Landon Langham

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This website stresses emphasis on good business sense and knowledge of the modeling industry, so you may judge yourself first on how this lifestyle may or may not fit for you. Regardless stereotypes, you need to be smart, hence people and business sense, to break into the modeling game. The fact that you (aspiring male model) had enough sense to look up a little research, so you are not completely in the dark, is a great start. You also need thick skin and not take rejection so hard. You will be turned down for a modeling job/casting more than you will be accepted, regardless of how unbelievably attractive you are. There are fewer success stories than you could ever imagine; your best bet, while beginning a career as a male model, is to know that it is necessary to have other means of income; many models, model represented by the some of the top agencies in the world, will take on other work opportunities to increase their net income. Now, if you're still reading, congratu
lations. You aren't easily discouraged, and you will need that drive to endure the rejection, which is part of every model's career. There are several different types and levels of modeling, and if your expectations are realistic, you don’t need to worry about feeling discouraged.

There are many different kinds of models, including child models, plus-size models, and parts models (legs, hands, body, etc) for a number of ads you see every day and probably don‘t even notice. Fashion models normally have a specific physique to maintain, however, there are other models called "real-life models," who are often also actors: ordinary looking people used in catalogues and commercials to represent someone the average consumer can relate with in commercials and ads. The guy with the reseeding hairline to the back of his head and one strand of hair on the top middle of his head combed over, with the potbelly holding a new handy-dandy wrench set on a billboard, is a “real-life model“. So if you don’t quite fit the criteria of a fashion model, you may want to consider becoming a character actor(real-life model). Know that hard work, charm, connections, smarts, a driven personality, and luck all play a part in what agency you are with and based. No matter where
you're based, if you sign with a big agency that's based in New York (like Next Modeling, Ford, or Elite), there's a good chance that you'll end up in New York. But also keep in mind that there is still a demand for models in the secondary markets: Chicago, Philadelphia and Phoenix.

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI 49008

l4langh1@wmich.edu