How do I become a model if I send a headshot to a model agency if I don't have a resume?

Question

I don't have a resume because I have never had a chance to audition in the first place but if I don't have a resume then I have less of a chance to be accepted by the agency. I NEED HELP!!!!! Please someone answer. Thanx.

Answer 1

You'll be the first person to invest into your career.
In whatever city you live in, you'll need to locate talent agencies that represent models (print, runway, on camera, whatever your goal is). Do a Google search. (For example: "Dallas talent agencies" models.) You may end up with a handful or several dozen leads to follow. Be armed with photos of yourself, with or without a resume. (Build a book of photos if possible - a portfolio.)
These cannot be candid shots taken by your friends. You may need to hire a professional photographer to shoot several rolls of films just to get a few high-quality shots of your at your best. Build from your strongest suit: high-fashion, swimwear, athletic, whatever you genuinely are.
A Zed card (also called a Comp card) is an industry-standard tool for models as well: a thick card-stock, double-sided, versatile collection (as few as 2-3, as many as 6-7) of photographs, in an appealing layout with some basic measurements, giving a viewer (an agent or a casting director or a producer) the opportunity to "read" you at a glance and assess your best qualities with a very quick first impression. (Zed cards can be relatively affordable to produce in quantity, but having an assortment of magazine-quality photographs can become expensive to produce if you're doing it on your own. Once you book work, your photo shoots will provide you with new Zed card material.)
Without any experience to back you up, your only choice is to do some cold calling, which can be discouraging (or even depressing.)
When you call, you'll most likely be talking to an assistant or a receptionist, and they're not likely to be especially helpful to you, but you have to attempt to press through without being rude or impatient or (worst of all) desperate.
Ask if the agency is accepting unsolicited submissions. They may ask you to describe yourself. Develop an answer that captures the best essence of you in just a few words - one or two sentences at the most. Learn to speak of yourself confidently without embellishing. Until someone signs on to represent you, you must represent yourself with clarity and a modicum of enthusiasm.
Depending on how many individuals an agency represents at that moment, and whether they need someone with your attributes (gender, body type, ethnicity, hair & eye coloration and features), you may spark some initial interest.
If the answer is yes, ask them to whom you may address your submission. Ask for the correct spellling - it's no good to send your best photo and risk offending a deartment head by misspelling her name.
If you have a variety of 8x10's and/or a Zed card, ask what they prefer to see. Agencies differ one from another, as do particular agents (even within the same agency).
Once you've mailed it, you may wait 3-5 business days and call to see if it's been received. If you get the brush off, it's okay to remind the assistant on the phone (might not be the same person, write down names) that your submission was previously asked-for and that you addressed it specifically to the attention of (____________) the specific person whose name you noted in the other phone conversatin.
You have to do all of this just in the HOPE that someone with the ability to represent you will simply want to meet you in person!
The interview itself is a completely different beast.
So you've got to really want to do this. The competition is ridiculously severe, especially in Los Angeles and New York. If you don't have the heart to face unparalleled rejection, you need to choose something different to do. You MAY be drop-dead gorgeous, and still generate minimal interest in the beginning stages. This is not for the weak of heart. If you are not determined to do it for your own personal goals, it is almost impossible to sustain enough hope to crack the bubble and get yourself inside the realm of acting or modeling.
I was in casting for 10 years - there is much, much more. Feel free to email if you have specific questions ([e-mail])

Answer 2

You need to type some kind of resume.They will need your stats (height, weight, eye color, etc.) as well as contact info.

You can always put down things such as horseback riding, gymnastics, dance, etc. These skills might help you to book a job. As you get some gigs, you can keep adding and expanding your credits. There is no shame in being a beginner, but you DO need a resume, especially if you want to do commercials. Look online for the specific format for a modeling resume.

Answer 3

Hon, you cannot develop a résumé, until you book modeling jobs. Relax.

You are NOT in New York City, with professionals models. Don't worry about a résumé.

Your focus should be on your photograph NOT on a résumé. You didn't say in which city you live, but, it is NOT a major modeling market so don't worry about a résumé.

A résumé has to be developed over a long periof of time and modeling assignments.

You will start locally, in the city where you live. The modeling agencies in your city, understand you can't develop a résumé, in a city where there isn't a lot of professional modeling agencies.

Professional modeling agencies (those in NY) want to see a headshot and full-body shot.

They want to see what you look like, a sheet of paper, with your name on it, is of no use to the top modeling agencies.
It may be okay if you live in a small town.