Child Modelling Tips

Child modelling is quickly growing in popularity and profitability as another branch of the modelling industry.

Children can experience all kinds of work, and can be required to work all over the world. The requirements for a child or infant model are not as strict or defined as most other aspects of the industry.

Personality and attitude are very important in child modelling.

The temperament of the child model is the key to their success. It is essential that any child model be co-operative and good natured, and it is imperative that the child is easy to direct and quickly at ease around strangers and under the spotlight.

A shoot can last for hours so it can be difficult for children to remain attentive and interested.

Visit the website of the National Network for Children in Employment & Entertainment (NCEE) www.bucksinfo.net/nncee/employment/ for more information on the employment of school-age children. If your child is offered work, she will need a performance licence from your local authority. A good children’s model agency should help you to organise this.

If you decide to give it a try, remember to:

• Be a good timekeeper, reliable and prompt. You will need your own transport and be prepared to travel and to be flexible.

• Take food and drink along to the shoot – it may not be provided and you may be there over a mealtime. It’s also a good idea to take along books and games to keep your child occupied.

• Make sure your child has clean and tidy hair and nails, and a clean face when you take her to a shoot. A few changes of clothes are also a good idea.

• Above all, enjoy it. If either you or your child stop having fun, don’t do it.

For the castings calls for kids you can register on Kids Casting Call Pro or Mandy.

If you think your kid is ready to work with an agency here are some child modelling agencies in the UK:

Bizzy Kidz


Scallywags


Truly Scrumptious


Tuesdays Child Agency


Elisabeth Smith Agency

Make Up Emergency Quick Fixes

It could happen to anyone at any time. You never know so in case it happens to you be prepared and know what to do!

 

Lipstick On Teeth

The old trick of popping your finger in your mouth and pulling it out as you make an ‘o’ shape with your lips is a foolproof way to ensure that any excess lipstick wont transfer onto your teeth. Blotting your lipstick with a tissue also helps.

Skin Blemishes And Pimples

Just don’t pop them. Squeezing only irritates skin, making it redder and more swollen. Use an ice cube if a surprise pimple appears. Pimples sometimes surface at the worst possible moments. Nip a zit in the bud by applying an ice cube to the inflamed area for a couple minutes. The cold should help curb the swelling and calm inflammation. If you’re lucky enough to have some Visine eye drops with you, apply a drop to the pimple to help eliminate redness.

Puffy Eyes

Lie down and place cold cotton balls over closed eyes for 10 minute. This will drain accumulated fluids and reduce swelling. You can also use cucumber slices by placing them on closed eyes for about 10 minute. Another idea is leaving cold tea bags in the refrigerator till they are cold then using them as a compress.

Smudged Eye Liner Or Mascara

You accidentally rub your eyes with your fingers or either you yawned and your eyes got all teary causing your eye liner to smudge, if you dont fix this you would look like you have raccoon eyes btw this is does not look fashionable at all, Smokey eyes are hot but raccoon eyes are not. Don't try to wash it straigh away. Wait few minutes till it dries and will be easier to remove. What you can do is take a makeup wipe and gently remove the fallen eyeliner. You must secure some inside your bag so that encase if this incident happens again your ready to fix it.

Kate Moss

We were thinking about writing a post dedicated to Kate for a long time and finally It's been realized as her birthday was only two days ago!

The fact that we would like to have the whole post about her is because she's an exceptional person, and what's more she's British and fabulous!

Kate Moss (Katherine Ann Moss) was born 16 January 1974 in Addiscombe, Croydon, London. She is an English model who have appeared on over 50 magazine covers and in magazine spreads. Kate Moss is especially known for her trademark slim figure, prominent cheek bones, high-profile relationships and party lifestyle.

If you didn't know her and have seen her for the first time you wouldn't say she's a model material. She's only 5 ft 7.5 in (1.72 m) and doesn't really have a face of a model (especially at the times when she was starting her career - early 90s). The thing that helped her to get into modelling is definietely her personality.

 

Moss was discovered in 1988 at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a holiday in the Bahamas. Moss's career began when Corinne Day shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for British magazine The Face when she was 16, in a photo shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Moss then went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s in contrast to the "supermodels" of the moment, such as Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, who were known for their curvaceous and tall figures.

Being a famous and desirable model she had a drug problems what caused the big brands to remove her from their campaigns. But she managed to came back. And this is another reason she is an exceptional person and a model. What's more she managed to have her own brand - Top Shop which is doing very well. 

A £1.5m ($2.8m) 100% gold statue was made of Moss in 2008 as part of a British Museum exhibition. Entitled Siren, the 50 kg (110 lb) hollow statue was made by Marc Quinn, who described Moss as "the ideal beauty of the moment". The statue is said to be the largest gold statue to be created since the era of Ancient Egypt.

Quinn had previously unveiled a painted-bronze, life-size sculpture of Moss in a contorted yoga pose, titled Sphinx.

Knowing the story of Kate you should be more confident about yourselves! And even if you don't look like the super models nowadays it doesn't mean that by entering into the industry you will change the pattern and the way models should look like!

