Expert: Kitty Kavey - 4/27/2008

Question
Hi 21 year old student and Im 1.55 tall.I would really luv to do petie modeling or any modeling.I live in Cape Town Ive been rejected so much that its not even funny.Do you know of any agencies that would be interested in me plz help

Answer
You can do commercial print modeling - although I am not familiar with the industry in Cape Town.  I'm just a few inches taller than you - and there are many commercial print agencies in the USA that do not have a height requirement for commercial print modeling.

It is possible that one of the modeling agency directories has commercial print agency listings in your area.  If not, you can try looking on the Internet or asking other models in your area if they know of any agencies in Cape Town that work with commercial print models.  

Another resource you can try, is looking for commercial print or stock photographers there - they often know of local agencies who represent that type of model.  One other thing you can do is to look for local publications in your area that have ads that use commercial print models - also called lifestyle or real people models in the US.

You can then contact the company that uses that type of model in their ad, and find out where they got their models from.  This may be the least easy option as it's more time consuming - but can sometimes lead to a great agency (or, like with asking photographers, it can even lead to a recommendation to that agency.)

Good luck to you,
~Kitty