Really modeling vs. Calling yourself a model

Modeling with real brands, real agencies, and getting a paycheck from real companies is possible, but it does take a certain type of persistance and ambition, it takes more than 5 minutes of fame, which seems to be the hype for aspiring models today, sad but true,- the internet has in many ways ruined the word model. It has helped and also degraded what a model is.

The internet lets people create brands, and just like the store isn't needed, a person can setup shop on the web, with a website, and e-commerce. Simply! And they are a designer and able to get sales.

But can a model use the web in the same way?

I think not.

To be a model get legit modeling work, work with an agency, go on castings for top brands and top magazines, you need to have more than a website. A model needs to still remember that the Old fashion way is still the way in the modeling business. despite the web, the word model has not changed in terms of the modeling industry, of course there are different meanings of the word, -there are the fashion models, the girls on websites like onemodelplace.com an modelmayhem, there are girls who work with commercial print modeling agencies, and then there is the runway of broken dreams and there are many types of models these days too, from body part models- to models modeling for haircare, shoes, and sodas, and models of course on the runway. There are so many types of models, but who is really pulling in the money? Who is really going to the castings? It isn't a girl who calls herself a model just because she knows how to download her photo on the internet, and real models are not posing in the living rooms of no-body photographers...the old fashion is the way, you need to be honest with yourself these days, you need a compcard, you will need a modeling portfolio and having a website or a profile page isn't enough to be a model. Y

ou need what the art directors, casting directors , editors, and agents need to see. Some call it the industry," but being in the industry is the ability to promote yourself to the right people and in the right way, and having the tools to get there. I love the internet, but it isn't the end-all for the type of work I am getting and my goals, and you need is the physical tools that will get you ahead. I will be discussing more of this on my podcast Model Talk this week on Wens at 5pm.

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