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Regular Money for the Shorties
So there appear to be a lot of girls on MM who are below the necessary height for fashion models and yet are still putting money in the bank with their modeling at a fairly impressive rate. Therefore, I was interested in starting an informal and extremely unscientific survey! "Short" models, please list 1) your main modeling source of income (promotional/trade shows, commercial work for an agency, paysite, artistic nude modeling -- for an art class or for a photographer, porn,...?!) and 2) if it's your full-time income Then the rest of us will know how to get rich quick, hehe  May 19 09 11:23 am Link My regular paycheck comes from my full-time "real world" job. Not modeling. May 19 09 11:51 am Link Same... Though I'm a college student, so there isn't much paycheck to be had! May 19 09 11:53 am Link The only short models that I know who are earning a good, constant amount of money are all art nude models, and they work their asses off. Every day it's a shoot. If you're working or at college at our height, best stick to that and keep modeling as a fun hobby that might give you a nice bit of extra bob on the side to buy yourself something nice with May 19 09 11:58 am Link def. consider art nudes or bodyscapes if you want to make consistent decent money modeling~ May 19 09 12:01 pm Link All the shorter models I know do fetish or art nude or glamour work. They work their asses off marketing though and travel A LOT May 19 09 12:04 pm Link Figure modeling. Mostly for photographers, but I used to regular in art classes and have been hired by artists for drawings or paintings. I've also done a small amount or erotic and glamour work, and some fetish here and there. And in order to keep working, you have to keep traveling and/or living in a city with a good market for it. And pay depends on the shoot, the photographer, the area, and how much you have booked during that period. Sometimes a model will be booked all day everyday for a period of time (pay is good, but damn its tiring) and sometimes will go days or weeks without anything at all. This is not a get rich quick scheme, and if you're just doing it for cash, you might want to find a new hobby. May 19 09 12:15 pm Link The best paid model I know of who does nudes and art and a bit of commercial is in the 50k a year range. My best year as a figure model was in the 15k a year range, I did not travel very much. If your rent is 500 a month that is great, if it is 1500 a month not so good... Many things need to be factored in., May 19 09 12:18 pm Link you could do beauty shots , like make up and jewelery i suppose... May 19 09 12:20 pm Link
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Reason: other May 19 09 12:20 pm Link Rachel Jay wrote: +1 May 19 09 12:22 pm Link Yay! Thanks to all the models for answering, you're all so resourceful I'm definitely in the camp that makes the bulk of my living money through... not modeling, hehe. I think I wrote my question badly, what I meant to ask is -- where do you get the majority of your modeling money?! (So, whether it's a little or a lot... where does it come from? Commercial, promotions, etc?)May 19 09 12:22 pm Link 1) Getting naked for photographers, sculptors, painters, etc. Not always art, some fetish and erotic work as well. 2) No thanks. May 19 09 12:25 pm Link I do some promotional work here and there, have modeled for some workshops, and get a few odd paying jobs here and there from new photographers looking to build their portfolio. I will not disclose how much I make though. May 19 09 12:36 pm Link promotional and it all depends on the job.. usually 20-30 dollars an hour.. but i put most of my time in nursing.. modeling is a side job kinda. i havent made money from any "paid shoots" im pretty fresh to this industry.. 5'1 btw! May 19 09 12:40 pm Link I usually pic up a paid shoot or two every month. It's just something I do on the side. May 19 09 12:42 pm Link The Li Model wrote: Raelyn Monstrosity wrote: +1 May 19 09 01:37 pm Link Natalia Rogue wrote: Uh... no. Almost certainly not. May 19 09 01:38 pm Link Regarding promo work, thru 2006-2007 I booked a lot of models for alcohol promos. For many of them promo work was their job & those who busted their asses on LOTS of gigs & stayed 110% pro (on time, always showed, prepped, etc) made decent $. Most did it part time around school tho & either lived at home or with a husband/bf who paid most bills. Right now budgets for such things have been slashed dramatically & there's not nearly as much work & it