By: Melody Norman
Confidence instilling, posture building and more, modeling can help students learn more than how to strike a pose. Students take their time outside of school to start focusing on what they want to do in the future with their career. Some see the women on the covers of magazines, or the women on the runway, and inspire to be like them in the future.
There are thousands of modeling agencies in Texas alone, and to join them is a long process.
“Two years ago when I was a sophomore I joined Robin Jan- sky’s team, and to get on the team you have to submit a photo and go through the selection process,” senior Emma Dennis said.
The process is super long and can take weeks to even know if you made the team.
“When I found out I got on the team I was freaking out, I was filled with tears of excitement,” senior Isabella Eisenhauer said.
Besides the modeling agencies, there are many pageants that the students can join including the Greater Helotes Texas Teen pageant.
“Going into the Greater Helotes Texas Teen was such a fun experience, and when they announced my name as the winner I was so happy and did not expect that,” Eisenhauer said.
Some may not know that modeling is a time-consuming activity and that they have to work long schedules and do not have much free time. They have to find the right balance between school, their modeling career, and time to spend with their families.
“It’s hard but sometimes you just have to take days off of school and focus on modeling,’’ Poehler said.
Being a student model is a hard task to do and keeping your grades up is a crucial thing for these students. Being able to not worry about bad grades and homework is apart of this career.
“When going into the pageant, they do not worry about looks as much as they do your GPA, and your grades. They look at your character and how you strive to make the community better,” junior Jenna Perez said.
Modeling is often overlooked about being a career all about looks, rather than how the model is doing in school, and their good character. To be a model there are standards.
Each student model is unique and has their story of how they got into this career.
“I started because my mom saw this ad for Barney and I was on an episode, then I went on to model for some agencies and join pageants,’’ Dennis said. *Correction from printed story
They have a very busy schedule and have to be on top of everything, and they do not have any time to slack in school. For the future, it is very important to have good grades for any job, and modeling is a career that the students want to continue with.
“Being on the committee of Helotes, they are super strict about what you post on social media, and we are required to do good deeds for the community,” Dennis said
Other than being a good student in school, their schedules are packed so they have limited time.
Models have different agencies and groups and there an over thousands of them in Texas. The most popular photography modeling jobs are for Robin Jansky, Kim Bourquin, and Nikki Schellenberg.
“The modeling agency I’ve signed for was Robin because I know a lot of people who were on the team before I was and they loved it,” Dennis said.
Through the countless modeling agencies in the Helotes and San Antonio area, anyone can fulfill their dreams to become a model by following these photographer’s social media accounts to find alerts on open positions and opportunities.