That would be nice. Sadly, this lovely lady ... no one knows what happened to her. Her last written words on social media was on Facebook, May 5, 2016. It appears that everything stopped for Raphaella McNamara on that day, over 7 1/2 years ago.
Is or was. No one knows what happened to her after she abruptly disappeared from her online platforms in May 2016. Last year someone took down her two main blogs.
Thanks David! I hope she is well. I recently (back in 2022) did another video using a different, very pretty and sexy model who had some degree of fame back in the early 2010s, but she completely divorced herself from modeling and is a Doctor of Psychology at a university now. Some people do stop what they are good at and become good at something else instead. Raphaella was 25 when she vanished from social media. A lot of models retire at that age. I just don't know. It was my misfortune to discover her missing at exactly the same time the Chloe Ayling sex trafficking abduction case broke in the news. There may be no connection.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Dave! The Castle was my introduction to Raphaella ... it is how I found her. Oddly enough, I found it on Internet Archive in a video magazine called The Dark Goddess, the November 2013 issue. I had just downloaded Windows Movie Maker in June of that year, prior to that I was just making slide show stuff using the Picasa Movie Editor. I wanted to do motion picture, and had recently been at Bottled Videos for material, but what was available was limited. Someone on YT told me about Internet Archive, but had also falsely told me everything on there was Public Domain, Free Use, or Fair Use. As years went by I found that not to be always true. But at the time I was a newbie and used parts of The Castle footage in several videos. That and some photos I found on her blog which I happened to stumble on. Later I would find other shorts she appeared in, some of them commercials, and other model shoots, and one collage video that had superimposed her dance video on to a woman playing piano. That started around September 2016, and by that time, little did I know, she had already disappeared, her last comments on social media being Facebook on May 5, 2016. I would not know that until around November 2017. All that time I thought she was still active. She's been gone now for 7 years and 9 months, 25 at the time, she would be 32 or approaching 33 now. I have always suspected the worst as to what may have happened to her. One tip something foul may have happened were a few social media accounts she had opened up that year for modeling purposes and to this day never posted to. Someone said she had retired on a glamour magazine forum, but if you do that you don't start up new social media accounts. Also Manchester model Chloe Ayling had been abducted and nearly auctioned off as a sex slave on the dark net, but was released due to her being pregnant. That was major news in late 2017. She said other models were not so lucky. So, maybe I am wrong, but everything seems to point in that kind of a direction. In 2018 and 2019 I thought maybe it was not too late to do something for her. Then I got kicked off YT just as I was starting to make some progress with a retired Scotland Yard detective on my community page. But I'm afraid it probably is too late by now.
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 Oh, woow, It's hard to read all this surrounding this gorgeous lady, which, we all hope it is not the case, but as you mention, it's difficult not to think in that direction... sad, sad. Well, we pray to God that she's ok. Thanks for all this info, Mike. Greetings.
Thank you! Cheers! Miss Raphaella though ... she was one of the best models of the 2010's, and a great dancer, perhaps even a promising actress down the line? We'll never know.
Thanks Jay! The only way you could have missed it on my previous channel, is if you did not check my videos out in 2019. This went up months before I got terminated. On this channel, in operation since November 11, 2021, I don't know why you have missed it as it appears to be one of the most-viewed Raphaella music videos by me on here at this time (I stress "music videos" because most of the footage I used to make them were model or dance shoots by filmmakers or online commercials). I would add that apparently at least one of my Raphaella videos, Keith - 98.6 (1967), was counterfeited by someone, possibly with good intentions (like making sure it was still available on YT in case I got terminated).
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 I don’t remember if I was aware of your channel in 2019. I noticed the other day that you have a category dedicated to Raphaella so I have seen them all now. I watch your other videos too but she has a special place in my heart. I also love your choice of music. It’s from my generation so it brings back memories. That’s how I found Raphaella. Becks Bolero !!
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 Yes, I have to search for it now as before it was close to the top of the list of Becks Bolero. It’s still the best one. It just doesn’t get enough exposure. Your other channel was hitting huge numbers but now it seems like you’re getting a tiny portion of what it used to be. Hopefully it will catch on again and you will get the credit you deserve for all of your hard work and creativity.
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 you made her a star to me. Her erotic beauty and seemingly innocent eyes are unmatched. I thank you forever for bringing her alluring beauty to me!!
@@tonyezar7547 You're welcome Tony. When I really started featuring her in my videos big time, she was already missing and I didn't even know it. She was photographed far more than she was filmed, and those films were not that many. Some have disappeared from the Internet forever. What a loss of talent and beauty.
I never knew that. When I discovered all that beautiful Spain footage featuring the model Raphaella, and saw that it was a rare find (I was lucky to come across it at the time), I couldn't resist spinning the song in her direction (as well as the setting itself).
I wish this great band was shown live, and the lovely lady was dancing to them live.
That would be nice. Sadly, this lovely lady ... no one knows what happened to her. Her last written words on social media was on Facebook, May 5, 2016. It appears that everything stopped for Raphaella McNamara on that day, over 7 1/2 years ago.
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 Thanks.
She is so very awesome
Is or was. No one knows what happened to her after she abruptly disappeared from her online platforms in May 2016. Last year someone took down her two main blogs.
Wish I could give more likes to this vid. Stay safe, Raphaella.
