She suggested I reach out to Wilhelmina Fitness before signing anything, which I did, and was offered a contract by them shortly after."Īside from the physical challenges that fitness models face on set, there are some other obstacles they're constantly dealing with. "I booked my first job right away, and after being pressured to sign a contract I didn't understand-something everyone should be careful about-I asked a friend of a friend for industry advice. It was 100 percent conversation: no measurements, bikini appearances, or photos, which was what I had been fearful of those foolish three weeks I didn't respond!" Since Suzanne didn't have a portfolio, the agency recommended that she book some test shoots to build one up. "It took nearly three weeks for me to even work up the courage to make an appointment, but I finally did and went in for an interview. But the confidence to move ahead with the idea didn't come immediately. The next thing I knew, a modeling agency reached out to me." So basically, it was fate. The photo was reposted by the bikini brand I was wearing, and a handful of fitspo accounts. As in, I came across some live starfish while snorkeling and just went for it. "I was honeymooning in the Caribbean and in my post-wedding loopiness, posted a photo of myself wearing a bikini bottom and a real-life starfish bra.
"I never thought I'd be a fitness model! I was 'discovered' on Instagram by a smaller fitness agency just a year ago," she says. Suzanne Cover, who is also signed to Wilhelmina, has had an even more unconventional path to the fitness modeling industry, and her story has everything to do with social media. What people don't realize is that sometimes you have to start small and work really hard, before being recognized by some of the bigger-name agencies," she explains. "I spent a year with a smaller agency before Wilhelmina finally offered to sign me. "Along with studying to be a trainer and a group fitness instructor, I began doing photo shoots to build my portfolio and eventually began booking jobs." (You've seen her modeling workouts like this one in the pages of Shape!) But she didn't make it big immediately. Part of this process usually includes a photo shoot, to create images and memories of how your body looks-lean and shredded." Long story short, after Alex had her photos taken, the photographer she worked with insisted that she send her photos to an agent in NYC.
"I trained and dieted very intensely for three months. "At the end of my senior year of college, I started to prep for a bikini competition, which is a bodybuilding show," she told us. Alex Silver-Fagan, NYC trainer, yoga teacher, and Wilhelmina fitness model actually got discovered while she was training for a bikini competition. While some models go to open calls or contact modeling agents directly, the two fitness models we talked to had much less traditional paths to starting their careers. The first thing you need to do to work as a fitness model (just like any other model) is to get discovered.
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