The Future of British Glamour Models?

[chris chunt]

You can see what page 3 starbird Felicity Hill had for dinner last night in the current issue of Mayfair .
Not like her to go legs akimbo until now .
She is also in the next of club magazine which I must ask my news vendor for .

[ukcarter]

Originally Posted by xyzde69

I'm not that sure. Actually the majority of the models make a miserable living.

I'm sure there's a difference between the career of a good model and a poor one.

Some of the models I shoot get the idea of the image I'm trying to achieve very quickly. A few of those are already fully booked for the rest of this year. The poor ones can make a shoot very hard work. I remember one that didn't even understand the basics of keeping still long enough for me to focus on her eyes and only moving once the studio lights triggered.

Perhaps if they're picked for their looks alone and not their skill, once their fifteen minutes of fame has passed, they get found out?

[Roubignol]

Originally Posted by ukcarter

I'm sure there's a difference between the career of a good model and a poor one.

Some of the models I shoot get the idea of the image I'm trying to achieve very quickly. A few of those are already fully booked for the rest of this year. The poor ones can make a shoot very hard work. I remember one that didn't even understand the basics of keeping still long enough for me to focus on her eyes and only moving once the studio lights triggered.

Perhaps if they're picked for their looks alone and not their skill, once their fifteen minutes of fame has passed, they get found out?

But apart maybe Holly Peers, Rosie Jones or Lucy Pinder, which British glamour model earn good money?
I'm not sure that less popular models like Sabine Jemeljanova, Melissa Debling or Kitty Lea make a very good living.
In your opinion, am I wrong?

[Pinkpapercut]

Originally Posted by chris chunt

You can see what page 3 starbird Felicity Hill had for dinner last night in the current issue of Mayfair .

If you can see what she had for dinner last night then you're looking up the wrong orifice

[ukcarter]

Originally Posted by xyzde69

But apart maybe Holly Peers, Rosie Jones or Lucy Pinder, which British glamour model earn good money?
I'm not sure that less popular models like Sabine Jemeljanova, Melissa Debling or Kitty Lea make a very good living.
In your opinion, am I wrong?

Not necessarily but I think there's a difference between that level of celebrity and making a decent living. I'm just thinking of those who prefer life modelling to working at an office job. If you can command £50/hr for work at art nude level and book three four hour sessions a week, you're earning around the median gross uk wage. I'm not saying its easy to hit this - you'll need to be good at networking and promoting yourself and you'll need a decent number of studio days (where you book 8 or 10 hours yourself at a good rate and sell the hours on to the togs at a markup).

Alternatively, you might be happy with the office job and just fancy earning some pin money to pay for a nice holiday or something and just be happy shooting a few ones once every few weeks.

You're definitely right that there are far too many models who sign up with promotion sites for them all to make a living but I get the impression a significant proportion fall into the latter category.

[Sir Honkers]

I'm glad Holly Gibbons and Hayley Marie Coppin did full frontals before I die. And Chloe Toy is pretty hot too.

[Marcsimus]

I personally think that the Lads mags have contributed to the decline of glamour models. Let's face it, in a lads mag they don't have to show everything.........compared to something like some of the top shelf mags. In that respect though I remember Michelle Marsh in a certain top shelf mag showing a hint......but not full on........