Modeling is a tough business. Contrary to popular perception its not just about looking pretty day in and day out. As an aspiring model you have to make innumerable rounds of visits to advertisement agencies and model coordinators for getting work. All these only after you get yourself a portfolio of your pictures. Apart from keeping aside a hefty sum of money (anything between Rs 15-40, 000) for making your portfolio, you first have to choose a good photographer.

There is no single right way to get in, it depends on your contacts and getting in touch with model cordinators.

REQUIRMENTS:

Finding out if you are cut out to be model can be both daunting as well as simple. You have to be 100 per cent true to yourself. Though this field asks for no special qualifications this is what you got to have:

• The definition of beauty in this field is relative. What you must have is a photogenic face, a proportionate figure and a terrific personality.

• Good height is essential, especially in ramp modelling

• Extrovert and expressive

• Well groomed physique and personality

• Uninhibited by crowd

• Flamboyant and confident

• Photogenic

• Poise

• Excellent communication skills

• Healthy lifestyle

• Ability to travel alone

For getting a modelling assignment, you can get in touch with a modelling agency/ modelling coordinator. Some of the modelling agencies and coordinators are:

Boman Irani

51/L. Paradise, Shyam Niwas , Bhulabhai Desai Road

Mumbai - 400026 ,Ph: 3634976

Rasna Behl

2nd Ashoka Apartment A, Off Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005

Ph: 2882139, 2882284

Face 1

797, Jesia Bldg.,

Jam-e-Jamshedji Rd., Parsi Colony, Dadar,

Mumbai 400014 Ph: 4149968, 4126878

This one is headed by former Femina Miss India Mehr Jesia.

YSG

Worldwide Model and Promotion Agency, Orient House, 4th Floor,

Adi Marzban Path, Mumbai 400038

Ph: 2616732, 2615029

Ozone Models Management:

B. Choksey Building, Gamdevi, Nana Chowk, Mumbai 400007.

Ph: 3892668, 3892542, 3876244

Aditi Modelling Service, 324, Upper Palace Orchard, Bangalore 560080;

Design and Print Group, 1 A, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore 560001;

The Ramp, A-22, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110049.