subject: On the Road to the Catwalk: Finding the Right Modelling Agency [print this page] On the Road to the Catwalk: Finding the Right Modelling Agency
It can be hard starting out as a model, you don't know where to go, who to contact or even if you are what they are looking for. However, registering with a modelling advice service can you help you on the road to the catwalk, as they provide helpful guidance and information, a database of modelling agencies and help to build an aspiring models portfolio so they can reach their full potential. However, modelling advice services are not modelling agencies so they cannot provide modelling jobs for their clients; they help them to reach a position where they can join an agency.
Modelling agents have a commission on your fee, but then they are the people that find a model work and are investing in their talent; therefore you can guarantee they will be working hard for that commission. An agency allows the model to focus on performing to their potential without the worry of having to find a modelling job.
Eventually, there may come a point where you are offered to join an agency. However, sometimes some offers can be too good to be true and it is important you are not scammed in the pursuit of your dream. If an agent claims you have to pay a fee to register then they are probably not a legitimate company, and unfortunately have no interest in finding you work, as they make their revenue through the registering of fees instead of modelling jobs they find for their clients.
One way to avoid a modelling scam is to look at their client list and see who they have on the books, if it is a top agency then you can guarantee they will have some big names on their database. They will also have an extensive directory for all the top photographers and advertisers in the modelling world who will go to them when they require a model.
