what exactly is a "reader model"

[it's happening]

Even with this definition, the description is still unclear to me:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader_model

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[fashionkitten7]

^ neither is it clear to me...

 

[kate_is_goddess]

I don't get it either, the wikipedia-definition is weird

 

[Cosette]

Yeah, that definition is a tad confusing. I had to read it slow about three times - definitely needs to be cleaned up.

From what I understand though (I could be wrong), is that a reader model is someone who acts as a reader of a particular magazine for advertising purposes. Like on an ad or a commercial, where a woman's talking about how she reads this particular mag and it helps her, etc etc... but she's only acting. Could that make sense? I'm honestly not entirely sure...

 

[sleeves]

i get the impression it is a person who has modeled for the magazine but is not a professional model, therefore they are a reader of the magazine, and they are the model

 

[Cosette]

i get the impression it is a person who has modeled for the magazine but is not a professional model, therefore they are a reader of the magazine, and they are the model

Ah! This makes a lot more sense to me now. I think you're right. Like for example in Teen Vogue they always have that "Snapshot" and the "Room of my Own" features where a reader has been photographed, but they are not professional models.

 

[Sunkist]

I think "Reader models" are like you guys mentioned, the Teen Vogue girls in features like "Room of One's Own." Other examples perhaps are the women they use to show how different non-model women would incorporate items into their work wardrobe (Vogue did a feature like this), the women who are photographed showing off moves from their exercise routines for fitness/health publications, and so on. They aren't professionals, and they are usually described as something else (by their profession, their age and location and name, etc.) Sometimes they are people with connections to the editors or fashion/social scene in one way or another (many of the Teen Vogue girls or women in Vogue features) or they are people who submit their photos or information through different promotions/contests targeted at readers.

 

[JJohnson]

Oh now i see...ok so how do I become a reader model? LOL! haha