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So you think you have what it takes to turn into a successful model? You must be ready for stressful, very exhausting hard work, if you don't mind the sound of that, and then give satisfaction to read on.

A lot of people want to be a model because it's glamorous and sexy. However, it's an extremely competitive and grueling business that will more likely break you than make you. Here are some cold, hard truths about becoming a model, as well as some realistic advice to make it happen.

Out of all the modeling categories, fashion modeling is the most high-flying and hardest to get into. Fashion modeling has very heartless values which include, age, weight, height and measurements.

Something which has also caused a lot of argument lately is the "size zero" necessities put on models. This requires them to have zero body fat; this puts lots of pressure on models.

At the start of their career, most models don’t earn very much money from publication editorial projects. This means that it takes fashion models more than a few years to make a credible portfolio, which is desired to get high paying projects.

In order to become a commercial model, you will initial need to create a compound card. This will need around 5 - 8 pictures of yourself looking cute and natural. Use a local well-known photographer to create these. You can then make obvious modeling agencies your photos.