In your impression, what is the profession of modeling?
They must all be on the runway, and the magazines are shining brightly, right?
As long as you wear nice clothes, put on a few poses or walk two steps on stage, you can get a high salary.
What about private life?
or soak in the big fashion pile all day long,
or on the way to various parties?
Wrong!
Recently, Yan Jiang saw the work "Beijing Apartment" by photographer Li Xiaoliang, only to realize that the private life of the original model was so shabby!
Let me talk about Li Xiaoliang first, many people may not know who he is.
He has photographed almost half of the domestic entertainment industry and is known as the "Queen Photographer" of the superstars.
Because of his work, he often deals with many foreign models.
In fact, he didn't think about the life of the external models in Beijing, until one day, he saw a photo of their apartment on the phone of a model agent...
in China,In fact, the faces of external models are not uncommon.
As large as fashion week shows and fashion magazines, as small as Taobao shops and underwear ads.
First of all, it must be admitted that the market does need them.
Although the current national trend is prevailing, and the quality and level of Chinese models are impeccably good, the appearance of "external models" still makes the products look more international.
Their exquisite facial contours, western skin color and hair color satisfy people's imagination of a certain western life and indirectly stimulate consumers' desire to buy.
These models are basically between 14 and 23 years old, mostly from Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, and a small part from the United States, Italy, Spain.
Although they all come from different countries, the same thing is that they all came to China with dreams.
Except for their passports, they are essentially the same as ordinary "beijing drifting youth".
We have always seen them in front of the stage, but in fact they live like migrant workers.
Most of these models live in Beijing's East Third Ring Road , and along Guangqu Road in Chaoyang District, Baiziwan , Apple Community and other places nearby.
Those who have been there know that there is a bustling business district not far away, as well as Beijing International Trade Center,Well-known landmarks such as CCTV.
Celebrity internet celebrities gather to live in the 100,000-square-foot Jinmao Mansion , but they are arranged by the intermediary in the most narrow and cramped cheap residence.
A three-bedroom and one living room with at least 6 people, or a bunk bed like a university dormitory; if you are lucky, you can have a window. If you are not lucky, you can only live in a few beds together In the cubicle.
The rooms are randomly allocated, and sometimes they are allocated to apartments with mixed men and women living in different bedrooms.
They don't have any choice. If their roommates have any bad habits, they can only endure it. If you can't bear it, move out and find a place to live by yourself.
As we all know, in the model industry, almost always eat young people .
Especially for models who have just debuted, It’s important to seize the time to make money _strong 190.
and the general foreign models work in China basically only two or three months visa ,During this period, they are like machines, running between shooting and interview every day .
At the interview site, the external models were selected like commodities.
No one cares what your name is. Instead, the nickname is " gray collar , the second one".
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Customers glanced at their heights, proportions, and faces, and they were determined.
The one they hear most is: "Anyway, I look at the face first."
It is often good to pick 1-2 out of 10 girls, and the other girls who fail the election are equivalent to a trip in vain.
The girl who was picked does not actually mean that she is better than others, but at best she is lucky.
and the unsuccessful girls often fall into self-doubt: "Are you not beautiful enough?" "Are you too fat?" "Is it really inappropriate to be a model?"
In this process, every girl will be overwhelmed by the inexplicable sense of competition. Winning a customer's choice is like finishing a "honorable" battle. After
,The selected "lucky ones" face endless work: wearing off-season clothes and shooting various poses against the camera according to the requirements of the client.
Change clothes, shoot, change clothes, shoot. They have been doing one thing repeatedly for more than ten or twenty hours
There is indeed a break in the middle of the shooting, but they dare not take a long break because they will be complained by customers because the break is too long.
After such a day, I was exhausted, but I had to get up early the next morning and continue to work.
Day in and day out, the girls are like beautiful canaries locked in a busy and depressed life cage
Some people would say, since Model work is so lucky, so the salary should not be too bad?
Actually, the average model taking pictures is calculated by the hourly rate. Although there are 1,000 to 1,500 yuan per hour, the agency has to divide more than half of it, and the models finally get less money. The pathetic.
As "tool people" they dare not have any complaints, they can only accept this fact helplessly.
After all, it's hard to be picked from a dozen or twenty girls, and it's great to have the opportunity to beg for food.
Some girls can't stand the pressure of life and leave heart-wrenching scars on their arms.
These light white marks run counter to the “body maintenance” regulations of the fashion industry, but perhaps for girls, physical pain will make the originally twisted heart a little more comfortable.
I think many people will feel sad when they see it here,Will be infected by the embarrassment of the life of the foreign models in this group of works and the melancholy emotions on their faces.
But in fact, when they communicate with Li Xiaoliang, they show more of a positive and sunny side.
Most girls have not been overwhelmed by these setbacks, and they have maintained an optimistic attitude towards what happened.
Some people will write "Always smile and just be happy" on the wall, accompanied by a cute picture of a kitten, reminding them to maintain an optimistic attitude.
"Love this sucking place" (love this sucking place), you can feel their love and hatred inseparable between the lines.
"Welcome to Hell" (Welcome to Hell), a cruel sentence is surrounded by red hearts and smiling faces, which also makes this painful sentence look a lot warmer.
Some people will hang family photos on the wall as their spiritual support, for the other side of the earth to have concern, even if you are tired now, you must stick to it.
There are also a lot of photos cropped from fashion magazines on the wall, most of which are well-known international models. It seems that if you do this, you can one day be like them
The lens only records these life pictures subjectively, and the emotions and moods of the people in the paintings can only be experienced by the girls themselves.
If you want to be in the model circle for a long time or become famous, it’s one of the few.Most of the outer models ended up at the same end by different routes.
After the three-month visa expires, they will "drift" to Thailand, South Korea and other countries to continue to be "external models."
These are the status quo of "external models" in Beijing. In fact, our country's models live a half-dozen lives abroad.
For example, the big cousin Liu Wen When she first arrived abroad, Liu Wen also lived in a small rented house with a few girls, and went to various interviews every day. "Fitting model" she is also willing to go.
Like all foreign models, the first problem encountered in a foreign country is the language barrier.
At the beginning, Liu Wen could hardly speak English, only simple hi, yes, and no. Even taking the subway is difficult.
In order to better communicate, she is crazy to learn English, watch foreign movies to learn vocabulary, bite the bullet and chat with foreigners to practice oral English, and practice herself to collapse...
In order to make her business abilities better, she bought a bunch of outdated fashion magazines, learned how to pose and make facial expressions; walk in the room and practice her body.
In the cold winter in Europe, she knocked on the door of the model agency time and time again, stuttering English and body movements in exchange for the opportunity to walk barefoot on the floor.
Destiny will truly live up to everyone who runs hard!
no background,Liu Wen, who is not a model professional and even didn't even understand makeup at the beginning, has finally stood at the top of Chinese models and even the world's supermodels.
In all walks of life, thinking of becoming famous overnight is a fantasy.
is a model. On the surface, it looks like a glamorous job, but behind it is an unknown sadness.
It, like most other professions, has to endure great pain and make great efforts behind the scenes.
Maybe you are like these external models, living in a bad environment; however, please be optimistic and believe that your efforts will not fail you.
Lucky comes from persistence. I hope that everyone who works silently in their posts will be able to turn around in adversity and blossom in the dust like Liu Wen.
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