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If your interested in the modeling and/or entertainment bussiness read this before you deside to start/commit.

Well first let me introduce myself im 16 years old, i play volleyball, and i have been modeling for about 6 months. and live in southern california

So when you first think of the modeling bussiness you either think one of two things

1) Agencies convince models to pretty much be anorexic and most models are.

2) or that, that was the past and now all sizes and shapes are welcomed because of how our society has changed from the past.

When I first became interested in modeling it was because even though I had a lot of self esteem already, I wanted to maintain it/or acquire more. I also thought that since people told me I had a great look and that i should look into it, that was another reason i should try it, and also i thought i would be sucessful in this bussiness. Not as a serious job just a side job.

So before I could get an agency, most of the agencies require you to have taken previous classes to you have experience as in any job. So I took my classes as John Robert Powers. Now before you make assumptions about how JRP is a rip off. Please note that it is a TALENT bureau which means they train you NOT get you jobs. It was quite expensice 3 classes which were 20 hours apiece for about 3000. Anyway so I took the runway class and gained a lot of experience. I also had a request that I should get professinal pictures done because they thought i had a lot of potential to go somewhere. So I got my pictures done.

I was contacted by an bureau who was interested with signing me and i only had runway experience, No acting, photoprint, or commercial. Now this is where opinons about agencies come out. Althought they SAY they will accept all shapes and sizes now, thats Bull Sh*t.. They told me that at normal weight I would be consitered a petit plus model and wouldnt make sh*t and only was interested in signing with me if i were at their requirements. Now i know you might be thinking that the bureau was some small one that was a scam, but it was Elite. Elite has many levels of models so i wan’t going to be one of the main/popular ones on the website or anything. I was 5′8 and weighed 138 that means my bmi was 21 which is low on the scale of average wieght. When you meet with the agent you bring your professinal  pictures and resume. They would go over my pictures and with a red marker circle all the parts of my body that he consittered to be “fat”, i guess what wasnt skin and bones. He wieghted me and stated I had a lot of potential and wanted to sign with me. He told me he would sign with me when i completed my other 2 classes over at JRP and when i lost 12 pounds to be down at 125 at 5′8. 

Now at the time i didnt consiter my self fat. I am smart girl and was eduacated about intake disorders and knew that if i ever came close to deveopling one i would just stop modeling or go to another agency. Everyone at school thought i had a great body and so did i. So when i started to loose the wieght i obviously knew i wasnt fat and i was just doing it to get into the agency:Elite.  Now i know loosing wieght is hard for most people, but when your already normal weight its extremly hard, and most of my wieght was muscle since i play volleyball. I stuggled but eventually go to 130.  I became concerned with exerciseing and counting calories(im an psychoneurotic person).  It got to the point where if i gained a pound i would be soo upset crying and messed us. I started weighing myself each morning, intake a 1000 calories a day, when im suppose to take 2500 because i play 3 hours of vball a day. so one night i ate a cup of cover cream and freaked out so i tried to throw up and i tried to stick my finger down my throat, but wasn’t healthy to purge. So i have realized that i might be developing an intake disorder even though im not under wieght(130) but im concerned with my wieght. The industry is really hard and cold i dont advocate becomeing a part of it if you have a “normal” or “athletic” body. If your already super tall and realy skinny then its fine, but its still a commitment. I have distanced from my friends and have become quieter becuase i have lower self esteem then before and am constantly thinking about food. I would quit except for a couple reasons

1) Im still enrolled in 2 classes

2) my parents payed money for lessons

3) and ive already been through so much i dont think i could stop dieting if i wanted to

Another thing you should know before you begin is if you interested in commercial or acting or modeling gigs you superior not have a busy schdule and place school frist. They might call you on at 10 pm on a wed night and need you to drive 6 hours in the morning the next day. So you can t go to school. This happened to me when i got a small role as a cheer leader in the next Bring It On Movie.

Thanks for reading i hoped you got something out of this.

