April 2008

BECOME A MODEL FOR THE RIGHT REASONS

So why do you want to become a model?

Before you answer let me tell you why I think answering this
question is so important for your future as a model. And why knowing
whether or not modeling is your real purpose in life will make all
the difference for you.

For one, modeling can be a very demanding profession
practically speaking. Unless you really want to be a model
you may quickly find that the work is less glamorous and
just plain harder than you expected. You might even discover
it isn’t what you expected at all.

To outsiders modeling looks easy. They imagine you jet to a
beautiful location, put on some designer’s clothes and stand
there looking great while photographers and make up artists
fawn over you.

The reality is that yes, while you’ll certainly experience
your fair share of glamour and excitement, you’ll also
experience plenty of early morning casting calls, plenty of
sacrifice and plenty of rejection. You’ll be away from
family and friends for extended periods. You’ll sometimes
feel like an outsider while you move temporarily to a
strange city to work the fashion season there.

None of this should discourage you even one little bit if
modeling is your true calling in life. If it is, I promise
you’ll enjoy the upside of this career far more than you’ll
feel discouraged by its downside.

So…

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF MODELING IS YOUR TRUE PURPOSE?

To find out if modeling really is your true purpose, I believe there
are three questions you must ask and answer to yourself, the first
being the most direct, “Why do I want to become a model?”

Is it to achieve fame and fortune, or to travel the world?
To be perceived as beautiful or popular? To show others you
really did accomplish what you set out to do? To prove to yourself
you could do it?

While these can certainly be by-products of a modeling
career, I don’t believe they are good reasons by themselves.
I hope the real answer for you is more along the lines of “I
just have to because it’s inside of me!”

In other words I hope your desire to be a model comes from a
feeling deep inside you. It is your true purpose trying to
find a way to get out and express itself.

The next question to ask is: “Would I do this even if I
wasn’t being paid?”

If your answer is “Yes!” because the thought of being a
model excites you totally, because the amount of “inner
income” you would receive would outweigh everything else,
you’re on the right track. (Understand that I’m definitely
not suggesting you work for free as a model–you shouldn’t–
but I do want to make a point.)

And the acid test for determining whether modeling is your
true dream is to ask yourself this: ‘What would I do if I
knew for certain that I couldn’t fail?’

In other words, if you could know in advance that success was
guaranteed and that you could be whatever you wanted to be (anything
at all, not only modeling), what would you choose to set your heart
and mind to?

If your answer loud and clear remains “I would still want to
become a model more than anything else!” then you’re already
well on your way to becoming one.

To Your Modeling Success!
Kim Luret
www.inner-modeling.com

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ABOUT KIM LURET

Kim Luret is a former international high fashion model, working with
many of the world’s top fashion designers. She is presently a model
scout for a major Paris model agency. In addition she coaches
aspiring models, teaches modeling seminars and writes about the
modeling world. With more than 25 years’ experience in the modeling
industry, she is considered a leading expert on the subject of
modeling success.

You may contact Kim at:
www.inner-modeling.com/contact-us.html

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