How to become a fashion model

Posts: 1 Location: Slovakia

hi!

i would like to become a model. i think i got all what it takes. im a young programmer and i designed my website. just check out at: http://joekrupa.szm.sk

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Posts: 4 Location: United Kingdom

Hi Mira,

Good to read your observations on being a model and I know what some of you guys go through, believe me I've tried to help a few of you out along the way myself.

I'm a retired Ad/Fashion Photographer, having clocked up more than 30 years experience in the business, located in London.

I have set up a website based on some of my personal experiences to try to help young photographers get started, with some advice for models.

The website also has contributions from two other Pro' Photographers.

We are thinking of expanding the website with additional pages to include more info for new models including a forum page, and to get straight to the point would you like to contribute to our website and head up this section for us?

The rewords would consist of great publicity for yourself and any free promotions you might want to undertake.

Our website URL is:

www.photorog.com

If your interested in joining the team and helping out, please reply from out "Contact Info" page.

I wish you Good Luck and look forward to hearing from you.

Rog.

Posts: 1 Location: USA

plz can you post the requirements to be a runway model

Posts: 6 Location: US

Not all models are discovered. Maybe some of them are due to finance or parental pressures, although it is a career of risks. For adolescents, it will take up your spare time to go do photo shoots, maybe even modeling classes.

MOST models probably fit the description it had said above. But what about the girls who wanted to be models but just aren't in the right shape at this time. It's a totally differen't story.

As long you are confident about yourself, have the right attitude. It's not mission impossible.

Very Happy

Posts: 6 Location: US

Melissa wrote:

Trying to become a model is definitely not the easiest thing in the world! I know cuz i struggled at first too but i found that persistence will land you in the right spot.. I have always wanted to model since i was young. i got the same lines a lot of tall girls get, "Do you model?" "You should really get into modeling!" I finally got a full enough head to really try it. I was 15 when i was first approached by this woman who asked if i was interested in pursuing modeling..i told my mom about it and we visited the woman, but she eventually thought it wasnt right for me cuz i was to young to be traveling abroad on my own. (i was sooo upset but i had to isten to my mom..) after that i stopped for a really long time. i continued to take pictures for fun and for the thought that maybe one day i will try it again. One day i was stopped again by a photographer when i was 19 and she was scouting for girls to appear in an ad for the lucky magazine...I eventually did that job and it was my first ever appearance in a magazine.. i was sooo excited, i thought to myself..this is it,,this is what i want to do forever, so i really put my foot to the pavement, i went out to pursue my dream.. Thats when i started going out to open calls.. i was turned down many times but with good rejections i suppose..they all believed that i could model but that my look wasnt right for them at the time. I went along my way beginning to second guess myself about the whole thing, when i eventually settled on freelancing for a smaller agency. I got more work on my own from being stopped on the street and finding it myself on line or just by knowing someone.. until one day my agency sent me on a casting..i was going to be in the area of a pretty well known and rather new agency (from stories i heard it was hot and rising) i checked online to see if they had an open call and it was the same day as my casting.. i decided to go in when i was done and to my suprise i was picked up and offered a contract.. Now i am sooo happy and just beginnng to take a real step into the scene. Sometimes it doesnt always come easy, even if you are beautiful and tall and live in the right area. Like my mom always told me,"Nothing comes easy in life and if you want it that bad you gotta go out and get it YOURSELF cuz it surely isnt gonna come to you!" Many girls are lucky enough to be spotted in a mall or on the street, thats if you are in the right mall or walking the right street. but otherwise its like searching for a needle in a hay stack...anyways i have wrote a novel..sorry to bore you, but i just wanted all the potential models to know that we all have long stories before our actual beginnings..one important peice of info,,,beware of the scams when an agency really wants you and they are legit, you dont have to pay for anything, in rare cases test shoots but usually nothing!
Have a great day guys and reach for the stars!

Ciao,

Melissa*

You have no idea how much it help me to read your stories. Because I'm just like you when you are 15, except im 16. I have always wanted to be a model, and alot of scouts and photographers had approach me and see if i want to pursue a career in modeling, but because my mom had worried that i would take time off study. Because of my ethnic background (Chinese), studying is THE MOST important part of a young child. So, my dream was basically crushed because of traditions.

But, after reading your story, I'm even more confident about not give up my dream.

Thanks again.

Posts: 2 Location: USA

Hi,

I'm new to this site but I don't agree with "Mira" when she said "the problem with writing an article on "How to become a fashion model" is that you can't really become a model. Either you were born that way or you weren't"

Models are not born, they are created. Smile

Yes, you should have the basic requirements such as height, age and the right attitude towards the modeling industry but models are not born. Everything else I agree with. Very Happy

Posts: 2 Location: USA

Hi,

I'm new to this site but I don't agree with "Mira" when she said "the problem with writing an article on "How to become a fashion model" is that you can't really become a model. Either you were born that way or you weren't"

Models are not born, they are created. Smile

Yes, you should have the basic requirements such as height, age and the right attitude towards the modeling industry but models are not born. Everything else I agree with. Very Happy

Posts: 600

Hi tina,

Yes I agree with you, I certainly don't believe that one is born a model, it's the age old question of nature versus nurture.

But I do believe that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Some have become models without ever actively seeking out such a profession, whereas others have worked very hard to gain such a position.
It's also obviously the case that no matter how hard some people try they will never become models, there are certain minimal requirements that they just cannot meet.

If you are lucky enough to have all the essential requirements you will still need to have a great deal of luck.

deebee Wink

Posts: 6

I don't have pimples, but I have very dry skin. Is this a big negative effect in modeling industry?

Posts: 600

Hi aki,

I don't know, but I doubt that it would be a major problem, confidence in yourself and lots of luck are essential though!

deebee Wink