Model Agencies
In the world of fashion there is a powerful force that drives the flow of talent from the streets into the pages of magazines and on to stardom. Model agencies provide the means for many to get into the business, and a vast source of raw talent for those seeking new faces for projects. Many owe the great success of their careers to having been selected by one of the best modeling agencies early on.
We can be reasonably sure that the model agencies we have come to imagine from watching movies and television are not quite as predominant as they once were. The cold and heartless agent allowing young women to waste away to nothing in search of an impossible image of bodily beauty, lecherous photographers and company representatives using model agencies to drug and take advantage of girls with stars in their eyes, thankfully these are fairly uncommon in today's fashion industry.
Model agencies are still dominated by a few major companies who deal with primarily A-List talent and can literally make a person's career overnight. The difference today is that there are a myriad of smaller independent model agencies dealing with all levels and forms of talent. These smaller model agencies have the opportunity to adapt more quickly and take advantage of today's technology to become international entities and providing the transfer of information within the blink of an eye.