Petite Modeling; The #1 Biggest Secret to Success in Your Petite
Modeling Career
Wondering what the biggest secret to your success is in your
Petite Modeling Career? If you're a petite or average sized
model, or wanting to become one then this article is for you.
The #1 key to success in the modeling industry, whether you're
5' 9" or 5' 2" is to get your face in front of thousands of
clients with a real modeling job. In a word; Tearsheets.
Tearsheets are the pages you have torn out of magazines that
feature you as the model or one of the models within the photos.
As a petite or average size model the type of tear sheets you
would find work for range from advertisements for everything and
anything you can imagine to articles about hair, skin and nail
care, beauty and self improvement tips, exercise, fitness and
diet articles.
Tearsheets are your ticket to launching yourself into the spot
light as a professional and workable model. They say to
potential clients; "I can get the job done". Having at least one
tearsheet in your portfolio shows the client you have work
experience and have done the job of a professional model.
So how do you get these coveted model shoots that will feature
you? The most obvious way is with an agency, but unfortunately
most modeling agencies do not sign models that are under 5' 9"
So going this route takes patience and persistance. The second
way is to work with modeling magazines directly. Most modeling
magazines can't be found on the shelves of your local grocery
store for two reasons.
First, because they are not of general interest to the average
consumer and do not sell enough from a magazine stand to justify
distributing them in this way. Second, because most of the
magazines are geared toward the side of the modeling industry
that are looking for models.
Most of the readers of the magazines are reading it to find
models they need to represent their products or for photo shoots
for their own magazines. This is why appearing in one of these
magazines is so beneficial to modeling hopefuls.
Getting the magazine to feature you as model is as simple as
sending in your photos and waiting for them to call you. Of
course there aren't very many of them around and they are
extermely hard to find unless you are already on the inside of
the industry.
Further, many of these magazines only take photos from modeling
agencies making it much harder to get you photos out there. But
it's not impossible, and if you're thinking of boosting your
career this is definatley something you should look in to.