Young four-year-old heads to New York for Modeling Competition

Just Saturday, Antonio Deon Banks Jr. block held a goof luck party fundraiser party. He will compete in New York on July 20th in a week-long national modeling competition. He inspires to be on the Disney Channel!

His mom, Shawntae Wellington, said he’s been modeling since October of 2007 when he went to a children’s discovery search that he won. Later there was a photo shoot in Chicago and then the family contacted Starbound NYC, of New York City, where now the family heads for the national competition.

No Doubts, Report Reveals YOU think Your Baby is Cute

CBS did a report about “Is My Baby Cute? Really?” and revealing that everyone related to a baby actually thinks the baby is cute! Reporter Steve Hartman even went so far as to switch up his baby’s picture with a baby considered less attractive in hopes of getting a negative reaction. Here more about this report

Want Your Baby to be a Model? Better Start Some Publicity!

When looking for modeling and acting jobs for your baby or child you have to be proactive at all times. Understanding why publicity is important is really simple. Do you have a cute baby or child? If the answer is yes, you need to know that the world has no idea that you do. This is why publicity is very important when trying to break into modeling and acting.

The Internet makes getting some publicity for your baby really easy. The more publicity your baby receives the more free exposure which can lead to more bookings, acting jobs etc.
Here are some great starter tips to create some publicity buzz surrounding your baby.

Start entering online baby contests

This allows your baby to be seen by thousands of people and creates a huge marketing edge for your baby.

Suggested contests:

1. Contestformoms.com (FREE)

2. Thecutekid.com

3. Babiesonline.com

Try even doing a press release announcing that your baby is in the contest! Provide links and coverage to your baby webpage for increased exposure. Stay tuned for my next post I plan to cover using press releases to help baby modeling and acting careers. Featuring of course our darling Charm!

Working with Talent Agents to Land Baby Modeling Jobs

Well, my wife recently entered our daughter Charm on ExploreTalent.com which is one of the largest and most recognized talent sites on the web. Take a look at Charm’s page which was free to setup over at Exporetalent.com.

Needless to say we received a phone call from Exploretalent.com saying that Gap had expressed an interest in Charm. Holdup before you get all excited like we did, there seems to be one little problem. We have not completed the representation process which costs $199 annually and guarantees open call notices plus submissions. Not bad when you actually consider that it would take excessive manpower to research acting and modeling jobs daily for Charm.

ExploreTalent.com receives thousands of notices about job assignments that it would take us much too long to research and find.

Here are some of my recommendations:

1. Start sending high resolution (digital) photos to modeling agencies in your area first
2. Do establish an online presence on a legitimate website like ExploreTalent.com
3. Visit websites that post free auditions like Auditions.com and Model.net

It is not necessary to spend thousands of dollars on photos and if you get asked to do so by a talent agency it is time to walk. Start with a budget of what you plan to spend on photos like $250 - $600. Always keep in mind that there are more talent agency scams than legitimate companies. Many times they only want you to spend thousands of dollars on photos and offer no assignments in return.

Entering the baby modeling and child acting business is a process and you have to keep at it everyday. Best of luck!