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.

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.

This is what every aspiring model, male or female, needs: candid, inside, and illustrated information about how to get started in this competitive field.

"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

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.

Professional modelling is one of the world's most competitive, challenging and changeable industries, and it can be a daunting business for any new or aspiring model to face without guidance. The Model's Guide is a fully comprehensive handbook, written by a professional model with more than ten years' industry experience, which tells everything you need to know in order to enter and succeed in the world of modelling. The book is full of insider tips, stories and anecdotes from the lives of working models, photographers and industry professionals. There is comprehensive advice on how to find an agency, how to get work, and how to promote yourself as a freelance model. The book outlines the various different types of modelling, techniques on how to walk, dress, pose and act on shoots, how to prepare for castings and shoots, general wellbeing and beauty advice, and invaluable advice on how to avoid modelling scams. The Model's Guide captures the nature of the modelling industry and the life of an average model in a way that has never been done before.

If you are thinking about modeling, you probably have lots of questions and no one to answer them...until now!“The Big Sis Guide to Modeling was a read to remember. Being an ambitious teenage girl, books aren't typically my thing; however, once I got going on this book I couldn't put it down. This easy read was not only an inspiration but was extremely informative and interesting. Being an aspiring model, I feel so much more prepared and led in the right direction. I would recommend it to anyone with any ambition of getting into the modeling business because I'm fully confident it will lead you down the right road as I believe it has me.”–NICOLE M.“Very impressed ... an excellent tool for girls and their families when considering a career in modeling!” – Glenda R.“I feel grateful to have found this resource for my teenage daughter who, like Karen, wants nothing other than to be a model when she gets out of high school. The chapters are full of real life insights and suggestions we are now able to put into action to move her prospective career forward to the next step.”--Belinda M.Former international model and commercial actress, Karen Mize Harper, shares with you an up-close look into her 15-year modeling career. With clients like Tic Tac, Dannon and Easy Spirit and ads in magazines like Time, People and Cosmopolitan, Karen takes you along on her modeling adventures. You'll see dozens of photos from pro shoots, behind-the-scenes snapshots and hear fun and helpful details of a working model's life. "I found myself thinking, 'I can't wait to find out what happened next!'...I would recommend this book as an absolute necessity for anyone considering this field as a career, but I'll also say I think just anybody, no matter what their ambitions, would enjoy reading this book!” –KP"Loved the book ... wonderfully informative for girls interested in the modeling biz. Wow!!” – Deanna D.“Karen Mize Harper is an explorer in this life's journey and anyone wondering if they have what it takes to venture beyond the ordinary needs to read this little book...” –TTThis guide will save you money, time and frustration and will help you to know if a modeling career, with all its ups and downs, is right for you. Most importantly, The Big Sis Guide will inspire you to go for your very own dreams, whether you decide on a modeling career or not! If you are ready for modeling adventures then "The Big Sis Heart to Heart Guide to Modeling" is for you! You'll discover that if a small-town girl really can make it in the big city, so can you! Get started today by downloading the guide that will encourage, inform and inspire...