in 2006 the deaths of Louise L Ramos and
ana carolina Reston from complications
due to anorexia shed new light on the
fashion industry’s emphasis on thin
models I’m Christine and welcome to
watchmojo.com we’re going to be talking
to antonella from folio a leading
modeling agency to discuss these and
other issues revolving around the
modeling industry rejection is a large
part of the job how do you help models
deal with that we encourage them we tell
them not to you know put too much weight
on that I know it’s tough on a lot of
the girls a lot of times they’ll do
three or four castings and they’re like
okay to understand why did I not get
this job I’m not working if they do not
get the job it’s simply because they
don’t fit for that particular job but
there’ll be other jobs and we encourage
them and it has really nothing to do
with them physically certainly rejection
is part of the reason why people think
this industry is harsh another one is
the perception that in the fashion
industry there’s an emphasis placed on
models to be super thin do you think
that’s true there are certain markets
that I think emphasize that a lot more
certainly depending upon what type of
jobs you’re doing like the shows when
you’re doing fashion shows yes the girls
are much thinner than the girls that are
doing catalog but i think that overall
there have been changes made and i think
that though the clients are looking to
have women that are
and girls that are a little bit
healthier looking than say a couple of
years ago so i do see a change happening
but we can’t fool ourselves either this
is an industry where women and models
need to be thin drastically thin and
unhealthy then no no and we discourage
that how does a woman’s modeling career
differ from that of a man’s a man’s
career generally starts later than a
woman’s career so when we recruit girls
and guys a lot of times we’ll have you
know the young girl comes in at 14 15
and that’s a great age for a girl to
start slowly developing her whereas with
men there isn’t really a great deal of
work for for guys who are say 15 testing
so generally that starts out there their
career starts up a little bit later and
it also lasts a lot longer than women so
I would say that the age period is a
little bit shifted a little bit later
for it for men than for women is a
modeling career as lucrative for man as
it is for a woman ah no not generally I
mean there’s certainly are men that that
have been doing this we have two models
here that they’ve been working there 55
60 now and they are still continuing to
work but it is it’s it’s a rare case
Antonella I want to thank you for the
time you’ve taken today to help us
understand the modeling industry and the
reality of becoming a model thank you so
much you’re welcome it was a pleasure
ana carolina Reston from complications
due to anorexia shed new light on the
fashion industry’s emphasis on thin
models I’m Christine and welcome to
watchmojo.com we’re going to be talking
to antonella from folio a leading
modeling agency to discuss these and
other issues revolving around the
modeling industry rejection is a large
part of the job how do you help models
deal with that we encourage them we tell
them not to you know put too much weight
on that I know it’s tough on a lot of
the girls a lot of times they’ll do
three or four castings and they’re like
okay to understand why did I not get
this job I’m not working if they do not
get the job it’s simply because they
don’t fit for that particular job but
there’ll be other jobs and we encourage
them and it has really nothing to do
with them physically certainly rejection
is part of the reason why people think
this industry is harsh another one is
the perception that in the fashion
industry there’s an emphasis placed on
models to be super thin do you think
that’s true there are certain markets
that I think emphasize that a lot more
certainly depending upon what type of
jobs you’re doing like the shows when
you’re doing fashion shows yes the girls
are much thinner than the girls that are
doing catalog but i think that overall
there have been changes made and i think
that though the clients are looking to
have women that are
and girls that are a little bit
healthier looking than say a couple of
years ago so i do see a change happening
but we can’t fool ourselves either this
is an industry where women and models
need to be thin drastically thin and
unhealthy then no no and we discourage
that how does a woman’s modeling career
differ from that of a man’s a man’s
career generally starts later than a
woman’s career so when we recruit girls
and guys a lot of times we’ll have you
know the young girl comes in at 14 15
and that’s a great age for a girl to
start slowly developing her whereas with
men there isn’t really a great deal of
work for for guys who are say 15 testing
so generally that starts out there their
career starts up a little bit later and
it also lasts a lot longer than women so
I would say that the age period is a
little bit shifted a little bit later
for it for men than for women is a
modeling career as lucrative for man as
it is for a woman ah no not generally I
mean there’s certainly are men that that
have been doing this we have two models
here that they’ve been working there 55
60 now and they are still continuing to
work but it is it’s it’s a rare case
Antonella I want to thank you for the
time you’ve taken today to help us
understand the modeling industry and the
reality of becoming a model thank you so
much you’re welcome it was a pleasure
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