Talent Agent - Top Modeling Agencies

Top Modeling Agencies

Some criteria for an agency to qualify as a top modeling agency are as follows:

1. The agency must be located in one of the top fashion capitals, for the simple reason that the most lucrative and prestigious modeling assignments can only be found there. These cities include: New York, Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Rome, Los Angeles, Prague, Toronto, São Paulo and Barcelona.

2. The agency is well-known and respected in the fashion industry and has a good reputation, insofar as monitoring agencies or governing bodies in their respective country, like the Better Business Bureau in the US and the association of fashion designers and the group handling the city's fashion week.

3. The agency has directly provided a model with a lucrative assignment for a top fashion design house (for example Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Prada, Valentino and Giorgio Armani among others).

Some of the top modeling agencies in the world are:

• Elite Model Management - New York City, Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto
• Ford Models - New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Toronto, Chicago and Milwaukee
• IMG Models - New York City, Paris, London, Milan, Hong Kong
• Marilyn Agency - Paris
• Models 1 - London
• New York Model Management - New York City
• NEXT Model Management - New York City and Paris
• One Management - New York City
• Orange Model Management - Toronto, Montreal and London
• M Models and Talent Agency - Toronto
• Premier Model Management - London
• Select Model Management - London
• Storm Model Agency - London
• Viva Models - Paris, Barcelona and London
• Wilhelmina Models - New York City
• Women Model Management - New York City
• Why Not Model Agency - Milan
• Easymodelling - Geneva, Switzerland

Aside from "fashion" modeling, many agencies specialize in commercial advertising that do not require high fashion models. This can be located in any region where print ads are produced. They often fill calls for product packaging, catalogues, textbooks, billboards, etc. which require a more "real person" look or even a "character" look. Chicago, for example, has a large need for these types of models although little call for high fashion models.