Tag Archives: agents
organize yourself
when I joined Folio Models in Tokyo, I was issued an official agency organizer, containing a handy calender with tiny lined spaces next to each day. I think the idea was that models were supposed to fill it up with … Continue reading
Welcome to the Model Club
Okay, so I’d heard that models got in free to nightclubs and there was that awesome Mac discount card I got when I showed the sales girl my composite card, but when I got this letter from the travel agent I was … Continue reading
Filed under Weird Stuff About Being a Model
Scenes from a Casting
Every day (that I wasn’t working) in Tokyo was filled with castings, where me and the other girls would find ourselves sitting in front of a panel of suits. Here are some of the grey suit men flipping through my portfolio. … Continue reading
Cartoon Lovers
So, according to this Japanese stationary Bear and Rabbit are like a really hot item, “Always together, Bear & rabbit, You must have a really good thing.” And the worst … Continue reading
death by measuring tape…
There was nothing I grew to dread more as a model than the measuring tape. Bust. Waist. Hips. Bust. Wasit. Hips. Bust. Waist. Hips. I swear modeling agents get some secret satisfaction when the numbers are too high and they get … Continue reading
Testing, testing: round one!
A ‘testing’ is modeling lingo for professional photographs. I don’t know why they call them that because it’s not like you have to study before hand, or fill out a multiple choice bubble sheet on your way out of the studio. … Continue reading
