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Patricia,
I think the exposure is not that bad. If I could suggest a few things: I would work toward getting a better background, maybe a neutral gray green and maybe a deep red wine. I would pull her as far away from that background as I could, and I would try and pull her further away from the window, still maintaining sufficient light. I try and float the subject as far as I can away from everything. This will help diffuse the background and make the subject pop out.
Pay close attention to the height of your camera in relation to the subject. Each of the ones above are shot from beneath the subjects eyes. If this was your intention that's fine, but make it something that you are aware of. I always start my camera out at eye level then move from there. Own a tripod.
Always be aware of your subjects posture and pose. I watched Tiger Woods recently playing in the Masters, he stopped one of his shots right in the middle of his back swing. Can you imagine being able to get all that energy going to a single point and then being able to stop it in a hundredth of a second? What I took from that is that he was in a constant state of evaluation. Every factor was being judged each and every instant. When a critical factor didn't meet his criteria for success he simply called it off, set it back up and began again. Amazing.
I you are lucky enough to call this space your own then you should "own it" in terms of light and background. Have a few backgrounds available that will compliment the subject, don't just accept a door jam as your background. Practice on yourself or on still lifes.
If I had the option of having either a beautiful model, or an understood space, I will take the space every time.
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Mike McCarty
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