How to get cast and choose the right modeling agency

Do you want to become a successful model and showcase collections from famous fashion brands? In fact, most young girls secretly dream of trying themselves in the role of a model and walking the catwalk, but not all have suitable external data, and besides, the modeling business seems so cruel and fleeting.

You can continue to dream, or you can try, especially since it is a little easier to become a model now than it was ten years ago, because the requirements for models have decreased. Look at the fashion shows of recent seasons, where you can see the most ordinary girls, even real ugly ones! But it's one thing to watch and reason, and another thing to become a model.

Doing real things and changing your life is always more difficult than evaluating the appearance and merits of other people. Therefore, mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ wants to help understand the modern realities of the modeling business.

Modeling business and beauty standards

Beauty standards change almost as often as fashion trends. Once upon a time, classical beauty was appreciated, then everyone was delighted with girls with an alien appearance, many designers chose fiery red girls with short haircuts and boyish figures, then girls with good figures and long hair appeared, now it's time for questionable models.

In addition to general trends, different designers have their own requirements for each type of girls, which are also constantly changing. Now every season we need new models and fresh faces. All this leads to the fact that, on the one hand, long-term cooperation in the modeling business is a rarity, and on the other hand, someone is always looking for exactly your type.

Therefore, looking through the collections for several seasons in a row, you can notice a high turnover of staff. In past collections, we could see on the catwalk some models that we managed to remember and love, and now others have come. For example, I really miss the model Jessica Stam and a few other girls.

Now many girls strive for complete freedom and independence, but being a free model and looking for a job on their own is quite difficult and difficult. Female models are almost always young and inexperienced, not only will you have to learn and grow as a model, you will also need to look for customers on your own, negotiate all the details of cooperation with them, conclude contracts! For most, this is simply unrealistic.

You can be a free model only if you have no plans to rise in the fashion world, but you just have a desire to work as a model for your soul. In addition, it should be borne in mind that the earnings of a free model are often symbolic, which means that you need caring parents or a man who will pay all expenses, because the model must look decent, buy good clothes, accessories, cosmetics ...

Therefore, most girls who want to succeed in the modeling business seek to get a place in a reputable modeling agency. A modeling agency is an intermediary between the customer and the model. When fashion brands, photographers, designers or stylists have a need for models, they turn to an agency, where employees select suitable models from their database.

All the nuances of concluding contracts, resolving issues of timely payment and solving various problems, the model agency takes over. Models just need to look good and have a desire to work. Ideally, enjoy your work.

It is necessary to choose an agency very carefully, be sure to first check information about it through Internet forums, social networks and various black lists. Many so-called "modeling agencies" are engaged in ordinary extortion of money.

First, you will be offered to study at a modeling school. Studying is a good thing, but there is little real benefit from studying in such schools, and a lot of money can be taken for tuition. Then they will ask for money for creating a portfolio of the model, then for being included in their base ...

Once in such an agency, girls can spend thousands of dollars and earn nothing. Naturally, over time, complete disappointment will come, and the cruel world of fashion will be replenished with another story of an offended and deceived beauty.

In addition to ransomware agencies, there are others that offer real work, but not the best. You will be offered to distribute some kind of leaflets at exhibitions or offer visitors to shopping centers cigarettes and other goods. All day you will have to stand in high heels and smile at absolutely everyone, even when they look at you with contempt and dismiss you like an annoying fly.

This is followed by visiting various parties, where the organizers invite a number of models in order to decorate the event. In some cases, you can have fun, but sometimes you will have to endure the harassment of drunk guests.

In conclusion, it is important to recall the last type of modeling agency, of which there are many in cities with a population of one million and smaller settlements in Russia. In these agencies, there is almost no real job for a model, so the main source of your earnings will be spending time with men who need to be accompanied somewhere, amused, humiliated and provide various services. The work is disgusting, suitable only for those who do not respect themselves at all.

Some agencies immediately announce the real situation. Others may promise tempting prospects, because it is important for them to interest and captivate the girl, so that then gradually begin to use her for their own enrichment, giving new and new promises - be patient a little, and we will give you a lucrative contract.

There is no protection from such modeling agencies. As practice shows, real contracts for working with models are concluded only by the most famous agencies from Moscow and abroad. They, as a rule, forbid models to work “on the side”, since the agency receives interest from the client for any work of the model. This percentage may differ from agency to agency.

Serious modeling agencies closely monitor the appearance of girls. The slightest change in appearance is sure to be discussed. So, waking up in the morning in a good mood, you can't just go to a beauty salon and cut off your boring blond braid in order to change your life for the better. While you are working with a modeling agency, you will have to adapt to their requirements.

It is difficult to say by what criteria customers choose their models, because they are practically unpredictable. But the agencies have very specific ideas about model beauty - the hips should be no wider than 90-93 centimeters in volume, and the height should not be less than 175-177 centimeters.

Also, models always need to look well-groomed and tidy. Even without makeup, the skin should be clean and fresh, hair and nails well-groomed, and most importantly - naturalness in everything: hardly anyone will appreciate the bright red manicure, but the natural hair color can be a great trump card. Of course, beauty is highly dependent on lifestyle, so a successful model simply needs to follow the regime, eat right and play sports.

These are the general requirements, but they are far from always and not by everyone, therefore, during the shows, you can see not the most well-groomed models, with excessive dry skin, worn-out heels and other appearance problems.

Not all models lead a healthy lifestyle, observe the regime and visit the gym.Most of the models are young and inexperienced girls, they just escaped from the parental home. Therefore, many are simply carried away by the incredible freedom. Such models spend most of their time in entertainment, endless parties, and this for the time being has almost no effect on their appearance, because they are young and still healthy.

If you are invited to a casting, ask the organizers how best to dress. Sometimes it happens that girls are asked to come in a mini-skirt and without makeup, and they come in jeans and made up. In this case, you will be asked to wash off the makeup.

After the casting, it becomes clear who will get the job and who will attend new and new castings. You can get a contract even without experience and portfolio. But this will happen only if your type is very attractive to customers or experienced employees can discern great modeling potential in you.

Such luck comes to the life of rare girls, the rest have to watch their dream come true, but not with them, but with others. In any case, you should not rely solely on luck, it is better to prepare well, and have a model school or experience working with professional photographer... In addition, knowledge of English is a big plus and a mandatory requirement if you want to work abroad.

In conclusion, a little about work abroad. Each country has its own requirements for models, which may vary. In Europe, there are some requirements, in the USA, others, and in Asian countries they want to see completely different girls.

When planning to travel to distant countries, be prepared that there is a tougher selection and the principles of this selection may be incomprehensible. Attending different castings and getting one rejection after another, you can very quickly become discouraged, lose confidence and lower your own self-esteem. Therefore, try to prepare a portfolio of photos and videos, and also be patient and persistent.