堂 Lake community.

鈥淚 was actually going to talk to Candice Little and see if I could help out with the food bank, since I am a single mom. I know what it鈥檚 like to be a single mom. It鈥檚 hard,鈥� she said, adding that she would also pay off debts and put the money into savings.

鈥淚 definitely want to give back to our community because it has helped me so much with stuff, with being a single mom and helping with the votes. They鈥檝e been amazing. I can鈥檛 even get over how much support people have been giving me here. They鈥檙e all just cheering for me. The community is amazing.鈥