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Hyderabad, 18 Jan, 2011: An elegant ceremony marked the inaugural of Geospatial World Forum 2011 here this day which saw the confluence of diverse stakeholders in geospatial sector discussing the ‘Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial Industry’.

Welcoming the gathering, Dr MP Narayanan, Chairman, GIS Development, outlined the core philosophy of the Forum in bringing together all the stakeholders of geospatial industry – policy makes, professionals, industry and the academia – to raise the awareness levels about the increasing relevance of geospatial technology in each day life.

Delivering the message of KK Singh, President Association of Geospatial Industries and Chairman, Rolta Group, Atul D Tayal, Joint Managing Director, Rolta India Ltd, stated advances in space technology, world wide web and GIS have significantly transformed the way we live. With latest technology making all things easy, the one challenge that remains now is to make the fruits of this technology reach the common man.  Enumerating the business drivers for the industry, Atul stated that the one input required to make exciting solutions in this sector is ‘geographic information’. While on one hand technology has enabled the production of calibre geospatial information, on the other more than half of the world still remains to be mapped, giving a large opportunity for the geospatial industry, he said. 

According to Atul, Indian geospatial industry is fast growing and maturing and is the final frontiers for the industry. He said, while opportunity is enormous in India, challenges too are huge. He concluded saying that the Association of Geospatial Industries is a step towards organising geospatial industry in taking on these challenges and harness the potential of this technology and contribute positively to the country’s economy.

Emeritus Prof Fraser Taylor – Chairman, UN International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM), stressed the significance of location information to all aspects of modern society. But to realise its potential, he stated several challenges need to be met. In this direction, he said, we need to enable more effective data sharing among stewards of locationally referenced data; enable a greater degree of interoperability between and among datasets; make location data an integrated part of mainstream ICT and not a standalone system; link geographic information more effectively with socio-economic information; effective spatial management of geospatial information. In the emerging digital economy, Prof Taylor said, there are an increasing number of participatory information infrastructures and added that these should be integrated with more formal approaches, communicate the results of analyses in more effective manner.

Calling climate change as the greatest challenge of the century, Dr Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India enumerated the significance of geospatial technology in understanding the complex interaction between and among different components like atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere etc. He then touched upon the important services that are enabled by geospatial technologies through proper understanding of climate and weather conditions. Ocean and seabed mapping is the next huge frontier for geospatial industry as future generations will increasingly depend on ocean for their resources, he said.

Keynote address

Detailing the high level of awareness level and commitment towards geospatial technology at the highest level of policy making in the country, Dr K Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, said  – geospatial industry in India has several supporters including the Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and added that the prime minister has mandated the Planning Commission to use geospatial tech for national development in the subsequent Five Year Plan.  He then discussed various policy initiatives to take geographic information more closer to the common man.  He called on the citizens to demand development and create a participatory movement for more geographic data.  To enable this, Dr Rangan said, the government is working on establishing a national system for GIS. The intent is to synergise many spatial data systems acquirable crossways the country and create a seamless system to access data. Further to this, the national task force will look into the capacity stipulations for this industry and evolve a geospatial culture in the country. This task force will look at building geospatial capacities at school, university, higher education and research level.  

Guest Address

Calling the distinguished gathering of geospatial professionals to unleash the power of geospatial information, chief guest Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences; Human Resources Development; and Communications and Information Technology rightly pointed out that any technology, including geospatial technology, is an enabler and a car through which information could be delivered to the citizens, empowering them. The national geospatial data dominance bill, which is on the anvil, will be a great step in this direction, he opined. Survey of India has embarked on creating a national topographic database on 1:10k scale for all the rural areas of the country. The project will also produce 1:2,000 maps for the cities and 1:1,000 scale maps for the metros. The minister stated the project will be finished in three years and once the maps are in public domain, will open up several sectors with the power of geographic information.

Information is a public good and government strongly believes in making 75-80% of geospatial information acquirable to the citizens subject to the concerns of security, the minister said. To empower common people with this information, Sibal stated the government is working on a framework of licensing and a regulatory policy which would streamline the activities of geospatial sector. He called on the industry to be an equal partner in communicating the meaning and utility of geospatial technology to one and all exuded confidence that India will be a breeding ground of geospatial solutions in the future.

