Modeling requires more than just beauty. Determination and dedication are key factors if one is to make it in this industry. Competition in this line of work is stiff, due to the huge number of people all gunning for the top place - to be the top model. It can be taken as a part-time venture or as a profession. Done right, it can be immensely rewarding and exiting at the same time. There is a lot of fame in this field, and it could lead to a great career if one does it in the right way. It sounds extremely exciting but it requires a strong character from the person. Achieving an impressive career in this industry is not all about looks but more about the determination, desire, and the will for a person to get to the top. An impressive portfolio cannot be achieved overnight but is developed over an extended period hence patience is also much needed.

Some modeling-modeling tips to follow include:

1. Understand the industry though comprehensive research to know what you are up against as this will give you a better insight. Knowing how the workings of the industry will be extremely beneficial if one is to succeed. The industry is full of fraud and con artists ready to take advantage of innocent aspiring models, due to the number of people who want to get into the industry. One should take to research by reading books, online research and experienced models already in the industry to make informed decisions on the way forward. Research on what kind of model you are well suited for is also vital since there are different categories for models, such as tall models, plus size models or even child models.
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   Due to the immense competition in the industry, rejection is always lurking around the corner, and for determined people, this should not be a problem. Learning to face rejection is a crucial part of being successful in this industry. There are models that will always be better looking and more determined than you but, this should never put anyone down. Holding your head up high and maintaining a positive attitude will always do the trick. Negativity will only lead to frustration and could be a potential career terminator. Most of the top models in the industry had been rejected many times before the finally caught their big break to success.
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   Creating a portfolio is also extremely valuable when it comes to this industry. Professionalism at this point is of utter importance because this is what the potential employer looks at as one's resume'. It is essential to get quality pictures for your portfolio to increase your chances of success.

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DECATUR, AL (WAFF) - Mention art and you might think of a painter who works with water colors or oils or a sculptor who works magic with clay.

But there is a medium that is as old as time, and Mother Nature even gives you some assistance.

Mention wood to Gary McDaniel, and his eyes light up! He can take a piece of wood - drift wood, hard or soft wood and even bark - and he can bring it to life.

He says he got started about 20 years ago.

"Friend of mine in Hot Springs was a wood carver, and he just showed me how to carve a real simple face. That's the way I got started," said McDaniel.

He said he got "serious" about six years ago. He took a lot of instruction from the internet and learned to put the tools to use, chiseling almost anything.

"This was one of the last faces I've done. I probably have about four hours in this one. And if I paint it, you add another hour and a half to two hours. A bigger detailed carving, like this, probably got about 20 hours in that one. And it goes up and it just depends on the size of the carving and how much detail I want to put in it," he said.

Marilyn Monroe lovers already take styling tips from the pre-eminent fashion icon of the twentieth century - and you can, too. See how to get easy Marilyn Monroe hair and makeup that is perfect for a costume or a sexy night out on the town.

Marilyn Monroe-Style Makeup

So now we have the hair, so now we're going to move on to the makeup portion of the look, which is going to be that classic bedtime eye and the red lip. For the eyes you want to take a liquid shimmer that's white and you're going to put it in the corners - inner corners of your eyes - and pull the color out to the rest of your lid. And make sure to get a lot of the highlighter on the brow bone.

Curling Marilyn Monroe Hair

First we're going to start with the hair, and we're going to curl it up, away from the head. Doing towards the front, make sure you do the curls so the whole of the curl is facing forward. Take some hairspray and just spray it down so the curls hold.

Marilyn Monroe Lips

And then we'll do the red lips. So you'll start kind of in the center of your lips, build the color out, and then you'll take your red gloss and just put it over the whole lip. Now to make the lips really pop, take a sponge or foundation brush and get some concealer, and you're just going to trace the outer lip line. And then you're going to blend that downwards. And now for the best part, the little mole.

Not many artists count as a game-changer for art. Mike Kelley did. His work altered the international conversation about art, and it changed the Los Angeles art world. His death Tuesday at 57 is an unspeakable loss.

That it should come midway through Pacific Standard Time is its own tragic memorial. The Getty-sponsored extravaganza of Southern California museum exhibitions tells some of the back story to the city's 1980s rise as an international contemporary art powerhouse. That decade witnessed a huge expansion in the city's existing art infrastructure, but nothing was more important than the exploding depth and breadth of the talent pool. Many artists contributed to it. Kelley? He was at the forefront, leader of the pack.

I met Mike in 1978. Fresh from CalArts, he had been invited by my then-curatorial colleague, Richard Armstrong, now director of the Guggenheim Museum, to do an evening performance piece at the La Jolla (now San Diego) Museum of Contemporary Art. In the sleepy seaside village of La Jolla, performance art was a tough enough sell, never mind that the artist was virtually unknown. A handful of people showed up. Lucky them.

The 2012 Sundance Film Festival came to a close this weekend. Top winners at the awards ceremony were Beasts of the Southern Wild, which received the Grand Jury prize for drama,  and The House I Live In for documentary.

The Sundance Film Festival bestowed its awards Saturday night during a ceremony in Park City. The top jury awards went to Beasts of the Southern Wild (drama) and The House I Live In (documentary). Beasts, a breakout feature from director Benh Zeitlin about a six-year-old girl living with her impoverished father near the Mississippi delta, has been picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight. House, from director Eugene Jarecki, explores the injustices of America's 40-year war on drugs.

EAST VILLAGE — The notoriously grungy and dilapidated Mars Bar wasn’t the kind of place that made you think of art.
More like blood stains, fruit flies, leaky plumbing and improvisatory body piercing.
But for Mars Bar's patrons and fans, it was also an endless source of only-in-New York stories: a landmark of the drunk and disorderly.
That is why the bar, shuttered last summer, was included on a list of 12 razed “historical sites” where salvaged lumber will be used for a furniture-design exhibition.
The event, called 12 x 12, will pair a dozen contemporary furniture designers with lumber reclaimed from a dozen demolished New York City structures, including many with deep links to the city’s cultural, architectural and economic history.

She plays a French Vogue editor in next month's The Muppets Movie, but in the pages of November's InStyle magazine, Miss Piggy is all centerfold, modeling custom designs by the likes of Jason Wu and Prabal Gurung in an eight-page spread. For their part, the designers were more than game, explaining to WWD the inspirations behind their creations. "I didn't want to dress Miss Piggy in anything that would take away from her bold personality so I went with a simple, classic dress and neutral color," said Gurung of his white duchesse-silk dress, adding, "the Empire waist really complements her figure."
Wu, on the other hand, described his feathery frock as "decadent," reflecting Miss Piggy's "humor, flamboyance and joie de vivre." But perhaps it was shoe designer Brian Atwood who most succinctly expressed his approach to outfitting the stylish swine, saying simply, "The strappy sandal seemed to work best to complement her hoofs."