Do you have a Daughter who wants to Model?

Although I don't personally have any experience with my daughter being considered for modeling I have had friends and I don't mind throwing out a few thoughts. I think that if your daughter is beautiful enough to be considered for modeling that I would be very supporting. Although it is not the best idea for a long term job it is usually great money over the short term and as long as she doesn't forget her school and continues her education while she does it then she will have plenty of money to keep her going through college and the into her search for a career. I have seen it happen with friends of mine several times. I hang out with a few people who have gone through this and now one is working towards becoming a business executive and another is working on being a teacher and the third is actually working on getting a degree in computer based forensics. Each of them is/were funding their colleges through their modeling careers. So as long as you guide her in making the right decisions to continue her education then it should work out very well.

I did some modeling when I was that age and I found most of the models at our agency including myself got bored with the idea sooner or later. When you start out you don't get paid a lot unless you do win a contest. You work at crazy hours if you are doing commercials and it's a cold industry. The glamour tends to wear off and you realise it's a business like any other. If she wants to do it it's better she gives it a go now because most models don't work past their mid twenties. Also think about if she does into modeling, what is she going to do after since the career of a model has a short lifespan. Height wise she could do commercials and print work, also the pay is better for commercials when you are starting out. She needs a thick skin too, don't encourage it if she is a sensitive kid because no matter how beautiful you are, someone will find something wrong with you in this field. Because you live in Australia, I think you may have a better shot than somewhere like America because the industry is smaller, she could even think about TV etc.

Modeling is a glamorous job and it's in every girls' dream of being on a catwalk and be the first to parade the latest fashion collections. Unfortunately many failed in their attempts to be a model because of height. If your daughter lacks the height required to be a catwalk model she can opt for other modeling assignments like representing branded beauty products. The reward is equally good.

dear jenny, youre lucky to have a very sexy and tall daughter. i dont see anything wrong with modelling. if she likes it then let her but with the condition that she will never stop getting good grades in school and that she will finish school no matter what. have a nice day. ann

I have always wanted to model- in high school everyone kept telling me I should. I am 5'3" and part asian- I went to meet with a couple people from modeling agencies before, and I was always denied because I was too short. Now I'm 19, have tattoos, and am moving to Los Angeles in a couple weeks- there I'm hoping to get into the "alternative" fashion modeling scene. But my advice for you daughter is let her go for it. A lot of the bigger modeling agencies might now sign her because of her height, but she can try modelmayhem; it's a [legit] website where fashion industry professionals (photographers, makeup artists, models) can network. I know a couple people who are under 5'8" and have gotten quite a few jobs from that site. Otherwise, just beware- always look up agencies, photographers and designers online to see if there any info about their past and what kind of models they have had in the past.

well height matter lot in modelling feild.... as a desing clothes wich a fashion designer is making, it must b for a perfect height body level to show all type or size of women that clothing sense, so for perfect designoer if she works she must have a height. height calculate all over presentation of the show, so i help u only by saying this dat, try to not make ur daughter down, let her b independent, try to encourge for her height not for modelling at this movement, excercise may help her a lot. i wish lot dat ur daughter bcum a g8 model. as i want to bcum fashion designor so my views i shared for u. else ur daughter mite have gud personality. there have many adds all d best

Absolutely, some people think that models are a lot of things, but when my daughter went through her modeling phase, the ladies I met were very nice and respectable, because their parents were on top of their career. They were able to tell the agents what they wanted and did not want for their child, and most cases the parents were respected. My daughter lost interest after a while but she did pretty good for about 20 months.

I attended a modeling school when I was younger, but I never had a modeling job. I have the height requirement but I didn't have the desire you sometimes need to be a success. I could not give up some of the foods that models shouldn't eat. I am not heavey but I am not thin enough to model. I think you should let her do what she wants and someday she will probably lose interest. She is still young, and it probably seems glamorous now. If she does stay interested in it, maybe that is what she was meant to do.

A friend of mine use to be a model before she got married. If your daughter is 16 then there is a chance she may be too old to start. Most start as young as 9. She all so said it is not an easy life. And she will have to give up much of what makes life fun. She will have to watch her weight, never cut or do any thing with her hair with out asking the agency she works for first. She will have little or not social life. And she will find her self competing for jobs with several girls and young women who will look just like her. Modeling is a lot of very hard work and hart brake. But if your daughter is willing to go threw all of that, then let her at least try. But talk to some models first so she will be going in to this with her eyes wide open.