Nowadays, many young people have a passion for modeling and look for every opportunity to step into this artistic path.
Height is always a prerequisite
When it comes to modeling, ignoring the factors of face and charisma, the prerequisite standard that everyone knows that a model must have is height.
Normally, when casting female models to perform on the catwalk, major fashion houses in the world consider the fact that candidates must have a minimum height of 5`9 (equivalent to 1m79) and a body size of 2-4.
Besides, other factors about appearance and age are also mentioned.
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Casting announcement for Couture Fashion Week New York is quite strict.
Do short female models have a place in the professional fashion industry?
Petite model is the definition used to refer to models with limited height (from 1m65 to 1m72) in the fashion industry.
However, in reality, there are very few legal modeling agencies in the world and most are concentrated in the US in big cities like California, New York or Chicago.
In Vietnam, a recent highlight is the case of Vietnam’s Next Top Model (VNTM) season 7 ending, creating many mixed opinions that are still spreading among the national viewing audience.
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Photos of Fung La’s time as a freelance model
Before coming to VNTM 2016, Fung La (real name La Thanh Thanh) was not a strange face to Saigon youth because she used to be a freelance model for many large and small fashion shops.
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Fung La’s confident demeanor when performing on the catwalk
At Vietnam’s Next Top Model season 7 with the theme `Break The Rules – Break all limits`, Fung La is like a fish in water.
In the first episodes, the audience witnessed a rather ladylike and `incompetent` Fung La.
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Impressive photo shoots of Fung La in the competition
Impressive photo shoots of Fung La in the competition
Looking back at Vietnam’s Next Top Model seasons, few people know that Fung La is one of three rare contestants in the show’s history to have been named first 3 times and won 2 challenges (previously, only
At America’s Next Top Model, there were also 2 seasons held with themes specifically for models with limited height.
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Eva Marcille – Champion of America’s Next Top Model season 3
Returning to the case of VNTM 2016, from an overall perspective, it can be seen that La Thanh Thanh is a suitable face at this year’s VNTM playground, but deeply speaking, if to become the face representing Vietnam, step
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Photo shoots of Fung La in the competition
Therefore, it is not surprising that the final result of VNTM this year is Ngoc Chau, who is considered to have a fairly stable performance, although sometimes it is normal to the point of being `bland` and lacking highlights.
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Ngoc Chau’s `safe` competitions at Vietnam’s Next Top Model
Ngoc Chau’s `safe` competitions at Vietnam’s Next Top Model.
In general, the effort to `break all limits` in the modeling industry always exists and deserves recognition.
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