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Becoming a model.
I want to become a model. I know many people who are models and they are on websites and everything. How do I become one?
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That is very difficult, Many many girls have dreams like that. Not all of them are realized. I will give you a little advice though. There are many kinds of models. The ones that are famous and we see on TV are "runway models". To be a runway model you have to be at least 5' 8". Tall, long legs and thin. You have to have a face the make-up artists can work with. You won't look at all like yourself after a make-up artist gets through with you. But you'll be beautiful. You have to have good hair. They don't like girls with tans, and they don't like girls who overpluck their eyebrows. Your teeth need to be straight and white. (Don't drink colas or teas or coffee.)
There are also print models. They are the girls you see in cataloges that advertise clothes, or the weekly circulars that come with the newspaper each week, from say SEARS or JC Penny. Those girls can be shorter, and even look more like everyday people. At first many models just work for the clothes that they get to model. No PAY. If you stick with it though, eventually you will make money. You may need to pay to have your "portfolio" done, and that can cost you up to $1,500.00 But be sure and find a photographer who will GIVE YOU ALL THE PROOFS<and doesn't keep any for himself, and ask to see other projects that he's done. And don't listen to photographers who say that you have to be willing to get naked, if you want to make it in modeling.
YOu might want to check the circulars that do come in the mail or with the newspaper from the local department stores. The department stores DO NOT print up the circulars themselves, they are done by an independent cmopany. IF that company's name and address are anywhere on the back of that circular, contact them and see if you can come in for a "test" photo for print modeling, or can you send them a photo of you.
It might help to get your face out there in the world, Sometimes local hair salons look for volunteers" who want to have make-overs and then they get their pictures in "hair books and mags,and even get to go to "hair and cosmetic" expos' where they are seen by millions. Becoming a sponsor for a clothing line, where you get to model all of their clothes, is another avenue. Bottom line is, you have to have the "right stuff", and you know whether or not you do.
Good luck to you.
Michele
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