The Perfect Crime Last Night

I went to see The Perfect Crime last night at the Snapple Theater. WOW...WOW...Wow So good, and so much talent out of Catherine Russell, Richard Shoberg, Patrick Ryan Sullivan, and Rob Sedgwick, and the few moments of Patrick Robustelli on the TV Show.
In the living room, on a neat, but chaotic set, I enjoyed watching all of the personalities of the cast come alive within the characters unique but intriguing actions and words. I admire Catherine for working at NYU and inspiring students through her work and giving opportunities to other actors in which she shares the stage. I especially loved the moment when .....just kidding I can't spoil it! You have to just go see it. It is amazing how without music, song or dance, you can feel the emotion and question the actions, and have a murder mystery happening right in front of your face. So impressed. Congrats to the cast and crew!

http://www.perfect-crime.com

Interview Magazine Inspiration.

Rainy days are great for reading magazines and getting ideas for photo shoots but also reading magazines and reading interviews and articles to get inspired by other people and stories.

In the November issue of Interview Magazine, I read a great interview with Nicole Kidman, I haven't seen many of her movies but I enjoyed the interview a lot and the part when she said, " ...if you desire a pat on the back too much, then you're not going to be true to the purest form of it. It's a constant struggle not to need the feedback, to try and stay true to your innermost voice."

I enjoyed it and absorbed it, believe it, and agree.

Muggsy Bogues and Me

Although I have a pretty good shot and aim, I am not a basketball player. There was a quick stunt in 8th grade though-don't ask. Yet a man I really admire is Muggsy Bogues or also known as Tyrone Curtis Bogues. He is the shortest most successful basketball player that I have ever heard of and I admire his game. And he is 5'3"

:)

I spent some time researching him today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggsy_Bogues

I'd like to meet him one day and give him a signed copy of my book called Almost 5'4"
In the Authors note when I said " maybe your short basketball player..." I had Muggsy in mind.

The Business of You...Wall Street Journal Blog

This came out this morning in the Wall Street Journal.com blog, and it was a nice way to wake up to a rainy day :)

By Pitching yourself, your story, your pursuits and letting people know about what you are doing, the highs, the lows, the good, the bad, and ugly and success... you might also find yourself on Wendy Bounds blog of the Wall Street Journal. She captured my neverland this morning on her blog called independent street which features hustlers and dreamers and thoughts of small business.

http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2007/10/25/the-business-of-me/

Aren't you Glad your Alive Aspiring Models?

A couple years ago my friend Colleen met with a fashion designer. He has recently been accused of rape. I called her frustrated and we recalled the casting she went too and trying on the rapists jeans and she said "that guy was being such an asshole!".....and I reminded her " aren't you glad to be un-raped!" it was a sick joke but seriously Anand Jon Alexander,ABC7 reports ,is accused of rape and sexual assault for 59 accounts. The story sounds bad enough already. A designer you might have very well met through a Craigslist ad or even through your agency or at a dive bar. I even added him as a friend on my Myspace page a year ago, and shared a conversation with him after my friend Colleen told me first that he was a prick to her, but I thought his jeans looked kinda cool, and maybe I could use some for a shoot... I spoke to Anand Jon through my Myspace inbox....Well never again!!!

Do not buy these jeans!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.jeanisis.com/ , http://www.ajjeans.com/

A nasty asshole rapist touched them.

God bless Natalie Pack for coming forward.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5714897

Most assholes are assholes and they could become rapist so watch out!

Maybe you aren't Dita Von Teese

Now I know it is entrapping to forever long be an Internet nude model -Ok...I love posing nude sometimes too, and you can pose nude if that is your forte' but do it for more than the Internet. Everyone wants a hit and click and is obsessed with it, and the other day a girl on ModelMayhem asked me " do you have any advice for the ethnic girls?" and I did! It was to get off the Internet and maybe scout some magazines she wants to be in and to start shooting with photographers that have goals and real pursuits,...I think all models, of any race, color, height or weight should be using their brains more than their tits and ass!
If you do this, You could be even the next Dita Von Teese! She knows how to put on a show and accessorize her outfits. I don't know what she looks like without her makeup but she has a thing with her small alluring eyes with the dark liner that looks really hot. If you can't get a ticket to see Dita Von Teese, then hit up The Box on the east side in NYC, it beats any strip club and any nude modeling website out there! And models maybe you will learn some moves to inspire at your next shoot.

www.theboxnyc.com/

Craigslist is a Model Pit Stop

This post is sick! Did you hear about this post yet: Please Petite Models don't fall for this bullshit scam!

DATE-A-MODEL Companionship Service - Now Hiring - $50 CASH PER HOUR!Reply to: job-458724595@craigslist.orgDate: 2007-10-24, 7:25PM New exclusive high-end dating service in Manhattan hiring models to go on dates.THIS IS A NON-SEXUAL AND TOTALLY LEGAL SERVICE SO DO NOT GET ALL PISSY!:)Here's how the service works:Our clients are all wealthy single men who want to reward themselves for all their hard work and success, or live out the fantasy of dating a model. Think about it--what is one key reason guys work so hard to be so successful (to attract hot women--duh!).They are all lawyers, doctors, bankers, business owners--all make over $100K/yr. The kind of guys who spend $3000 to attend race-driving school one weekend--again, to fulfill a longstanding fantasy of theirs.Our clients pay us $50/hr. to set up a date with a model-pretty woman. They are given your pictures, age, height/weight, and profession as search criteria.The dates all must begin in a public place--typically a bar or restaurant, although often at the event itself, like a play, concert, opera, etc.The client also pays you $50/hr CASH for your valuable time for going on this date with him. THIS MONEY IS FOR YOUR TIME, NOTHING ELSE--THERE IS NO IMPLIED OR EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT FOR ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP AT ALL.Models must be polite, respectful, friendly, interested, and attentive. They must arrive ON TIME and dressed very well and appropriately.Both models and clients provide feedback on each date. Positive and negative feedback will be available to future clients so they can use this to help guide their date choices. So if you want repeat business, you have to provide a very nice, enjoyable date--again, sex is NOT part of this arrangement!Clients who receive 3 negative feedbacks "strike out" and are removed.Models who receive 3 negative feedbacks are also removed.Models who refuse 3 dates are removed.Models who no-show have the ability to make up for this rudeness by giving the same client a free date--otherwise they will be removed after 1 episode.Models are provided with client age, profession, and race, but no pictures so they can refuse a date (up to 2 times).Models are being paid as 1099 independent contractors by the client themselves, so are responsible for reporting all income, if they wish (we are not reporting).This is the perfect part-time job for a model who needs extra income to meet expenses. There are NO physical contact requirements on each date EXCEPT you must greet your client with a kiss on the mouth at the start and end of each date. In fact, the hello and good-bye kiss are what we use to time the duration and payment for each date. The kiss can be closed mouth, does not have to be a "make-out" session or French kiss, by any means. But our clients have expressed unhappiness paying several hundred dollars for a quick peck on the cheek at the end of the night, which is understandable. After all, they are paying for a fantasy, so just give them a quick kiss on the lips, ok?:)You are NOT allowed to solicit clients for sex-for-$ or any other illegal propositions, as this is illegal, and will put our legit. company at vicarious legal risk, which we do not want. Any activity like this will cause immediate removal.If you CHOOSE to have some sort of physical relationship with a client, anywhere from "1st base" to "all the way" this is YOUR CHOICE and not in any way expected, you are doing this VOLUNTARILY, and has nothing to do with his payment of $50/hr which is for companionship ONLY (NOT SEX)!If interested in applying to join our stable of beautiful models who don't mind going on a date once a week to help pay their rent, please submit the following:- name (you can use a stage name but make it realistic not stupid please)- age (peak demand is for women in their 20s, just so you know)- height and weight (peak demand is for taller, thinner women--model-types)- photo (both full-length and head shot, if your pic is too big for CL email us and we will provide you w a direct email address; sexier pics get more dates!)Congrats on some easy cash and making some rich guy's day!:)
Compensation: $50 per hour CASH - for non-sexual companionship only - this is 100% legit!
This is a part-time job.


