Male Models in A Girl’s World

In a girl’s world such as the fashion and modeling industry, hundreds of male models are struggling to sparkle – in a manly way, of course.

Fashion is a thing girl thing, we all know that. No one could care more about the latest clothes being showcased in runways than women. And no one else in your family has millions of copies of Vogue and Vanity Fair than your sister or mom. And when there’s fashion, there’s also the modeling business or else, who would wear all these clothes and walk down the runways, right?

And for men trying to make it in the modeling business, it’s tough. There’s a lot of competition and less jobs
because, as mentioned, it is a “girl’s world”. They even invented the word “male model” just to identify the men in this industry. Not to be sexist, or anything, but because it is a social notion that when you say “model”, you first and foremost think about women.

So how what do men earn when they start out in the female-dominated modeling world? If in most corporate jobs where men rule, women earn half of every dollar a man makes, it is the other way around for a male model.

Rookie male models can make $1,500 to $2,000 for a big campaign ad – and this is about $2,000 short of what they used to earn pre-recession period. Times are hard, prices go up and luxury brands get stingy with male models. Their female counterparts, however, could earn $3,000 to $4,000. And for a single magazine job, male models earn more or less only $200. See how the table turns against Adam in Eve’s world?

And come to think of it, not everyone can name one really famous male model. But for female, we have Tyra
Banks, Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Giselle Bündchen and rising stars Coco Rocha and Chanel Iman.

What we are saying here is that if you really want to succeed as a male model, you definitely have to work hard for it. Yes, it is tough to be in this business, but talent and dedication can take you a long way. In the end, it doesn’t matter that females dominate this business or that there are too many male models and not a lot of modeling jobs, what matters is that you learn how to swim to avoid drowning and to look hot while at it. *wink.