

Visit their website or social media handles, look at the services they offer against where you are in your career and where you want to go. Most credible modeling agencies will be listed on google, from this listing, you can access their website and social media handles.

The next step is to search for modeling agencies near you. ( If you do not know the types of modeling, purchase our Beginners Guide) Start by writing down what type of modeling you want to do and where you want to go with your modeling career. There are numerous modeling agencies in the world and in Kenya, finding the right one will take a bit of research and consultation. Rejection is part and parcel of the process, expect it and don’t take it personally.Īpplying to modeling agencies needs you to do the following: 1. You can be a good model, but not for a certain agency because they do not see any of their clients booking you. Modeling agencies will sign models who have a lot of potential of getting booked by their clients. This process involves a model scout, a trainer, a manager, and a booker, all of whom have to be paid for their services. Why do they do this? The agency has spent time and resources to scout, train, prepare and find work for the model.

Modeling agencies strive to get work for models that are signed by them, charging a commission ranging from 10-30% (depending on the market) from the model’s payment. HOW MODELING AGENCIES WORKĪ modeling agency is a business, it, therefore, must have an income stream so how do modeling agencies make money? Booking agencies are established agencies with very good clientele in developed markets, think, Elite Model Management, or Wilhelmina Models. The mother agency scouts, trains, and prepares models for the booking agencies. A mother agency signs models with the main aim of developing their talent and placing them in different markets. Different modeling agencies offer different services and opportunities to models.Ī training agency is like an academy, they focus on preparing aspiring models for the market. Modeling agencies are businesses or companies whose sole purpose is to act as model/talent managers.
