So You Want to Become a Model? (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[Rochas]

^ Model mgmt hamburg

 

[MikChick]

Thanks!

Are pictures with a total of 8 MB too big? :$

 

[daniellat]

Do you guys know any agencies with not that high height standards ? Doesn't matter where they're from, Japan, NY... thanks

 

[Ceptuouse]

The height is only a rough measurement for people aspiring to be a model, but if you have the look then I'm sure any agency will be willing to ignore the measurements give or take a couple of inches (maximum)

I think>

 

[BetteT]

So.. what are the best agencies in Germany?

Wolf Models in Hamburg

 

[Ceptuouse]

GERMANY

Berlin
IZAIO models
Men's Division
Metropolitan Model Marketing GmbH

Düsseldorf
EQ Models
No Toys
Stars Model Management

Frankfurt
Cream Models

Hamburg
Kult Model Agency
M4 Models
MD Management
Mega Model Agency
Model Management
Model Team
Modelwerk
Okay Models
Place Models

Munich
Mia Models
Unity-Models

 

[tristan]

My FAVOURITE is Mega in Hamburg.

 

[model_mom]

Just to show you that there are no guarantees...no matter how big an agency it is.....but sometimes you come out a winner anyway. $$$$$$

Ex-model wants $1.5M for flopped career

BY JOSE MARTINEZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Source NY DAILY NEWS
Friday, June 29th 2007, 4:00

Caitlin Williams

A former aspiring model is suing a top New York talent agency for spoiling her dreams of runway riches by allegedly stiffing her out of a "guaranteed" pageant prize.
Caitlin Williams filed a $1.5 million lawsuit yesterday against New York Model Management, charging that the firm - which touts supermodel Elle Macpherson as a client - ripped her off.
"I really honestly thought, 'Wow, I'm going to be a model,'" Williams said. "And it wasn't like that at all."
The 19-year-old beauty from suburban Philadelphia finished second in a 2002 model search contest won by Canadian supermodel Jessica Stam.
But in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Williams charges the contest was rigged so Stam would win.
Williams also says she never saw a penny of her promised $75,000 payday.
"'Guaranteed,' seems to me, to be what it says - guaranteed," said her attorney Anthony LoPresti. "Yet she was never paid."
Williams, now a business major at La Salle University, quit the modeling business after New York Model Management allegedly sent her on several "pointless and inappropriate castings."
One of them called for her to model wedding dresses even though she was 15, she said.
While on another assignment, Williams was allegedly injured when a glass runway in Brazil collapsed. But the agency failed to compensate her, the lawsuit charges, and "even billed her for the resulting costs" of the busted runway.
"I lost my high school memories and missed a lot of school," Williams said. "And I never saw anything in return."
New York Model Management has previously settled two fraud lawsuits filed in Manhattan Federal Court. An attorney for the firm declined to comment yesterday.
"These are kids with stars in their eyes," LoPresti said. "They'll do anything or fly anywhere to get noticed, but they never see a penny."

 

[ruthie]

^To be honest, I have no feelings of sympathy towards her. Kind of hope the case is dropped...

 

[Rochas]

Why not?? ^

Imagine you were guaranteed 75 grand, and didn't receive it...
What would you be thinking then?

 

[yourbestfriend]

Why not?? ^

Imagine you were guaranteed 75 grand, and didn't receive it...
What would you be thinking then?

I understand about the 75,000. If you're guaranteed it, then she should be given work to get it, or else pay up. Though I don't agree with her idea of pointless castings because she was 15 and had to wear a wedding dress.

 

[Rochas]

^true

 

[BetteT]

Yeah ... the wedding dress thing is bogus ... 15 year old models are almost always cast for older looks, unless it's a commercial gig.

That is how the fantasy of a "perfect" woman with the pre-pubescent body type and flawless, wrinkle free skin is perpetuated ... they just use underage models and style them like a 25 olds.

 

[nofishtoday]

i was wondering if anyone had any information about dallas/austin/houston agencies. thanks so much

 

[Atelier]

i was wondering if anyone had any information about dallas/austin/houston agencies. thanks so much

Page Parks
Kim Dawson
Campbell

 

[tristan]

^^ that's such a shame to hear model mom. That stuff really makes my blood boil. There certainly is a standard of care that you should adhere to both as an agency and as an agent. NYM is a good agency, and I can't be too sure how legitimate this case is. But overall this does happen, and it's horrible!!!

I NEVER want to manage a girl, who when she decides to stop modelling doesn't walk out with a good feeling about her decision to model. It's really not that hard to create a positive environment for a girl. All it takes is due dilligence. I HATE hearing about these things.

 

[BetteT]

Whether or not she has a case ... it IS a shame, tristan ... because it's bad press for the industry. Too bad not all agents/bookers/managers work with those high standards ... as you do.

That is exactly why a young, undreage model needs strong parental guidance ... they need someone in their court ... someone who can really ***es what is in the model's best interest. Hopefully the parent isn't out just for the money, too.

 

[kissmesweet]

^^ I agree. Modelling is very difficult and emotionally and physically hard for a young girl. She needs to have a role model and a reliable adult to look up too.

 

[LilyBird]

Yeah ... the wedding dress thing is bogus ... 15 year old models are almost always cast for older looks, unless it's a commercial gig.

That is how the fantasy of a "perfect" woman with the pre-pubescent body type and flawless, wrinkle free skin is perpetuated ... they just use underage models and style them like a 25 olds.

It's funny how most people who know even a little about the fashion/modeling world recognize that the girls in those adverts are really GIRLS and often way under 18

However I can see how that anecdote would worry a jury in this case, perhaps enough for a positive ruling...

 

[tristan]

Thanks Bettet! But it really isn't a *high* standard. As far as I'm concerned it's really the logical standard.