{"id":490,"date":"2009-11-11T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spmodels.net\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2009-11-11T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T10:27:00","slug":"confessions-of-a-model-booker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spmodels.net\/runway\/confessions-of-a-model-booker\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Model Booker"},"content":{"rendered":"

by: Cosmopolitan<\/p>\n

Listen in as an agent dishes the cutthroat, so-bitchy stuff that goes down in the beautiful-people business. Hold on \u2014 this could get ugly.<\/p>\n

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Asha Fuller<\/p>\n

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You hear about models being discovered while they’re walking down the street, and trust me, it happens. I know because I’m a guy whose job it is to pluck people from obscurity and turn them into stars. Everyone thinks modeling is a glamorous business…and it is. But things can get crazy. In the six years I’ve been a model agent, I’ve seen it all \u2014 backstabbing, diva demands, drug problems, and more. Since I can’t damage my models’ reps by talking publicly about them, I have to get it all off my chest by telling these anonymous tales.<\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was in my early 20s, I quit my job as a fashion illustrator in New York City, moved to Miami, and soon became a model agent. Basically, an agent’s job is to discover and groom models. I guess I had a knack for it, because after two years, I was hired to work at one of the top agencies in town. We represent about 100 girls and 30 guys (stars and up-and-comers), and of the 200 or so pictures I receive each day from aspiring models around the world, I call about two a month. If I truly believe the guy or girl could be the next big thing, the agency will fly them in and arrange a professional photo shoot.<\/p>\n

But I’ve discovered some of the best models when I wasn’t even looking. Once I was eating at an outdoor restaurant and spotted this tall, beautiful 13-year-old girl walk by with her parents and some friends. I pulled the girl and her mom aside and explained that she had the potential to be a great model, and they could come in to the agency and talk to us (I say us<\/em> so people don’t think I’m some random creep) if they were interested. Another time, I was at the beach and noticed that a male lifeguard was gorgeous. Both of those finds are going to be successful \u2014 I just know it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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