Is Your Child Ready for fashion modeling?

Some kids just seem to have that unique something that companies like Macy's, Toys R US, Hasbro, Seventeen Magazine, Girls Life Magazine, Parents Magazine, J.C Penneys, Vogue Magazine, Tommy Hilfiger, Abercrombie and Fitch, MTV and Disney are searching for. Is there any company that does not use child models? Their smiling faces seem to appear all over the place -- on the grocery shelves, on TV, in magazines and newspapers -- even on toilet tissue, sunburn lotion and baby food!

Take a look at the magazine stand the next time you are in line at Walmart or Kroger. Is your child on that glossy magazine cover? Should s/he be? Could s/he be?

With a bit of luck this lens will help you type through the questions and find your answer as to whether your child should be the next child top model.

What? Don't I glance like a child super model?

A Few Instructions to Get Your Child Started In Modeling

1. Take lots of pictures having them to assume singular poses "just for fun." As a child super model they'll have to love affectation and not mind holding that pose for a few moments at a time.

2. Research, Research, Research! You require knowing what you are getting into. Go to the library, use Internet Search Engines, and *** books on modeling photography so you'll know what the business is all about. Don't go into child modeling blindly. If you do, you and your child will get burned or scammed.

3. Don't fall for smooth talk. Some so called modeling agencies will pile on the flattery and then, while you are basking in the glory of how beautiful your child is, they will begin the relationship by telling you there will be an "up front" fee in sort to use their services. NO! A reputable modeling agency does not take money up front. They make their money from commissions that they earn from getting your child modeling jobs. Their fees are anywhere from 10 - 20% depending on the agency.

4. Take good, clean photographs of your child when you go to the models agency. If they sense you should have professional photographs made they will tell you but never for the photographs. Remember this: children amend fast. If you have professional photos made this week they will be redundant in less than 3 months. If the agency wants you to have professional photographs made ask them why they need it. Chances are they have a job in mind, but even so, your amature photos will most likely be just fine.

5. Do not be scammed. If it sounds too fine to be true, it is. There are many of scam artists in the child modeling business. Avoid them.