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Many Girls are Told by Parents and Friends They are "Female Model Material"
I had my dose of the modeling industry at the age of 19. After high school, one of my mother's friends encouraged me to try my hand at modeling.
So naturally I looked up the local modeling agencies and gave it a shot. |
There was no harm in trying. Also, it sounded better than the college classes I was currently taking. After speaking with one of the local modeling agencies, the lady in charge informed me that I would get work if I pursued it.
She signed me with her agency and told me to let my hair grow out. I was then given small modeling gigs here and there to get started. Since I wasn't living in one of the large cities, there was only so much that could be done locally. This is when I took it upon myself to venture off to Atlanta in order to consult their modeling agencies.
Most of them had something known as open-call, which was one day of the week they would see walk-ins. I hit up five different modeling agencies in one day's time.
All of them seemed to like my look and my height, but then told me to gain muscle mass. Around 15 pounds. I took it into consideration, and then moved on. Next stop was New York City. I got the same feedback here. I was the ideal height, good bone structure, but lacking in the muscle department. Within a year, I gave up on modeling.
My story is just an example. Clearly I didn't pursue this industry very hard. If I really wanted to be accepted into one of these modeling agencies, I would have hit the gym five days a week and gained lean muscle mass. This is advice for any potentials out there. You have to be driven to get those modeling agencies to select you out of thousands of others.
Don't limit yourself as a female model by refusing to learn the details about girl modeling agencies. The more you know, the easier it will be to focus on what's important and pursue your goal to become a fashion model or maybe dive into the commercial modeling field.
Bob
Pardue is a professional stock
and girl model portfolio photographer located in the
Southeastern USA. You can view some of his work and read
other interesting model tips by visiting the
female
model photography site