Recently I’ve gotten inquiries from aspiring models in Kansas, Virginia Beach, and Maine. They want to know how to launch a modeling career, and that can be a tricky question to answer when the eager reader lives nowhere near a big modeling market. Let me start by mapping out where those...

Hurricane Sandy hit hard on Monday and our house (by the water) is still without power. I don’t mind living by candlelight—maybe because it brings back fond memories from a modeling stint in Hamburg. Here’s a snippet from my book about that wonderful, FRUGAL time: After the...

Something I learned early in my modeling career is that my left profile is more attractive than my right. Apparently I’m not the only one. A Wake Forest study actually shows that most people are more expressive and better looking from this angle. As soon as a photographer alerted me to...

It’s been five years since Body Mass Index minimums were implemented for runway models in Milan and Madrid, spurring on the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to make recommendations intended to result in more healthy, well-rested models, rather than the standard size-0...

Whether you are heading outside for a shoot or are putting on your everyday daytime makeup, do not apply your makeup in the bathroom! Find a window with nice natural light and put on your makeup in front of it. The inconvenience of using a hand mirror will be outweighed by how much better you...

These savvy modeling friends of mine each spent 10 to 15 years on the international modeling circuit. Their advice is invaluable to anyone considering modeling (or the moms of aspiring models, who need to know what wisdom to impart before sending their precious daughters—or sons—off into...