Your Modeling Career: You Don't Have to be a Superstar to Succeed [Paperback]

Debbie Press (Author), Skip Press (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2000

From high-fashion spreads and runway shows, to shoe, hand, hair, and character shots, to magazine and catalogue ads, numerous types of jobs are described in this guide to a modeling career. Valuable tips on modeling agencies, schools, building a portfolio, setting goals, and breaking into the business are provided.

Debbie Press has been a Ford Agency model, a teacher of modeling classes, and a producer of fashion shows. Skip Press is the author of more than two dozen books. The Presses live in Southern California.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Your Modeling Career takes readers behind the scenes of the great fashion shows and reveals the keys to succeeding in the modeling world, including untraditional and niche markets. Weather a model chooses to model plus size fashion, do parts/specialty work, or promotional modeling, there are uncountable ways to establish oneself in the modeling business."
(Vogue.de ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Inside Flap

"Wow! Every aspiring model should read this guide. Cheers, Debbie!"—David Grilli, Code Model Management, New York

"This book is a concise and insightful look into a mysterious industry."—Michele August, President, 212 Artists --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Allworth Press (February 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581150458
• ISBN-13: 978-1581150452
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,868,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not that special..., November 17, 2005

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A. Johnson "Lannie" (California Baby!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Modeling Career: You Don't Have to be a Superstar to Succeed (Paperback)

i wasn't very impressed. i bought the book for an airplane ride and was very disappointed to find how often the author wrote (these are examples) "you can find great ones online" or "skin care tips online" or "list of top best photogs worldwide online." i didn't have a computer and i wanted to know what they were talking about. if you don't have access to a computer 24/7 this book is not for you. EVEN if you have access to a computer 24/7 this book is not for you cause than you CAN look it all up.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have resource for anyone who wants to model, March 25, 2000

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Neal Campbell (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Modeling Career: You Don't Have to be a Superstar to Succeed (Paperback)

Books about Modeling sometimes tend to play to fantasies about making it big and becoming the next supermodel. Debbie Press provides solid advice about the business of modeling. Real-life examples illustrate how a "wanna be" can maximize his or her potential to succeed as a model.

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Runway, Runway, Runway, August 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Your Modeling Career: You Don't Have to be a Superstar to Succeed (Paperback)

This book concentrates both in text and photographs, on runway modeling. Generally, runway models (outside small towns) are models who have already 'made it' in print modeling (editorial and advertising). This book is sorely lacking in the fundamentals of modeling -- like finding out where you fit and where your potential lies.