Rejected and Dejected

We've all had some disappointment or rejection in our lives--we didn't make the school play, didn't get that cushy lifeguard job, didn't ace the test we studied for all semester. Models have to deal with that rejection every day, all day. I've gone on as many as 15 go and sees in one day--killing myself rushing around town to make sure I was on time to every single one. Even though I was exhausted and had aching feet by the end of the day, sometimes not one of the clients I met ended up hiring me.

There probably isn't on other business in the world in which one human being can recieve as much rejection as in the modeling industry. So if you decide you wan to become a model, get ready! Plan to have doors slammed in your face and hear very blunt criticisms of your body and features: Her hips are to wide; his shoulders are too small; we don't want any black girls (yes, i really did hear that once!); no Asian girls; her jaw's too square; and so on.

So if you decide you want to have a modeling career, you'll need to be prepared for a whole lot of rejection. Even though you eventually learn that these comments aren't meant to hurt you personally, it's hard to deal with them every single day. But it's a fact of life in the modeling business.