hey what's up guys welcome back to my channel if you guys are checking me out
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that you guys are absolutely gonna love so if you are a model or maybe you've
thought about being a model there are a couple of things that you guys probably
need to know about the insane cost of being a model being a model can be very
expensive especially because you're spending a lot of your own money at
first just to get started and once you've gotten started
you still spending some of your own money to go on--go season castings so in
this video let's get into some of the details and breakdown the cost of being
a model coming right up one of the biggest expenses that models have
especially in a big city like New York is paying for their model apartments now
if you guys don't know what a model apartment is think about a model we just
got signed from a smaller city and now has to move to New York to a big city
but they can't necessarily afford an apartment on their own because
apartments in New York are very expensive so what happens is that the
agencies actually placed the model in a model apartment or model home sometimes
you can see a model apartment in New York with only one bathroom and eight
models sharing that apartment together so this is something that's very common
especially in New York you can be paying anywhere from $600 to $800 dollars for
your model apartments despite the fact that you're sharing it with other
roommates so when you think about it it might actually be cheaper for you to get
your own apartment and share with roommates rather than paying for a model
apartment that's highly priced in Manhattan and you're splitting that we
ate on the models that's crazy Joe that's been your answer every time I
tell a story another thing to think about when you consider the cost of
being a model is that when a model does its job they don't get paid right away
sometimes you don't get paid until three or four months after the job has been
done so there's a lot of space between doing the job and getting paid and
sometimes you need some income coming in to kind of fill the gap to cover your
bills to cover your daily expenses because you never know when you're going
to get the next job in between that time some agencies actually offer our cash
advancements which means they pay you ahead of time before your check actually
comes in but the downside is that they actually charge you an inch
now this interest could be very expensive as well for models in a big
city like New York I've seen agencies charge anywhere from three percent
interest up to thirty percent interest so that's another thing that models has
to be careful about is that they have to manage their cash properly so they don't
need to take a cash advancement from their agencies another cost that could
be very expensive is transportation I can't tell you how many times models go
to castings they go on--go season they're spending their own money they're
getting on uber rides getting in the subway I've personally driven from one
state to another for a job I drove from Illinois to Wisconsin I've driven from
Illinois to New York just for a modeling job so these things to be very expensive
because you're spending your own money and most of the time you're not being
reimbursed by the clients but sometimes you are it's typical for a model to
spend anywhere from $300 to $500 a month going on go-sees and castings oftentimes
some models in New York they have up to five or six Casas in a day so this is
something that models have to be careful about is making sure that their monetary
and how much they spend on transportation
another thing that factors into the cost of being a model is paying for
professional photo shoots so when you first start out so you need a book you
need to build your book you need your headshots and your beauty shots you need
digital things like that oftentimes your agents would refer you to shoot with a
professional photographer sometimes they might actually recommend a photographer
for you these photographers aren't cheap they charge anywhere from $500 $600 even
up to $800 for portrait shots and models need to update their book often if you
change your hairstyle if you get a haircut you need to update your book
sometimes your pictures get stale and you need to just refresh your images so
models often times have to pay for their own photo shoots
now sometimes some models are lucky enough to get free test shoots but
that's not always a case now as a model you're expected to look and feel your
best and obviously that comes at a price if you're a female model you have to be
for hair and makeup so all these cosmetic and beauty products has to come
into play and this can be very expensive as well people can spend anywhere from
$200 and upward per month on just a personal of key and on that notes eating
healthy and take care of your body going to the gym getting a gym membership is
also very pensive it's usually around $50 per
month not to mention you have to eat healthy and healthy foods are more
expensive than junk food so that's another thing to consider as well
another thing that factors into the cost of being a model is that you often have
to pay a web feed to your agency so an agency will charge you for putting your
on the website and promoting you and they might charge you some
administrative fees for submitting you to several clients this is usually
around one hundred and fifty dollars a year not to mention the commission that
they charge which is usually around ten to twenty percent commission so as a
model you're expected to have the essential items like your heels your
black boots black jeans turtleneck things like that sometimes a dress suits
so having these items can be very expensive oftentimes model have to go
shopping just to make sure they have the right items to wear to a casting or go
see or making sure they have the right items for a job and in general models
are expected to look fashionable and trendy so making sure you keep up with
your wardrobe is very important I've seen models spend anywhere from $200 a
month on just their clothing items and that's more on the lower scale alright
guys so these are some of the things that factors into the cost of being a
model I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you learned anything new hit me with
a thumbs up don't forget to subscribe I'll see you in my next one