Best Tips For Child Models

Nina Lubarda

 Choose Your Agency Carefully

A good model agency will save you time, money and stress, and help your child’s modeling career. It should help you find the best jobs for your child, whilst making sure her needs are put first and the law is complied with

  Avoid agencies advertising for children

Avoid agencies advertising for children; a genuine agency will have enough children applying to them not to advertise. Also steer clear if they charge fees up front for a consultation or interview (illegal from October 2010).

Don’t waste money on professional photos

A good model agency will need only to see snapshots to decide whether your child has potential. If your child is taken on by an agency, it may suggest you then pay a photographer to take some good pictures for the agency to use. An agency can also charge a “reasonable” amount.

Don’t rush into signing a contract at an interview

A good model agency will save you time, money and stress, and help your child’s modeling career. It show Don’t rush into signing a contract at an interview, take it home to read. Genuine agencies will always want to meet your child in person and will let you read any paperwork in your own time.

  Visit the website of the National Network

Visit the website of the National Network for Children in Employment & Entertainment (NCEE)www.bucksinfo.net/nncee/employment/ for more information on the employment of school-age children. If your child is offered work, she will need a performance licence from your local authority.

 Be a good timekeeper, reliable and prompt

Be a good timekeeper, reliable and prompt. You will need your own transport and be prepared to travel and to be flexible. If your child is offered work, she will need a performance licence from your local authority. A good children’s model agency should help you to organise this.

   Be realistic

Visit the website of the National Network for Children in Employment & Entertainment (NCEE)www.bucksinfo.net/nncee/employment/ for more information on the employment of school-age children. If your child is offered work, she will need a performance licence from your local authority.

  Take food and drink along to the shoot

Take food and drink along to the shoot – it may not be provided and you may be there over a mealtime. It’s also a good idea to take along books and games to keep your child occupied.

  Make sure your child has clean and tidy hair and nails

Make sure your child has clean and tidy hair and nails, and a clean face when you take her to a shoot. A few changes of clothes are also a good idea. Your agency should tell you what you need.