Shooting in a Pandemic This is an update to my Getting Back on Set as COVID-19 Cases Surge post, so definitely read that one first!  The Safe Actor Bubble The great thing about being on location during a pandemic is having everyone in the cast isolated, away from family and friends, only...

The Ideal Model Weight First of all, there is no ideal weight. It depends on your height, your bone structure, the market you are working in, the type of modeling you are doing, and trends. Regardless of all that, your measurements are more crucial than pounds on a scale and being realistic...

Can Models and Actors Safely Work Yet?   After one week on a film set in California with my 11-year-old, my short answer is yes. In fact, the past week is the safest I’ve felt since May, when I first began interacting—cautiously—with anyone beyond immediate family. That is...

Teen Actor Jamie Mann Hosts Virtual Cabaret for Actor/Screenwriter Obi Ndefo Who Lost Both Legs 9/11 to Covid 19… It’s been a rough spring. I’ve gone quiet on Modelingmentor.com in the same way I struggled to churn out an issue of Tear Sheet magazine after 9/11. The modeling...

Model of the Year Em Marie Scores Tear Sheets in Japan, Korea, China, Thailand… A few years ago I spotted a teenager in Maine who radiated the kind of beauty that makes heads swivel, like Vogue casting director type heads. With her china doll skin, dusting of freckles, bold brows, and...