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The Business Of Modelling
by Tessa Dewing
The Business of Modelling is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on the modelling industry, offering listeners a deeper look at its many facets beyond the mainstream spotlight. Hosted by Tessa Dewing, Managing Director of Sandra Reynolds, the show features conversations with top industry professionals—agents, models, creatives, and clients—who share their experiences, insights, and expertise. From the rise of supermodels to the future of diversity in fashion, The Business of Modelling explores the trends, challenges, and milestones shaping the world of modelling today. Whether you’re a professional in the industry or simply curious about what happens behind the scenes, this podcast offers a wealth of stories and knowledge that bring the business of modelling to life. www.businessofmodelling.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://ac
Episodes
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Anne Alexander-Sieder, Founder of Act Bold
American actress and Act Bold founder Anne Alexander-Sieder joins us to talk about rebuilding an acting career, understanding what makes someone genuinely bookable and taking a more active role in creating opportunities. Anne reflects on returning to acting later in life and the steps she took to...
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Vassilious Kostetsos, Greek Fashion Designer
Greek fashion designer Vassilios Kostetsos joins us to reflect on a career shaped by creativity, Greek culture and some of the most memorable names from the golden age of the supermodels. Vassilios’ interest in fashion began as a child in his mother’s boutique in Athens, where he discovered…
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Green & Peter Chartered Accountants
For models and actors, understanding the financial side of a freelance career is just as important as understanding castings, bookings and contracts. In this episode, Robert Green and Ben Price from Green & Peter Accountants break down the areas of tax and accounting that talent often find...
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Xenia Kontou, Founder & MD of Agencia Model Management
Xenia Kontou joins us to discuss her journey through the modelling industry, from beginning as a model at 17 to moving behind the scenes and building her career as a scout, booker, manager and mother agent. She explains why modelling was not the right path for her personally, but how the…
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Erwan Moreau, Senior Agent at View Management
Erwan Moreau joins us to discuss his journey through the modelling industry, from being introduced to the business through his family's restaurant in Barcelona and working as a model with Traffic to becoming Senior Agent at View Management. Drawing on his own experience as a model, Erwan explains...
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Marisol Ochoa, Head Booker & Scout at Miah Management
Marisol Ochoa joins us to share her career behind the scenes of the modelling industry and her work as Head Booker and Scout at Miah Management in Barcelona. In this episode, she reflects on finding her way into model management, learning the business from the ground up, and the people who helped...
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Marouso Tzaneti, International Model
Marouso Tzaneti joins us to share her journey from being discovered in Greece at 16 years old to building an international modelling career. In this episode, she reflects on her first steps into the industry, adapting to different markets and the experiences that have shaped her both personally…
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Ellen Burton, International Fashion Model
Ellen Burton is an international beauty and fashion model whose career has taken her across major markets including Milan, Paris, LA and Australia. In this episode, she reflects on starting out as a teenager in Norfolk, the early experiences that helped build her confidence, and how a dramatic...
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Dean Cleary Patterson, Founder of D1 Model Management
Dean Cleary Patterson is the founder of D1 Model Management, an agency that he launched in London in 2006 after working across in the industry in Glasgow, Miami, Paris and London. In this episode, he reflects on how his early love of fashion, his first agency roles and his time working with major...
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Antony Fitzgerald, Classic Model & Founder of New Silver Generation
Antony Fitzgerald is a classic model and the founder of New Silver Generation, a community he created to champion older models and talent, particularly older people of colour. In this episode, he reflects on coming into modelling at 50 years old, after earlier careers in PR and teaching and he...
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Ines Celine Le Gousse, Fashion Model & Journalist
Ines Celine Le Gousse is a model and journalist who writes about her realities of the modelling and fashion industry. In this episode, she reflects on her own experience as a model, from being scouted in London to working across Paris, Milan, Athens and London, and speaks honestly about what the...
