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contents that you guys are going to see on youtube about the modeling industry
so in this video i want to address a very popular question that you guys constantly dm me about um
on my instagram is how can you become a model if you don't quite meet the height requirements
right so i want to talk about that a little bit and break it down some of the steps that
you guys can take if you're a little bit on the shorter side and you still want to become a model
i'm going to give you guys some tips on how you can still break into the industry
all right guys so before i get into this video you definitely want to watch this video all the way to
the end because i'm going to announce another youtube giveaway and give you guys the details
at the end of the video all right so let's talk about modeling if you don't quite meet the height
requirements and just a level set so for female models the high requirement for female models
is at least five nine um to about five eleven six foot whatever right um some agencies are more
lenient and they will still represent a model uh who's five eights um sometimes in some cases five
seven or whatever um and they can still do runway for male models uh the height requirement is 5 11
to 6 3 but again there's some leniency with some agencies where they represent models who are even
taller than 6'3 or sometimes slightly shorter than 511 so if you don't meet the height requirements
there's still ways that you can break into the modeling industry
and here's how so when people think about models or they think about becoming a model
everyone dreams about being on the runway everyone thinks about runway models
right however runway modeling is not the only type of modeling that exists right so there are
different categories there are different types of model modeling that you can do however runway
modeling has a very strict height requirement because a lot of times these designers are
so in their samples on fit models right and fit models are tall they have specific uh measurements
so to be a runway model you have to kind of like meet that requirement because that's how
the clothes were sewn right so and not only that a lot of designers just like to see tall models
walking down the runway with their long legs long limbs just like you know showcasing their clothes
and honestly it kind of looks better i feel like tall people look better on the runway when
they're rocking out the garments right so if you don't quite meet the height requirements honestly
you almost need to forget about doing runway modeling and again a lot of people don't know
runway modeling doesn't actually pay that much you can make much more money doing commercial prints
editorial etc so what this means is that you have to be pretty selective with the modeling agencies
that you're applying to a lot of modeling agencies specifically look for runway models or models who
meet these height requirements especially in cities like new york and paris and milan
big fashion capitals a lot of the work that models get in big fashion capitals are runway jobs right
and if you don't meet the hype requirements what's the point of representing you if you're
not going to get that much work so if you're a shorter model or average height or whatever right
um you should look for representation outside of fashion capitals so for instance apply to
agencies in cities that are big on commercial print editorial uh fitness etc right and also
know what type of modeling you want to get into because that would help and take you a long way
so in the us los angeles chicago atlanta miami if you have a swimsuit body so sometimes i see
models who are on the shorter side and they're shooting digitals to submit to agencies however
that's all great then that's fine because a lot of these agencies are asking for your digitals
but you're almost better off just shooting commercial prints and lifestyle shots and sending
those to the agencies instead because one you want to show the agencies that yes you are a commercial
print model even though you don't quite meet the hype requirements you can still do lifestyle you
can still do commercial print you can still do fitness etc so you want to have almost like a
plethora of images that you can submit to to these agencies so to recap if you're on the shorter side
forget about runway apply to agencies in cities that are heavy on commercial print modeling
you're better off shooting commercial print and lifestyle test shoots and submitting dosa agencies
instead of shooting digitals and submitting those because when you submit your digitals
the first thing they're going to notice is the length of your body
do you seem tall do you have long legs you know all that is going to be really
apparent in your digitals um and you don't want to make it seem like you're
trying to become a runway model when you're only like 5'3 or something like that right
another thing that you want to do and i say this all the time is to beef up your social media grow
your social media following grow your instagram following because agencies are now looking at
this clients are looking at this as well they want to work with models who have a social following
that really helps so for instance wilhelmina los angeles they represent a lot of models on their
board who are even below average height for for an average person right there i've seen models in
their board as short as like five four five two um but these models they have a great look um they're
commercial print models they have strong social following all of this helps in terms of getting
represented and getting your career started in modeling industry so these are my tips for how you
can still model if you don't quite meet the height requirements if you guys have a strong look and
you follow these tips i almost guarantee you're going to get represented and you're going to get
plenty of work if you still have questions drop your comments down below i do read uh most if not
all the comments on each of my videos i also offer a modeling consultation on my website and i have
an ebook on how to get started in the modeling industry as well so you guys should check that out
and now it's time for the youtube giveaway so last month i did a giveaway i gave two lucky winners a
free modeling consultation and i gave one lucky winner a photo shoot and a modeling consultation
as well so i want to do that again um let's make that happen so all you guys have to do is use the
hashtag francispolo on instagram post your best modeling picture um you have to be 18 and older
you have to be following me on social and be a subscriber to this channel and one lucky winner
is going to get a photo shoot two other winners are gonna get free modeling consultation as well
don't forget to like subscribe and hit that notification bell i'll see you guys in my next one