Modeling 101 Archive

  • Click your location below to find local modeling agencies who represent plus-size models.  Please note that not all states will have agencies.<strong> Errors or omissions?</strong> Please send updates to us...

    Model Agency Directory

    Click your location below to find local modeling agencies who represent plus-size models.  Please note that not all states will have agencies.<strong> Errors or omissions?</strong> Please send updates to us...

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  • Errors or omissions? Please send updates to us via our contact page. Please note that our policy is to not list modeling schools. A good rule of thumb in picking...

    International Modeling Agencies

    Errors or omissions? Please send updates to us via our contact page. Please note that our policy is to not list modeling schools. A good rule of thumb in picking...

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  • Whether you are a new model, working model or aspiring model, having the right photos at the right time is crucial to your success. Testing is fundamental for every model starting out and continues throughout every models' career. The trick is learning how to get the most you can out of every test you do.

    Photography 101

    Whether you are a new model, working model or aspiring model, having the right photos at the right time is crucial to your success. Testing is fundamental for every model starting out and continues throughout every models' career. The trick is learning how to get the most you can out of every test you do.

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  • Rejection and learning how to deal with it is critical to the success, happiness and health of any model or aspiring model. Whether every agency you've visited has passed on you or if you have an agency and the clients just aren't booking you, realizing that rejection isn't personal is key.

    Dealing with rejection

    Rejection and learning how to deal with it is critical to the success, happiness and health of any model or aspiring model. Whether every agency you've visited has passed on you or if you have an agency and the clients just aren't booking you, realizing that rejection isn't personal is key.

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  • Ask a model what she carries in her bag and you are bound to hear her include something you have never thought of carrying before. What you need to have in your bag will vary from job to job. Sometimes, the client will request specific items. If you are working with a make-up artist or hair stylist, you generally won't need to carry hair or make-up products, however, they are great to have just in case. The following is a pretty complete list of everything you might need.

    Model bag basics

    Ask a model what she carries in her bag and you are bound to hear her include something you have never thought of carrying before. What you need to have in your bag will vary from job to job. Sometimes, the client will request specific items. If you are working with a make-up artist or hair stylist, you generally won't need to carry hair or make-up products, however, they are great to have just in case. The following is a pretty complete list of everything you might need.

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  • There are lots of opportunities and methods of getting started as a model. How are you to know what is a scam, rip-off, dangerous (!), or the real deal? Read on!

    Is it a scam?

    There are lots of opportunities and methods of getting started as a model. How are you to know what is a scam, rip-off, dangerous (!), or the real deal? Read on!

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  • Tired of not understanding the modeling jargon that comes with this buisness? This list should provide some help!

    Modeling terminology

    Tired of not understanding the modeling jargon that comes with this buisness? This list should provide some help!

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  • Plus-sized teens who want to get into modeling shouldn’t expect any different requirements just because they are teens. Junior plus models must meet the same physical requirements as any other...

    Tips for teens

    Plus-sized teens who want to get into modeling shouldn’t expect any different requirements just because they are teens. Junior plus models must meet the same physical requirements as any other...

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  • The first agency you ever work with will most likely become your mother agency. A mother agent is the agency who invests the time (and money) to develop you into a working model, represents you to clients for bookings, and eventually promotes you to other agencies for representation in other markets. They will want partial (if not full) control over your career including the photos in your portfolio, what agencies you sign with in other markets, what path your career takes and what color your hair will be.

    Contracts

    The first agency you ever work with will most likely become your mother agency. A mother agent is the agency who invests the time (and money) to develop you into a working model, represents you to clients for bookings, and eventually promotes you to other agencies for representation in other markets. They will want partial (if not full) control over your career including the photos in your portfolio, what agencies you sign with in other markets, what path your career takes and what color your hair will be.

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  • There are two common ways a model can find an agent: open calls and mail in. Relying on being discovered while shopping at the mall is not a good strategy (but it can happen).

    Finding an agency

    There are two common ways a model can find an agent: open calls and mail in. Relying on being discovered while shopping at the mall is not a good strategy (but it can happen).

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