Is Modeling for You?: The Handbook and Guide for the Young Aspiring Black Model - Softcover

Rose, Yvonne; Rose, Tony

 
9780965506403: Is Modeling for You?: The Handbook and Guide for the Young Aspiring Black Model

Synopsis

The Ultimate How-To Book for the Young Aspiring Black Model

The new national bestseller Is Modeling for You? The Handbook and Guide for the Young Aspiring Black Model is the first and only comprehensive book on modeling written for and about the African-American model.

The 272 page book has over 60 pages of Black models, and includes such topics as: Super Models and How they Made it to the Top, Finding an Agency, The Modeling Agency and How it Works, How to be Successful in the Modeling Industry, Planning Your Portfolio, Plus Size Modeling, and Children as Models, plus a listing of leading Black Modeling and Management Agencies and a full listing of Modeling Agencies in the United states, as well as International Agencies.

The Handbook and Guide is your constant reference to modeling, the Agencies, where to go, what to do, how to get there, and what not to do in this billion dollar industry. Whether you are aspiring to do runway, commercial print, showroom, trade shows or video modeling nationally or internationally, male or female, teenage or adult, plus-size or child modeling this book is a must have.

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About the Author

Co-written by Yvonne Rose, a former Grace Del Marco Model, who has modeled in the United States and Europe, and taught thousands of models at John Robert Powers, Barbizon and the Ophelia DeVore School of Modeling, this internationally-renowned handbook and guide has shown thousands and thousands of young aspiring models how to get their foot in the door of the billion dollar modeling industry.

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Finding an Agency - The trends are constantly changing, so be sure that you know what is in. Just as fashion changes from year to year, a model must also change. He or she must know what look is in, and try to mold a personal image to suit the market. If a model doesn't work for three consecutive months, your agency has an option to drop you. There is an ongoing search for the fresh type of model who will capture the industry and become a million-dollar commodity, thus making the modeling industry strongly competitive and ever changing. For just this reason, thousands of new models are granted a chance to enter the market through the top agencies, with the hope of setting a new trend.

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