Answering a Reader Question #884

Emily Antoinette Day Wrote:

Hi,
My name is Emily Day and I am interested in becoming a Bridal Model. What are the steps that I need to take in order to achieve that goal? Thank you!

Hi there, Emily!

You can go the agency route or the freelance route.

The agency route obviously involves submitting your snapshots/attending open calls at the offices of agencies within a 2 hour's drive from where you live and seeing if they'd be interested in signing you. If you got signed, that would be the opportunity to talk to your agent about your goals for bridal modeling and seeing if they'd be able to submit you for that type of work.

The freelance route would involve you being the one to find work and connect with people in the bridal industry. If you go this route, I would suggest doing an online search for bridal fairs/expos in your city/state and using the search results list to find out who the production companies are that put on these events.

Reaching out to the production companies that put on the bridal shows would be a solid place to start. Simply call or send an email inquiring about bridal modeling. You can ask them if they use bridal models and have fashion shows at their events. If they do, then ask them if you can get the contact info of the person in charge of hiring the models.

That would be an effective way to introduce yourself and hopefully get directly connected to the person/people who could invite you to their next casting call.

Hope that helps!

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