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New York Model Management is a modeling agency
Modeling agency
A modeling agency is a company that represents fashion models, to work for the fashion industry. These agencies earn their income via commission, usually from the deal they make with the model and or the head agency....

 based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. New York Models started when Heinz Holba started L.A. Models (now its sister agency) in 1985. After operating international agencies, he opened New York Models in 1997. Marion Smith, the current vice president of New York Models, worked under Eileen Ford
Eileen Ford
Eileen Ford is a model agency executive and co-founder, in 1946, with her late husband Gerard William "Jerry" Ford, of Ford Models, one of the earliest and internationally best known modelling agencies in the world.-Early life:...

 with world famous modeling agency Ford Models
Ford Models
The Ford Modeling Agency, or as it is known today Ford Models, is a modeling agency in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen and the late Gerard W. Ford.-Company:...

, Smith joined Holba in 2001. The current director of New York is Cory Bautista.

Fashion models represented by New York (past and present)

This list includes the models from L.A. Models.
  • Sigrid Agren
    Sigrid Agren
    Sigrid Agren is a French fashion model from Martinique, and rose to prominence during the Elite Model Look in 2005, at age 14.-Early life:...

  • Amanda Babin
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7 started airing on September 20, 2006 as the first to be aired on The CW network. The season's catch-phrase is "The Competition Won't Be Pretty." The season's promotional theme song is "Hot Stuff " by Pussycat Dolls.To date, this cycle is the most watched season in...

  • Michelle Babin
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7 started airing on September 20, 2006 as the first to be aired on The CW network. The season's catch-phrase is "The Competition Won't Be Pretty." The season's promotional theme song is "Hot Stuff " by Pussycat Dolls.To date, this cycle is the most watched season in...

  • Michael Bergin
    Michael Bergin
    Michael John Bergin, , is considered to have been one of the first males to have achieved supermodel status, previously reserved for women such as Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Naomi Campbell, and Iman....

  • Melrose Bickerstaff
  • Leticia Birkheuer
    Letícia Birkheuer
    Letícia Birkheuer is a Brazilian fashion model of German descent. She was discovered while playing volleyball in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil and on 2006 she was the 7th best paid Brazilian model. She is a Sport Club Internacional supporter...

  • Paige Butcher
    Paige Butcher
    Paige Butcher is an Australian model.-Early life :Born Jacinta Paige Butcher on 6 October 1979 in Perth, Western Australia and grew up in the Perth suburb of Attadale. With her father a previous model and her mother a fashion designer, modeling seemed like an obvious career choice but she had...

  • Monique Calhoun
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7 started airing on September 20, 2006 as the first to be aired on The CW network. The season's catch-phrase is "The Competition Won't Be Pretty." The season's promotional theme song is "Hot Stuff " by Pussycat Dolls.To date, this cycle is the most watched season in...

  • Will Chalker
    Will Chalker
    Will Chalker is an English model and an amateur boxer. He is ranked 17th on Models.com's Money Guys list.-Career:...

  • Lisa D'Amato
    Lisa D'Amato
    Lisa Marie D'Amato is an American recording artist, fashion model and television personality from Los Angeles, California...

  • Joanie Dodds
    Joanie Dodds
    Joan Ann "Joanie" Dodds is an American fashion model. Dodds currently resides in Newport Beach, California. She had her debut television appearance as the runner-up on Cycle 6 of the CW reality TV series, America's Next Top Model.- Early life :Dodds is the oldest of five children, three of whom...

  • Angie Everhart
    Angie Everhart
    Angela Kay "Angie" Everhart is an American actress and former fashion model.-Early life:Everhart was born in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of homemaker Ginnie and engineer Bob Everhart. The first of three children, she has a younger brother and a younger sister...

  • Corinne Hatch
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
    America's Next Top Model Cycle 8 is the eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the second season of the series to be aired on The CW network, which aired from February 28, 2007, to May 16, 2007....

  • Julie Henderson
    Julie Henderson
    Julie Patrice Henderson is an American model known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has also done advertisements for such notable clients as Benetton.- Career :...

  • Chantal Jones
    Chantal Jones
    Heather Chantal Jones , is an American fashion model and actress. Jones was the runner-up on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9 in 2007.-America's Next Top Model:...

  • Kiara Kabukuru
    Kiara Kabukuru
    Kiara Kabukuru is an American fashion model of Ugandan descent. Kabukuru is best known as a CoverGirl model.-Early life and discovery:Kabukuru was born July 31, 1975 in Kampala, Uganda. With the aid of Amnesty International and United Way, Kabukuru and her family emigrated to California when she...

  • Scott King
    Scott King (model)
    Scott King is a former American male model. He was one of the first men to have achieved supermodel status....

  • Holly Kiser
    Holly Kiser
    Holly Kiser is an American fashion model. She was the first winner of Make Me a Supermodel.- Career :Holly is currently signed with L.A Model Management in Los Angeles, Connected Models in Hong Kong and Red eleven in Auckland, New Zealand....


  • Mark Westinghouse
  • Mathias Lauridsen
    Mathias Lauridsen
    Mathias Lauridsen is a Danish model from Copenhagen, Denmark and has been featured in numerous ad campaigns including Jil Sander, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton and Hermès....

  • Nicole Linkletter
    Nicole Linkletter
    Nicole Linkletter is an American fashion model, winner of Cycle 5 of America's Next Top Model.-America's Next Top Model:Linkletter appeared in Cycle 5 of the show after auditioning for the show at the Mall of America...

