hey what's going on guys welcome back to my channel if you guys are checking out this channel
for the very first time and you're interested in becoming a model you definitely want to consider
subscribing because i make awesome videos on a weekly basis that you guys are absolutely going
to love so there's a lot that goes into becoming a model and there's a lot of pitfalls that a lot
of new models or aspiring models make on their journey to becoming assigned and working model so
i want to share with you guys some of the things that i wish i personally knew before i became a
model and then that way you guys can learn from it and hopefully avoid some of those mistakes
so let's talk about a couple of things that i wish i knew before i became a model coming right up
so number one models don't get paid per salary or they don't get signed to a huge contract
by the agency and then all of a sudden they're making all this money um that's not how it works
and that was one of my misconceptions is that i thought that models got signed to an agency
and then the agency would give them like a huge contract that would sustain them
um their cost of living and all of that kind of stuff right but that's not how it works
models get paid per job not monthly not bi-weekly there's no salary or anything like that you get
paid per job so if you're not working if you're not booking you're not getting paid at all
so you need to find something else to do a lot of models in new york because new york is a
very expensive city a lot of models in new york tend to have like a flexible job like a waiter
or something like that so this is something that you guys want to keep in mind as you seek
to become a model is just know that you have to have your finances in order because jobs are not
going to come every day and if you're not booking you're going to go broke basically so you want to
have something to fall back on another thing i wish i knew and a lot of models right now don't
even notice is that you don't necessarily need an agent to become a working model or a published
model right of course being signed to an agency helps because they have a huge client list they
can get you exposure they can get you to all the castings they have a network of casting directors
um etc but you can still become a working model still become a published model without getting any
representation especially in today's day and age there are apps like swipecast or newbook et cetera
there are websites where you could submit yourself you can go to fashion shows and you know attend
the castings to get booked so it's a lot easier than it used to be back in the days so if you're
not a sign model it's not a big deal you can still become a working and successful model but just
know that you have to hustle a lot harder than those who are assigned another thing i wish i knew
before becoming a model is that modeling is a is a commitment right it's a commitment to your health
your fitness this is a sacrifice that you need to make as a person to make sure that you're always
taking care of your health make sure you're always thinking about your fitness your nutrition taking
care of your skin first of all it's expensive right because you're purchasing all these products
you're buying organic foods you're eating healthy and eating healthy costs a lot of money so this
is a lifetime commitment but of course it's for your own good you definitely want to take care of
your body to have a long career take care of your skin you're going to make sacrifices like cutting
back on alcohol or not even consuming alcohol at all or cutting back on fried greasy foods
fast food etc and just eating a salad every now and then right so that's a it's a sacrifice it's
a huge commitment this is something that you guys need to keep in mind as you look to become a model
you can't have the same diet as non-models you have to have a strict diet you have to work
out often and take care of your skin because when you go to castings you're judged on your
appearance and whether you get the job or not depends on how you look your physical appearance
your body your skin etc another thing i wish i knew is that you don't need to be famous
to be a successful model you don't need to be a famous model to become successful in modeling
there are a lot of models who you don't know you don't know their name you don't know their face
but they're doing a lot of commercial prints a lot of commercial work making a lot of money getting
residuals etc and they've had a great career right but you don't necessarily know their
face or their name of course being a famous model equates to success but again you don't need to be
a famous model you don't need to have your name seen or work for any kind of big designers or do
any kind of big campaigns you can be a commercial print model a catalog model and be very successful
speaking of that another thing i wish i knew is that there are different categories of modeling
when people think about models they think about the top models on the runway you know new york
fashion week doing big campaigns for prada gucci louis vuitton etc but again they're different
categories right there's editorial there's runway models there's commercial print models
there's lifestyle modeling there now there's influencer modeling there's body parts modeling
etc there's so many different categories and i talked about that actually in one of my videos
so you guys should go check that out link will be in the description box down below so each of these
categories of modeling may have different height and measurement requirements right
for example the measurement for plus size models might be different from a runway model for example
or the requirements for a fitness model might be completely different from the requirements
for a commercial print model for example so if you don't necessarily meet the requirements or
you don't have the look per se whatever that is for editorial print that's completely fine
you can still do other categories of modeling just look into those and look for agencies that
represent those types of models another thing that i wish i knew is that there are actually
a lot of scammers in the industry there are so many people that prey on the emotion of wanting
to become a model having this big dream and this goal and desire and they know that so they prey
on a lot of aspiring models they prey new emotions they take your money so this is something that you
guys need to be aware of there are tons of scams there are a lot of scammers that pretend to be
agents but they're actually not agents they try to sell you a package like sell your modeling school
or sell you some kind of coaching or placement or something like that you definitely want to be
aware of those things there are a lot of scam photographers a lot of scam talent scouts etc
so you guys should definitely have your eyes out for those things if it doesn't feel right
it's most likely a scam and then finally one thing that i didn't know before i became a model
is that if you're a model your schedule is really unpredictable right if you're working or you're in
school you need to have some sort of flexibility to be able to take a day off for a casting or for
a job because these things come sporadically like for example your agents might hit you up
today and say hey you have a cast in tomorrow or hey can you make this self tape audition
or can you go to this go see to meet this client at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon so there's not
a huge lead time as far as getting notified for a cast in it for a job it comes sporadically a lot
of times so as a model you need to keep a flexible schedule at work or at school so this is something
that you guys need to know before you become a model if you guys have questions drop them
in the comment box down below i definitely love to hear from you guys if you guys are checking
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