Marisa Miller : Blog

Oscar Parties

Marisa — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:48:04 +0000

I remember my first year getting invited to the Oscar parties was in 2003. I was pretty new to the business so I hadn’t been to many events. I was nervous about going to something of this size and scale and not knowing what to expect. I had never worn a gown or anything that dressy before (Prom doesn’t count). The first year, I didn’t even do the press line because I was too nervous. A woman, who was running the red carpet at the Vanity Fair party, asked if I’d step on the carpet for a few photos. I looked up at the red carpet and there was Oprah getting her picture taken. There was no way I was going to get my photo taken after Oprah, haha!! So I hurried inside. The party ended up being really fun and I felt right at home when I saw In-N-Out Burger was being served! It was hilarious seeing all the girls in gowns and eating burgers.

It can always be a little stressful trying to find something to wear to events, but this year, I ended up wearing the first dress I tried on. I wanted to wear something long because there are only so many places you can wear something this dressy, so I wanted to really go for it. This Johanna Johnson dress was amazing. All hand beaded and really heavy. I loved the dramatic neckline, the back and the long train. Walking in a train is always tricky because you have to make sure you aren’t getting stepped on all night, but it’s also a funny way of meeting people by asking them to get off your dress!

Hope you enjoy some of the photo’s from my camera.

Much love,
xoxoM

Ocean Drive: Behind The Scenes

Marisa — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:45:52 +0000

Ocean Drive

Marisa — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:25:15 +0000

Call of Duty XP

Marisa — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:49:55 +0000

I had a great time attending the first-ever Call of Duty XP event in LA. There were over 6,000 people in attendance and lines a mile long to play Modern Warfare 3 before it officially released. There were a lot of interactive setups as well, including paint ball, zip-lining and the Jeep experience.

At the end of the Jeep experience, you “secure” a building. It was intense! After being driven through a crazy dirt course, you are rushed out of the Jeep by Navy SEALs while “bad guys” are shooting at you. They are blanks (obviously) but it’s still loud and scary. Then you are given directions by a Navy SEAL to follow him and about 7 others into a dark building. It’s like a super crazy haunted house, at least for me. Bad guys are shooting at you out of every dark corner. I didn’t help much to secure anything, I just grabbed on to one of the SEALs’ vest and screamed the whole time, while they took out the bad guys. It was so loud I couldn’t hear myself scream. Which I guess made it less embarrassing that no one else could hear me either.

The best part about the whole event was around 500 active service members were there. Call of Duty has an endowment for the military. 100% of ticket sales went to the Call of Duty Endowment to help service members integrate back into civilian life after being overseas.

Here’s some photos from the event as well as a video with Nick Swardson!

Much love,
XoxoMarisa

R.I.P.D

Marisa — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:10:07 +0000

Here is a photo of the actual Dark Horse comic book R.I.P.D.

I’m so excited to be working with such an amazing cast and crew for my first film.

The Hollywood Reporter article

Much love,
XoxoMarisa

Official SUP Launch

Marisa — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:25:02 +0000

I’m excited to announce my SUP boards officially launched today! They are available at Surftech.com/marisa, REI retailers and local surf shops.

Much love,
XoxoM

REI.com

Surftech.com/Marisa

Walk the Walk

Marisa — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:26:59 +0000

Yesterday, I was in Huntington Beach for the US Open Surfing contest and was one of the judges for Hurley’s Walk the Walk.

Walk the Walk is an awesome project that challenges high schools around the nation to design and interpret a line of Hurley clothing and produce a fashion show/performance of their creations. The winning school gets 25k donated to their Art and Music programs. The top 5 schools competed yesterday from Grossmont High School (California), Peterborough Collegiate & Vocational School (Ontario, Canada), Toms River East (New Jersey), Kellam (Virginia) and Corona del Mar High School (California).

I didn’t really have any idea what I was in for and I was completely blown away as the first school came out to perform. It was on a big stage that had a long cat walk with a huge crowd watching. There was great music compilations, girls doing flips, guys dancing on graffiti painted trash cans and awesome clothing designs. I had goose bumps and almost felt emotional, for some reason, just seeing the amazing energy and creativity of such talented young people! I definitely do not remember having that kind of confidence or grasp of creating something that major in high school so I was really inspired!

I also met two of the best-looking people there, Vanessa Hudgens and pro surfer Rob Machado.

Much love,
XoxoM

My SUP Line

Marisa — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:47:13 +0000

I’m very excited to announce the launch of my Stand Up Paddle board line with SurfTech, it’s finally here! I wanted to design a board that fit a woman’s body better than current boards available and that was light enough for women to carry on their own.

The boards officially launch late August, then will be available in major retailers nationwide or you can pre-order now on www.surftech.com/marisamiller

Here’s some photos from this morning at Malibu.

Much love,
xoxoMarisa

Boston Common

Marisa — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:15:48 +0000

Happy Father’s Day

Marisa — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:35:44 +0000

My dad is definitely my hero. He taught me to surf, play sports and throw a punch. He loves me unconditionally and is always there to support me.

Big shout out to all the fathers out there!

Here are a few of my favorite photos of my Dad. The first is in Samoa when I was 2 1/2 years old. The another is when my Dad rode his bike to Vegas and back from Santa Cruz.

Much love,
xoxoMarisa