If I knew this bastard I would kick his ass!

Modeling Scams

Do people think models are That Dumb? I received this email today and it was really upsetting.

Hi Isobella,
After reviewing your photos we love them! We would most definitely like to see more of you, and would strongly consider you for employment which will include print modeling, promos at nightclubs and concerts and fashion shows . We are also offering a signing bonus. We would also like to submit some photos of you into Maxim Magazine for a 9mm Marketing Campaign.

If you decide to go through with our search please forward two photos of yourself in a 9mm shirt to
9mmshootingstar@gmail.com asap (photos DO NOT have to be professional) we will be using these for the Maxim Ad, which is a collage of some of our Applicants that will cover a full page in the Magazine. Please email photos back to us. You can pick up a shirt at www.9mmUSA.com . We are hiring through the shooting stars competition, which mean only girls who enter will be considered for employment. We will basically be using these photos as a reference for judging (hiring) . All instructions and application for employment can be found on our website in the "contest" section. Please have photos and applications submitted as soon as possible.

Looking Forward and Hope you can Participate!

www.myspace.com/9mmclothingusa

Is it just me or it is odd that this company is asking models to buy a 40 dollar tee shirt, take the photo of themselves wearing it and then submit the jpeg and for a chance to be in their little Maxim ad(who knows if it will ever even run anyways)? Maybe some really dumb models will fall for it, but this company is surely full of shit thinking their approach towards a sales campaign is going work?

Models...here is a hint. If you want to be in Maxim Magazine, then mail your photo yourself before you waste 40 bucks on some bullshit/scam. Beware! I Love Craigslist.com but you gotta know when something is plain out right bullshit.

Apple Store Stories

A drop of blood was sitting across from me on the 6 train on the way to the Apple Store today. Just one drop. It reminded me of " Little Shop of Horrors," when Seymour Krelborn had to squeeze just one drop for the plant Audrey II to drink. Just one drop. The train was mostly empty just the typical NYC 5, Chinese, A Black Man, A Spanish Girl, an Indian, and me. Red Lipstick was being smudged across the spanish girls lips, her face though for some reason powdered whiter than the rest of her body. I got off and realized I had a red shirt on. And was going to the Apple store.

Red must be the color of the day.

Walking into the Apple Store feels different now that I am not as desperate, and I hear my self whisper "damn this sucks!" when I can't find a computer. This was my homage and still I need it. My boyfriends PC died on me this morning, after rebooting i at least 10 times, I did give up!...Soooo pissed and so again I am here at the store. I have a love hate relationship with computers. These machines really drive me emotionally mad. I almost wanted to hit the PC this morning and held my arm back, my hands feel tense and tingling because I really wanted to hit the crap out of it! But here at last with an Internet connection I am continue to pursue on. Check email, castings, and apply to jobs, write my blog, promote my self, my story, and give advice and tips to the short models....having a connection means I am able to do what I want to do again.

The Apple store's computers have died on me before, and free Internet does that, but the Apple Store is still deep in my heart and it is an amazing tool, place, and hub for a dreamer like me.

***isobella

Doctors Visit for my Vagina.....

Somes we get so engaged in our persuits we forget our health. Here is an experience I had during a visit to St.Vincents hospital. It was terrible!

At St Vincents, my modeling experience, my lack of or my health doesn't seem to be a factor to when I will get seen or the treatment. When the midget with the name tag Christina welcomes me, it is the first time I have felt tall in what feels like years. I don't mind that she takes forever typing in my personal information, it is fun for me to be near someone who is shorter than me and I wonder what I will tell her if she asks for my height and I wonder what her medically suggested height really is as I look down to her and take a sip of my coffee, which I have been holding tightly for the past 4 hours. She might have notice my nerves from fumbling through my bag to find a pen and my writing in my journal. She might have wondered if I am writing about her and I was. I wait in the gyno waiting area which is around the corner and full of asians, blacks and hispanics, I think I am the only white person at St Vincents, maybe it is ethnic day or maybe it is just like this, I try not to judge and just focus on my journal and look through my weekly schedule which is nothing. I stare at the lined paper and just pray to god that I do not have a sexually transmitted disease so that this might be my last visit to St Vincents. I wait for my name to be yelled for the second time. The second yell means it is my turn. When the nurse checks my height and weight are giving I forwardly exclaim that I do not have an eating problem and that I have been small all my life incase she was wondering. I also quickly spit out that I have anxiety and I might want to talk to the doctor about it. I forget to say I am there to get birth control pills which is the reason I came in the first place and have put up with these conditions of poverty of the clinic for so long. It has been 2 hours and I am finally out of the doctors office. But it isn't a real comfort because there isn't a photo to look at when I lie down on the Gynecologist table, legs in stirrups at least 100 years old. The doctor says his son goes to Syracuse and I really could care less of this similarity and wonder " why did I start!" and strike up a conversation and regret even saying I am from Syracuse, NY, while I sit with spread legs and without the ease of a pretty ocean photograph or something to distract the clipping and what feels like scraping of my insides to give me my year late check up.
A few minutes later I am done. Pants up. It feels good to back on 7th Avenue and finally feel clean again, I wonder what celebrities do. Do they have house calls, and if they do, do they make the doctor sign a confidenutality aggreement incase they have a disease of infection so that the press can't write about it? It is important to get annual Gynocologist check ups, but if you can help it, find another place to go.

Petite Modeling: Knowing Yourself

I look at my portfolio book sometimes and think " this is shit!" I guess what matters is keeping my mind focused on the client, and putting them into perspective, " How is someone else going to few my book?" " How do they see me?"

My hair has been so many styles and some of my best body shots show my hair in a style and color that it isn't presently. This is a change I need to focus on. If I walk into an audition, no one is going to remember me clearly if I walk into the casting with dark dark almost black hair and leave a compcard with my hair light brown. I love changing my looks but to get ahead I need to be consistant and in the next few week I am going to get some more lingerie shots that are of my present hair style and do a shoot with a photographer who I know is talented and can capture me as me. I also need a natural shot, something of me in a dress, a classy but sassy look for a commercialized style look in my book. I think it needs to be shot outside. I am thinking about ad campaigns and editorials and my photos need an update...... I will keep you posted!

Sincerely,

isobella

Petite Models: Check your List twice!

The Internet offers opportunities. But when you apply to a post on a modeling forum or job posting site like Craigslist, always ask questions, and get details. Ask about payment and if you will be paid in cash or check or what. And don't be afraid to ask questions about the name of the magazine, Production Company, and to see a resume or website. As a freelance model you have to act as your own business, meaning you are sometimes your own agent, accountant, and organizer. Walking into a studio, apartment, set and not being sure you are going to get paid is sometimes a risk you will take, but at least have a clear address and honestly tell someone, a friend about where you are going. It is easy for anyone to lie and scam someone through the Internet, the posting could be for a major magazine or product or ad campaign but there is no harm in calling the corporate number and asking “do you have a post right now on Craigslist,” or wherever just to be sure if something seems a little weird. Somedays the agents are calling and when they aren’t and you are freelancing your own self you have to check off all of the cautions on your list.

