Models & Modeling Categories

Models &Modeling categories

Models

• Many types of modeling you will find in the modeling industry.

• Some models(https://warensblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/how-to-prepare-yourself-to-be-a-model/) only fit into one category, while another model may fit into multiple.

• The following slide show various model categories and their roles.

Fashion Models

• This category is the most exclusive and most difficult of all categories for a model to get into, much less succeed in.

• A fashion model MUST be tall, young, and thin. In addition, there are fashion model “size requirements”, and hardly any exceptions made in terms of that.

Editorial Fashion Model

• These models are the ones you find in the editorial spreads of pages like Elle, Vogue, Glamour, etc.

• You MUST fit the modeling requirements for a “Fashion Model.

Fashion Catalog Model

• Slightly less restrictive than fashion modeling in terms of requirements, but catalog modeling still has rigid standards nonetheless, and is also difficult to get into.

• Catalog models(http://www.slideshare.net/CiniMathew1/outshine-tips-for-models) are the ones you see in the clothing catalogs, posing in a variety of outfits.

• Typically, only female models between 5’8” and 6’1” will find work here. Male models should be between 5’10” and 6’2”.

Runway Model

• Models that walk the catwalk or runway; a “live model.”

• Runway models are hired to use their bodies as a mechanism to display the fashion garments of a specific clothing designer.

• They MUST be tall (5’9” and up for females,

5’11” and up for males), slender, have measurements that fit the standard clothing size, and know how to walk the runway.

Commercial Model

• Most agency models work in this category. Commercial models work MANY different jobs, including: print advertisements, catalogs, campaigns, television shows, magazines, trade shows, and much more.

• There are no height or size requirements to be a commercial model.

Print Models

• Print models are used for many different types of publications, such as: magazines, print advertisements, billboards, posters, calendars, campaigns, booklets, flyers, banners.

• Print models must have an attractive face, good skin, a nice body, and a pretty smile.

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Petite Model

• These are models that are on the shorter side- typically 5’4” and under.

• While they will not be able to find work as a fashion model, petite models can still find work in other categories, such as a print, commercial, glamour, or promotional modeling.

• Petite models can be sought after for their small

hands/feet for print work as well.

• There are many more models with necessary qualities for the above models need a help to get into industry.

• So many modelling agencies helps the talented models to get through in perfect categories that suits you.

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