Awards

The Geospatial World Forum 2011 recognised the exemplary contributions prefabricated by organisations and professionals to the growth of geospatial technology and industry around the world. The following organisations/professionals received the GIS Development awards -

Premier Mapping Agency:  Natural Resources Canada

Education / Capacity Building for geospatial technology: Department of Geography, University Of California, Santa Barbara (Dr. Val Noronah)

Geospatial Personality of Decade: Vanessa Lawrence CB, Director General and Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey, UK

Leading Professional Society: International Cartographic Association (ICA)

World Leaders in Geospatial Technology: Rolta Group

Lifetime Accomplishment : Dr. K Kasturirangan

About Geospatial World Forum

Geospatial World Forum (formerly known as Map World forum) is a conference driven by an neutral to wage an appropriate representation of the geospatial industry and its relevance in tomorrow’s world. It is a medium of convergence of various stakeholders of the global geospatial community. It is a gathering of about 2000 professionals from all over the world who get together to discuss and deliberate on various aspects of geospatial industry. Geospatial World Forum is organized in partnership with many international professional societies.

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Public vs. Private Education in Developing Countries: A Matter of Long-Term Investment

I often find myself criticizing governments worldwide for imperfectness to create opportunities for poor people, especially in the education sector. We certainly should be critical, but must also realize that, as a responsible society, we can't and should not leave everything to the government and NGOs. The education sector is not exclusively the obligation of the government. If the governments and NGOs can't cope with the responsibility, then why shouldn’t the private sector do something to equilibrise the demand of good education?

In many developing countries, public education leaves a lot to be desired. Instructors are not as motivated to show up regularly, perhaps because they do not feel accountable to the students, but instead to distant government officials. Public school instructors and their unions are sometimes politically divisive; the problems in Oaxaca, Mexico come to mind. On the other hand, the infrastructure of classrooms could be seriously improved; often the infrastructure is below the average standards of a respectful educative environment.

Studies by the World Bank and The World Economic Forum have shown that entrepreneurs are realizing that there is a demand for private education services in the BOP. People in the BOP are also starting to “invest” in private education for their children. Derek Newberry and Seema Patel of NextBillion have blogged about this very issue before – on how there are new private schools in poor areas that charge or USD a month and wage superior education.

Research done by Prof. saint Tooley (winner of the FT Gold Prize Essay) shows that there are many people in the BOP who are willing to invest their money in private education. In the research of his award-winning essay, he found that “…a massive majority of schoolchildren in selected poor urban and periurban areas of India and Sub-Saharan Africa using private schools, while in rural India, half of the schoolchildren are privately enrolled. Even in impoverished rural China massive numbers of private schools exist off the official radar. The research showed that private schools for the poor are superior to government schoolteachers are more committed, the supplying of important inputs are better, and education outcomes superior even after controlling for background variables. All this is accomplished for a fraction of the per-pupil instructor cost of government schools.”

In the paper, “De facto’ Privatisation of Education and the Poor: Implications of a Study from Sub-Saharan Africa and India,” saint Tooley and Pauline Dixon make a case study in India on the breathtaking growth of private education. People living in the BOP are aware of the value of education as a long-term investment. Entrepreneurs that would want to invest in education should take this as an opportunity and not just leave the weight of education on the government or NGOs.

To private school standards, these schools are not necessarily top-tier schools, but in many cases give a superior education than the public schools. I find these private education initiatives to be innovative ways of solving the problems of mediocre public education. These new initiatives give parents in developing countries an option to be healthy to assure superior educational opportunities for their children.

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Fashion industry is a global industry and is one of the fastest emerging industries of India. The industry has prefabricated an outstanding performance in the current years and has the potential to make a mark internationally. A lot Indian fashion shows are organized each year at the metropolitan cities of India. All top designers of India exhibit their designs to make clients and acquire appreciation at such a favourite stage.