Goodluck!

isobella

Petite Modeling into the Modeling Agency

Again and again I see the girls on the Internet who want to be models but they don’t know how to get into the agency door so they become Internet Models, and the Internet is their outlet, their entrance, their welcoming, and where they feel hot and adorned. They want to shoot but they end up with the wrong photographers or wasting time not getting the pictures they need. Most of the time they are thinking “Oh boy here we go again when they take off their bra and whip it across the room.” Most of these girls are less than 5’6” and they have no other option but to use the Internet as leverage to be considered a model. Or so they think. Ever feel like being an Internet model is only fun when you are in-front of the computer. Don’t forget about Commercial Print Modeling Agencies, they accept petite models. I know it is harder if you are in a smaller town but these agencies are different than where a Fashion model submits. The height requirements aren’t as stern. And if they have one, some say 5’7” but honestly you should submit yourself anyways. If they like your look they will accept you. If you want to get your dab at modeling and you are already 6 inches too short, then don’t waste time where you don’t belong. Commercial print agencies are best for petite models. The modeling world isn’t just Fashion and it isn’t just Playboy either. Knowing your trade of modeling is like knowing a business, learning a trade and becoming an executive at it. There is also a handy book called Ross Reports. This is the link:

http://www.backstage.com/bso/rossreports/directories.jsp

Or it can be found at Barnes and Noble for 10bucks. A new one comes out seasonally. Inside you will find a list of talent agencies and submitting your pictures too. Although just having this book isn’t enough. --Your pictures sell you and your modeling really relies on your own persistence of getting quality photos.

Goodluck!
Isobella jade

Petite Modeling meaning finding new venues

Petite modeling...the hustle never ends. Even when Craigslist.com looks dead and all the websites on Internet modeling sites are showing nothing but the same old...there are other venues to pursue.

Do some research today petite models, and whether it is finding a better photographer, or agency, or updating your compcard or website, grab your boot straps and keep trying :)

Tonight on my Model Talk Radio - I talk about being a nude model and how you can pose and use your body to get ahead. www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade

Cheers!

isobella jade

Petite Models, Remember: Strive Today and Do Your Homework

Petite Models: Whether you are posing nude, or wearing a wedding gown for a Bridal magazine, or even shooting stock photography you gotta be prepared. Prepared as in bring extras, socks, shoes, sunglasses, colors of clothing, don't rely on the stylist to have everything Always! bring panty hose, extra underwear, bring even extra shoes, even if the photographer says they have it all set. You never know! And bring tampons! - just incase. Leave some in your Model bag or handy travel bag. Shooting will only make you more experienced and comfortable with you. Being a petite model means posing to extend your legs and sometimes faking it, wearing high heels, leaving space in -between limbs to create length, and the more you shoot the more you are natural and quick.

Quick is a big thing. Not being late, and being true to you and everyone else involved at the shoot! It isn't flaking out if you cancel a job that you really don't feel comfortable doing, or at ease with, or don't think it will help you, your portfolio or resume. but at least give the crew a warning.

Being involved with your pursuits is the only way it is going to happen. Everyone it seems has a website, everyone it seems has a photo of themselvs downloaded somewhere, on some website, so as a petite model, or any size model, you have to push yourself every day and do your homework. If you are waitin for the phone to ring, agency to call or modeling dream to find you, it most likely wont. You have to make your resume, create your modelnig purpose and you will see results. But it starts with quality photos, whether naked, whether in a huge down jacket on the slopes of Vermont, quality photos of you will get you places, persistance will, being available will, being social will, asking questions and seeking out answers. And working with ambitious people, being around those who are striving is key!

Sincerely,

isobella jade

Petite Modeling Lingerie Shooting

This past weekend I did a lingerie shoot, some updates for my portfolio. Had on some glam earings, and a cute black and white lingerie set. This is a shot from it. To be honest I didn't feel like my model-self at the start, stiff, a little anxious, laughing too much, and I did have a hard time relaxing and getting into MODEL MODE, it took me like 30 minute to finally feel at ease and melt into the shoot. Oh well, some days are off days. Some people like JLo. I Put in Dave Matthews and I felt more in my zone! ---anyways this is a shot of the results.

I like my darker hair too...

Model tip of the day: Try posing from all different angles, for the shot enclosed I was on the ground looking up at the photographer. it does feel a bit weird but it looks pretty nice huh?!

Try it!

Sincerely

isobella

Petite Modeling Tip for the Day

"to get ahead surround yourself and work with people, photographers and those who are driven, ambitious, who have ideas and make effort towards their goals and who really honestly care about succeeding. Let their energies inspire you!"

Shoot for a purpose, even if you aren't getting paid, think of your resume,portfolio, and experience and how the shoot will help you grow as a model. It isn't always about the piggy bank and besides if you really want to make a consistant living then I would not choose to model, it is a rough,tough constant hustle to find work, keep it and getting paid. It is possible but only if you really make a strong effort towards working with the right people and staying ambitious no matter the hard -ships and challenge.

"To get a modeling agent, you need to sell your best assets, that could even mean showing your " ass" so to get a great photo of your butt in action, try getting on a stair master and have the photographer shoot you doing your work out routine. Then send the photos to a modeling agency that caiters towards fitness and healthy looking models."

Cheers!

isobella jade

Buying Cheap Underwear Excites me!

No Joke. I walked into H&M this week and I got 8 pieces of underwear for a little more than 10 bucks! Now that is a damn good deal. Deals like this inspire me to tell you! This weekend I am shooting lingerie and hoping it will lead to something editorially. It is easy to find nice lingerie for cheap. Forever 21 even has some cute ones too for under 6bucks! These are good places to also dig through the sales racks for clothing for styling your own shoots. On your way home stop by a local bar or lounge or cafe or hotdog stand, no seriously...stop in a location and ask if you can do a shoot... there is no harm...just ask if they would like you shoot there? I did it, how do you think I got the shot above??? Most likely if you are wearing lingerie for the shoot they will let you! And for free. Then go on the computer hunt up a decent photographer and start getting more involved in your shoots.

I am out of toilet paper shit! no pun!

isobella

Modeling Books and Gawker!

Did some research on Amazon and someone who made a comment about me also made a comment about a new book written by Gawker! Gawker has a book! - the book is about getting media attention. Well good for them! Everyone is hustlin huh!
Self promotion seems to be the only way to keep your dream alive when these days everyone seems to be running their own business called "me..me..me."

I advice petite models everywhere to check it out.

Tonight catch me on www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade where I will chat about using your short legs to your advantage in the modeling world, and how no matter your height there is modeling work out there for you! Like did you know there is such a thing called "Butt modeling"- who do you think models in the Hanes ads?

Cheers!

isobella jade

Being Picky to get the Best for You

Chase it and seek it you have it!

Seek out quality photographers and you will have the shots that will get you honest modeling work that is quality too.

For free photos: Go to your local college and school and stop by the photo departments. Try to get intouch with the students and ask about getting a shoot done. Usually they will say yes and you will 100 percent get your photos for free and you will get quality times.

To work with an Experience Photographer: Offer something. I don't mean sex, or losing your dignity. If you want to approach a photographer who has a great resume and doesn't seem to be up your alley of in-experienced, then approach the photographer with ideas. Tell him your best features and highlight why he should work with you, and let the photographer know you are ambitious and you want to shoot for a purpose like for an editorial submission. Even if this means you will have to submit the photographs later yourself to a magazine after all, Do it! Offering a location helps...Does your friend have a bar you could shoot in for free. Usually if you get a location you are in and the photographer will at least consider you! And if he doesn't email him over and over!

3. Making it happen for you. No one will care more than you to make your dreams come true and goals, so set them high and make them big! If you want to be in an ad campaign by next summer and you don't have an agency, then you have to think like the marketing professionals, how do they pick their models, what would make them consider me? How can I get intouch with them? Usually every company website has a marketing contact...and you can at least call and ask how they cast their models. Or if you can email your latest compcard to them.

It might sound unconventional and it is... it is called marketing you.

