List of modeling agencies
This is a list of notable modeling agencies. A modeling agency is a company that represents fashion models, to work for the fashion industry.[1] These agencies earn their income via commission, usually from the deal they make with the model and or the head agency.
Modeling agencies
- Elite Model Management
- Francina International Modeling Agency – established in Barcelona, Spain in 1983 by the model Francina Díaz Mestre[2]
- IMG Models
- International Modeling and Talent Association – a professional organization of modeling and talent training centers from around the world, who meet biannually for talent and modeling conventions in both New York City and Los Angeles.
- Irene Marie Models
- Kim Alley – a modeling agent who operates a modeling agency in Richmond, Virginia
- Kim Kötter
- Look
- Look Model Agency – based in San Francisco and founded in 1986[3]
- Louisa Models
- Mary Therese Friel
- Marilyn Agency
- MP Management
- Munich Models – founded in 1992 and based in Munich, Germany
- Next Management
- Scout Model & Talent Agency - has offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles
- Select Model Management
- Silent Models
- The Society Management – a model management company based in New York City, it is the official U.S. division of the Elite World network.[4] It is also the U.S. branch of the Elite Model Look contest.[5]
- Stardust Promotion
- Storm Model Management – founded in 1987 and based in Chelsea, London
- The Lions
- Ugly Models
- VIVA Model Management
- Why Not Model Management
- Wilhelmina Models – a modeling and talent agency headquartered in New York City, founded in 1967 by Dutch supermodel Wilhelmina Cooper.[6]
- Women Management – founded in 1988 and based in New York City, it also has offices in Paris and Milan
- Zoli Agency – a former modelling agency established in 1971 and based in New York City, it was particularly notable in the 1970s and 1980s.[7][8] It was originally more geared towards male models, and was known as one of the elite male modelling agencies in the 1970s.[7][9][10]
- AKS Co. Ltd. - an agency that is founded by AKB48 Group, SNH48 Group, Sakamichi Series and Iz*One producer Yasushi Akimoto along with his partners Yasushi Kubota and Kotaro Shiba. Pledis Entertainment CEO Han Sung-soo is collaborated with Yasushi Akimoto for Produce 48.
- Yoshimoto Kogyo - founded by Kichibe Yoshimoto
- Bates MeThinks
References
- "List of world's Top 20 Model Agencies – Best Modeling Agencies in the World". CEOWorld Magazine. November 29, 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- James, G.; Blount, T.; Walkinshaw, J. (2002). Model and Talent 2002 Directory: The International Directory of Model and Talent Agencies and Schools. International Directory of Model & Talent Agencies & Schools. Peter Glenn Publications. ISBN 978-0-87314-145-1. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- Zinko, Carolyne (September 8, 2016). "S.F. model agency looks to the future". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- "A New Model Modelling Agency". businessoffashion.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- "The Society Management, New York". thesocietymanagement.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- "List of International Modeling Agencies". Modelisto.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 3 November 1975. p. 87. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- "In the Mad, Mod World of Models, Zoli's Zoo Has Cornered the Crazies", By Lee Wohlfert, People magazine, September 01, 1975, Vol. 4 No. 9.
- Richardson, Donald Charles; Falocco, John (13 October 1992). Men of style: the Zoli guide for the total man. Villard Books. ISBN 978-0-679-41211-3. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- Luce, Henry Robinson (1979). Fortune. Time Inc. p. 60. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
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