Modeling 101 - Answering Reader Questions

Anonymous wrote: Hey Dania!! I need help right now I'm super anxious!!! So, after 2 years of people telling me I should model and stuff, I gave in and decided to look into the modeling industry. I didn't really want to go the traditional way and attend open calls and everything, so I found this new thing that IMG models has started which is called the We Love Your Genes Instagram scouting account. You're supposed to tag your selfie with their hashtag and they check it everyday, hoping to scout someone new! So I tried it, and a few hours later, BAM. A scout commented on my picture but this time it wasn't someone from IMG, but from a different (yet still prestigious agency) in Chicago called Factorwomen. I lived in another state and the scout asked me to send her digitals and measurements and everything so I did. After she received them, she asked me to Skype her. I had the interview about two days ago and I had a great feeling about it when it finished (although it

Cacey Mendoza Wrote: I've recently been thinking about going into the modeling business with Barbizon but my height is 5'5, do you think that will be a problem? Hey, Cacey, To be honest, Barbizon would accept you if you were 3 feet tall, lol. That is because Barbizon is a modeling school and they don't have a strict screening process. If you want to be an actor or a model and want to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars, they will accept you. If I may, I would STRONGLY suggest not going through Barbizon or any other similar business like them (i.e. John Robert Powers, John Casablanca, etc.). Unless you have tons of money to spend--these folks won't work with you unless you cough up the dough--I would recommend going straight to the source: the modeling agencies. At your height you are ideal for commercial/print modeling. What your next steps should be is to go online and look for modeling agencies within a 2 hour's drive from where you live and look up

Lauren Amoroso Wrote: Hi! I'm 15 and 5'5 but I think I'll grow a few more inches, maaaybe... I'm an aspiring model and my measurements are 34-25-34 I was wondering what category I would probably fit into and if you knew any good agencies in the San Francisco area? Hi there, Lauren! At your age and height you should go for commercial/print and/or teen modeling. I'm based out of the SF Bay Area as well so I definitely know which agencies you should look into! Below is a list of agencies in San Francisco that represent either or both of these divisions. The links go straight to the part of the website that talks about submission info: Look Agency http://www.lookmodelagency.com/become-a-model.aspx?nav=3 Scout Model & Talent http://www.scouttm.com/#!/pages/open-call Boom Models & Talent http://www.boomagency.com/new-talent-info.php JE Model http://www.jemodel.com/submissions-2.php *They also represent Teens but don't have specific submi

Anonymous Wrote (in response to the blog post, " Modeling & Stretch Marks "): Thank you so much this really did help. I have them and the aren't small. I had them when I was younger and I didn't know what to do, or who to tell. I thought they were just scratches till they started to get worse. I am now 17 and they have fadded and long.But stil l there. I just wanted to know, would it be more difficult for me to get in since my stretch marks aren't so small? Hey there, Anonymous! It's hard to answer your question accurately because I don't know enough about your stretch marks, like where they are located on your body. When it comes to modeling and being concerned about a skin issue like stretch marks, it all boils down to the location of the marks and what kind of modeling you want to get into. In most cases, print models don't have much to worry about because the nature of the modeling jobs they do don't involve showing excessive skin

Anonymous Wrote: Hi dania! What do agencies think about hair dyed in weird colors? I've been planning to get a sort of light pink purple with cool undertones and thinking of fernanda, i didn't think it'd be a problem. Do you think it'd be something they'd think is unique and good to work with or difficukt and not vertasile? Thank you! Hi, Anonymous! Fernanda is one of those "exceptions to the rule." Just because one model with eccentric hair has been chosen as the next "It Model," that doesn't mean agencies are necessarily going to jump all over anyone who has really colorful hair. Sadly, mainstream agencies can't market what they would consider "out of the box" and that includes weird hair colors. A majority of them would feel it is too "edgy" and, as a result, couldn't represent you. If your goal is to get traditional agency representation then you'll have to stick with a "normal" hair c

Anonymous Wrote: iam mohamed maatouk 20 years old 176cm 5,9 height do i have any hope in modeling any type of modeling Hi, Mohamed Maatouk! Given your details, I would suggest focusing on commercial/print modeling. For males, print modeling is very flexible when it comes to height requirements so you should have a better chance at getting an agency interested in you for commercial/print instead of fashion and runway. Do an online search for modeling agencies within a 2 hour's drive from where you live that represent male commercial/print models, submit yourself and see what happens. Best of luck!