Yes, use sites like craigslist.com and mandy.com but don't waste time with people who aren't serious and ambitious! If the photographer hasn't come out and told you he wants to be in a magazine and his work doesn't say it....then you got the point and you need to find what is best for you.

Sincerely,

Goodluck!

isobella jade

Petite Models its OK! -Being Picky is OK

Tonight I will share on my audio podcast the importance of being picky when it comes to findnig a photographer and not wasting time in a business that is very fast paced and unstable.

www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade

You might think you are a model because you had one photo shoot, -try again... because getting the consistant gigs is a long slow struggle of many ups and downs, and long-time work is very uncommon in the modeling business and most girls do not do it full time, so at the very least it is best to be picky when it comes to who you work with.

I will talk about more on my podcast tonight for fifteen minute.

Today I showed my hands and neck at a casting, it was for a jewelry ad campaign. I was silent in the elevator on the way out praying I'd get it, and the girl in the elevator next to me was checking me out. Earlier, moments before she had whipped out her portfolio and when the casting director came over the girl said"portfolio" and whipped it infront of the casting director like it was a wand....when she went in for her shot at the casting I looked at my unpolished hands and wanted to bite my finger nail. I got out my compcard and I quickly dabbed some cream on my neck like an old lady would have, and noticed every crease I had, and took my red raincoat off and walked over when it was my turn to get my face, neck and hands shot I held my #10 post it proud!

I was number 10 today :) Maybe it's sign.

sincerely,

isobella jade

Posing for Your Resume

It is easy to get sucked into accepting any ol'modeling job because it just feels damn good to be a model, or called one, but the castings you find on the Internet you need to be weary about and even if they could be in deed good, you still need to read all the small print and get details.

Just because it is a legit job does it mean you will get a copy of the reel,photos or ad campaign?

I have had to chase my work numberous times to get it and be able to place the job on my resume and reel or portfolio. I have found some really good work on Craigslist, actually it is a source I think deserves like a million stars. My whole resume basically came from that site. Even looking back some of my best work starting off appeared on my resume in my portfolio from gigs I found on the site and even now and then if the job sounds legit, I might even submit myself and usually you can meet very ambitious,creative and driven people from postings but like I said, always be weary, ask questions and don't be late!

Cheers! -isobella jade

Upstate air, Folk and Reflection

Drove up to Syracuse for the weekend. Visiting family in Oswego. Saw a folk concert at the Oswego Music Hall, yup it was real country hanging-but honesty very good also. Surprises. Listened to Joe Crookston and Pat Wictor. Really great diversity together. I loved "dance n sway" n "Freddy the Falcon", "this is my home..this is my only home." And the one liners like
"Don't hang yout straight door on someone else's crook'ed wooden frame"...
Going to try to catch Pat Wictor in NYC. I enjoyed his " Heaven so high." And "Don't Dig My Grave Too Deep."And how they ended with " Love is the Water." It is always a reminder of my "before" modeling life when I go Upstate. When my throat used to burn from the crisp air when I was running at Green Lakes.

Back to Modeling Gab: So after-all-Didn't make the Time Cover,(shhhit)- but thats the way this cookie called modeling crumbles sometimes. Maybe it is true " you can't win them all" but you gotta still hustle it...and be striving, no matter the odds or results. Pushing for more always.

Tip of the day: Even if your short legs whine, try to pose without your high heel shoes for once, extend your legs out and stretch your body, you will still appear lean and long in the photo.worth a shot...let the toes breathe

Sincerely,

Little Isobella

The business called YOU- by Isobella Jade

I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal called Heiresses Get Down to Business, and I like it well….Except the part about Ivanka Trump,and Zani Gugelmann being considered business starters and models for starting their own brands, I just don’t think they really measures u. Someone a little different is Dylan Lauren, who is putting in 14 hour days. Every day. If it is true. I think the candy shop idea is great and I might stop in Dylan’s Candy Bar an get some candy next week.

As for self serving, the underdogs, the ones who have to scout out their own press,exposure and pursuit, keep hustling! I wonder if any of the Heiresses ever had to hustle to skip the middle man. Some people have said to me along the writing way: Maybe you should wait until you are famous and then try to publish your book. Or Sorry I don’t see how a petite model book will sell. I beg to differ. Even now I am hustling and trying to find new outlets to market myself, even after exposure in high profiled newspapers, magazines and websites.

I am still modeling and looking for work and going on castings. And in the mean time when I don’t have a gig, I try to get in the magazines myself. Getting in the magazines or agency door as a petite model is a struggle. Skipping the middleman is a challenge, takes research and the right approach, but it is possible. Instead of waiting for the phone to ring, making it ring should be the answer. I now work with modeling agencies and get sent on quality castings and get booked by national brands and global magazines, but it wasn’t always like this. Most of the time it hasn’t been and only recently have my pursuits paid off. And now I’d like to tell you how I have done it with three ideas.

1. Think like the AGENT- how would a startup modeling agency get clients to use their models? They would market themselves right? As having the best models? As having quality models? As having diversity at their agency? Do the same for yourself, start marketing yourself TO these agencies.

2. Chance-Don’t Wait!-tomorrow isn’t promised so do it now. Why haven’t you gotten that photo shoot done yet, why haven’t you mailed your photos to that person, or called that person back yet. Don’t forget the importance of keeping in touch and following up with your contacts.

3. Get off the computer and start interacting with people. Go to events, charity event, not just mingle at clubs but get involved with events that involve creative minds who are pursuing like you are.

I will be talking about this more on my ModelTalk audio show on www.blogtalkradio.com/isobella next week!

Cheers!

Little Model Talker- isobella

Petite Modeling anf Finding the best way to Market Yourself

This photo was shot at 49Grove -I have started posting articles on ezinearticles to give hints and tips about the modeling industry.

http://ezinearticles.com/?id=760649

Here is part of one article I wrote and the link is above :)

Because of the Internet Modeling has become a business of hits and clicks, and having a website is old news. But Modeling isn't just hits and clicks and trust me, it can be intriguing but to model and seriously book jobs you need a ton of ambition to do it alone. It is possible, but you have to be cautious and creative, and smart about it.
1. Ask yourself why you want to model.
Seriously. Why-do-you-want-to-model. What is it that makes you curious and interested in modeling? Is it the fame? The exposure, the hobby of it, what do you want out of it. Why should an agent work with you? What can you offer?
2. Try to think as if you are the client.
Imagine Nike or any global brand casting for models for their next ad campaign or commercial. They are not most likely looking on line. They are going through an agency and it makes sense. Why the hassle, why wonder if the girl is going to show up? Why wonder if the girl knows how to pose. Why waste time? So to get these types of jobs you need an agent. Because the client is going to go to the agent 99% of the time. Unless you know how to skip the middle man ( for that see number 4)
3. How do you get an agent.
Well, they are judging you by your photos so it comes down to quality images and persistence. You might get turned down 15 times. Does that mean you should give up and only stick to hits and clicks on the Internet? No way! You should think deeper about yourself as a model and ....

To read the rest see this link http://ezinearticles.com/?id=760649

Cheers!

Little Model Talker- isobella jade

Subway Series

On the 2 train...or maybe it was the 3, I squeezed in-between two leg spread business men. Black and Breathing heavy, tired-eyed and barely noticing that I had stuck in my ass a little to fit into the 6 inch space they left between them. I fit!

Snug, at first just against the edge of the seat and then, slowly sliding all the way back against the bench! Ahhhhh it felt good!

Across from me was a woman reading to her little boy about all the many ways WATER is used in our atmosphere, meaning snowflakes, and dew on flowers and grass.

Another girl next to her was sort of gawking at me, and I kept eye'ing her too. She might have liked my black and white checkard scarf. Not sure.

