| ABROAD | Places outside the country where you live and you can go to model. |
| ACCESSORIES | Fashionable items that you wear to complement your clothing, such as jewelry, belts, pocketbooks, hats and scarves. |
| ADVANCE | A sum of money paid to you by your agent on behalf of an advertising company that wishes to book you for a job. This is usually paid in advance of your working to secure your services particularly if you are in demand as a top model. |
| ADVERTISING | The action of getting the word out or letting the public know about a product or service. |
| AGENCY | An establishment that does business on behalf of the model, such as booking jobs and collecting payment for the model for a specific fee (usually 15-20% of amount collected). |
| AGENT | A person who works for an agency or who has a privately held business to book models. |
| APPOINTMENT BOOK | A calendar or date book used to record bookings, go-sees or any other business activities. You may also use this book to keep a record of your expenses for tax purposes. |
| ASSIGNMENT | This is the same thing as a booking or modeling job whereby a model is paid for services performed - runway, print, trade shows and other types of employment associated with modeling. |
| AUDITION | This is a trial performance which is given to show the casting directors how well you are qualified for the job. |
| BEAUTY SHOTS | Pictures that are taken from the shoulders up, featuring the hair, the skin, the eyes, the smile and the makeup. Also known as head shots. |
| BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO | A picture that is taken specifically to produce black, white and gray images. Usually black and white photos are suggested for head shots. |
| BOOK | 1. To book means to assign or 2. A model's portfolio |
