Age ain't nothin' but a Number

A far cry from the truth in the cut-throat world of modelling. Since the beginning of time, women have lied, or stretched the truth if you will, when it comes to the age factor. So, why is it so difficult for a model once they leave their teens behind?

A model can make it to twenty-five bending the truth, and beyond that if they have a miraculous face cream. But even though they may still appear to have that certain youthful je ne c'est quoi, once the cat's out of the bag, the bookings seem to disappear into thin air.

With girls as young as thirteen prowling the runways, where do the seasoned girls fit in? Although it may be a very likely scenario that the regular clients will still book that 'elderly' girl, it eventually becomes more and more difficult for the more sophisticated, numerically-challenged model to book gigs.

So, what is the moral of the story you ask? Point being, models should always have that back-up profession stored away somewhere safe so its ready to be put in place at any given moment. You know, that dream job that we all fantasized about when we were little kids. Come on, being a runway model wasn't at the top of the list at age five.