Supermodel Resource

Lynne Kush (Miss Indy Canada) is a successful model and she shares some of her insights in this profession. She believes in being fair in this profession. There are many models who feel they are the best. This won’t work in this profession, you have to have a learning attitude and have a level head on your shoulders. This is so that you are able to learn from your fellow contestants.

The second thing she shares is, ‘be honest with your self’.

Always “be prepared for any challenges in the profession”.  Never leave anything for the last minute or to put it simply – be organized.

Another tip that she shares is, “Give importance to time”. Have a professional outlook. Stay away from bad mouthing each other jealousy.

“Being humble in the profession, will teach you to treat others with respect”.

An important thing to remember is “Respecting your organizers” – remember there are people who can make or break you.

The path to a successful modeling career is full of challenges. The successful model is determined to cross every hurdle and make it to the top. You have to be focused to emerge victorious.

When you look at these glamorous beauties who have made it, you probably wonder about the experience and the length of the journey. The journey is indeed long, but trust me, all successful models get to the point where they are, when they aim for the stars and reach it.

It is like those running the race, all the players, have one determination - to win. Every player tries hard and follows all the instructions, but if you notice, the winner is one who doesn’t give up and keeps going until he reaches the finishing line.

Let me conclude this chapter by saying that if you are really serious and want to reach the finishing line in a modeling career then have faith and a strong will power that you will make it as a model. Don’t give up, but fight it till the end - this is one of the most essential secrets to get you a coveted position as a successful model.

Adrianne won her first title – “Miss Wisconsin Teen” at the age of 14 and hasn’t looked back since. She shares some of her secrets:

NUTRITION: “I eat lots of green vegetables and lots of fruit. I drink at least a quart of water a day–it’s good for the skin, bringing out all the impurities. I don’t eat red meat at all. I stick mostly to chicken and fish.”

BEAUTY TIP: “If you’re planning to wear lipstick all day and you don’t want to keep touching it up, apply your foundation to your lips, then apply your lipstick; it’ll stay.”

ENERGY SOURCE: (very essential for a model because of the long working hours): “Basically, I try to get enough rest. I also find you have to have a positive attitude. When you think positively, you have energy.”

Even young girls are susceptible to this mad race of looking a certain way and this has a very negative effect on their mental as well as physical development. They are always under pressure to look a certain way to be accepted as sexy and beautiful. This pressure in the growing up years prevents them from concentrating on their career goals and aspirations.

The population is being constantly being bombarded with TV commercials, magazine covers, hoardings showing these ultra thin models over and over again.

The celebrity images of Nicole Richie and Kate Bosworth make matters even worse. According to Lamb, a psychology professor at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt., ” these images are making girls as young as 9 and 10 vulnerable to falling prey to this sexy image.” What worries her all the more is that they start working on this from a very young age and are even encouraged by their parents to do so.

This feeling of wanting to be sexy is ok for the teenagers but such behavior at a preliminary stage in life should be negatively reinforced. The pressure and hype is so much that girls shy away from sports also because the athletic figure is not considered sexy by many.

Murnen has studied this topic for 15 years and he remarked “We have done studies of grade-school girls, and even in grade 1, girls think the culture is telling them that they should model themselves after celebrities who are svelte, beautiful and sexy.”

Murnen’s research says that only 18% of the girls in the vulnerable age group do not get affected by this and are supposed to have high esteem for their bodies. But this is a very meager percentage. 6000 girls were studied and it was found that the more the girls were exposed to fashion magazines, the more risk they had of having a poor body image.

Katie Ford, chief executive officer of Ford Models has a different view point. Her megastar models include Christie Brinkley and Rachel Hunter .She thinks that the thinness propaganda among models in U.S.A is not the problem. The actual problem is obesity and the dangers associated with it. She says that “You can look as far back as Greek statues and paintings and see that. It’s part of women’s fantasy nature,” Ford says. “The question is: When does that become destructive?”

She says that eating disorders and obesity are a result of numerous issues and cannot be blamed entirely on the television, glossy fashion magazines and entertainment industry.