pays less. The economy's hitting a lot of other areas, too. For instance a major fetish producer here has shaved $100-$200 per session off their rates and a number of models I know who were booking central Florida work or who could expect to travel here & pick up nude shoots are now finding out they can't get enough paid work to justify it. On top of that there's more & more competition for the shrinking dollars out there... a LOT of women are jumping in to this (especially on the nude/adult fetish end) thinking it's a "get rich quick scheme" in hard times. One lady here posted in Newbie the other day literally saying "I'm a housewife in my 30's with 3 kids & I haven't modeled since I was a teen but my husband's out of work so I'll do nudes, fetish, whatever, to bring some $ in." So jumping in right now looking to making a living at it will be TOUGH. Busting your butt to do a lot of promo work and combining it with nude & fetish can work but you're gonna have to be super professional & diligent, and market the hell out of yourself. May 19 09 01:49 pm Link The Li Model wrote: The only non-industry-standard models I know who make a good living from it, do porn. But I wouldn't suggest going that route unless it's something you really want and enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, it'll be a quick buck then you're out the door. May 19 09 01:55 pm Link 1) Fine Art Nudes with various photographers, though most shoots are TF*. I have a hopeful paid shoot of $275 later this summer. 2) It is SO not my main source of income, not yet anyways. I have my job, then I have my portrait drawing business (rakes in about $50 a week), THEN if I get lucky I get paid for a shoot. May 19 09 02:04 pm Link Oh... just wanted to clarify... when I said "get rich quick", I was just kidding. Don't worry, I'd definitely pick something that had a higher margin of money-making success than modeling!! Didn't mean to offend to anyone who took it seriously  May 19 09 02:21 pm Link The Li Model wrote: I don't think it was offense so much as that we HAVE seen an influx of girls lately who seem to BELIEVE it's a way to get rich quick. We're just trying to disabuse them of that false notion before it causes them harm. May 19 09 02:27 pm Link Model at Starbucks or In & Out Burger. The pay is better in the long run. May 19 09 02:28 pm Link PYPI FASHION wrote: Plus you get medical insurance. May 19 09 02:33 pm Link I have a full time day job and I work on the weekends as a glamour model. I shoot lingerie and nudes but I don't shoot porn. Shooting every Saturday and Sunday with rarely a day off I make approx 72% of my paycheck through modeling. Does that make sense? What I mean is that if I made 28% more through modeling I would equal my paycheck. I save 100% of my modeling income and I only spend it if I buy something for modeling, maybe $100 every 6 months. May 19 09 04:38 pm Link Most of my paid shoots are art nude work. I do a lot of promotional work, too. May 19 09 09:35 pm Link Every time I see a short model thread, someone comes in and talks about how short, non agency models can make a good living doing all kind of non-nude, non-glamor work. Why are those models not posting in this thread? May 19 09 09:38 pm Link May 19 09 09:40 pm Link The Li Model wrote: Maybe I'm wrong...but I wouldn't say "a lot". May 19 09 09:41 pm Link PYPI FASHION wrote: They're busy with all those high paid gigs for ad campaigns no one ever sees. May 19 09 09:42 pm Link May 19 09 09:46 pm Link The Li Model wrote: My primary income is from bondage video, art nudes, glamour nudes, and bondage stills pretty much in that order. I'm currently working on a paysite, and I've also done some traditional figure modeling (which I very much enjoy, but doesn't pay well). I don't have any other source of income. May 19 09 09:48 pm Link LT Smash wrote: I've noticed this trend as well. May 19 09 09:49 pm Link Caperucita Roja wrote: Just one? May 19 09 09:55 pm Link The way that a short women is most likely to make a lot of money in modeling is by first getting famous as an actress. May 19 09 09:57 pm Link Image K wrote: I don't hear about ANYBODY on MM making money off Commercial Ad campaigns. May 19 09 09:59 pm Link MsDarlyn wrote: I do. There are many hard working, mainstream, agency represented models on MM. May 19 09 10:00 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: No, I mean making money off MM with no agency at all. May 19 09 10:09 pm Link 1. Nude Art Modeling 2. Commercial work (signed with small agency in SD) 3. Acting Yes, I do this full time. May 19 09 11:11 pm Link |
