H
ow did you become a model booker?
I was looking for a full time position in fashion after I decided to take a break from styling and was offered a job as receptionist at Models 1, which I did for 10 months before being offered the role working on the Curve division. I love working on the board as it's a really exciting time to be part of such diversity within the fashion industry. Tell us a little about your own modelling career? I got scouted when I was 14 by a small agency and did a couple of small jobs for teen mags, I then continued with school and started up again when I was about 19. What is the biggest bug bear you have with aspiring models? Sometimes I think people can underestimate the time it can take to build a book and client base. You don't become a top model over night - so much time and effort goes in to nurturing and managing a persons career, its a process. Models invest in their book, but so many people think that this should be free. Why do you think that is? Portfolios really are paramount to a models career. It can be the pivotal selling point on booking a job so the images need to be to an extremely high calibre. Ultimately, it depends on the team, but partly what you're investing in is the photographers time as editing pictures can be somewhat time consuming. We don't encourage girls to test too much as clients want to see a body of work. Who do you absolutely love on Instagram at the moment? I'm inspired by all things french and am a self proclaimed Francophile! So my ultimate go to accounts on Instagram are Jeanne Damas, Sabina Socol and Lou Dillon - the epitome of the perfect Parisienne style. 8
Laura Coleman is represented by Models 1 in the UK
