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Model

MissKatieMarie

Posts: 135

Sarasota, Florida, US

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out where exactly I would "fit in" with my modeling. I feel like I don't "fit in" with any exact category, I'm a bit of an odd ball. I want to know what my best genre would be to book the most work and be the most successful, in your opinion.
Basically, I'm 17 years old and only 5'2, but I do have a few more inches on me. Most of my family stops growing at around 20 and recently, I've noticed I've grown an inch or so (yay!!) I'll never be super tall or anything, but I'd say around 5'4 give or take an inch or so. But at the same time, I'm pretty skinny. My waist size is 23 inches and I'm 85 pounds. (Yes, I'm perfectly healthy! I've always been really skinny) I'm not curvy, I'm just thin.
Normally, with petite girls like me people want curvier girls or average weight on girls, which I don't have at all. I feel like I could get a few things with commercial modeling, especially right now at my age but I still don't know if I best fit that standard.
My pictures on here have been mostly test shoots, and I've been trying to get more commercial-like shots because I feel like at 17 and 5'2, that's my best bet. But I don't know if it's what I'd do best in.
I've also got an instagram (katiemarieinsta) if anyone wants to know what I look like with no makeup or just on a day to day basis because maybe that could help. 
Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Jun 22 14 07:03 pm Link

Photographer

mophotoart

Posts: 2118

Wichita, Kansas, US

keep expanding...you have some beautiful emotive shots, different looks....your eyes and form should fit many genres..keep working with different photographers and find what you like...if it works, then keep doing it..mo

Jun 22 14 07:13 pm Link

Model

MissKatieMarie

Posts: 135

Sarasota, Florida, US

mophotoart wrote:
keep expanding...you have some beautiful emotive shots, different looks....your eyes and form should fit many genres..keep working with different photographers and find what you like...if it works, then keep doing it..mo

Thank you!

Jun 23 14 12:36 am Link

Photographer

Francisco Castro

Posts: 2629

Cincinnati, Ohio, US

Where do you fit in? You're 17! At this stage, you can mold yourself into any genre you decide. Find one you are passionate about, find photographers that excel in that style, then shoot, shoot, shoot shoot... oh, and yeah... SHOOT!

Jun 23 14 09:02 am Link

Photographer

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS

Posts: 579

Pomona, California, US

You fit in here in model mayhem..

As far as style..
Do some pictures that that have personality, smiling, where you are doing something rather than posing. Like walking through the park, shopping, having lunch..
A lot of magazines do this, even super models...

A good example is pictures of Audrey Hepburn in roman holiday where she eating ice cream, stunning, innocent, sexy...........

Jun 26 14 01:14 am Link