Sorry I am not answering members’ questions this week, but I am questioned
out…
I play many roles in my life, but a couple of times a year I play
an advisor for IMTA and this whole week I
have been at their modeling and talent competition in NYC.
I have talked a couple of times in my blog about International
Modeling and Talent Association aka: IMTA. They are a professional organization
that produces week long conventions of modeling, acting, singing and dancing
competitions in New York and Los Angeles, where hundreds of fashion and talent
agents, managers, casting directors, and many other industry professionals
judge and scout the competitions.
Here’s a little look into my busy week.
Monday
- Moderated the Seminar for Models “Fashion Markets Around” with Sonja of Louisa Models in Hamburg and Munich, Fiona Craig of Fusion Model Management in Cape Town, Giorgio Barbieri of Boom Models in Milan, and Kim Luret of Crystal Models in Paris
- Judged the Team competition
Tuesday
- Spent part of the day with the Casting Networks’ team in NY
- Judging of Fashion Print and Runway Competition
- Interview for documentary, “Chasing Beauty” with Brent Huff which is going to premier at the Sundance Film Festival
Wednesday
- More Judging
- Moderated the Seminar for Models, “Preparing for Model Callbacks”: Karen Lee of the Karen Lee Group in NY, Tony Perkins of Vision LA, Roman Young of Wilhelmina NY, Erin Lundgren-Science of NY Models NY, Paul Nelson of Wilhelmina Men LA, Kristen Kodak of Stars Model Mgmt in SF, Alyssa Dolts of Factor Women in Chicago.
Thursday
- Model callbacks with agents all day
Friday
- Interview with Idol magazine on the business of modeling and ModelWire
- Final ceremony and awards
All week, the agents have been watching and/or judging the
competitions, keeping track of which models and/or actors they want to see
again. That’s what makes IMTA so great – where else in the world can you meet
300+ agents in one big ballroom?
I helped advise Randy of CH management and other agencies during
the callbacks, we met with 110 kids. (I say kids because they are all young to me,
but the ages ranged from 11 to 25 year olds.) We sat down with each kid, asked
them a few questions and looked over their pics – basically we wanted to see what
kind of personality they had. If an agent felt like that the model was right
for their agency, then they took a Digital Polaroid of them: a headshot, a profile
shot and a full body shot.
I encouraged them by telling them to not get disappointed if they didn’t
find representation this week at IMTA; that they are all young and have plenty
of opportunities. Also, I mentioned that they may even want to come back in a
year or two when they matured in the business. The main thing was to learn from
it and enjoy this experience as most of them did.
Today is the awards ceremony. I will be honored with an award of 25
years of service to IMTA as both as a manager and agent and an adviser.
I want to personally say thank you to the director, Nancy Mancuso and to all those involved with IMTA for all your hard work and the memories that you have given me over the years!
And thank you Michelle of ModelWire for keeping up with
me - not many can.
In the meantime,
Have a successful day!
JOEY
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Photos: IMTA
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