Can I still be a model if I didn't get into an agency?" "How can I make money from modelling?" "How can I raise my profile as a model online?" Anita De Bauch, full-time professional model and cover girl sponsored by numerous fashion and beauty companies, honestly and comprehensively reveals her tried and tested business tactics to maximise profits without being signed to an agency, posing techniques to unlock your natural beauty, and invites expert guests to share game-changing nutrition advice and personal stories of real life in the modelling industry. Anita De Bauch reveals the real truth about freelance modelling, where she travels the world working with everyone from SHOWstudio to Perou (of TV's Dirty Sexy Things and Make Me a Super Model), wearing everything from Vivienne Westwood to unique latex couture, and makes her fortune modelling fashion, lingerie, commercial, glamour, fetish, alternative, vintage styles and artistic nudes. In The "Ugly" Girl's Guide to Modelling, Anita shows step by step how she achieved her status and continues to succeed in the world of modelling without being signed to an agency, or being over 5'8," or being under 21: "I wrote this book because I want women to realise that they don't need perfect genetics, a personal styling team, thousands to spend on designer clothing, or an unlikely stroke of luck in order to model. All you need is a little insider knowledge and a lot of determination. This book will show you how." - Anita De Bauch

"Can I still be a model if I didn't get into an agency?" "How can I make money from modelling?" "How can I raise my profile as a model online?" Anita De Bauch, full-time professional model and cover girl sponsored by numerous fashion and beauty companies, honestly and comprehensively reveals her tried and tested business tactics to maximise profits without being signed to an agency, posing techniques to unlock your natural beauty, and invites expert guests to share game-changing nutrition advice and personal stories of real life in the modelling industry. Anita De Bauch reveals the real truth about freelance modelling, where she travels the world working with everyone from SHOWstudio to Perou (of TV's Dirty Sexy Things and Make Me a Super Model), wearing everything from Vivienne Westwood to unique latex couture, and makes her fortune modelling fashion, lingerie, commercial, glamour, fetish, alternative, vintage styles and artistic nudes. In The "Ugly" Girl's Guide to Modelling, Anita shows step by step how she achieved her status and continues to succeed in the world of modelling without being signed to an agency, or being over 5'8," or being under 21: "I wrote this book because I want women to realise that they don't need perfect genetics, a personal styling team, thousands to spend on designer clothing, or an unlikely stroke of luck in order to model. All you need is a little insider knowledge and a lot of determination. This book will show you how." - Anita De Bauch

Investigative journalist Michael Gross delves into the history of models and takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, going beyond modeling’s carefully constructed facade of glamour to expose the scandal and untold truths that permeate the seemingly glamorous business. Here for the first time is the complete story of the international model business—and its evil twin: legalized flesh peddling. It’s a tale of vast sums of money, rape both symbolic and of the flesh, sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death. At its heart is the most unholy combination in commerce: beautiful, young women and rich, lascivious men. Fashion insider Michael Gross has interviewed modeling’s pioneers, survivors, and hangers–on, and he tells the story of the greats: Lisa Fonssagrives; Anita Colby, Candy Jones; Dorian Leigh and her sister Suzy Parker; Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy; Veruschka and Lauren Hutton; and today’s supermodel trinity, Christy, Naomi and Linda.

Why try to enter the modeling industry knowing nothing, when you can know everything you should? While many people talk about the extraordinary life a model has, very few know how difficult it is to enter and commit yourself to a life of praise for one’s appearance. “The Modeling Guide for Every Body” is an empowerment tool for models of all shapes, sizes, and races. In this book, Stephanie Rosa goes beyond transparency. She explains what it truly means to be a model, how she broke into the industry, the hurdles that most models go through, and secrets about the industry—everything aspiring models should know. Learn about the risk of pursuing a modeling career and smart things you can do to protect yourself. “The Modeling Guide for Every Body” is the book you need to make your modeling career attainable.

This book will provide aspiring freelance models with the tools to get started in the fashion industry. 'The Wise Girl's Guide to Modelling' contains invaluable advice on how to avoid the many pitfalls of the trade and get work without having to spend money. Written by one of the most successful freelance models in the UK, the book is based on a unique true story of success against all odds. 'The Wise Girl's Guide to Modelling' gives clear, practical guidance to aspiring models, including advice on profile construction, grooming, posing and essential business skills. Complete with photos that illustrate different modelling genres, it is an essential book for aspiring models, photographers, make-up artists, modelling webmasters, technicians and agents.

The Clairol model and VH1 star offers herself as a role model for young women who are interested in her profession, discussing such pertinent topics as style, make-up, hair, wardrobe, portfolios, and exercise. Original.

Indonesian fashion has undergone a period of rapid growth over the last three decades. This book explores how through years of social, political, and cultural upheaval, the country's fashion has moved away from “colonial fashion” and “national dress” to claim its own distinct identity as contemporary fashion in a global world. With specific reference to women's wear, Contemporary Indonesian Fashion explores the diversity and complexity of the country's sartorial offerings, which weave together local textile traditions like batik and ikat-making with contemporary narratives. The book questions concepts of “tradition” and “modernity” in the developing world, taking stock of the elite consumption of luxury brands and the large-scale manufacturing of fast fashion, and introduces us to the rise of new trends such as busana muslim (or “modest wear”), creating a portrait of a vibrant and growing national and, increasingly, international, industry. Exploring clothing in shopping malls, on the catwalk, in magazines, and online, the book examines how Indonesian fashion is made, presented, and consumed, combining research in Indonesia with analysis and personal reflection. Contemporary Indonesian Fashion ultimately questions the deeply entrenched eurocentrism of "global fashion", simultaneously interrogating current homogenizing beauty and body image discourses posited as universal, by pointing to absences, silences, and erasures as reflected by contemporary Indonesian fashion- hence the "looking glass" of the title. Aptly illustrated, the book offers a new perspective on a rapidly developing new fashion capital, Jakarta.