Male Modelling
- What are the guidelines?
- What you need to know
- How Online Models can help
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What are the guidelines?
Unlike child and teen modelling, becoming a male model requires meeting a much tighter set of physical guidelines. Always toned and slim, a male model must look healthy with a structured jawline and clear skin.
The specific measurements of male models can, however, alter slightly depending on their medium and modelling niche. High fashion models specialising in catwalk scenarios are expected to be at least six feet in height, with commercial models for print usually sitting between 5’11’’ and 6’2’’.
As for body requirements, the industry is becoming more welcoming of body diversity, with male modelling included. High fashion will continue to demand a 29-32 inch waist and a 39-40 inch chest, but these measurements can fluctuate from agency-to-agency and job-to-job. Moreover, with various niches such as fitness modelling providing demand for alternative requirements, the casting net is not as rigid as it first may seem.
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What you need to know
A key ingredient in becoming a successful male model is understanding which niche you best suit, and marketing yourself to those exact parameters. Whether you are a 25-year-old with long blonde hair, a 40-year-old with rugged good looks, or an extra-toned fitness fanatic, there will be a different niche within the industry that you can hit.
Despite these alternating requirements, some non-physical aspects traverse the entire male modelling community. In general, a male model must be committed to the career, especially with the amount of travelling it entails. They will also be accompanied by a confident, outgoing, and realistic personality that comes through in the work that they do.
What is certain is that a male model must be prepared, outgoing, and able to set their own limits. Only then will they be able to benefit from what is a booming industry at this very minute.