Fashion modeling is the most prestigious type of modeling and the part of the modeling industry that people are most familiar with. But there are only about a dozen fashion models that have achieved truly worldwide celebrity status, and it’s not necessarily because they’re so beautiful (though they are). Fashion modeling requires very specific physical attributes. You must be tall and very thin, neither too old nor too young, and you must still have curves despite the pressure to have zero body fat.

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Trite though it might be, you get only once chance to make a first impression. When you land that interview you’ve been working towards for what seems like forever, you want to bring your ‘A’ game. Competition in the modeling world is fierce, and you don’t want to slack off now that you’ve landed an interview. Because after the first interview, your goal is to get a second interview, and from there to get yourself paid modeling work to add to your portfolio. You need to stand out at the interview, and in a good way rather than a bad one.

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Whether or not you make it in the fashion modeling world depends heavily on your body type. You need to be beautiful sure, but that’s not all you need to be. Knowing where you fit in the body type scheme and being honest with yourself about your chances is key. But meeting the body type isn’t the only thing you need to be able to do. You need to have a solid sense of professionalism and a good deal of self-confidence. Without these, it doesn’t matter how much like a fashion model you look, you’ll still find success just outside your reach.

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First, lets get rid of the lingo: “comp card” is short for composite card. These cards are a type of self-promotion, an advertisement if you will, for fashion and glamour models, or any other type of model really. Since there’s no standard shape, layout, style or size for a comp card, you can really exercise your creativity in designing yours.  However, you don’t have total freedom of design; there are some basic elements your comp card needs to include and one or two conventions you may want to take into consideration.

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If you sign with an agency, they promote you, talk to clients on your behalf, set up shoots, and take the heat if you can’t make it to a session for some reason. But some models don’t like the tradeoff; they want complete control of their schedules and their interactions with clients and would rather promote themselves as freelancers. This is a perfectly legitimate approach, but be warned that it will require quite a bit more work on your part.

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