Djarvik, this thread is not to promote your own photos, but those of other members. As far as your portrait goes, she is a lovely girl, and it's a good photo, but I don't find anything really outstanding or special about it. I don't know about others, but I vote only for those photos that make me say "WOW!" Something with incredible timing or expression or composition or lighting or... well... just something striking and beyond the ordinary "good picture."
This one mentioned above by gpwed is one that I did vote for:
http://www.pbase.com/image/23823043
Thanks for the tip gp!