Modeling 101 - Answering Reader Questions

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 photo...

Anonymous Wrote: Hello! :) So I've just turned 16 at the end of May, and I was considering going into modelling, but only part-time since I'm still at school. (Sorry I've got a lot of questions!) I'm roughly 166cm/ 5'5- I may grow but is that too short for editorial jobs? Since I live in Malaysia, a Southeast Asian country, I've heard height is less of a huge factor when going into modelling but I'm not sure if it's true. As well as that, I was wondering if that since Malaysia has a small modelling industry, would it be better to apply at foreign modelling agencies which can get me bigger contracts but are harder to get into and are far away or local modelling agencies, which are closer but less successful? Which brings me to the next question- since I can only do part-time at this point in time, would it largely affect how good the contract is going to be or which agency would find me more suitable? Thank you for your help!  Hey, Anonymous! Let...

Anonymous Wrote: Hi Dania! I have a question, so I want to be part of this really good agency, so I entered the website to see what the process to apply was, and there's no info about how to summit pictures (don't worry, is one of the top agencies of the country, not scam ;)) but they do have contact info (numbers and emails) so, should I call them and ask or straight forward just send an email to the "new faces" director? Thankss Hi there, Anonymous! When it comes to agencies that just list their contact info and not specifics about what to submit or how, you should send an email submission to the New Faces Director with the following: Subject Line: Your Name + New Model Submission A brief intro with your name, that you're interested in representation and that photos are attached. You'll also want to list the following in the body of the email: - Age/DOB - Height - Weight - Bust - Waist - Hips - Dress - Pants - Shoe - Shirt/Blouse - Ins...