Should I Model?

[sugasweetie520]

I have been told I should model, but I have very low self confidence and low self esteem. I am only 5'2, but they say I can do catalog work and stuff. But idk, what do you guys think? These pics are from the past year to now.)

http://i491.photobuck...etie520/meandmary.jpg
http://i491.photobuck...weetie520/mariafb.jpg
http://i491.photobuck...tie520/MEANDKAT.jpg(i am on the left)
http://i491.photobuck...eetie520/modeling.jpg

[rowanwitch]

No but only because you have trouble with self confidence etc... its a hard and vicious world you are thinking of entering and you don't sound as if you would cope

and TBH 5'2 is still too small for catalogue work except for petite ranges, older and more limited market...

Find something that you would enjoy doing where you don't need to be centre stage once you have something you can do well your confidence will grow and so will your self esteem

[scotman]

Does it have to be an either/or situation? Can you not do some modelling work while continuing to get a more long-term career? Do you have nice hands or neck? Some people get work just posing for jewellery catalogue photographs etc.

[B00]

If you're asking if you should model, it's obviously not the career for you. A sucessful model will lbe one who knows for certainty that is what he or she wants to do.

At 5'2, with low self esteem, averagely pretty and unsure if its for you? Don't even think about it.

[tiggerblue10]

I agree with B00. As you say, you've "been told" but its up to you at the end of the day. If you're not comfortable with it don't put yourself in that position.

[RATTER15]

You are a pretty girl, if this is your dream why not go and see an agent, they will better advise you. Do not pay them any money for a photo shoot, they will rip you off if you go to the wrong ones. Find a reputable one.

If you don't do it now you may always regret the possible opportunity.

[Sqad]

52 years old you say?

Are those pictures of a 52 year old woman?

I doubt it.

[B00]

sorry dsagree ratter.

The grl is pretty yes, but no stunner, and at 5'2 she's have to be bloody freakishly stunning to make it as a model. Plus, you need to be made of granite and so self assured to get anywhere in that cut throat business.

Here's a girl, with no self esteem, and asking if she should model- doomed to failure from the start.

[sara3]

5'2"

[Sqad]

LOL LOL....oh! that explains it ;-)

[RATTER15]

I agree Boo, but if she doesn't follow this course and try she may regret it for the rest of her life, this way she will here it from the professionals and at the end of the day who knows what they are looking for these days. maybe she does have the look, I once dated a girl, not particularly attractive but long stunning legs, she made a mint as a model for "Pretty Polly" Tights.

It doesnt hurt to enquire.

[joggerjayne]

I agree with RATTER.

You are not just pretty ... you also have an interesting face, which would appeal to photographers.

Don't be talked into "getting on the career ladder" or "getting a proper job". You have the rest of your life to do that.

Just remember ... modelling is hard work. It's not glamorous. It involves long hours, loads of travelling (sitting in traffic or on trains, not jetting around the world), and you will lose count of the number of auditions and castings that you go to before you get your first paid job. Sarah Doukas spotting Kate Moss in an airport loungs was a one off. That's not how it happens in real life.

Plus, you will have to spend your whole time working out and working on your skin (being made up all the yime absolutely shags your complexion!).

But, if you can cope with all that ... don't try to mentally plan out your life ... JFDI !!



(JFDI means "just f***ing do it")

[Sqad]

The world is full of pretty girls with interesting faces...................!!

However I agree with Ratter and JJ.

Sqad´s motto throughout his life...."If you never shoot for the moon, you will never arrive"

[joggerjayne]

Good motto, sqad !

[237SJ]

Sorry, you look like a normal pretty girl to me but I don`t think you have the modelling "look" . Sorry to be harsh. Modelling is a harsh world anyway.

[Sqad]

JJ...LOL...that was just my motto..............I am not saying that I ever achieved it .

[joggerjayne]

You did pretty well, sqad ... not many of us get to cut people open !!

[Sqad]

JJ....the trick is.....putting them back together again.;-)

[joggerjayne]

Aah ... that's where our local gangsters go wrong ...

... if they stitched their victims back together after stabbing them, all would be well.