Either was at my stop I got up and tapped the woman reading to her child and said " it's really nice to see a mom reading to her child." She smiled in "thanks." I hope it was the kids mother and not his nanny.

It is said how we don't see parents reading to their kids enough. Reading to your kids should be every day, I see way too many parents hitting, yelling and abusing their children on the subway.

I know the subway is like a stage for the true YOU, or at least it feel like it since everyone stares at everyone. Maybe a second home is the best way to describe it....I have farted on the train, put makeup on, tweezed my eyebrows-even picked my front wedgie... it all happens. You get the real me on the subway...so remember watch it!!- The NEXT TIME YOU HIT YOUR CHILD on the subway.

I think a lot on the subway and write in my journal. They entries are BuMpy and hard to read sometimes but ideas flow when I am on the train and a lot of these ideas did end up in the book.

Cheers!

-isobella

Petite Model: Model Talk Podcast

So I know I am not the best at spell check (-hence www.MediaBistro.com) but I try. ( well sometimes I don't but I hope you at least get the point I am trying to make. And I hope I can get some slack because it is hard to do it all yourself. I will be the first to admit it can really suck. Marketing yourself takes a lot of passion for your goals and it is a really, extremely, difficult task and not to mention emotional at times. Still I thought I would use my experiences as a petite model to use to help the other little girls out there.
-cheers! - isobella... this was published after you-know- like three typos or more...
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Isobella Jade's Model Talk' Weekly Modeling Podcast Launches on BlogTalkRadio Giving Tyra a Tease
Petite model Isobella Jade (25) speaks for the short girls in America on her Model Talk podcast available on BlogTalkRadio, it is "America's Next Top Model," meets "America's Tiniest Model."
New York, NY (PRWEB) October 3, 2007 -- She has modeled her thumb, her backside, her eyes, her toes, her hands, her forehead, her hair, her legs, her breasts and even her crotch. Every part of Isobella Jade has been captured on film or digital during one shoot, casting, or encounter or another between 2001 through present day. Her latest venture is her "Model Talk" audio podcast, which is based off of her modeling memoir called "Almost 5'4."" On Wednesday October 3rd (her lucky number) Isobella Jade will launch her first show and introduces herself as the shortest and perhaps most successful model in New York under the height of 5'4". With an undertone of "Confessions of the Internet Model", Isobella will explain how she has made a business out of her body and how simply Googling the word "model" made it all happen. The show will mock with charm America's Next Top Model with Isobella's America's Tiniest Model, and explain how the Internet has allowed someone of her miniature status to be a model since 2001, and how she got ahead despite the majority of the time acting as her own agent.
With an energetic laugh and girl next door sass she will most likely be wearing her highest heels during the show as she dives back into her amateur past and then brings up some of her recent success and stories from modeling jobs for Marshall's, Bon Appetit, body doubling for Christina Ricci, Time magazine, as she still seeks more work as a height challenged model.
She will talk it as she lives it on Model Talk, available on BlogTalkRadio under her name: isobellajade, (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/isobellajade)-the show is meant for the average girl of all heights who is curious about the realities of being the underdog in a business of towering competition. Yet the fashion world might want to listen up to how this outsider has gained an impressive global resume mostly on her own. The weekly half- hour segments will share hints and tips from her every day experiences of how to get an agent, how to be sellable no matter your height, how to use the Internet to your advantage and how the underdog of any trade can prevail.
Isobella Jade: Although her grammar isn't always correct she aims to please and help the underdogs. Born and raised in Syracuse, New York her roots are running in the mud on her high school Cross Country team. She graduated with a Bachelor in Advertising from New York Institute of Technology in 2004 and since then she has been trying to continue when she unexpectedly started during her sophomore year of college from a random search on Google of the word "model." (Her website is: http://www.isobelladreams.com/ and she blogs daily at: http://isobellajade.blogspot.com/).
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Perfectly Petite Models

Petite models have to use what they do have. The height might be lacking, but the energy, the great skin, the smile, the hair, the proportions might be on! The photographer needs to know how to angle his camera and shoot in away that makes you appear at your best, not revealing your true height which can be a turn off to the Modeling Industry.
Yet as a petite model you need to know how to pose your body and how to come off as tall as you might want to be.

My Posing Tips might help ( down below).

First, we have to ask ourselves: WHY does Height matter so much to the modeling business?
This comes down to image and the modeling history. The Fashion World is what defines what is hot and worthy and of the "moment" and for the fashion world samples are made for a taller,leaner women because to the eye it looks more appealing and creates admiration and a sense of want. Therefore TALL, LEAN, TALL MODELS, Supermodels, are who run the runway and the fashion worlds of modeling. (when was the last time you saw a short fat chick rock the runway??) Even at Lane Bryant the Girls are proportioned and not plump or 5'2"!!! ..... But most girls are curvey who are petite. So it seems to not be realistic. Although we do have more in common with the Plus Size Model, than the fashion model, since now the commercial world is of the hype, and looking fresh,healthy, natural, and less makeup is the glam today, and even the flat shoe is in, which pulls even the tallest of women to the ground, which in a sense is good for the little girl like us!

Honestly what really has changed it retail. It is more about the average girl in America- who is only 5'3" tall- than we might think. Now at event Walmart and Target stores you can get fashion items, accessories and bags, makeup and at a very low price compared to shopping at high end fashion stores. Even high end designers are designing for the average girl in America's height. This also means a lot to the petite model. And our chances. It means that culture and trends are designed for the Average girl. Which means modeling agencies should be more open minded to the idea of a short model. Look at a McDonalds commercial or Verizon commercial- those actors and models don't look like Fashion to me! ---Still-It is still hard to barge through the Modeling Agency door( they have egos too, so if they let a tiny girl in, they fear for their own ego) Yet modeling agencies should be more open to chance and give us one....It isn't about only the size zero tall Giraffe anymore. If I can get with an agency and I am only barely, hardly, not even-Almost 5'4" in height- then that means something is changing. Although I don't try to be a fashion model anymore, I try to use what I got.

A Great body, great Skin, a proportioned body and I use my parts to get places in the Modeling Business, as a petite model I am always scouting out new ways to promote myself too. Such as: I want to be involved with jewelry ads and hair product ad campaigns like TIGI www.tigihaircare.com/


The Internet gives the short girl a chance at modeling too. Because of the boom of the Internet, social and career gaps are smaller. If you want to make virtual friends you go on Myspace, if you want to learn about modeling just put your photo on a Modeling Internet website. Or an Internet Modeling Website- depending on which way you Google it.

.....and if you have a chance I would read: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, by Michael Gross, it is a very insightful book about the truths of history the modeling business has endured. From the early 1900's. But the book doesn't talk about the Internet because it ends in the 1990's. So in that case I would read Almost 5'4" Confessions of an Unconventional Model, and you can read how the Internet has helped my modeling career since I am a petite model and had no chance with an agent at the start. Or so I thought!

How to pose: I have been told I look taller in photos. Some people can't believe until I stand next to them that I am so tiny and petite. Petite models need to stretch and point your toes, arch yoru back, bend your arms, and I can't stress enough, look at your self in the mirror!!...and extend yourbody when you pose, chin up, bend at the knee, create curves and movement of your body makes you appear longer....being a petite model means you have to stretch your self in a way that isn't blunt, so sit in a chair but extend your legs out at a cocked angle.

Where to stand: Petite models have to be aware of their atmospheres when shooting. Don't stand next to a huge tree, and Don't stand next to a tall Giraffe fashion model, it will only make you look shorter!!

Cheers!

