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Every bigger agency has open calls, so that’s one way. When you don’t live in a big city, there is always affiliates of the bigger agencies that scout around and look for people, so that you can even probably find in the local paper that the right agencies do that. Be careful, again, that the ad doesn’t say, you know, if you pay $800 you this and that, because that’s not how it works. There are also contests. I mean, there’s these ridiculous contests, but there’s also - - you know, I’m a product of it. Cindy Crawford, Stephanie Seymour, they all came from the “Look of the Year.” And Ford does one, Elite does one, and, you know, they go around the country and the world to look for new talent. Never pay for it. So whenever anybody gets approached, wherever it is in the world, renowned agencies will take you on. They will do the pictures. They will pay for these things. Once you make money, you pay them back, so that’s one very big thing. On the internet, you can find any agents, the bigger ones, and, you know, you can very easily find out who they are and, you know, from Ford, Elite, Next, you know, and go on. There’s quite a few, but make sure that it’s a renowned agency also. And then once you’re in it, you know, you have to remember that times go through different shifts. Fashion changes. Suddenly, it’s Brazilian. It curvy; it’s not curvy. It’s solemn; not solemn. So do realize that as a model you go through times. There will be times that you have more work, less work. They want blue eyes and not green eyes. You know, stay within yourself. Be who you are. If you have already some of these wonderful traits given to you, stay who you are. In the end, that will set you apart. And if you then want to move on to bigger things, entrepreneurial things, research it. Learn about it, study about it, try things out. Acting, I always believed very much so, is if you really want to take that route, it takes enormous dedication and study, because otherwise I don’t think you make it. And if it is business, you know, try things out. I mean, it can be on a very small scale, but make sure you make the effort. Don’t say, “Oh, I would like to do this.” Well, that’s great, but try something, do something. You have the means because you make money, probably. You know, try some things out and see where it takes you.

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