By
Keith Foster
Do You Have What It Takes
to Be a Model?
E
very genre of modeling has characteristics the art director, designer
or photographer is looking for. Some of those genres have fairly wide
variations in what they want the model to look like some of them have
very strict limitations
This is the question that I am asked
quite often by young women. Being
a super model or even just making a
living having your picture taken, with
your likeness being seen all over the
world or even in your region is a dream
come true for many young women. The
idea of being recognized as you walk
down the street of your hometown with
people asking for your autograph or to
have their picture taken with you is very
appealing to many.
The average person assumes the life of
a model is glamorous and fun. I mean,
how hard can it be to stand there, look
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pretty and have your picture taken, right?
But let me get back to the original
question. Can YOU become a model?
The truthful answer is maybe, it depends.
One of the things that makes this hard
to answer is there are so many types of
modeling. Modeling has spread to nearly
every part of the world cultures. The
number of models shot on any given day
is huge. Models no longer just appear on
the runway or catalogs. The genres of
modeling have increased to the point we
could fill an issue of just by listing them
all.
Every genre of modeling has
characteristics the art director, designer