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Jody Furlong, Founder of The Eye Casting
Jody Furlong is the founder of The Eye Casting, working across fashion, advertising and commercial campaigns, with a focus on casting that feels current and grounded in relatable people. In this episode, he reflects on how he built his career in casting - from early work in the industry to...
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Daisy Pettinger & Freddie Abrahams, Commercial Model Couple
Freddie Abrahams and Daisy Pettinger have both built long-term careers in modelling, working across fashion, lifestyle and commercial campaigns in the UK and internationally. In this episode, they reflect on how they each entered the industry through very different routes, what it took to build...
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Dan Kennedy, Celebrity Portrait Photographer
Dan Kennedy is a celebrity portrait photographer working across advertising and editorial, with a portfolio that includes some of the most recognisable names in the world from Keira Knightly and Angelina Jolie to David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay. His career has developed from early press…
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Natalia Littman, Agent & Producer at Icon London
Natalia Littman is an agent and producer at Icon London, working across photography, production and creative representation. With experience on both the agency and production side, she brings a clear understanding of how creative work is developed, managed and delivered from initial brief through...
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Lauren Gregory, Director at Crumb Agency
Lauren Gregory is the founder of Crumb Agency, a London-based casting and talent agency representing people across fashion, editorial and creative projects. Her work focuses on casting individuals with personality, perspective and cultural relevance, moving away from traditional model boards and...
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Danni Bramall, Brand and E-commerce Strategist
Danni Bramall is a brand and e-commerce strategist who works with businesses to strengthen how they present themselves, trade online and connect with their customers. Her work sits across brand, content and digital commerce, with a focus on making sure creative output is aligned with commercial...
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Marie Owen, Founder & CEO of LS Productions
Marie Owen, founder and CEO of LS Productions, a Scotland-based production company working across advertising, film and content. She has built the business into one of the UK’s leading production companies, delivering campaigns both nationally and internationally. In this episode, Marie talks…
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Melissa McConnachie & Lili Johnson, Fashion Models
Lili Johnson and Melissa McConnachie are fashion models represented by Colours Model Agency in Glasgow who began their careers in Scotland before moving into international fashion markets. Both were scouted at a young age and gradually built their experience working across editorial, e-commerce…
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Jason Hall, Hair Stylist & Session Stylist
Jason Hall reflects on growing up in Edinburgh and entering hairdressing as a teenager, initially drawn to the energy and personality of the job before discovering discipling and structure it truly requires. What began as traditional salon training developed into a career spanning more than four...
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Rosalynd Ramage & Alison Bruce, Colours Model Agency
Rosalynd Ramage and Alison Bruce, co-founders of Colours Model Agency in Scotland talk about how they met on modelling jobs in their early years, which then lead to building an agency up together with their similar sense of humour and confidence In this episode, they reflect on what the modelling...
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Bailey Frances, Casting Associate
Bailey Frances offers a perspective shaped by experience on both sides of the audition room. After 12 years working as a dancer and model, she transitioned into casting, bringing with her a performer’s understanding of pressure, comparison and rejection. Having entered the industry young and...
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Dan Corsi, Classic Model
Dan Corsi has spent much of his life working in front of the camera, starting as a child model before becoming highly visible through teenage magazines and later finding sudden fame as a member of 90s boyband, Northern Line. His career has spanned commercial modelling, music and DJing, shaped by...
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Natalie-Amber, Modelling with Crohn’s Disease
Natalie-Amber has built a commercial modelling career whilst living with Crohn’s disease and an invisible disability. Having entered the industry at a young age, her experience spans across fashion, lifestyle and brand campaigns, alongside navigating years of misdiagnosis, emergency surgery and...
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Susannah Boughtflower, Founder of Kids on Set
Susannah Boughtflower is the founder of Kids on Set and has spent many years supporting babies and children across commercial, photographic and film productions. Her work as a child wrangler is understanding that a child's experience on set must be carefully managed, with preparation, structure…
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Ian Boddy, Children’s Commercial & Editorial Photographer
Ian Boddy is a children’s commercial and editorial photographer with extensive experience working across fashion, advertising and editorial projects. His career has been shaped by a clear understanding that photographing children carries a responsibility that goes far beyond getting the shot. In...
