After you have a portfolio:

• Get good quality prints got made and sticker-labels (with your name, address, contact Numbers & height mentioned). Attach the labels behind the photos.
• Put the photos in groups of 4 or 5 postcard size copies in an envelope, together with a writeup/resume on modeling experience (if any).
• Deliver the portfolio envelopes in person (if you can't, post/courier) -- choose the target market, which can be Advertising Agencies, Film Production Houses, Model Agencies, Model Coordinators, Music Companies & Video Directors, Fashion Show choreographers etc.
• Follow up on telephone 3 or 4 days later.
• Depending on the agency, be prepared for calls for video tests, more photo shots, etc. Continue to prepare for this.

Some things to watch out for:

• Deal with agencies or coodinators directly -- they are more professional. Avoid people who promise breaks due to their connections.
• If hiring a model coordinator, do a background check on him/her -- ask the coordinator who (s)he may have worked him, their contact numbers, and call them to check -- they may be touts. Fix their cut well in advance. Early in the process, deal with the agencies directly -- once you get the idea of agency handling, get a model coordinator (if at all, later).
• Attend auditions or meetings, only if they are held in offices, not in homes or hotels and only in the office's normal working times.
  
• Never agree to report for any shoot, unless you have clearly fixed the remuneration & got satisfactory replies to all your queries. Never accept that your queries will be answered once you report to the shoot.

Modeling agencies & coordinators:

Email us to get specific reliable listings.

Typical model compensation:

• Ordinary model in a group shoot -- about Rs 1000/day
• Experienced models -- Rs. 5000 to Rs. 20,000 or more, per day