Model Competitions For Aspiring Models

Entering a model competition might be a good idea to skyrocket your modelling career. If you're successful you will get a contract and could start your modelling career straight away. It's good if you're prepared for that, know what to do, how to pose etc. 

You may do the training during the test shoot at Candi Models...

Anyway as there are many contests you can find on the web and not all of them are the real ones we would like to present you the most prestigious ones and well knows that you could enter.

1. Elite Model Look

This is an international contest which gives you an opportunity to be noticed by the biggest players in the industry - the designers, agents, stylists and photographers that will guide you and help you with your career. The winners of this competition have appeared on fashion shows around the world and were on covers of major fashion magazines. All thanks to Elite Model Look experience.

The contest has been created in 1983 and has become an international, prestigious event for aspiring models. Every year elite model look team travels around the world to find the top models of the future.

2. Make Me The Next Model

Competition being organised each year by Next company - one of Britain’s most popular brands in association with Storm Model agency. Next is looking for male and female models to sign contract with them. The winners get 2000 pounds worth Next Gift Cards, introduction to Storm Model Agency and a chance to start in a next photo shoot. The 2011 contest has been closed now so we have to wait for the openings of 2012 which should be any time soon! You just need to register on their website and the online public will choose the candidates. Top 250 will be invited to London for a special one-day course at Next's Runway Academy. Then the judges will choose top 50 which will proceed to the Grand Final of the competition.

3. Top Model UK

The finalists are selected from 1,000's of entries from different backgrounds, all hoping to get a chance to start a professional career on runways and fashion shows. Being a finalist is already a great experience as the candidates need to cope with media, press, the professional training is given as well as choreography and all the contacts within the industry.

4. Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model

To enter this competition you need to have the right to live or work in Britain and you must meet the height requirement of 5'8", and be between the ages of 18-23. Even if you don't win the competition you still can get a change to appear in fashion industry as this competition is a TV show so you can be discovered by someone not exclusively from the programme's team. You will have a chance to meet super models (like Ellen Mcpherson) and other celebrities which are members of the jury.

5. Top Model Of Colour

Top Model of Colour International (TMC) is a modelling competition, which is now in its 7th year and is open to models from across the world, whom are of African, Caribbean, Hispanic, Oriental, African, Asian & Dual heritage ethnicity. Top Model of Colour competition is providing models with exposure to the modelling industry. Top Model of Colour is the only competition of its kind in the UK, Europe & Africa and it receives thousands of applications each year from hopefuls vying to be Top Model of Colour in their respective countries. The reach of Top Model of Colour is extremely diverse, not only nationally spread throughout the UK with both female and male contestants, but it is also taking place in a number of other countries across the world, including the Netherlands, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and the Gambia, with many more soon to join. Top Model of Colour runs every year and is opened to female and male models aged between 18 – 30 years of age and a minimum height of 5.1”. 

Creator of Top Model of Colour, Sola Oyebade said: “Based on the modelling industry in the UK and across the world currently, there is no doubt that the industry generally has not yet realised, or is not yet willing to accept the need for employing and using more models of colour in their advertising campaigns. Top Model of Colour will continually play a pivotal role in promoting models of colour and to be a catalyst for change in the industry”.

Plus-Size Models

 

The world of fashion for years has been reserved for super slim models. That's why everytime some magazine or a company decides to hire plus-size models for their shoot, people pay more attention to it and talk about it. Usually they are thankful that someone have decided to show realistic women on the advert. The above photo comes from french edition of Elle Magazine.

It's been headline-grabbing stuff over here in the UK, following on from the furore caused by Mark Fast's decision to use curvier models in his catwalk show for London Fashion Week last year. It seems that while we're tiring of emaciated teenage models parading around in designer gear, we're not sure what to make of larger ladies doing the same either.

 

So, what do you think? Is there a place for plus-size women in the fashion industry? Is it progress, or is it a publicity stunt to attract more readers- and morever, do these readers want to see it? How would you react if UK Elle did the same?

Velvet d'Amour, a US model who lives in Paris, has conquered both fashion and TV at size 28. She has been a catwalk model for Gaultier and Galliano and is now a popular TV commentator.

Shops and websites for larger women are becoming highly visible. Parisian fashion writer Sakina, whose blog Saks and the City is widely read, told the Observer that the Elle cover was a "wonderful initiative".

"Fashion has created a gap between itself and real women. From skinny, to curvy, to fat, the population is made of very different bodies and the contrast between the women represented in fashion or advertising has been so important that most women don't feel good about themselves. I, too, have had body issues: I tried to fight what I genetically am because I always thought that being beautiful could never mean being curvy" - Velvet said.

To introduce you more to the fashion world of curvier models see below the top 3 plus-size top models:

 

1. Whitney Thompson

Season 10 of America’s Next Top Model was when plus-size models went prime time. That’s because a 5’10”, blond bombshell in a size 10 dress beat out scores of bony, generic wannabe models to become the first plus-size girl to win. As part of her prize package, the Jacksonville native won a contract with Elite Model Management and a sponsorship deal with CoverGirl.