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Sue Walker, Founder & Director, Kids London
Sue Walker is the founder and director of Kids London, one of the UK's most established children's model agencies. With decades of experience working closely with young talent, families and casting teams, Sue has built her career around trust, responsibility and long-term thinking within the...
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Kiki Minwegen, Model & Life Coach
Kiki Minwegen is an international model represented by Seeds Management in Berlin, whose career spans working in Paris, Milan, Cape Town and Germany. Alongside modelling, she is trained in nutrition and has gone on to become a life coach and mindfulness teacher, building a more holistic,...
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Francois Pouria Latscha, Brand Specialist
Francois Pouria Latscha is the founder of Dubai Beach Boy, with a background in luxury hospitality and global brand marketing. Having worked on international campaigns and large-scale brand projects for hotel groups before launching his own fashion brand in Dubai, he brings a commercial…
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Sally Andrews, Casting Director
Sally Andrews casts actors and models across commercial, fashion and digital campaigns. Her career spans in-person castings and the shift to self-tapes, giving her a clear view of how casting decisions are made, how talent is assessed, and how the process has changed over the past decade. In this...
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Sarah Gabillia, Influencer & Content Strategy Director
Recorded with a live audience in the SR offices, Sarah Gabillia is a creator and influencer strategist with experience working both agency and client-side, including leading influencer strategy for global beauty brands. Her career spans large-scale creator campaigns, brand partnerships…
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Brandon Andre, Photographer & Model Scout
Brandon Andre is an LA-based photographer, model developer and scout whose work has helped hundreds of new faces to build their books, take strong digitals and sign with major agencies. His career spans agency testing, portfolio building on-camera coaching, high-impact social media series and the...
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Sophie Hughes, Curve Model & Content Creator
Sophie Hughes is a curve model and content creator whose work spans commercial fashion, beauty, lifestyle and e-commerce. Her online presence is built on honesty - from showing her real body and scars to speaking openly about her surgery, recovery and the physical changes that followed. She...
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Hollie Laycayo, Fashion Stylist & Chair of BECTU'S Fashion UK
Hollie Lacayo is a London-based fashion stylist and writer whose work spans editorial, commercial, music and red-carpet styling. Her portfolio includes campaigns for Hackett, AllSaints and M&S, along with features in Vogue and 1883 Magazine. In this episode, she talks about what the job actually...
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Steven Michael-O'Hara, Founder & CEO of Genesis Model Management, London
Steven Michael-O’Hara is the Founder and CEO of Genesis Model Management, an editorial agency built around professionalism, trust and a clear understanding of what talent and clients need. He speaks about why he launched the agency, how the name Genesis reflects a fresh start and a new way of...
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Zoe Proctor & Laura Winson, Co-Founders of ZBD Talent
Based in Sheffield, Zoe Proctor and Laura Winson are the co-founders and directors of ZBD Talent, one of the UK's most forward-thinking model and talent agencies. Representing people with disabilities, visual differences and neurodivergence. They also work with global brands including Nike, Vogue…
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Nina Houwer, Troeber Casting Berlin
Based in Berlin, Nina Houwer is co-founder and casting director of Troeber Casting, one of Germany’s most respected agencies. With a job list spanning campaigns for Zalando, Hugo Boss, Adidas and Mercedes-Benz, Nina works closely with global brands and creative teams to find talent who bring...
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Bree Colter, Fashion & Beauty Model
Bree Colter is a fashion and beauty model represented by Freedom Models LA. She has worked with brands including Fenty Beauty, Urban Decay, NYX, Maybelline and Nike, and walked for LaQuan Smith and VFiles at New York Fashion Week. In this episode, Bree talks about developing confidence through...
