If you think the life of a model includes jet-setting around the world, dining in the most famous restaurants and rubbing elbows with the beautiful and the famous, you'd be completely right. Those are the kinds of perks that make people want to become a model. The flip side of that coin, though, is a lot of hard work, not just in being a model but along the way to become a model. If you want to break into the modeling industry, you need to know the ropes and be ready to climb them to the top.
Who Can Tell You How to Become a Model?
You'll find lots of modeling books that promise to tell you how to become a model, but how many of them are actually worth reading? One of the best ways to judge the accuracy of the information and advice offered in a modeling book is to learn about the authors. The best books on modeling are those written by people who have been in the industry, especially those written by top models. Who else knows better how to break into the modeling industry than someone who has done it?
Five Tips to Help You Become a Model
Put together a great modeling portfolio. In the modeling industry, your portfolio is your resume. It shows potential clients who you are and who you can be. Choose shots that make you look your best, but be sure to show off your versatility. Make sure your modeling portfolio shows off your full range.
Target a specific modeling agency. Learn about the modeling agencies - who they handle and who their clients are. Decide what type of work you want to do, and then aim your sights on the agencies that provide models to that segment of the industry.
Don't do anything you don't want your mother to see. When you're trying to become a model, it can be tempting to take jobs that pay even if they're a bit risque. Don't do it. Those bad decisions can come back to haunt you later in your career. You'll get more respect in the industry if you have high standards and stick to them.
Learn from those in the industry. No one makes it as a model without the help of those who have already made it. Ask for advice from the models, photographers and agents you admire, and pay attention to any criticism you get.
Just do it. Lots of people dream of becoming a model, but very few ever take the steps to actually break into the modeling industry. Dreaming won't get you anywhere in your quest to become a model. You won't be discovered hanging out at the beach with your friends or wandering around the mall. If it's your dream to be a New York model, you need to get out there and start working toward your dream.
Modeling is an exciting, glamorous and lucrative career, but it won't just drop into your lap. There are lots of pretty girls and attractive men who dream of becoming a model but will never make it in modeling. Don't be one of them. You can become a model. You just have to work at it and find your niche.
Author Resource:
Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the world's MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web.
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