Miss little thing

isobella jade

Male Modeling: This Ones for the Boys

So I haven't touched enough on the male models. But this morning, reading www.mediabistro.com -I read an article about lad magazines,
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/from_laddy_to_daddy__68120.asp
and how these magazines are getting more sophisticated, instead of being like Stuff Magazine or FHM. Although I admit with a sly smirk, I still would love to rock the pages of Maxim Magazine and maybe I will shortly- Only I'd like to model my own lingerie line which I plan to launch in 2008 compared to just sticking my ass out for the sake of it!
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article2523264.ece - I like what Rosie Boycott stands for.

- but for the men out there, male modeling deserves some hints and tips too.

1. Think of women's magazines'- just like I tell the girls, you should be researching too.
Maybe your not runway tall, but why not get some photos of yourself and mail them to Cosmo magazine or Marie Claire Magazine, or Jane Magazine? Male modeling isn't just to look buff and hot in a fitness magazine, it is also to portray the boyfriend for the editorials on relationships and sex in these girly magazines. And use the Internet. Get your photo on some sites and start exposing yourself. Not just your chest and ass but your smile :) - (you might end up later in the Crest Toothpaste Ad!!!)

2. shoe modeling. The Average male shoe model is a size 8! So don't bash the smaller sized foot girls,- these guys can also make 300 a day shoe modeling for Gucci!

3. Diversity, You need shots of yourself in a tux and sipping coffee. Both looks need to be in your portfolio book or on your compcard. You can model for everything from watches, to cruises, the underwear, the shoes, the hair products, and Disneyland vacations!

4. If money is tight and you have chose between getting a compcard or portfolio. Go for the compcard. At most castings the casting director or photographer wont have time to flip through the book. Spend the extra money on better photos and comp card quality.

5. You don't have to be hot to be a male model. Just like for the girls, you can model until you are 80 - think of this: Who models for the Advil Commercials and the Retirement home Ads?

Yup..........you!


isobella jade

Becoming A Model

Here I am...yup thats me! I am hand modeling for Bon Appetit. If you are having trouble or you aren't sure how to market yourself as a petite model then send me an email :) I will give you some helpful tips.
Are your legs too short?
Are your eyes too wide?
Are you just too short to model?

Thats not the way to think....

Think beyond the norm, go beyond the standard,

isobella jade

Not Another Wanna-Be Model!!!

It is easy to slip into wanna be mode and just be another one. To strive beyond you have to remember a few things.

1. Show up to your shoots and castings, don't flake out without a warning to the photographer or agent.
2. Be on Time. Maybe on the way to the shoot you cut your leg up really bad and you are bleeding now....but at least you are on time! It makes a difference.
3. Bring ideas to the shoot. Don't expect a photographer to do all the work, and you are NOT a rag doll...so have some input, bring a photo from a magazine, or even a sketch pad to draw out your ideas with a marker!
4. Bring diversity-prepare ahead of time- depending on the style of the shoot, practice posing in the bathroom or infront of a mirror, it helps to pose better when you understand the perspective of the photographer.
5.You will only get 2-3 shots from the whole shoot that are worth adding to your book. This isn't to say other shots will be really nice, but modeling is about telling a story, and selling a product or personality, so whether you are in a barely there thong or modeling coats for an aspiring clothing designer...in your book you only want to show at most 2 shots from each shoot.
6. Do you know where to get a portfolio book? You can get decently priced ones not at photography stores but at art stores. GO to art supply stores that students go too, they will be cheaper but of good quality. My first one was from Walmart, then I upgrades to Pearl Paint, now I go to B&H, or a photo shop, but also online you can find decent cheap ones by Googling "portfolio books" or portfolio's."

7. You are shooting to get somewhere further than where you are now. Everyone you meet is a learning experience, photographer, makeup artist, stylist, shoot. You are growing as a model with each one, but be perceptive and wake up! don't waste time with people who don't have passion towards what they do. If you work with people who are not driven...then it might affect your own plans.

Goodluck!

isobella jade

4 easy things to remember as a newbie model

I recently posted this on www.modelmayhem.com for the newbie models.

You gotta do it. And you gotta seek out opportunities and work. if you want to be in a magazine, you have to do your research, work with photographers who are as driven as you and remember it isn't ONLY about the money, most likely you wont become rich off of modeling but you can get tear sheets and gain work and some consistant paychecks and there is a world beyond the Internet as well that you should consider. Modeling isn't just hits and clicks and trust me, it can be intriguing but to model and seriously book jobs you need a ton of ambition to do it alone. It is possible but you have to be cautious and creative, and smart about it.

1. Ask yourself why you want to model. Seriously. Why-do-you-want-to-model. What is it that makes you curious and interested in modeling? Is it the fame? The exposure, the hobbie of it, what do you want out of it. Why should an agent work with you. What can you offer?

2. Try to think as if you are the client. Imagine Nike http://www.nike.com/index.jhtml or any brand casting for models for their next ad campaign or commercial. They are not most likely looking on line. They are going through an agency and it makes sense. Why the hassle, why wonder if the girl is going to show up? Why wonder if the girl knows how to pose. Why waste time? So to get these types of jobs you need an agent. Because the client is going to go to the agent 99% of the time. Unless you know how to skip the middle man ( for that see number 4)

3. How do you get an agent. Well, it comes down to photos and persistance. You might get turned down 15 times. Does that mean you should give up and only stick to hits and clicks on the Internet? No way! You should think deeper about yourself as a model and approach agencies in the areas that they lack. For example, I got into two major NYC commercial print agencies because I knew I wasn't fashion and that I had good body parts. This past weekend I shot for a Global magazine and I wouldn't have booked that if I only thought of the narrow minds of the industry. Modeling isn't just FASHION.

4. Skipping the middle man. Flip through the last www.Glamour.com, or Jane magazine www.janemag.com/ and go to the directory, the editorials directory in the front of the magazine. See the Photo editor, or the photo researcher?...the Photo director?....Well Put together a compcard. ( showing your best images, and ONLY your best!) and mail the magazine editor, director, researcher yourself with a letter saying you are interested in their up coming editorials and to consider you. I got my first few tear sheets this way This may work better with smaller magazines, or weekly magazines, since they need more material more often and they might not be as unlikely to give someone like you...a newbie a chance. take care and keep trying!

Cheers!

isobella jade http://isobellajade.blogspot.com/

The Race Inside all of Us.

To have it my way, I self published my book -my modeling memoir through http://www.booksurge.com/ and there are others'you could consider like http://www.lulu.com/ and http://www.iuniverse.com/ but I felt best with http://www.booksurge.com/. Like a pair of shoes, it is your comfort level and your style that will help you decide.
Self publishing has been a dream come true. And the marketing has really just begun. Now the work isn't over, - and just having a binded book doesn't mean you can sit on your ass. Everyday I am hustling, writing press kits, and the promotion is the fun part but also it can be a challenge if you don't use your own personal creative style of self promotion. You can read some book self-publishing tips at http://www.ezinearticles.com/ -click here for the article I wrote on "How to get Your Book in Magazines and Newspapers".

Just like being a petite model, the self publishing world means you have to always be trying and positive.

Also I am not positive about having a Publicist, not only the price but maybe it is my fear of failure by relying on someone to do all the work for you, that leads me to be nervous-how do I really know they are caring like I do about my book and self. I would have to be proven. I like the thought of being able to blame myself no matter what the results are. So I have learned how to self serve, and self publishing isn't easy for someone who doesn't like to toot their own horn.

So today, I had a nice little relaxing Sunday, -I went to the Belmont Park races http://www.nyrr.com/ today. In my hot little maroon sweater dress from forever21, I was smoking! But the horses were making the fire and when Unbridled Belle won during the 9th race, I screamed my head off! Todd Pletcher has some magic touch. I also was very impressed with Now a Victor in race 4. The underdog pulling through :)!! When they round the curve, I am reminded of my old runner self. In my heels today and everyday and, I feel the pain in my lower back and I feel for those horses tonight too, Sore, beat, and needing a massage.