Thanks David! I hope she is well. I recently (back in 2022) did another video using a different, very pretty and sexy model who had some degree of fame back in the early 2010s, but she completely divorced herself from modeling and is a Doctor of Psychology at a university now. Some people do stop what they are good at and become good at something else instead. Raphaella was 25 when she vanished from social media. A lot of models retire at that age. I just don't know. It was my misfortune to discover her missing at exactly the same time the Chloe Ayling sex trafficking abduction case broke in the news. There may be no connection.
Thanks for posting, my friend. Great song; sadly we haven't heard of this beautiful girl Raphaella in a loong time. Loved her at her video The Castle.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Dave! The Castle was my introduction to Raphaella ... it is how I found her. Oddly enough, I found it on Internet Archive in a video magazine called The Dark Goddess, the November 2013 issue. I had just downloaded Windows Movie Maker in June of that year, prior to that I was just making slide show stuff using the Picasa Movie Editor. I wanted to do motion picture, and had recently been at Bottled Videos for material, but what was available was limited. Someone on YT told me about Internet Archive, but had also falsely told me everything on there was Public Domain, Free Use, or Fair Use. As years went by I found that not to be always true. But at the time I was a newbie and used parts of The Castle footage in several videos. That and some photos I found on her blog which I happened to stumble on. Later I would find other shorts she appeared in, some of them commercials, and other model shoots, and one collage video that had superimposed her dance video on to a woman playing piano. That started around September 2016, and by that time, little did I know, she had already disappeared, her last comments on social media being Facebook on May 5, 2016. I would not know that until around November 2017. All that time I thought she was still active. She's been gone now for 7 years and 9 months, 25 at the time, she would be 32 or approaching 33 now. I have always suspected the worst as to what may have happened to her. One tip something foul may have happened were a few social media accounts she had opened up that year for modeling purposes and to this day never posted to. Someone said she had retired on a glamour magazine forum, but if you do that you don't start up new social media accounts. Also Manchester model Chloe Ayling had been abducted and nearly auctioned off as a sex slave on the dark net, but was released due to her being pregnant. That was major news in late 2017. She said other models were not so lucky. So, maybe I am wrong, but everything seems to point in that kind of a direction. In 2018 and 2019 I thought maybe it was not too late to do something for her. Then I got kicked off YT just as I was starting to make some progress with a retired Scotland Yard detective on my community page. But I'm afraid it probably is too late by now.
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 Oh, woow, It's hard to read all this surrounding this gorgeous lady, which, we all hope it is not the case, but as you mention, it's difficult not to think in that direction... sad, sad. Well, we pray to God that she's ok. Thanks for all this info, Mike. Greetings.
Excellent
Thank you! Cheers! Miss Raphaella though ... she was one of the best models of the 2010's, and a great dancer, perhaps even a promising actress down the line? We'll never know.
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 sad for dure
Hey Mike, how did I miss this one with Raphaella? Awesome video with a woman who is greatly missed.
Thanks Jay! The only way you could have missed it on my previous channel, is if you did not check my videos out in 2019. This went up months before I got terminated. On this channel, in operation since November 11, 2021, I don't know why you have missed it as it appears to be one of the most-viewed Raphaella music videos by me on here at this time (I stress "music videos" because most of the footage I used to make them were model or dance shoots by filmmakers or online commercials). I would add that apparently at least one of my Raphaella videos, Keith - 98.6 (1967), was counterfeited by someone, possibly with good intentions (like making sure it was still available on YT in case I got terminated).
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 I don’t remember if I was aware of your channel in 2019. I noticed the other day that you have a category dedicated to Raphaella so I have seen them all now. I watch your other videos too but she has a special place in my heart.
I also love your choice of music. It’s from my generation so it brings back memories. That’s how I found Raphaella. Becks Bolero !!
@@jaygreen1313 Thanks Jay! "Beck's Bolero" did the best of all of them on my previous channel: 1.16 million views. Now it doesn't even get a glimpse.
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 Yes, I have to search for it now as before it was close to the top of the list of Becks Bolero. It’s still the best one. It just doesn’t get enough exposure.
Your other channel was hitting huge numbers but now it seems like you’re getting a tiny portion of what it used to be. Hopefully it will catch on again and you will get the credit you deserve for all of your hard work and creativity.
❤️✌️🤙🏻
Thanks! Finding a replacement for her would be impossible. I could have made her a star.
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 you made her a star to me. Her erotic beauty and seemingly innocent eyes are unmatched. I thank you forever for bringing her alluring beauty to me!!
@@tonyezar7547 You're welcome Tony. When I really started featuring her in my videos big time, she was already missing and I didn't even know it. She was photographed far more than she was filmed, and those films were not that many. Some have disappeared from the Internet forever. What a loss of talent and beauty.
No tattoos. How classy.
Raphaella was all class, whatever she did.
This song is about grace slick of the jefferson airplane
I never knew that. When I discovered all that beautiful Spain footage featuring the model Raphaella, and saw that it was a rare find (I was lucky to come across it at the time), I couldn't resist spinning the song in her direction (as well as the setting itself).
@@mikemunrowsretro8973 It was about Judy Collins, Steve's Girlfriend, muse for a time until she was hard to find.
@@michaelmiller7160 Pretty sure the song about Judy Collins was Suite Judy Blue Eyes, right?
@@DarkFlamage Right. Both songs are and maybe a couple others.