But now, for the reality check: being attractive is not quite the same thing as being a model.  Just because a girl or a boy is beautiful doesn't mean they should model and conversely, just because a girl or a boy isn't conventionally beautiful doesn't mean they shouldn't.  In fact that old cliché about models not looking anything like their pictures in person is quite true. They couldn't possibly, not unless they went food shopping with a hair and make-up team, a strobe light  and a photoshop expert in tow. What needs to be understood is a that a model is a kind of  species. Models are  precisely like thoroughbred horses: we're talking a strange genetic ideal here. The principle of model beauty is not the same thing as "next door beauty" or as NYW nightlife editor Crave, brutally summarizes: "There's 'industry beauty' and there's 'street beauty'.
The sexy girl in thigh high boots and hot pants  you see walking down the street stopping traffic does not necessarily work when you put her on a runway beside a Gunivere Van Seemus who you can walk down the street with and not provoke any drama at all!  " The question is: How do these movers and shakers know who to make a star model and who to politely and (not so politely) turn away? 

Here published for the first time, in step by step details, are the unwritten rules which govern the peculiar laws of supermodeldom. Our first installment addresses the basic requirements necessary for a spectacular career.