Want to Become a Model? Here’s how to Start
Do you want to be a model and no how do you start? That’s a common question that many many talent have when looking to get started in the entertainment community.
Many turn to the Internet and search for various articles and insights on how to be a model and how to get started to find modeling agencies.
One of the first steps that’s a very important is to educate yourself on the modeling industry and the realities of how to become a model. The web is unfortunately filled with many outdated articles and advice that reflects the modeling industry back in the 1990s and as early as the 1980s when the decade coined the phrase “supermodel”
Moving onto 2019 and beyond, we can see that modeling is completely different and how to get started and began and how to become a model have changed. The decade of walking into a modeling agency and getting signed on the spot and hoping to get scouted by Model Scout are over.
With the age of digital comes to online submissions were many agencies will allow talent to do an online open call and submit their information directly to that agent.
Wondering if the agent actually reviewed your submission? You can be sure that all of your submissions to a modeling agency are definitely reviewed by Model Scout as their job as a scout for models!
If you have the exact look that they’re looking for and you might get a call in to meet an agent. However for 95% of aspiring models and actors getting a to say that you’ve been signed to an agency is very rare.
It is important as a new model to begin by building up your portfolio and your experience.
It is important to make sure that you find a reputable on the agency or listing service like Latitude Talent Studios that can help get you the tools started to become a model and actor.
Also, to begin as a model it is important to make sure that you find casting calls in your area. If you live on the East Coast the best place and obviously the largest market is New York City, so finding an Agency online
In New York shouldn’t be all too difficult. However as mentioned, be sure to build up your portfolio and experience prior to submitting to agencies.
If you want to try your luck at building up your casting experience and portfolio check out Latitude and see what your options are to become a model.