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Ingo Nolden, Iconic Management, Berlin
Ingo Nolden, founder of Iconic Management in Berlin, has built one of Europe's most internationally renowned model agencies, representing global talent and refining the image of modern modelling in Germany. Starting out with early catalogue roots so its rise as an e-commerce and creative...
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Gerry Cott, Founder of A-Z Animals
Gerry Cott, founder of A-Z Animals and former guitarist with the chart-topping band The Boomtown Rats, has forged a career that bridges creativity, discipline and compassion. After years performing on global tours, he turned his focus to training animals for film, TV and advertising and building...
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Michael Gross, Author of 'Model'
Michael Gross is a renowned journalist and bestselling author whose storytelling has transformed how the world views the modelling industry. Known to us for his landmark book Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, he revealed the real stories behind the rise of the supermodel, the power…
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Poppy France, Eco Make-up Artist
With over 18 years' experience, Poppy France has worked across fashion, advertising, TV and celebrity campaigns, building her reputation for her clean, conscious approach to makeup. Assisting photographers in her early days to collaborating with global brands and magazines, she has always...
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Cindi Blair, Shoot Producer
Cindi Blair has produced campaigns for some of the biggest names in fashion, from Sports Illustrated and J.Crew to Jimmy Choo and Brooks Brothers. Based in New York with projects that take her across the world, she's known for turning ambitious ideas into reality and managing every detail of...
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Keni Silva, Model, Media Personality & Author
From the runways of Milan, Paris, LA and New York to building businesses in fashion design and real estate, Keni Silva has lived a career full of change and reinvention. She started modelling as a teenager, worked with top creatives, and later turned her focus to design, property, and charity…
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Cameron-James Wilson Part 2 - AI Specialist
In this second part of the conversation, Cameron-James Wilson explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the creative industries. Building on his experience creating Shudu, the first digital supermodel, and founding his agency, The Diigitals, he discusses the rise of AI-generated…
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Cameron-James Wilson – Founder & CEO of The Diigitals Part 1
Cameron-James Wilson began his career as a fashion photographer after studying at Arts University Bournemouth, moving to London at just 20 and working with brands including Garrard, Fabergé, and Gossard, as well as models such as Gigi Hadid and Leomie Anderson. His journey took a turn when he...
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Reece Richards, Performer & Model
Reece Richards began his career in musical theatre after training at the London Studio Centre, touring in productions such as Hairspray and Motown. His work has since spanned both stage and screen, with roles in Netflix hits Sex Education and You, as well as campaigns for brands including BMW, JD...
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Paula Rodrigues, Fashion Model
Walking the runways of Milan and Paris, shooting TVCs in Thailand, and building a thriving career in Dubai, Paula Rodrigues’ story is one of resilience, adaptability and self-belief. She has worked with global fashion houses and local brands alike, carving out a space in one of the industry’s...
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Francine Champagne, President of Vision Models LA
Francine Champagne is President of Vision Los Angeles and a leading force in modern model management. Her career began in New Orleans as a model, but it wasn’t long before she discovered her true passion behind the scenes - scouting talent, developing careers, and shaping the future of the...
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Natasha Hatherall & Polly Williams, Tish Tash Marketing
Natasha Hatherall and Polly Williams have created one of the Middle East’s most respected marketing agencies, which is known for their fresh approach to beauty, wellness and lifestyle campaigns. They speak about authentic storytelling, purposeful partnerships and a more thoughtful way of doing...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Business of Modelling is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on the modelling industry, offering listeners a deeper look at its many facets beyond the mainstream spotlight. Hosted by Tessa Dewing, Managing Director of Sandra Reynolds, the show features conversations with top industry professionals—agents, models, creatives, and clients—who share their experiences, insights, and expertise. From the rise of supermodels to the future of diversity in fashion, The Business of Modelling explores the trends, challenges, and milestones shaping the world of modelling today. Whether you’re a professional in the industry or simply curious about what happens behind the scenes, this podcast offers a wealth of stories and knowledge that bring the business of modelling to life.
www.businessofmodelling.co.uk
Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://ac
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