Editing Model (person) (section)

===Runway modelling===
{{Main|Fashion show#Catwalk|Fashion week}}
Catwalk or runway models, also called live models, display clothes from fashion designers, fashion media, and consumers. During runway shows, models have to constantly change clothes and makeup. Models walk, turn, and stand to demonstrate a garment's key features. Models also go to interviews (called "go and sees") to present their portfolios.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rusu|first=M|title=Interview with Catwalk Model Rusu|url=http://expatriatesmagazine.com/index.php/publication/issue-1/contents/item/163-interview-with-monica-rusu-expat-model|work=Expatriates Magazine|location=Paris|page=33|format=Printed Publication|date=April 2013|access-date=2013-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160427/http://expatriatesmagazine.com/index.php/publication/issue-1/contents/item/163-interview-with-monica-rusu-expat-model|archive-date=2013-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> A runway model can also work in other areas, such as department store fashion shows, and the most successful models sometimes create their own product lines or go into acting.<ref name="modelingbook1">{{Cite book | last =Vogt | first =Peter | author2 =Angie Wojak | title =Career Opportunities in the Fashion Industry | publisher =Info base Publishing | year =2007 | pages =[https://archive.org/details/careeropportunit00vogt/page/191 191–192] | url =https://archive.org/details/careeropportunit00vogt/page/191 | isbn =978-0-8160-6841-8 }}</ref>{{rp|191–192}}[[File:Ed Hardy Runway Models.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=Models wearing colourful clothing|Fashion models on the runway during [[Los Angeles Fashion Week]], 2008]]

Top runway models travel around the world to attend fashion shows. The most prestigious events are held in [[New York Fashion Week|New York City]], [[London Fashion Week|London]], [[Paris Fashion Week|Paris]], and [[Milan Fashion Week|Milan]]. Second-tier international fashion centre cities include [[Rome]], [[Florence]], [[Venice]], [[Brescia]], [[Barcelona]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Moscow]].

The criteria for runway models include certain height and weight requirements. The British Association of Model Agents (AMA) says that female models should be around 34"-24"-34" and between {{convert|5|ft|8|in|cm|abbr=on}} and {{convert|5|ft|11|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall.<ref name="AMA">{{cite web|url=http://www.associationofmodelagents.org/become-a-model/getting-started-as-a-model.html|title=Getting Started as a Model|work=associationofmodelagents.org|access-date=2009-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829005948/http://www.associationofmodelagents.org/become-a-model/getting-started-as-a-model.html|archive-date=2009-08-29|url-status=live}}</ref> The average model is very slender. Those not meeting the size requirement may try to become a [[plus-size model]].<ref>{{cite web|last=sawyer|first=Meieli|title=how to become a plus size model|url=http://plussize.about.com/od/plussizecareercorner/a/becomemodel.htm|work=article|access-date=2011-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930103059/http://plussize.about.com/od/plussizecareercorner/a/becomemodel.htm|archive-date=2011-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the New York Better Business Career Services website, the preferred dimensions for a male model are a height of {{convert|5|ft|11|in|cm|abbr=on}} to {{convert|6|ft|2|in|cm|abbr=on}}, a waist of {{convert|26|-|32|in|cm|abbr=on|0}} and a chest measurement of {{convert|39|-|40|in|cm|abbr=on|0}}.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2011/09/fashion-models-by-the-numbers/ | work=ABC News | title=Fashion Models: By the Numbers | date=2011-09-14 | access-date=2012-06-24 | first1=Lauren | last1=Effron}}</ref> Male runway models are notably skinny and well toned.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/fashion/shows/07DIARY.html |title=The Vanishing Point |access-date=2017-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227142746/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/fashion/shows/07DIARY.html |archive-date=2016-12-27 |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2008-02-07 |last1=Trebay |first1=Guy }}</ref>

Male and female models must also possess clear skin, healthy hair, and attractive facial features. Stringent weight and body proportion guidelines form the selection criteria by which established, and would‑be, models are judged for their placement suitability, on an ongoing basis. There can be some variation regionally, and by market tier, subject to current prevailing trends at any point, in any era, by agents, agencies and end-clients.

Formerly, the required measurements for models were 35"-23.5"-35"&nbsp;in (90-60-90&nbsp;cm), the alleged measurements of [[Marilyn Monroe]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Today's fashion models tend to have measurements closer to the AMA-recommended shape, but some – such as [[Afghans|Afghan]] model [[Zohre Esmaeli]] – still have 35"-23.5"-35" measurements. Although in some fashion centres, a size&nbsp;00 is more desirable than a size&nbsp;0.

The often thin shape of many fashion models has been criticised for warping girls' [[body image]] and encouraging [[eating disorder]]s.<ref>Nanci Hellmich, [https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-09-25-thin-models_x.htm Do thin models warp girls' body image?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702143240/http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-09-25-thin-models_x.htm |date=2012-07-02 }} ''[[USA Today]]'' 9/26/2006</ref> Organisers of a fashion show in [[Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week|Madrid]] in September 2006 turned away models who were judged to be [[underweight]] by medical personnel who were on hand.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/13/spain.models/index.html Skinny models banned from catwalk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124063326/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/13/spain.models/index.html |date=2006-11-24 }}. [[CNN]]. September 13, 2006.</ref> In February 2007 a [[Uruguay]]an model, [[Luisel Ramos]], died from heart problems secondary to malnutrition. Her sister [[Eliana Ramos]] also was a model and had died immediately after a runway show several months prior. They were amongst the three fashion models to die of [[malnutrition]] in a six-month span. The other victim was [[Ana Carolina Reston]].<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21232157-5001021,00.html Ban on stick-think models illegal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113032009/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21232157-5001021,00.html |date=2007-11-13 }}, Jennifer Melocco, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', February 16, 2007.</ref> [[Luisel Ramos]] died of [[heart failure]] caused by [[anorexia nervosa]] just after stepping off the [[catwalk]]. In 2015, [[France]] passed a law requiring models to be declared healthy by a doctor to participate in fashion shows. The law also requires re-touched images to be marked as such in magazines.<ref>Kim Willsher, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/18/models-doctors-note-prove-not-too-thin-france Models in France must provide doctor's note to work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221553/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/18/models-doctors-note-prove-not-too-thin-france |date=2016-12-26 }}, The Guardian, 18 December.</ref>