Modeling 101 - Answering Reader Questions

Anonymous Wrote: Hi Diana. My 11 year was spotted at her school fair last weekend by the owner of a mother agency. They are based in America and we live in Asia. We've been told we have to wait 4-5 years and see how my daughter will grow and change but wants to sign a contract with her now. Is this wait and see period enough ? There are not many opportunity to start any experience where we are now, meaning that when she reaches 15-16 years she will have had 0 experience. Thanks for your advice. Hey, Anonymous! Since there aren't many modeling opportunities where you are currently in Asia, it sounds like a good chance for your daughter to have the first steps of her modeling career set up over the next few years. Have you read the contract to see what the business relationship with the agency would look like during this waiting period? It would be nice if they set up test shoots for her in the meantime to get her feet wet and give her some experience in front of ...

Anonymous Wrote: Hey there, I have to go to a modelling interview and I have no experience what so ever, anyway I'm stuck on a few of the question like "What are your strengths and weaknesses ", "where do you think you'll be in 5 years" with the last question I love studying but am wondering I that would make me sound geeky and ruin my furure in modelling. Thanks Hi, Anonymous! I'm sorry I'm answering your question so late and I'm sure you already had your agency interview--I hope it went great! I've been working out of town and am now recovering from dental surgery so I just haven't been on top of my blogging and email inboxes at all. :-( However, I still do want to answer your question in the hopes that others in your situation will be able to get some guidance from it (and you can also compare what you did with what I wrote, although I'm sure you knocked it out of the park!). When it comes to strengths and weaknesses,...