How Much Can an AVERAGE Model Expect to Get Paid? (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[gaygaygay]

jershy?

I think the photographer Richard Vaa'llje (pronounced 'valve') coined the term, 'jershy.' It basically means versatility not at the expense of staying exactly the same.

 

[skinnygal]

In Asia, you ratherly see modles in the show, instead they are being recongized by doing massive amount of ad and tv commercial. Seeing a complete clip of local designer is very hard, simply becasue people doesn't care about it, Asia people want Italian designe, Paris big name, and GUCCI, LV, Chanel Monogram is everygreen on the market becasue it is the best way to show off your money. and that's remember, there are tons of people in Aisa who is welling to pay anything that's "import" form fashion capitals.

Modeling doesn't pay much for an Asia model, but most of the Asia Model in Asia is model/actor/singer/host, modeling is just a step for they to get into entertainment, and "background" helps a lot, like a model who has been in business for years and suddently become "the most beautiful women" in her early 30s, this is almost unheard in North America, Why? check out what her dad and mom did for the President.

i know who you mean.....
I totally agree with u!
people in asia don't focus on modeling.(except for Japan)........
they care more about the gossips (models who hang out with some celebrity
or some Big guys)
and the models are actually "model/actor/singer/host" people.......
as u said above...

 

[kol_lover]

money

im just wondering...again...lol

how much do male and female models get paid at the top agencies?

and how much do male and female models get paid that arent at the top agencies?

 

[irresistable_loz]

ok, it isn't so much the agency rather the jobs the persons getting, and then it really depends. For example the top girl, like Karolina Kurkova, Natalia Vodianova, Gemma Ward and Daria Werbowy have 6 figure day sums for editorial, and get paid millions for campaigns. eg. Gemma got $20 mil for the Obsession Night ads. But then it goes down quite a bit.

For parades in Australia they usually get $300 a show in Sydney, but then the top models get paid A LOT more than that...

Mags like Vogue will generally pay better than others, but it really depends. Once you've got the exposure and a good agency like IMG, Women or DNA (for the girls) you'll get paid a lot more

 

[kol_lover]

ok thanks for the help

 

[petal80]

ok, it isn't so much the agency rather the jobs the persons getting, and then it really depends. For example the top girl, like Karolina Kurkova, Natalia Vodianova, Gemma Ward and Daria Werbowy have 6 figure day sums for editorial, and get paid millions for campaigns. eg. Gemma got $20 mil for the Obsession Night ads. But then it goes down quite a bit.

i dont know where you got 20 mil from, but i dont think it was that much. i heard from different sources more along the lines of 1 mil. which is still a huge amount.
oh and a lot of the time they get hardly anything for editorials....

 

[thetaryn]

i agree with petal80, $20 million sounds really high. and i always heard that models don't get much for editorials and do them more for the exposure than the money.

 

[OriginalSin]

i agree with petal80, $20 million sounds really high. and i always heard that models don't get much for editorials and do them more for the exposure than the money.

i heard the same about editorials...that they make like $250 tops...EVEN models like KK and Gemma.

but top models do command a lot on the runway from what i hear. $10,000 for the uber-models? idk if thats right. anyone can confirm?

 

[CharlottefromCA]

I hear sometimes even top models get paid with clothes by the top designers... or a combination of half and half sometimes (clothes & money) to do their runway

I think Naomi Campbell for example did Anna Sui's debut collection and she only got paid with clothes from the collection

 

[fouroclock]

I heard that you can basically pay off your college fund if you're one of the girls in the runway for Dior Couture...

 

[yourbestfriend]

whoaaa 20million, im not too sure i believe that at all!

as for runway, i hear the topgirls like daria make 30,000 a show, and editorial no matter what they do not get paid higher than 250, since the model needs new prints constantly thats not something you should be asking to be paid more for. If you didnt get new tears, then youre basically not working and not the hottest model of the moment any longer.


although, elyse taylor made 247,000 or something aroudn that number for her Chanel Cosmetics campaign

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4592&highlight=paid

 

[model_mom]

Thanks YBF. I have been looking for this thread all evening so I could do a merge. I should have ask you.

 

[yourbestfriend]

no problemo

 

[melbguy]

Modelling industry sources put the value of the contract at at least $1.3m.

This was in an article about Gemma/Obsession from Australian news.com

 

[irresistable_loz]

lol yeah thats what i thought but a few people said it was true so i was like oh ok.. the people who said it was because of the nudity and its a recurring contract shes the face for several years. And the six figure some has come up quite a few times, and i remember it specifically in the Vanity Fair article with Natalia and the european girls

But hey, Im not them so I could definitely be wrong, but my model friends can afford $5000 watches and stuff so they have to be on pretty good money!

 

[irresistable_loz]

+ i think that was in aussie dollars... so Im not sure, but since the girls are paid (usually) around 2.5x the normal rate if nude (you can find this on most agency websites) and it was a recurring contract for about 5 years, plus the number i quoted would have been aussie dollars, it would make it around us$2 mil a year for a high exposure nude campaign... not as high when you think ralph lauren has valentina on a million dollar contract

 

[sashatheelf]

i'm broke.

 

[crankypants]

I read an article, I think from the New York Times S/S 05 coverage, describing the scene backstage at a fashion show. There was a brief snippet about a model calculating her earnings from her runway appearances that season to being about 600K. I think the model was Lisa Cant, but I can't really remember. She was one of the more well-known models.

 

[Hye Park Lover]

from what i'm hearing in china and japan, they would pick a caucasian model over an asian model. maybe that's why these models get so much money in asia. it's a sad thing really because some people over there in asian are obsessed with the caucasian look(bigger eyes, taller nose, cheekbones etc.) and no one is representing the asian look.

That's sad to hear There are some truly great models in Asia
But aren't caucasian agencies more willing to represent Asian models because of the exact opposite features (smaller eyes, less-tall-but-cuter nose etc.lol: I think.... Like Hye Park *Points to name*

 

[rimoe]

First editorals, never pay more that 175 dollar....NEVER no matter which model

Second. lisa cant doesnt make 600k in a show season,maybe 100k a season before taxes and commision, from NYC, Milan, Paris.

third. All of most good nyc shows pay in trade ie marc, luella, proenza, calvin pays 1k a girl mybe 2k but not to often.

milan pays good, prada 2k, dolce 4k good money,

paris is bad for money taxes are to high angency takes 70%

a top girl like daria could take home 250 for a show season

a midrange girl like lisa cant could get close to 100k