The temperature hit 80 degrees in New York today and soon Sheep’s Meadow and beaches everywhere will be strewn with bronzing bods. Should yours be one of them? Not if you’re a model. Not if you care about your skin. Not if you don’t want your face to resemble a prune when...

The Internet has spawned the era of freelance modeling… What does that mean? It means that some models are marketing themselves and getting bookings without the help of an agency (some models are also finding it acceptable to work through various agencies in the same market). Liv...

Lauren Hutton recently revealed in a Net-a-Porter.com interview that the 90s supermodel divas used to make fun of Kate Moss, when she was the new kid on the block. I’m sure they looked down on short-but-hot stuff Kate and didn’t see it coming when she snuck by them on the...

The answer? Thinks ahead. Where do you want to be at age 30 or 40? Chances are very slim that you’ll still be making a living posing by then (especially if you are female). Nurture you talents and passions while you are modeling. Read. Take courses. Build a network. Be ready to reinvent...

Fashion photographer Debra Somerville has experience on both sides of the camera. She started her career as a model in New York and Paris. To hear from someone who knows what it’s like to model and knows what photographers like in models—well, it doesn’t get any better than that, so...

It’s one of the top prerequisites for models: you have to be tall. Thin you have some control over. Young—you can fudge a little. But aside from high heels, it’s hard to fake tall. The ideal height? About 5’10″ in the catalog world, 5’11″ for editorial...