I worked as a nude model throughout my 20s. I went back to school in my 30s, earned a degree, and got an office job, but was still modeling. I met my now-husband at his studio, and he helped me out of ...

A photo from one of the author's modeling shoots. A photo from one of the author's modeling shoots. My old modeling portfolio is filled with adult magazine pages. In one, I’m posed in a garter belt ...

When I was 6, my mother signed me up for modeling lessons because she thought I would enjoy them. During one photo shoot, I wouldn't hug Santa because I was shy and afraid of beards. While it was fun, ...

Despite being into fashion since I was young, I never once thought that I could be a model. I am a proud member of the Hän Gwich’in and Sičangu/Oglala Lakota tribes in the US – but like most ...

I have always thought of modeling as a glamorous profession. I remember flicking through Vogue magazines as a child and seeing the runway on the pages. From then onwards, I became curious about ...

There I was, doing nothing, when I received an Instagram notification from a Big Deal modeling agency: An agent wanted me to come into the office for a casting. Opening the message, I realized it was ...

Behind every successful career stands discipline and hard work – and modeling is no exception. They're the driving force behind every great runway show, striking photoshoot and successful ...

When desperately ill Alex Elnido learned she had run out of options and needed to have drastic surgery on her bowel, the model feared her career in the sex industry was over. She was scared people ...

You never know what direction your life will go in — even when reading a newspaper, which took Sarah Gullixson in the direction of high-fashion modeling. “It all started when my dad was reading the ...