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...
Singers Raise Their Voices for Actor Obi Ndefo
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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...
Modeling in Asia: Em Marie’s Adventures Overseas
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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...
Netflix’s Country Comfort: Why Modeling Mentor has gon...
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Model Search Update from the Hollywood Hills Dear readers, aspiring models and actors, and patient parents, It has been one crazy year for the Mann Clan* and my actor kids have hijacked my life! If you do not like routine and prefer not to have any idea where you might be in 24 hours, getting...
June Model of the Month: Lucy Roth
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Child Model Winner Congrats, Lucy! Height: 55″  Age: 9  Size: 8 Based in CT Photo by Kerry Long I saw Lucy in a fashion show recently, and her fierce strut worked like a jolt of caffeine on an audience placidly enjoying a parade of children modeling clothes they had sewn...
May Model of the Month: Amalya
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Girl Model Search Winner Congrats, Amalya! Height: 4’1″  Age: 8   Size: 7   Weight: 50 lbs Based in Manhattan Seeking Representation Amalya is also a budding actress so you are sure to find her on a stage, screen, or catwalk soon! Get Discovered: Enter the Modeling...
April Model of the Month: Christian Lawrence
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Boy Model Search Winner Congrats, Christian! Age: 5 Â Height: 3’10″ Â Â Size: 5/6T Based in NYC Seeking Representation Stay tuned on this dapper dude. I bet an agency will snap him up quickly! Enter the Model Search Enter the Talent...
Best Modeling Agencies in NYC for Women
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Top 10 Modeling Agencies in New York – Women’s Division Teen girls through young women looking for representation by reputable modeling agencies in NYC—the biggest modeling hub of the U.S.—this is the list for you! Agencies go in and out of vogue as fast as models do, so it’s...
February Models of the Month: the Macom brothers
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Congrats Boy Models: Dilan, Conor & Shane Macom! Dilan: Height: 4’2″ Â Age: 8 (9 in March) Â Â Size 7/8 Conor: Height: 3’10″Â Â Age: 6 (7 in April) Â Â Size 6/7 Shane: Height: 4’9″Â Â Age: 10 Â Size 10 Based in NY Seeking Representation What a...
Model of the Year 2018: Julianne Walker
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Congrats Model of the Year Winner, Julianne Walker! Height: 5’9″  Age: 18   Size 1-2 Julianne is currently in her freshman year at UVA. Brains and beauty! Keep an eye on my blog to see where her future of juggling books and bookings takes her! Enter the 2019 Modeling...
November Model of the Month: Ameena McMiller
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Child Model (Girl) Winner Congrats, Ameena! She is the fourth of four November winners. Ameena McMiller Height: 39 cm Age: 3 Size: 3–4T Based in New York Seeking Representation
November Model of the Month: Benjamin Dornstreich (boy model...
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Boy Model Winner: Benjamin Dornstreich Congrats, Benjamin Dornstreich! He is the third of four winners this month. Benjamin Dornstreich Age: 5 Height: 44 inches Based in Philly Seeking Representation Subscribe to my Free Monthly...