The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful : The Guidebook for Modeling in the U.S. and Canada

Pentaudi, James

ISBN 10: 0966176901 ISBN 13: 9780966176902

Publisher: P I Pub, 1999

Synopsis

A master's course on the industry of professional modeling and talent. This book covers the entire business of modeling from coast to coast, outlining every type of modeling job (33), every type of model (10), every type of agency and agent, the differing levels of money (7), the jobs inside the management, everything that's good about the business, everything that's bad. It provides tips for working models, beginners, and parents on the proper ways of working inside an agency, working by yourself, or moving up in market through conventions, competitions, model searches, or moving. This book is the most complete treatment ever written on modeling, or as many agents have referred to it, "The Bible of the modeling industry."

About this title

About the Author

James Pentaudi is a veteran of twenty-one years in the modeling industry and is considered by many the foremost expert on the national modeling scene. He is a regular guest lecturer at agencies from coast to coast and is the featured speaker at two of the top modeling conventions in North America, the AMERICAN MODEL & TALENT CONVENTION in Orlando and Hilton Head, and the CANADIAN MODEL & TALENT CONVENTION in Toronto. As a model scout he has discovered four Vogue covergirls and placed about one hundred models in the international markets. Often James Pentaudi has been referred to as the number one modeling instructor in the America as well as the only motivational speaker in modeling.

Review

"I wish I'd read this ten years ago. James has outlined every mistake I made." -- Berenda Crellim, ACT Models/Tucson

"James has written the Bible of the business." -- Renee Lauren, Click Models/Phil

"New York may not like this book, but I love it. What a tremendous work." -- Jacqueline O'Brien, John Casablancas Models/Orlando

"This book is a must-read for models and agents of any country." -- Georgia Dougals, Platform Models/Sydney, Australia

"This book is by far the best ever written about modeling." -- Caryn Rosenberg, Caryn Models/Minneapolis

"What an opus! It is a pleasure knowing there's someone of this stature in the modeling business." -- Gloria Strype, Eleanor Fulcher Models/Toronto

Edition details

• Publisher: P I Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0966176901
• ISBN 13: 9780966176902
• Binding: Ring-bound
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 425