Answering a Reader Question #946

Anonymous Wrote:

 Heyy! I was wondering about agencies in general; how critical are they if you have a few physical flaws? Like for example, knock knees or a slightly assymetrical face. If you're balanced out with positive physical attributes, would you be accepted regardless of your peculiarities? Or rather, if this question is too subjective, do modelling agencies only accept completely 'flawless' girls in apperance?

Hi, Anonymous!

Flawless only exists in Photoshop, lol, so believe me when I say agencies don't only look for models that have absolutely no flaws or imperfections whatsoever.

Things like an asymmetrical face (a lot of people don't have completely symmetrical faces), slight blemishes/scars and other things can be worked around, however, something like knock knees would be a bit more challenging--specifically if the model in question wanted to do runway. It'd be hard to disguise that.

However, that same model could easily fake it in photoshoots since that involves doing poses and holding still instead of being captured in motion.

The decision an agency would have to make, in this particular example, would be how much work could that model realistically book and if it would be worth it to bring that person onto their roster.

It's truly a case-by-case basis and each agency has its own preferences. What one agency sees as flaws it can't work with could be totally doable for the next agency. If a model has that special something, a great personality and can get the job done, agencies will weigh those factors and ultimately decide if a model is worth representing even with some peculiarities.

I know that's not a concrete answer but that's the beauty (no pun intended) of the modeling industry: you'll only know if you try and in the end you'll have an answer either way. :-)

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  1. MrAaToYouAugust 7, 2017 at 10:33 PM

    Thanks for keeping up with the blog. It's hard to find a good honest blog about modeling. My daughter is 4 and we are thinking about submitting her pictures. If she made any money, all would go to her collage fund. If she didn't like it we would stop.

    Just wanted to say thanks and keep up with the blog.

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  2. Dania DeniseAugust 8, 2017 at 2:50 PM

    Thank you so much for the comment and kind words, MrAaToYou! It's been really rewarding to be able to connect with so many people and hopefully help them in their goals for pursuing modeling.

    It sounds like you've got the right mindset for entering the world of child modeling and I wish you and your daughter the best of luck in the journey--and if you have any questions, you know who you can ask. :-)

    All the best to you!

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