Hey, what's up guys welcome back to my channel. So being a model especially in LA. It's very challenging. It's tough
There's a lot of competition out there
So what I wanted to do today is I want to show you guys one of my friends her name is ha Jay eBay
She's a model. She's a petite model only five seven
She's about twenty-two years old and I think she'll be really great for you guys to learn from so without further ado
Let's go talk to you BAE and hopefully you guys can pick up a couple of tips
My name is Tania BAE, I am five-seven
I live in Los Angeles, California and I was born in West Africa Guinea. This is my take on being a model in LA
Hey guys, it's Haji. Obey I am 22 years old and I currently live in Los Angeles, California
I've been here for about going on three years and honestly
It's been up and down like it's super crazy being a model here is like a lot of self-love
So it's about loving your fro loving your skin and just don't you
So, how did I get into modeling
First of all when I first came to America, I always used to watch America's Next Top Model
I think that's literally our favorite but I was sitting in the mirror and not to practice and I would just
Envision myself being a model. Okay, so guys I started modeling at 17. I moved to LA at 19 and
Honestly, it's been one of the best
Experiences ever. It's so many gorgeous people. I usually what I do in order for me to get ready for my castings and stuff
I always look up
Casting directors. I'm a really big on affirmation. So I am signed to a big agency. I always do this
This is just a list of casting directors. I have some hashtags here that helps me get scouted. Um
Scout me, things like that. I always
Always got a business card. This is
me
Make sure you always get a business card and this is just simple you can literally get it anywhere
I'm really into big
Vision like um a vision person seeing what I want to be filling it
So this is my vision board for 2019. It's based on beauty
I want to be on vogue Essence magazine your joy and
2019 is basically about my hair loving my hair loving the natural me
Life is a journey. These are some of my prints
L'Oreal Paris, I'm coming for you
so basically just
Going after with choose dream
Following your dreams making sure that you manifest it and you see it every single day
And believe in yourself
Honestly self-care making sure you drink water making sure that you take care of yours in your mental health your mental health
Make sure you believe in yourself. Make sure that
You're all that you want to be
So guys what are the basic need is having some type of book
This is my work draft, but I kind of just go through it
these are some of my favorites and just look at them to see if I want to add them to my book and
Just making sure that I picked the best cleanest real natural because that's what they want. They don't really want much going on
It's kind of the same Oh
full body pictures
So guys even though I'm really confident
I went to a few open calls and it was it was nothing
I imagined it to be I'm gonna tell you real they're bland you go in there. You see them
They see you and you say bye that take some Polaroids and if they like you they're gonna call you back
But don't let that stop you
I know I personally haven't been called back from any big agencies
But I'm still gonna keep going and that's what I advise you to do
I advise you to make sure that you have clean headshots make sure that you do online submissions and in-person and just know people
Network having model friends is the best because they can get you castings. They can get you connected and
For the ones who don't have them agent
If you don't have an agent you need to get la casting la casting it costs a lot
I'm gonna tell you now and it's like twenty dollars for every picture upload or something like that, but it's really worth it
It's gonna get you booked. It's gonna get you jobs
Model mayhem is also another one
I don't really do model mayhem a lot
but I heard it was really good backstage just a lot of different apps and also going to
Networking parties. I'm telling you being out getting dressed and going in the streets model walk on every block
That's my new hashtag. So model walk on every block in you somebody who's like oh my god. She's beautiful
Where can I put you? Okay, so off topic, I am currently getting my bachelor's in entertainment business
I graduate this year. So that's one of my main goals coming here. I also assist in direct in production
Assistant so I do most of your favorite music videos some of your commercials. So I do a lot of behind the scenes
But I'm a friend of the camera
So make sure you guys follow me on Instagram, my name is hajeck Abbaye
That's h a DJ a ye b h e and make sure you follow my journey
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