Modeling 101 - Answering Reader Questions

Anonymous Wrote: Hey, I visited an agency just about 3 weeks ago where we took some Polaroids and they said they would contact their international offices and let me know the news by the end of the week, however I haven’t got any news yet. I was wondering should I send a follow up email in case I wrote my email wrong or should I give it more time in case there is a delay and instead wait a bit longer til they contact me Many thanks 😊 Hey, there, Anonymous! The waiting part can be the hardest and when an agency gets busy, it's easy for them to forgot who they're supposed to get back in touch with. I would say give it another week and if you don't hear back by then, you can follow up with an email. Usually, I discourage sending follow up emails/calls BUT your situation is different because you already met with them and have an established line of communication. So sit tight for a week and then send an email to your designated contact person at the agency and go from there. F...

Unknown Wrote: Hello, I live in El Salvador and I am 16 y/o . I want to be a model so applied to mother agencies and most of them are in New York. A part of my family lives there but I don’t know if I could be singed to an agency there and travel each vacation or time where I have a casting. Can that be possible? I heard of Models that live in the uk and are signed to agencies in the US but I don’t know. Hi, Unknown! If you plan on having a mother agent represent you instead of a regular modeling agency, then it would be possible to travel back and forth depending on your schedule and school. Mother agencies have working partnerships with other agencies in different countries so they would work with you to arrange when you'd be able to take on projects in the US as well as elsewhere. Since you have family that already lives in New York, that is a huge advantage in your case because you don't have to worry about where to stay. When you get an interview with a mother agency, this...