Modelling

[Pip]

I think the chubby cheeks are when they were OK, then famine comes. If there are feeding problems from the word go, then they could look thin faced.

No seriously, I read that even starved babies retain their cheek pads, and it's a scientific mystery why.

 

[Gromit]

No seriously, I read that even starved babies retain their cheek pads, and it's a scientific mystery why.

Its a defence mechanism to scare off mice. Once they reach the age to be able to hunt mice the ability is lost.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

No seriously, I read that even starved babies retain their cheek pads, and it's a scientific mystery why.

Well no it isn't a scientific mystery, and if you see very young babies whose mothers are also starving, they have thin faces (I remember the Ethiopian pictures, you were just born then Enid). They retain the cheek pads so that they can also retain the sucking reflex, but they have to be feeding OK from birth.

 

[Pip]

Well no it isn't a scientific mystery, and if you see very young babies whose mothers are also starving, they have thin faces (I remember the Ethiopian pictures, you were just born then Enid). They retain the cheek pads so that they can also retain the sucking reflex, but they have to be feeding OK from birth.

That Tim Hunkin book is shit

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Well those Hunkin cartoon strips were a very long running series in the paper, put into a book. Maybe at the time he drew them it wasn't known. The engineering stuff is pretty good though.

 

[feyr]

modelling can be great fun, but you do have to develop quite a thick skin. there is a lot of waiting around, money can be sporadic , whe you get work you can work for weeks with out any real time off, and casting after casting without getting any work can be really annoying and depressing. you have to give up all concept of personal space boundries and sometimes get treated like a shop dummy, being moved around and talked about as if you arent there! but ime, its a great experience and the positives outweigh the negatives. you've taken all the sensible precuations, like checking the agency is legit, and you obviously have a good look as you have been scouted several times, so i say go for it! fwiw, i hate having my photo taken, but i did modelling when i was a kid ( the elc catalouge is some of my finest work ), then again in my teens, and in theory still now ( i am signed to an agency, but dont get much work as i cant really get to many castings, and obviously pregnant models are a little specialist!)

if nothing else, you get some good photos, some good experiences and some good stories to tell your grandkids

 

[Cloo]

You can never really tell about babies... my sister was quite an ugly, spotty baby, and an average-ish child, but gorgeous from adolescence onwards.

 

[Sadken]

Enid, do it, you're all fit and that and have an "interesting look" so go for it. Mrs K's done a bit of this recently after having been scouted and she's really enjoyed it, despite thinking it would be boring and transform her into an arsehole.

 

[Citizen66]

Sadken, I thought you didn't post on weekends?

 

[gaijingirl]

Go for it - you're a beautiful looking woman and you'll probably regret it later if you don't at least see what it's all about...

I certainly regret turning down all the repeated requests by modelling scouts over the years....






/fantasy world

 

[sim667]

If you've been scouted a few times then you clearly have a look that is in demand at modelling agencies. Model agencies normally have a catalogue of people called 'The new faces', these people will be expected to work for expenses and sometimes a token bit of cash, but if they think you can break into modelling proper then its something you will need to stick with. I would also try and find out if the contract ties you into just working with the one agency or would it let you sign up with others.

When an agency take your number it doesnt automatically mean that you will get work from it, it means that you have the potential, when the agency gets a brief that would suit your look you will be called in for a casting, and the client/represantative will get to make the ulitmate decision as to who gets the job.

If you dont jump at this oppurtunity you're crazy, generally speaking models have a very short career, if you dont do it now you probably wont get the oppurtunity to do it again. If your not sure about being in front of the camera etc I would suggest that you try and make yourself feel comfortable, practise in front of the mirror or in front of a video camera, you need to be confident, but without being over confident, a good photographer should be able to bring out the best in you.

As far as money etc goes I don't know how it all works.... I would suggest talking to CAB

May I ask what agency it is?

 

[Cheesypoof]

have you made a decision on the modelling yet Enid?

 

[Citizen66]

If you are going to get into it then I reckon you start off making ash trays out of clay before you move on to dragons.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Go for it. You could be the future face of Jaffa Cakes.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I apologise in advance if this sounds vain and self-indulgent, but I don't know who else to turn to but you, Urban

I've been stopped and scouted by modelling agencies o just typing that makes me feel like a twat, please bear with me) a few times but always turn them down because I'm not interested. It happened the other night though and I stopped and talked to the scout because he was extremely gorgeous and I wanted his number o). To cut a long story short, he gave me his details (I looked at his myspace and he's a hippy though, so forget that) in exchange for mine, which he told me he would pass on to the agency he works for. I've had a couple of phone calls from them and spoken to a couple of friends who work in the industry and to be honest I'm tempted. They're apparently legit and fairly well known, I don't have to pay any fees or commission or anything.

I could really do with the money, but my apprehension about this is multifaceted:

I'm going to feel like a wally. I don't like people looking at me, and I don't like having my picture taken (although I like cold hard cash more than I hate those things, so you know).

Is this going to cause me huge loads of hassle with the DWP? At the moment I'm getting income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit. I would declare any earnings (I couldn't not anyway), but how would it work? If I did this the work would be freelance, which I'm guessing would make me self employed? What are the rules for that? It's quite well paid, so would they look at my earnings or the number of hours I worked that week? If someone could explain all of this to be I'd be really grateful.

Does anyone have any experience of this, while I'm at it?

Oh, and I've thought long and hard about posting this, so if you mock me you're an utter twat.

Let me see if I've got this right: you're worried that your modelling income will interfere with your Welfare payments?

Please take this for what it is: an objective assessment from someone far away who doesn't know you.

You have a gorgeous, ethereal appearance. Imo, you're one of the most beautiful women who've posted a pic here. I don't know your personality aside from what's on here, but it appears to me that you are also smart and offbeat. You could easily handle the emotional stuff etc that would come with modelling. And you'd be able pull up the inner stuff to do the attitude etc.

I'm surprised you aren't already a model. Just go do it, and with all the money you'll make, you'll never look back at the days of the dole.

Just go do it.

 

[tendril]

Be careful.....

 

[5t3IIa]

A friend of mine was a model and she was a skinny chick compared to all of us but did get massively hassled to lose more weight by a reputable agency (was a while ago and I would hesitate to say Storm but I think it might have been them, or Models 1 - like, someone I'd heard of). She quit eventually and went to uni directly because the pressure to be thinner was a bit scary and weird and she wasn't into it. Just a small warning. Good luck to you. If I could make money out of nothing other than being good looking and willing to shut my trap and stand in an awkward position for hours I would do it.