Model tip of the weekend: Always carry a tampon with you. Seriously! I know from experience the results if you don't! :)

Sincerely,

isobella jade

Isobella doesn't like Fake Breasts

So I think it is sad that Heidi Montag has to talk about her implants with Us magazine in this weeks issue. About how "Boys teased her." It is sad because she let these "teasers" win.

Today I posed with a global leadership magazine for a feature, the job involved a photo of my breasts and they are A cups, maybe bitty B's but if I can work with global magazine I think that means more than getting fake breasts and trying too hard to be airbrush perfect. Granted there was airbrush on my breasts and there is photoshop available but adjusting our natural selves should not be something women do. It is a very sad thing. If you have fake ones you really need the boost then ok, I hope you are very happy now. But I am against the fake boob. I just am. I don't like the thought of some gellish thing inside of my body, and I don't think there is a good excuse, besides a medical reason- to get implants...if I lost one of my breasts due to disease or misfortune, I might get one. But then again, I think women should start using their brains more. I consider myself attractive, but also smart and the smart part means more to me.

I wish it would mean more to girls on the cover of Usmagazine.

http://www.usmagazine.com/

How to Use Your Body in a Commercial Way

Your body is sexy! But it also can be used for body part modeling.
I live on www.google.com but you really don't see enough about this type of modeling.
When I started modeling I was only using my body for my ego. Defining myself by hits and clicks I got on my free modeling websites on websites like www.onemodelplace.com but after about a year of this, I kept the free site but started using my body in more pay-ful ways!

Such as....

Shoe modeling:
If you have a size six foot. You can shoe model and make up to 350 a day, just to try on shoes during show shoes. I have worked with some of the largest names in the shoe industry including Brown shoe, Eos.Originals, and White Mountain, and these lead to an ad campaign with Marshalls as well.

Hand modeling: Only recently. As in this past year have I got after this type of modeling and it is really paying$$$ off so far. It started when I modeled for Distraction Jewelry and I had to touch the jewelry and I had to get a manicure. Hand modeling pays a lot for hardly any work. Some hand models you might mean, might complain about holding a pose, but that is what modeling is silly. (suushh) So if you ever see the ads modeling nail products, rings, and even food magazines like Bon Appetit and brands like Verizon need hand models. Someone has to hold those phones! So get some photos taken of your hands, with clear and also a color of polish, and hold a phone, put on some rings, or wear a watch or grab a banana and smile. Hand modeling is a great way to model without having to wear mascara or even put your face on :)

Body Double: Movies, films, magazines, ad campaigns, editorials, magazines, they all need body doubles. This is from the backside...to the legs, to hair, to the stomach and usually your face isn't shown.

Hair modeling:
Many beauty conventions and companies need hair models, if you are willing to change the color or style and cut of your hair, these shows and jobs do pay decent $.

Right now I am interested in jewelry and body doubling body part work.

Being comfortable with your body can mean more than just posting your photo on a website and waiting for a comment for compliment....you can work with modeling agencies without the height requirement as a body parts model. It could be your in....especially if you are only, barely,hardly almost 5'4" in height.

Goodluck!

isobella

Last evening...

Last nightI stopped by the latest issue party for YRB Magazine. Not wicked crowded but not bad at all to chill out. I actually like going out when the scene isn't as loud and sweaty.

So you have the photos but you want a Compcard?

Here is a list of some good, decent priced compcard printing places:

http://www.compcardexpress.com/
http://www.buycompcards.com/
http://www.compcardprinter.com/
http://www.zedcardprinters.com/

I haven't used all of these but I think they should be good for you to get a decent first batch of cards to model to agents! :)
Doing TFP is great and making a few bucks can't hurt but if you want to get an agent you need a COMPCARD! :)

Modeling at the Back of the Pack

One chapter of my book is called At the Back of the Pack of Giraffes Forever. It makes me think about how much the internet has effected my pursuits. helped and also taught me about the business. Teenagers more than ever I think are using the Internet as not just a tool but a way of life. Technology has changed every business and the entertainment business is the same inside the agency door but until you get into the agency door it is a great tool to learn, and start pursuing, but the Internet means also you are not protected, becareful what you post, who you meet, and it will take a few tumbles and mistakes before you find that the Internet can sting! And what you write, post and show stays...even long after you have changed or moved on or bettered yourself.

I hardly use www.onemodeplace.com for photoshoots anymore, but many photos of myself from years ago are still founds on the net. The World Wide Web, keeps and doesn't forget. So use it, but be aware.

Yes you can gain work through the Internet, I have and it shows there are legit jobs and people out there who do pay and are professional. But I still have a compcard and a portfolio book of images, (if you dont have huge funds for printing try http://www.adorama.com/)...and although it feels good to skip the middle man, to get to the clients, jobs like Conde Nast, you need a serious agency and agent. You need people on your side, and it is very hard to get into the door so the Internet can help a ton to get started, to get some photos, to learn about promoting and marketing yourself through website like www.modelmayhem.com and www.craigslist.com but also you can't rely on one source or person. If you want to succeed at something or strive...you have to use many tools to get there.

Right now I am working on shooting commercial print photos outside, - I want to shoot by the brooklyn bridge before the heat turns to freezing cold!

How to get an agent

It took me five years to finally get with the agency I wanted. In the mean time I worked with smaller commercial print agencies and only recently have I gotten the proper pictures that I had needed so many years before. The hits and clicks touching your website or modeling page feel great, but in all honesty it is quality photographs, you have to have good pictures, pictures that show your diversity. You have to work with people who are driven and ambitious and focused and who want to get places too. I would say focus on your strengths, and get them photographed, your eyes, your smile, your hands, your stomach, and have them shot in commercial ways, close ups, and in lifestyle atmospheres.

Then research agencies in your town and commercial print agencies or grab a Ross reports or call magazines which you want to be in and ask what agencies they work with and research photographers who have goals as big as yours.

Photoshop is nice, but also take some natural shots of you being you, and work with someone who you trust and can relax with....sweating and making a sexy face only looks good for so long!
So if you want an agent, and if you want to be with an agency. No Matter your Size, you can...just focus on what you got. I am honestly really only 5'1" but most days I wear high heels so I am 5'6" or 5'4" pr 5'5"...but you know the truth!!!!!!!!!!!! so If I can You can!

Currently I am working on getting some fitness photos, to show my curves in a way I can then submit to a fitness magazine or a health and beauty and spa magazine.

use what you got.....and don't wait. Do it now!

If you are who I think you are!

Riding on the train, up to New York Institute of Technology, my college, which I haven't been inside of in 3 years, the women across from me looks familar. I think of why? I imagine her in a scene. Then it hits me! She is the mother in the movie Meet the Parents, I still don't know her name though. My stop is coming up and I get up and grab the pole. Then I lok over at her again.
I tap her wrist softly before I leave the train " stand clear of the closing doors!!!!" I whisper " If you are who I think you are...then...your good!" and she puts her hand to her chest and says to the person next to her..."awe thats sweet!"

I get off and think of it as a sign!

So I do the interview and it goes well but I need to learn to make my interviews a bit shorter, once I start talking I go on and on and on, I even read the editors an excerpt from my book. I hadn't read out loud in a long time, it was weird and I stuttered a few times.

I went to a Technology web event next. And I learned about www.blogtalkradio.com

I finally get home, it's 9pm and her name is Blythe Danner!

Newbies to the modeling world!

