What I did to become a model

I was born in a small town in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.

I started out as a cocky, unfocused, young girl with dreams of becoming a model. Tired of the 9-5 life!

The first model search I went to hosted 30 of the top modeling agencies from around the world (with 3000 other hopeful models in attendance).

At the time I was under the illusion that to become a model, I just had to be very pretty.

"Every modeling agency will be begging me to sign with them", I thought.

And boy was I wrong! It was more like ZERO modeling agencies wanted me to sign with them! I went there cocky and left broken!


Although I was embarrassed, I refused to give up! I realized that maybe there was a thing or two I didn't know about becoming a model and could learn regards to "How to become a model".

I decided that if others have become models, then I can learn how to become one too!

Next, I contacted any model agents and scouts that would listen to me. I asked them what it takes to become a model and what they look for when signing a model.

"How do I become a model?" "What are the modeling secrets?" "Can you teach me how to become a model", I asked?

I asked professional models how they made it and asked them for any modeling tips and secrets they could give me.

I quickly learned that it was personality I was lacking. Sure, I could be the class clown in school and with my friends, when I didn't care. It was when I decided to care to much, that I became consumed with fear.

So, I read every self-help book, nutrition book and exercise book I could get my hands on and learned every modeling secret and tip there is!

I increased my confidence and irresistibility... dropped huge amounts of fear out of my life... set realistic goals for myself and then practiced everything thing else I was told to improve on, in order to become a model.

I studied and improved on what I was told and more. I applied it all until I knew that I was ready to try this whole modeling dream again!

I felt completely unstoppable! And I was!

So, one year later, I decided to go back to the same model search, which I had been rejected at before. This time I was prepared... I was finally ready to become a model!

The funny thing was that I looked exactly the same as the previous year, but was treated totally different.

On the day of "Meet the modeling agents" I was focused, confident, fearless and energetic.

When I met each agent I brought a totally different attitude.

This time they loved me!

I received plenty of callbacks and was greeted so excitedly by some of the best modeling agencies in the world! All my hard work was finally about to pay off!

Every day for the next two weeks my phone rang constantly. Different modeling agencies trying to convince me to sign with them! "Model with us", "No model with us".

It was CRAZY!

Since then, I have been blessed with the opportunity of traveling to multiple countries... doing fashion shows and being in magazines.

It's hard work, but it is hardly considered work to me. I now live my dreams and enjoy my job...

You can too!

Now, stop and remember where I started...

I had been rejected by every modeling agency. I thought modeling was all about looks. And if that were true, I would have become a model the previous year!

I looked the same as I had the first time they saw me, but was a different person the second time. And it worked!

So what changed? It was my way of thinking that changed! Nothing more.

You must change the way you think if you really want to become a model.

Is this all beginning to make sense now?

The way you think determines what you get out of life. If you do not believe in yourself, no one else will.

"People will only have as much confidence in you... as you have in yourself."