Laura Day

When you cross that bridge from your long day at work, you feel like you just naturally take a deep breath and you're on vacation.

I worked hard for everything.

Palm trees, sunsets.

It was beautiful.

Who was this woman?

That's me.

Way back in the 90s, good old days, I was a bikini model.

Laura was a very visible character on the island because, you know, she just kind of stood out a bit.

Did a lot of bikini contests and also worked for an agency.

But I gave it all up and decided to settle down and fell in love with the Englishman.

Laura moved to Corpus Christi in 1997 with British-born Phil Day.

The next year they marry and their son Cameron is born.

I got to meet Laura through a mom and tots group for stay-at-home island mommies at the time, which I was.

And she just had a very, very, kind of a commanding presence.

I think that's the best way to describe it.

You know, she was gonna be noticed.

in the group.

She was very friendly, very demonstrative.

She was an attractive lady, very personable.

She was a good mother.