Hi new models out there... girls, and guys! I just wanted to give you the heads up that anything is possible. All you need is to strive, strive, strive, I am most likely the tiniest model in NYC and I have found ways to get into the agency doors, to get print work and work with national ad campaigns and beat the odds. You might be new and not sure how to enter a business or try. I would say...work with people who have goals as big as yours or bigger. Ask a lot of questions, and focus on your strengths not your weaknesses. Say you have a big nose...well don't like that bother you... focus on your long beautiful hair or edgy short bob, or you great hands, legs, or eyes. And remember being sexy isn't the only form of modeling out there. Hand modeling pays up to 150-$3000 a day depending on the magazine or ad campaign. The best moment in my modeling career was when I finally met a photographer who wasn't just shooting me for the fun of it, but was shooting me to allow me to just be myself and he listened to what I was really after, and it lead to my first tear sheet in Women's World magazine... Don't give up, but also don't expect to get famous or your tear sheets over night, just model because you know you are good at it, and have a backup plan, have a lot of goals in life, not just one....and you will attack each one!

Cheers!

isobella jade

How does she model at not even being a full 5’foot 2 inches tall?

Although she recently found out her real height which she has ignored for years is 5’1” and ¾ . She pouted about that, but she doesn’t mind wearing high heels every day just to prove her lied height on her modeling comp-card of 5 foot 4 inches. Even though the average American woman is just 5’3,” Isobella is under average.

(((((((( Today I worked with Fuji TV, we filmed in Time Square)))))))))))))

The School of Nude Modeling to the Acceptance of an Agent

Unlike most models I wasn’t scouted and I am not tall- I started modeling by just Googling the word “model” in 2001 when I was in-between semesters at college. From 2001-2006 when I grew up in front of the camera, during a turbulent time when I was 19-23 years old. I wrote this book to share the awareness for the good, the bad, the ugly -and the nudity that I experienced through ways of the Internet and how with a hungry persistence even the underdog can make her dream come true with one click of her heels.

I just recently started working with a great commercial print modeling agency. It feels like it took forever since I have mailed this agency a lot in the past. Alot longer than most other Giraffe models...but I got this opportunity by using what I have...and not dwelling on what I don't.

Then and Now

It took me 5 years and I am finally workin with some great modeling agents, the phone doesn't ring every single day but it rings more than it ever did and I am creating a new compcard within the next couple weeks and anxious! Modeling for my ego, back then...inspired my book Almost 5'4" and today as I promote it and try to gain media leads I find myself thankful that I have seen both sides of the business. The freelancers and working with agencies. The Amatuer and the Professional worlds.
NO matter your trade, craft, interest and inspiration...don't give up. Make time for it. Pursue it. Do your homework and never hold back from flaunting yourself when flaunting is due. It's not easy to succeed in breaking the standard rules,or bend them, and sneeking in the door or find your own way in...but if you stay persistance it WILL work. Just think inside and outside of the box and imagine the perspectives of those you are pursuing. If you want to start a business, even if that business is yourself you have to look at YOU from the outside in, the inside out and see how you are representing you.
Take care and have a wonderful weekend!
isobella jade

Amazon!

911 only gives us more hope to try and pursue and tell the ones we love we do each day! I hope your day was inspiring.
Cheers!
isobella

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Homeless Model Finds Room of One's Own (And Writes Novel) in Soho Apple Store
9:58 AM PDT, September 7, 2007, updated at 11:39 AM PDT, September 7, 2007
While my headline may lack the panache of the classic 1983 New York Post headline, Headless Body Found in Topless Bar, I did come across this story in America's "oldest continuously published daily newspaper" while I was in upstate New York over the Labor Day weekend.
Over the course of four months, pint-sized former part-time nude model Isobella Jade worked on her book for an hour a day on one of the display laptops at the Soho Apple Store (while also seeking out modeling gigs on Craigslist), e-mailing her work to her Yahoo Mail account. Ms. Jade says: "Writing it there was crazy because it was a big, loud place with a lot of people. Some writers want to be in a quieter place, but I'm very fast-paced, so my book is very fast-paced. It's gritty because I am, and writing it at the Apple Store made it more alive."
The fruits of her labor are now captured in her self-published memoir, Almost 5' 4": Confessions of an Unconventional Model, which one Amazon customer reviewer calls "scandalous, rabble-rousing writing at its best."
--BTP

Pray Tonight

Six years ago on September 11th in 2001, I had just recently moved to NYC ( chapter one of my book) and didn't really understand what 911 meant. I knew the danger, the deaths, the broke soul of a city I had just met, the obvious from the faces I saw near by. But only recently do I really feel the emotion of New York City and that day. Since now I feel NYC is my home, and I have a love/ hate relationship with New York every single day. I ironically live downtown now. Only a walk away from the sight, and may we all pray tonight for the energies in us to stay full of life while we have it, and to remember life is too short and unexpected and lets pray that we will always let freedom ring in our broken hearts from the day we lost too many precious people to ignorance. May we keep our faith and help one another and strive to be all we are capable of being unlike many of those who lost their chance too soon.

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Self serving

As much as I love researching and hustling and pursuing the jobs and goals I have, it is true...you need help along the way. When I research brands and companies and magazines I want to model for, I also update my compcard and mail them out to more modeling agencies, or the agents I already work with, just to update them and keep myself in the loop. It took me a while to finally work with the brands I work with today and it is very inspiring to chase more each day and inspire people to try the same.

Also the world is small and on any given day I will run into someone I know on the street, train or coffee stand line, or of couse at the Apple Store. So always be true to yourself and true to others.

Crushin Me at Farm Aid at Randall's Island

Well tonight was amazing, I went to a concert for Farm Aid, it was a dream come true to see Dave Matthews! I will never forget it!

When Dave sang Crush, I melted. I am so lucky that my love got us tickets! And Willie Rocked! The Counting Crows were amazing! Dave Matthews is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you love the pictures, yup our seats were pretty amazing in the press box! Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp did an amazing job at a wonderful cause. I am from Upstate( Syracuse, New York) so of course I love a fresh grown juicy Apple, and my mama's garden when I was young, and now living in the big apple I love home grown! Cheers!- isobella

Hustling for Press Pays UPUPUP

Well it isn't easy being your own publicist, and fruit stand... especially writing constant press releases and researching editors, magazines, newspapers, agents, and all at once trying to promote yourself and stay positive along the way. Its seems that writing this book and marketing it and publishing it has become a story in itself. But I am doing this promoting and hustling of my book for the underdogs, and to inspire others to take a chance and to go after their goals. Media Bistro did a write up (enclosed), I like that they still write about the little hustler now and then. It means alot!

At the Apple Store on September 7th 6:43pm

I slide in and actually feel like I am in a new zone, a calm feeling runs up and down my spine, my feet are planted and my eyes are not leaving,both hands on the keyboard, no one is messing up my motion....click click...and I am collected and  checking my email at last!

How to Get in a Magazine

Here are some tips for other models on how to get in a magazine

1. look at magazines you like and want to be in.
2. Or research and contact the photographers who have published work in the magazines you want to be in.
3. email the photographer your ideas and pitch your personality.
4. Or send yourphotos to the photo editor directly at the magazine.
5. Research on internet sites like Craigslist.com and search the words "editorial" or ' magazine" sometimes you have to be careful of the scams but using the Internet sites like Google you can research editor names and address's for mailing your photos at least.

Same thing for agencies, mail your photos and don't give up!



I gained my first tearsheets in Women's World Magazine, Stuff Magazine and Mass Appeal, Accent Magazine and meetings with Latina Magazine ..through research and using sites like Craigslist to scout out legit modeling work for editrials....not from an agent but through approaching photographers or mailing the magazines my photo myself and researching on the Internet.

My newspaper interview in the NYPOST!

This is amazing! here is the link to the article that Larry Getlen wrote in the New York Post Pulse section on Sunday the 2nd of September!

New York Post Feature! 3/4th of a page! wow!