India is the epicenter of textiles and handicrafts industries; there are many handicrafts industries in the towns and small cities of India. India is the largest exporter of textile garments and fabrics and second largest producer of silk. This day Indian fashion designers are largely inspired by the easy but elegant apparel designs of these small scale industries. They use silk and cotton in their apparels time to time. These designs are also appreciated internationally for their uniqueness and elegance.

Films and television soaps are the major areas of fashion designing. A lot of designers design apparels, accessories and jewelry for motion picture stars and television soaps actors. This has boosted fashion designing industry and fashion is spread crossways the general masses.   Several top-notch Indian designers design apparels for movies, television soaps and other reality shows on AIR. They are being paid a handsome amount for each film project they work with. Today, many prestigious film banners design the clothes for the motion picture from the top designers only. However, this was not the case early and fashion was not promoted at such a massive extent.

Today, Fashion industry not just caters with the demand of younger generations but it covers nearly people of all ages. Fashion designers design clothes for each occasion from wedding to parties, conferences and even funerals.
They not just look after the interest of their high profiled clients like celebrities and elite classes but they also cover the middle class segment. This day people from middle class follow fashion closely and this has led to the tremendous progress of fashion designing industry. A career in fashion designing is promising and rewarding, all successful designers acquire a good sum of money and appreciations.

Fashion designing is a highly paid job and with the advancement of fashion designing industry there is ample scope for amateur fashion designers. Designer clothes, shoes and accessories have become a symbol of status. A series of designer stores have opened in the metropolitan cities of India where you would find collection of extravagant designer items and accessories.

With the spread of fashion among the Indian masses, several export houses, textile mills, boutiques, garments stores and factories have formed their business in the market. Multi National Companies have also come up with their apparels and accessories in the Indian market to lure fashion freaks.   Fashion industry has become a billion dollar industry around the world.    A lot of young aspirants are hot to make a career in fashion designing which has given rise to a series of fashion designing institutes in different parts of India.

Many Indian fashion designers have also exhibited their designs at the international arena with the beauty contests and fashion shows which took place in a foreign soil. They have designed clothes for the supermodels of India and beauty queens who go to various countries for their ramp shows and contests.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever! This thought holds complete significance in the fashion industry. It is an exciting industry that attracts many brilliant, ambitious, creative, talented, committed and hard working people. Success in the fashion industry calls for an eventual passion and enthusiasm to achieve set targets. The desires to create, see, explore and appreciate beauty must be inherent. It’s a creative field and one needs to possess as well as acquire certain skills that are indispensable, such as thinking creatively beyond the obvious and the capability to carve a niche in nearly all the doable projects by making it different yet stunning than the previous one.

Careers in the fashion industry revolve around beauty. In order to be successful in this field you should have the unquenchable thirst for beauty in its all-relevant forms. Changing fashion statements determine the change in the trend of clothing, ornamenting and above all, adopting new ways of carrying oneself.

It is the style that brings elegance with a difference in different designs. Style is an individual aspect. No two people can have exactly the same style statement because each mortal has a one-of-a-kind style of their own. Therefore, the concepts related to fashion are also different. Some people feel that fashion is the passion of the slaves and that is why they try to dress and carry themselves in a manner similar to that of models travel on the ramp. This thought is challenged by a different thought; those who go against the fashion trends are themselves the slaves of the fashion.

No matter what different concepts abound, fashion is a career industry that is never going to fade. There are immense opportunities in this field, as you can opt for any of the following job prospects pertaining to your areas of interest: modeling, catwalk choreography, fashion photography, designing, merchandising, make-up artists, hair styling, and accessory designing.

Modeling: Modeling is a promising career that requires having a certain confidence and a amusing appearance that needs to confirm to the basic standards of fashion designers. One needs to have an inclination towards glitz and glamour, as it is part and parcel of this industry.

Catwalk Choreography: Catwalk Choreography aims at training models to present their attire in an appealing and professional way. Designers hire talented choreographers because they know that each movement with the background music counts on the ramp. It can make or break an entire fashion show.

