YouTube Video: Dania Denise Modeling FAQ 3 "Am I Too Old to Model?"

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Thanks for this great post, Dania! As a 35 yo woman trying tho break into a medium sized market, I have my work cut out for me. Frankly I'm glad I'm too old for runway...I was never able to master an effective strut! Lol

May 14, 2014 at 6:59 AM

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June 10, 2014 at 8:12 AM

NIEVES said…

My name is Nieves. i am a spanish model and, of course, i work less than when i was 20 but i can tell you that there is still a lot of work for models over 35. It is a big market as the age of population is growing up.

July 10, 2014 at 12:37 PM

Dania Denise said…

Nicholas Clayton (Agent - Top Talent Agency) has left a new comment on your post "YouTube Video: Dania Denise Modeling FAQ 3 "Am I Too Old to Model?":

Excellent post and always good advice here. "Too old to model" is a nonsensical statement to make for anyone who has the passion to work. I have booked women in their 70s and 80s for incredible commercial projects. Female models need to be able to transform themselves and keep with their time/place. It begins with beauty and fashion, transfers to the "mom" type, then transfers again to the "working professional" type, then to the "empty nester" type and finally to the "lifestyle senior" type.

July 27, 2014 at 9:17 AM

AlyssaN said…

Hi Dania. My name is Alyssa and I just turned 24. I was signed with Elite models for high fashion modeling when I was younger, but I became sick and was unable to follow through even though I had people in New York interested in me. My question is, knowing I have the right look, am I still too old to get work?

November 23, 2015 at 11:31 PM

Dania Denise said…

Hi, Alyssa! You'll find the answer to your question in its own post, titled "Answering a Reader Question #853," which can be found on my other blog: "Modeling 101 - Answering Readers Questions."

Please visit this link: http://amodelsdiary-readerquestions.blogspot.com/ and you can view your post there. Thanks for reading!

November 26, 2015 at 11:05 AM

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