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Fashion week always brings a number of aspiring models to Los Angeles (and San Diego). This also brings out the modeling agency reps who look for new talent. The problem is that not all of these reps can do what they say and you, aspiring model, need to protect yourself from getting tied up with an agency that can’t help your career. When presented with a modeling contract, the most important term to pay attention to is the provision that states the rights being granted by the model. Many times modeling contracts will have broad language, such as (“Model grants any and all rights in Model’s career to Agency”), which can be interpreted as covering all areas of the industry. This is ok for a full service, well-known agency, but if an agency only focuses on one area (i.e., print ads), or you don’t know the history of the agency, you do not want to give up your rights to other modeling opportunities.

If the agency isn’t well known, then you probably want to tread cautiously and not sign any kind of exclusive deal initially. You don’t want to sign your modeling career over to some fast talking guy who turns out to be just in it to get close to hot chicks!