Even though ANTM host TyraBanks suggested Whitney Thompson was more of a “full-figured model” than a plus-size one, the zesty Floridian has already broken down barriers and paved the way to mainstream success for bigger girls who dream of the glamorous life of a fashion model.

 

2. Chloe Marshall

This vivacious Brit is proof of just how far plus-size models have come. No longer content to grace magazine pages or fashion runways, they are now invading beauty pageants too. Chloe Marshall is a finalist for the Miss England title, already having beat out seven presumably skinny girls for the title of Miss Surrey. Miss England will be crowned in July 2008, but Chloe Marshall already has a juicy contract with agency Models Plus to fall back on. She oozes confidence, is as bubbly as they come and has a bright future ahead of her, win or lose.

3. Toccara Jones

 

This statuesque black beauty completely obliterates the tired preconceived notion of blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty. She first came into the public eye as a contestant on America’s Next Top Model. Competing against frail, starving waifs, the 5’7” citizen of Dayton more than held her own, claiming the show’s coveted “CoverGirl of the Week” title four times. Toccara Jones was eventually voted off the show, but she parlayed the exposure into a contract with renowned plus-size model agency Wilhelmina.

The phenomenal success of the girls above is proof of how our views on beauty are changing. Some countries are legislating super-skinny models out of existence, which is admirable (if you aren’t a super-skinny model), but also a bit unnecessary. Plus-size models are becoming increasingly prevalent. Once a niche market, they are now finding themselves at the forefront of fashion. It’s a refreshing change, especially for the long-neglected man who likes a bit of meat on his lady’s bones;)

Modelling Portfolio And A Webfolio

Whether you are a freelance model or signed up with an agency, you need a modeling portfolio to bring to the modeling auditions. It should include a variety of photographs - headshots, full-body shots, fashion and swimsuit photos - that will show your appearance and marketability. It's also very important to include a natural look photos so the agent will see the real you as well. It would be good if you wouldn't smile on all the photos but show also different expressions on your face to prove your flexibility.

Your modeling portfolio must look professional. Remember that the people in the modeling industry - photographers, graphic designers, casting directors, fashion editors, and fashion designers – are all very visually oriented.

Another thing worth mentioning is an online portfolio (a webfolio)
An online portfolio is a web page containing a model's information. It will include your headshots or full body photos, personal statistics (as age, height, shoe size etc), contact information, and when registered with an agency – the name of it. Many casting directors now go online to search for potential talent. If they like your online profile, you will be called in for the audition.

Follow the tips below to help make your modeling shoot a success.

1. Punctuality is always important at every photo shoot.
2. If you are not taking anyone with you to the photo shoot, let someone know where you are.
3. Bring several outfits to showcase your many fashion styles.
4. Take your own make-up to the photo shoot, even if there will be a make-up artist.
5. Don't feel pressured to do anything that you do not feel comfortable with at a photo shoot.
6. Make sure you are well-rested, especially if a lot of travel is involved. You need to look and feel rested and fresh.
7. Always present yourself in a very professional manner whether it be your first or 100th photo shoot. Photographers are often well-connected in the modeling industry and reputation is important.
8. Keep your modeling portfolio updated with the latest fashion and clothing trends. One image isn’t going to make you modeling career.
9. Communicate with the photographer as much as possible. He/she should know all your expectations, suggestions, and ideas.
10. After the photo shoot, get input on which photos are best. Not just from the photographer, but also from friends, family, your agent, and any other industry professional.
    
    Register with Candi Models and attend a test photoshoot which might give you your first portfolio!
    

Everything You Should Know About Model Releases

When you will get some work in modelling you may be asked to sign a model release. A model release is a document in which you allow the photographer or the company he/she is doing the photos for, to use your images for commercial use. Without your agreement they won't do much with the photos. Note that the photographer is typically not the publisher of the photographs, but usually licenses the photograph to someone else to publish. It is typical for the photographer to obtain the model release because he is merely present at the time and can get it, but also because it gives him more opportunity to licence the photograph later to a party who wishes to publish it. Unless a photo is actually published, the need (or use) of a model release is undefined. And, since some forms of publication typically do not require a model release (e.g., news articles and other editorial use), the existence of a release is irrelevant. Note that the issue of model release forms and liability waivers is a legal area related to privacy and is separate from copyright.

However, the photographer when taking the photos – automatically owns the copyrights of his work and he decides whether share these copyrights or not.

Types of releases:

• Adult Release: This is the form most commonly referred to as a "model release". The language of this release is intended for use by models over the age of 18 
  
  
• Minor Release: This variant of the model release contains language referring to the model (who is a minor) in the third-person, and required signature by a parent or other legal guardian of the model. A release which is not signed by a parent or guardian affords no legal protection to the publisher
• Group Release: This is a modified version of the Adult Release which includes additional signature lines to accommodate use by multiple models or subjects in a single image

If you're interested how the release may look like, please see example

Get involved with Candi models

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