Q. I was just wondering because I'm going to meet with an agency there in a week. Any advice from other models would be great on modeling in New York in general and what are the top things to do in New York? Thanks!
A. Many of them have jobs at night - restaurants, bars, nightclubs, late shift temp jobs, etc if they don't have rich parents. Just look at the staff of trendy NY bars, clubs and restaurants - every girl working there is at least 5'10" and gorgeous. There are some places like Coffee Shop on Union Square that are owned by 2 former models who pretty much only hire current and former models to work as waitresses and bartenders.
If an agency thinks you have real potential, they may sometimes loan you money to pay for your rent in the model apartment, but then will take it out of your pay as you get booked on jobs. So instead of taking their standard 10-15% commission in NY, they will take out 50% your first few months in order to pay off the debt. Model apartments are not luxurious - they are like dorms with 2 sets of bunkbeds in a small bedroom and a chaperone living there
If an agency thinks you have real potential, they may sometimes loan you money to pay for your rent in the model apartment, but then will take it out of your pay as you get booked on jobs. So instead of taking their standard 10-15% commission in NY, they will take out 50% your first few months in order to pay off the debt. Model apartments are not luxurious - they are like dorms with 2 sets of bunkbeds in a small bedroom and a chaperone living there
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