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Fashion Models

Descriptions & Duties

  • Fashion Models wear and display clothing and accessories, and pose for advertising, film, or artistic creation. They stand, turn, and walk at the fashion shows in designers' clothing with the desired styling and makeup. They may pose for photographers and clients in photo shooting to demonstrate the features of clothing which advertise in magazine or newspaper.

Generic Competencies

Physical Abilities

Physical abilities

  • Physical strength
  • Eye hand coordination / precision / dexterity

 

Importance:3 (Max:5) 

Skill is basically required

 

Technology Skills

Technology skills

  • Computer literacy
  • Application of technology

 

Importance:1 (Max:5) 

Skill is rarely required

 

Cognitive Abilities

Cognitive abilities

  • Creativity
  • Visualisation
  • Logical thinking

 

Importance:4 (Max:5) 

Skill is frequently required

 

Comprehension And Expression

Comprehension and expression skills

  • Reading comprehension
  • Oral / written expression

 

Importance:3 (Max:5) 

Skill is basically required

 

Social Skills

Social skills

  • Communication
  • Negotiation
  • Persuasion

 

Importance:3 (Max:5) 

Skill is basically required

 

Organisation And Execution Skills

Organisation and execution skills

  • Planning
  • Organising
  • Judgement
  • Decision making

 

Importance:3 (Max:5) 

Skill is basically required

 

Problem Solving Skills

Problem solving skills

  • Ability to solve simple and complex problems effectively and efficiently

 

Importance:3 (Max:5) 

Skill is basically required

 

Management Skills

Management skills

  • Leadership
  • Management of finance / time / people / other resources

 

Importance:2 (Max:5) 

Skill is occasionally required

 

Trade Specific Competencies

Fashion modelling professionalism

Fashion Models must be good professionalism in fashion modelling, such as controlling their diet, exercising regularly, and getting enough sleep to keep in shape.

Posing skills

Fashion Models spend most of their time posing before camera. So they must have good posing skills to enable photographers to capture the best pictures.

General Requirements

Other specific requirements

  • Completion of related training course is an advantage

Related Education & Training

Work Environment

  • Fashion Models generally are employed by modelling agencies. They work in a variety of conditions like irregular hours, places, work duration and different weather conditions for different jobs.

Tools

  • Makeup kits

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