DOPAMIN MODELS - Interview HARBOR Magazine (english)

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How to deal with criticism
Competition is part of the business. It leads to a bigger
selection and better prices for clients. Only the strongest
providers can survive in the long term when it comes to
quality or by offering a product the market does not cover
yet. Modelling is not much different in that way. There
are thousands of young people who get casted all over
the world and get introduced to clients and agencies.
Hundreds of boys and girls compete for a single job.
The decision not to take a model has nothing to do with
the person themselves and is never objective. The decision
is always subjective. The client might not like the
hair colour, the hips are too big or the nose doesn’t fit. All
points made up from personal criteria. The problem is that
there are human beings who have lost the connection
to reality and lost their manners, who think of themselves
as demigods and who have no social skills. It hurts if you
always get negative comments about yourself and if you
get insulted. Nobody can take that easily. That’s when
you need your family and good friends who support you,
who take time to listen, to talk and to cheer you up. Anyone
who doesn’t have that will struggle a lot. All of the
above should not leave a bad impression. The majority
of people working in this industry are amazing. Photographers,
stylists, designers, other models and clients. People
who are fun to work with. Working in a professional field
with lots of compliments and constructive criticism. You
build many friendships that go further than just modelling.
As a model you work hard on your body to gain an aesthetic
physical appearance. A healthy diet is essential.
Studies carried out at the Robert Koch Institute show
that one in five of all teenagers between 11 and 17 have
some kind of eating disorder, whereby the number of
girls is double in comparison to boys. Models are in even
greater danger, since they work in an industry that tells
them what the ‘perfect’ measurements are. You have to
watch out if your kid is eating enough and if it is getting
everything that is important for a healthy development.
Health is always the most important part.
Summing up
Inform yourself about the business. Only then will you be
able to give advice. The most important thing is that parents
have an open ear, because often they are the only
ones who can actually help. This means you should Skype
a lot, support as much as possible and take time to talk.
About Dopamin Models
Dopamin is a Boutique Model Management company.
We think that a good model only comes in a combination
of beauty with a strong character. That’s why we place a
lot of value on the personality of our models.
Our philosophy says that we take care of models represented
by us with all our heart. For us, they are individuals,
and safety and health is always of paramount importance
to us. We try to support our models in developing
not only their modelling career, but also their personal
artistic career and their character development.
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