Is Modeling "out of reach?"

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  • zilea
    zilea Posts: 31 Member
    GO FOR IT and feel free to pave your own path if you feel inspired. Work with friends and people within your community to get the exact kind of style you want down perfectly. Work with photographers who are looking for experience. Start your own website or tumblr. Set your own terms and do it your own way! As someone who has modeled a little, the industry can be every bit as ugly as you hear in some regards, but if you create your own image and do it your own way, you won't have to compromise.
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member
    The best way to break into modeling if you aren't "perfect model beautiful" is to start in catalog modeling. The agencies are always looking for ALL body types and looks for department store catalogs and its a good way to build a portfolio.
  • zilea
    zilea Posts: 31 Member
    As someone who has worked on photo shoots, the most important thing is confidence and skill. Learn how your body moves and how to pose for a camera (quite difficult, you'll find), and practice practice practice! Looking beautiful in person can be very different from how you're presented through a camera lens. They don't work like eyes do, so regularly set a timer on your camera and practice posing! While there are popular body/facial features that are "in" right now, it's far from necessary to conform to Vogue beauty standards. All the girls I worked with had alternative hair and tattoos and make a living out of their modeling work alone.

    And research the CRAP out of people who want to represent you and shoot you. If you have someone available, always bring someone to the photo shoot with you and specify ahead of time that you are bringing someone. If someone tells you that's unacceptable, decline the work. You need to be safe, and there are definitely people out there who want to take advantage of
    your (assumed) inexperience with this work sector. Agencies can also cause problems if you don't read all the fine print, so be careful with that as well. Most of all, good luck!


    This is all excellent advice.

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  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
    You have this awkward beauty look that is SO popular right now (and I totally mean that in a good way!). If you have the resources and the ambition, I believe that anything is within reach!

    Thanks? lol. whats the awkward look?
    lol you dont have the awkward beauty look u look like a model.... very pretty!! ( some people judge when they have no place to judge) lol.. anyways ur BEAUTIFUL

    very pretty! i also wanted to try modeling!! :) i think u can do it! because u have that model look even for the runway!!!
  • roro1925
    roro1925 Posts: 120 Member
    As many other people said, if you are really that interested in doing it, then go for it. You should follow your dreams and what's the worst that can happen?? You don't make it but yet gain a tons of experience and knowledge. And it might lead you to other things, you never know!! You're still very young....I wanted to be an alternative model cuz i've got LOTS of ink but i'm 30, it's over and done for me haha!!
    Good Luck!! :)

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