OPEN CASTING : “Seoul Fashion Week F/W 2012″
15.00 -21.00 at M22 Office
Thai or Luk Kreung Female Models
Age 15-25
Min. Height 168 CM.
Vest, Leggings and 5 inches high heels required.
For more information: 02-982-5508-9

Bkk To Seoul

Few years ago most of the girls in the model industry were either from Europe or Thai native. Now most of the girls are off course from Thailand but the foreigners are all from east Europe.
The east European girls are so much cheaper than the girls from Western Europe and they work for peanuts.
Most of these Russian girls stay around Rama 4 in Bangkok in small apartment and they go to parties that are free for models while waiting for work.
In western standards they would never go for models but in Thailand a tall foreigner is a model in many Thai eyes.

One of my male friends used to go to these line up and maybe 100 guys waiting to for a work that would select maybe 5 of them. They all had to line up naked and then some gay guy went around giggling and touching them. He just got dressed and left after 30 min that was his first and last model work.

If you want to work in Thailand as a model and you are not a super model, don’t expect to get rich and do not expect to get any major work.

Model work in Thailand

If you want to make money as a model then Thailand is really the wrong country for you. The only chance you have to make money is that you are either a half Thai or some sort or that you are some kind of Asian model that the Thais like. It does not really matter if you can speak Thai but for now you need to have some Thai in you to become really famous.

Most foreign models are just used and never seen again and you will not get a work permit making it illegal to actually work here at all. That puts you in a pretty bad spot when it comes to ask for money or take someone to court for a dispute. When there is a casting you will have loads of models show up and most of the time you asked to dress almost naked and line up for the Thai to take a look at your bodies. If this is something you are uncomfortable with dont even bother to become a model in Thailand. Your salary will be very low and some month you will be happy if you can have your own flat. The low pay is a good way to keep you skinny even if good food is cheap in Thailand.

Most models in Thailand stay around Rama 4 in Bangkok and they share apartments with girls that do more than modeling in Thailand. It is not difficult to become a model in Thailand you just have to have an ok look and be pretty tall, the taller the better off course. When they have parties for models in Bangkok (about once a day) you can go in and get free drinks just by being tall and say you are a model they will take your word for it. You do not need an actull agent and you can just show up on the different castings and parties. In a matter of days you will have people contacting you to work for them, or not.

But once more if you planning to come to Thailand to become rich doing model work then dont do it, see it as a spring board before you go work in some other country and work up a profile.