Introduction

I too like you dreamed of someday becoming a model and seeing myself on a giant billboard on 42nd Street and Times Square. But unlike you, in those days the early 1980s, there were no books on the subject of becoming a model or very few. So after having doors slammed in my face and losing money on useless schools, pictures, and three years of my life trying to make a career, I gave up my dream of ever becoming a model.

However, through my trials, I have learned a great deal. One day, a friend who was starting his own career as a model asked, How do I go about landing an agent? So I told him what little I remembered. It turned out that the little I knew was a lot of information.

He turned to me and said, Why if you know so much, won't you manage my career? I replied, I can't manage you, you have to manage yourself. At that point, the seed was planted for this book.

So I began a quest researching books, talking with people in the business, and interviewing fashion designers to understand what they are looking for in a model. This book was born: Modeling As Your Job: A step-by-step guide on how you can become a working model.