Models

I have been watching some candid reality shows about modeling. These reality shows give an inside look to the world of modeling.

When I was growing up, my first love was drawing. I would look forward to looking at the Sunday paper because of the models. The ads I really liked looking at were the drawings of the models wearing the items on sale. The company that ran the clothes ads, used drawings instead of photographs. I would love to draw pictures all of the pretty models.

Fast forward to the present, instead of drawing models, I would like to photograph them. A couple of years back, I had a session with a model. It was fun. We had several clothes and location changes. Since I don't have models banging down my doors for me to photograph them. These reality shows are the closest I'll get to models.

The first show that I watch is Scouted. This show follows girls that are scouted by model scouts and are sent to New York City to try to break into the modeling world. The model scouts that are a part of the show are from California, Texas, Virginia and Utah. Once the girls are scouted, they are sent to One Management in New York City. They then meet with a team consisting of a creative director, director of scouting, an image and style consultant and a model mentor. First there is a meet and greet, trying on a wardrobe, hair, makeup and then the photo session. The girls then meet back with the team and the president of One Management to find out if they will be signed to the company.

The other show I watch is Remodeled. The show follows Paul Fisher as he travels to different agencies that are in The Network, which are small-town model agencies that Fisher controls, to help them find more talent and make more money. In the first episode, Fisher was able to help turn around an agency in Minnesota and sign some models. Besides Fisher working with the modeling agency, employees of Fisher's took a group of four models to New York to book them for Fashion Week. We get to watch as they go on castings. What was really refreshing was one of the models was a male. Usually on model shows, you never see a male model. They do exist.

I don't know if the show will always split time between Fisher and the working models. It may just stick with Fisher working on the small town agencies. But I find it interesting. Besides the working models, it is nice to see the model scouts do a little bit of work also. The show just premiered on Tuesday. So I will have to keep watching to see what happens.