Fashion Photography: Fashion Photography is a very demanding career that requires the utmost dedication, sincerity, sensitivity and at the same time perspicacity towards the subjects. It is the job of the fashion photographer to present clear expression to nearly all the doable facets of style such as fabric, design, designer, model and the like.

Fashion Designing: Fashion designing is one of the most promising careers in fashion industry. It needs to have the capability to think, understand and implement the latest and original ideas in order to be successful in this field. Designers can specialize in apparel, textile, accessory designer and many more.
Fashion Coordinator: A fashion coordinator is responsible for coordinating fabrics and trimmings, calibre and design. He/she needs to keep a constant track of production schedules and needs to be aware of the position of buyers’ orders.

There are several career options that need to be explored by aspiring students. You can certainly excel in this field provided you believe in the proverb; “work is worship” and have immense potential to rise and make your mark in the fashion industry.

Working in the fashion industry:

When you work in the fashion industry you get golden invites to a lot of exclusive events with all the stars and usually get to celebration mythologic with all the great drinks and bubbly champagne because a celebration is not a celebration without a specialty drink. In the fashion industry, they have the head of marketing and PR and they usually develop friendships with flower shops, major entrepot companies, boutiques, salons, clothing stores and everything and each place, etc.

The fashion industry deals with models, make-up, fashion and style. They have editors and editors-in-chief just to make sure that everything is where it’s supposed to be which is supposed to be a image of over the top glamour. They also have assistants and other workers that make-up guest lists for events and have event designers, and designers of all kinds and all stars.

Note: When working in the fashion industry, there are no tears in fashion, and gum chewing is definitely objectionable which is considered to be very unprofessional and you must always keep yourself groomed at all times and really pay close attention to your appearance.

Fashion week: Fashion week always kicks into high gear.

However, there are many benefits while working in the fashion industry, especially if you work for a major entrepot company, you get a lot of free stuff that designers send over to the company and goodie bags, and you get to score a lot of fun stuff and tickets to get into events and backstage passes, you even get a press pass for each beauty event there is in order for you to interview the models and the models on the come up just so you can write a piece and an article for your job and including for fashion week and if you’re a fashion intern, you get to live in one of those mythologic loft apartments depending on the location you came from or your job location.

Know this: When you’re in the fashion industry, you end up having a clear understanding of how you can add fashion into your life. I myself is a mortal who really lives for fashion and style and I call myself a true fashionista and knowing what and what not to wear just like the show on TLC.

In those fashion jobs, they usually have the wardrobe closet with all of those fashion samples that you can test out and you get to go backstage to speak to the models because in fashion, you must always work hard by trying no to mess up, but at the same time, be healthy to take constructive criticism without any fuss or tears because know one wants to have a cry baby on staff.

Fashion week: When fashion week looms in, fashion week is nearly like looking into a crystal ball.

When first getting a job in fashion: The first day on the job is kind of an intense time to be late, so you must always keep on with communication at all times whether you’ll be late or not which shows responsibility on your behalf and be happy with the work and the position that you get because it’s considered a great opportunity with benefits that are great, no girl could possibly state no.

Now a fashion assistant does all the shopping and picks up the outfits and accessories for the necessary shoots and the beauty snoops are the ones who do the on the fly interviews, checks out what’s new on the market and acting as an insider without anyone else really knowing about them, they usually create a story that is writeable with enough information that their bosses can read and always have to place the clothes neatly in the bag after picking up the outfits and accessories and if you’re an intern on an internship in the fashion industry, it’s all about learning to become the best.

Now there’s a lot of competition in the fashion industry because it’s really tough and you need to be more thick skinned than what you really are. One of the most important things in the fashion industry is to have a celebration weeks before fashion week and need to make sure they have enough stars and celebrities at their celebrations for the purpose of the press.

And last, but not least, when working in the fashion industry, you must be capable of handling a job and meeting deadlines by completing each job successfully with a lot of confidence within yourself because at the end of the day or week, you’ll be rewarded for all of your hard work with all of those mythologic items and goodies which is the best.