Experiences of Life as a Model

Few topics are debated as hotly in the international press as life as a model. For better and for worse. Girls dream of becoming a model themselves, teenagers envy them, and adults are often torn, either admiring or despising life as a model.

But What Makes Life as a Model So Special?

Or, better put: What does life as a model actually involve? The cliché says models benefit solely from their genes and good looks. In reality, though, it looks quite different. Life as a model is anything but easy. Unless you're lucky enough to be randomly scouted on the street, which happens to very few, most models have a long struggle for recognition and respect behind them. Especially at the beginning of a modeling career, every day in the life of a model means searching for jobs again, and with them, for pay. Only after some time and a few successful jobs can you truly establish yourself in the modeling world.

• random discovery
• Castings
• Invitations
• through connections

Then, of course, the challenge is to keep that success. And that takes quite a bit of discipline. Although it is criticized again and again, it is still the rule that models must meet certain measurements. That means diet, exercise and personal care must be a top priority in everyday life. And that often comes at a price. Instead of burgers and chocolate, the diet plan has salad and power foods. And exercise isn't done for fun, but because the body is the capital. Sometimes you really have to pull yourself together when you're chewing on a celery stick while your friends feast next to you.

Is Life as a Model Really Only Hard?

Life as a model also takes place constantly in the public eye. That is not only a fact, it is also desired. Still, it means that for the model, every misstep, every outing in sweatpants and every drink too many could land directly in the tabloids. Anyone who wants to be a model must therefore be ready to give up their privacy, and that of their family.

1. Public figure
2. always looking good
3. constant control over weight
4. always staying fit

Of course not. In spite of everything, life as a model keeps a certain appeal and magic that young girls in particular fall for. It's no coincidence that casting shows that also look for models are more popular than ever. But you should ask yourself whether life as a model could really be an alternative to your own plans, or whether you'd rather leave it at dreaming.