I could fill a scrapbook with all the entertaining submissions I've received from people who want to be models. As my friend Shabi would say, "Bless their confidence!" Some are just obviously not models, while others might be pretty, but their pictures are just too weird or tacky for me to take them seriously. I once got a submission from a girl who sent in about 20 individual pictures of different parts of her body - hands, feet, ears, eyes, mouth, etc. I could piece her together and make a cubist work of "art." Fun for a second but was I really considering calling her in? Of course not. It was (sort of) obvious that she wanted to be a 'parts' model, but if she'd done her research she would have known we don't represent parts models. Kind of like showing up to a swim meet wearing a tuxedo. Or something like that...
If you stop trying to give agents what it is you
think they want, you just might end up giving them what they are really after. In other words, don't try so hard to look like a model - take off the makeup and costumes, ditch the props and funky backdrop, relax, and show them YOU. Keep it clean and simple. Less is more. A few examples to illustrate my point...
Practice and pick out about five or six of the best and submit those. Don't send too many, just the best ones. If they want to see more trust me, they'll ask for more. Be sure to include your accurate stats - age, height, shoe; bust-waist-hip and dress for girls; waist, inseam & suit for boys. And, of course, don't forget your contact info. Don't send pictures you want back. And don't call to follow up if you don't get a call first. If you don't get a response it just means they're not interested right now. Submit again if you want but give it at least 3-4 months before doing so. Simple as that. Don't make in more complicated than it needs to be.
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