  • Elle MacPherson
    Elle Macpherson
    Elle Macpherson is an Australian model, actress, and businesswoman nicknamed "The Body". She is perhaps best known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s...

  • Eva Marcille
    Eva Marcille
    Eva Marcille is an American actress, TV host and fashion model, who most recently played the role of Tyra Hamilton on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. She started her career by winning the third cycle of America's Next Top Model.She was previously credited by her birth name, Eva Pigford....

  • Valeria Mazza
    Valeria Mazza
    Valeria Raquel Mazza Is an Argentine supermodel.She was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, and discovered when she was only 16 years old by hairstylist Roberto Giordano. She rose to fame in 1996 when she appeared on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover with Tyra Banks, Guess and presented the San...

  • Omahyra Mota
  • Olga Sherer
  • Sofia Krawczyk
  • Juju Ivanyuk
  • Zuzana Snow
    Zuzana Snow
    -Early life:Raised in Nitra, Snow is the youngest daughter of her family, with two sisters. She was discovered by her first agent at the age of fifteen but decided to finish her schooling before becoming a full-time model...

  • Sarah Murdoch
    Sarah Murdoch
    Sarah Murdoch is an Australian model and actress.-Career:Brought up in Sydney, Australia, Murdoch attended The McDonald College of the Performing Arts, a performing arts school in Sydney, where she studied ballet...

  • Audrey Quock
    Audrey Quock
    Audrey Quock is an Asian American model and actress.-Biography:Quock was born in New York, New York in Manhattan and is of Chinese descent. She is perhaps most famous for being a swimsuit model for Sports Illustrated. In addition, she has also modeled for Elle magazine and Cosmopolitan...

  • Branden Rickman
    Branden Rickman
    Branden Rickman is an American fashion model. Raised in Central Point, Oregon, he is perhaps best known as the winner of Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2.- Early life :...

  • Shanina Shaik
    Shanina Shaik
    Shanina Shaik is a model from Melbourne, Australia.-Early Life:Shanina's mother is of Lithuanian and Australian heritage, while her father has Pakistani and Saudi Arabian roots...

  • Fatima Siad
    Fatima Siad
    Fatima Siad is a Somali-Ethiopian fashion model. Raised in Boston, Massachusetts, she placed third on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10.-Biography:...

  • Renee Simonsen
    Renee Simonsen
    Renée Toft Simonsen is a former model from Denmark, who currently works as a writer. Simonsen was one of the most successful models in the world during the 1980s.- Biography :...

  • Jessica Stam
    Jessica Stam
    Jessica Stam is a Canadian model. She is considered to be part of the crop of models described as "doll faces" alongside Gemma Ward, Sasha Pivovarova, Vlada Roslyakova, Lily Cole, Caroline Trentini, Devon Aoki, and Heather Marks...

  • Juana Burga Cervera
    Juana Burga Cervera
    Juana Burga Cervera: "Juanita" is a Peruvian fashion model. She won the 2007 Elite Model Look contest of Peru. She also appeared in campaigns for Ripley, Urban Outfitters, Vera Wang, Aveda, and Levi's...

  • Saleisha Stowers
    Saleisha Stowers
    Saleisha Stowers , is an American model and the winner of ninth cycle of America's Next Top Model.-Early life and modeling career:...

  • Patricia van der Vliet
    Patricia van der Vliet
    Patricia van der Vliet is a Dutch fashion model, who placed fourth in the fourth cycle of the reality television show Holland's Next Top Model.-Early life:She was born in Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands...

  • April Wilkner
    America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2
    America's Next Top Model Cycle 2, which premiered on January 13, 2004, was the second season of America's Next Top Model hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, which aims to find the next top fashion model. The cycle's catch-phrase was "They are all gorgeous, but only one has what it takes".This was the...

  • Adrian Wilson
    Adrian Wilson (actor)
    Adrian Wilson is a South African model and actor.Wilson Started out as a male model, signed to Beatrice Model agency in Milan, Italy, Boss Model Management in his hometown of Cape Town, South Africa, New York Model Management , and L.A. Models...



Links with Make Me A Supermodel

The show Make Me a Supermodel
Make Me a Supermodel (U.S. TV series)
Make Me a Supermodel was an American reality television modeling competition series based on the British reality series of the same name. Following an audition preview on January 2, 2008, the series premiered January 10 on the cable television network Bravo...

 has teamed up with New York Models to try making a supermodel. Winners sign to the agency when they win. Winners are:
  • Branden Rickman
    Branden Rickman
    Branden Rickman is an American fashion model. Raised in Central Point, Oregon, he is perhaps best known as the winner of Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2.- Early life :...

     - Winner of Season 2
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 2)
    Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2, premiered on March 4, 2009, is the second season of Make Me a Supermodel. It is broadcast on Bravo.The new season started with higher than expected ratings after a much publicized campaign on blog sites, bus stops, and shopping malls...

    .


Contestants who have not won have also signed, these are:
  • Shannon Pallay - Placed 5th on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    .


Some Contestants have left New York Model Management, these are:
  • Holly Kiser
    Holly Kiser
    Holly Kiser is an American fashion model. She was the first winner of Make Me a Supermodel.- Career :Holly is currently signed with L.A Model Management in Los Angeles, Connected Models in Hong Kong and Red eleven in Auckland, New Zealand....

     - Winner of Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    , now signed with Basic Model Management.
  • Ronnie Kroell
    Ronnie Kroell
    Ronnie Kroell is an American fashion model best known for appearing on the first season of the Bravo reality series Make Me a Supermodel.- Biography :...

     - Placed 2nd on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    , now signed with Dino May Management.
  • Ben DiChiara - Placed 3rd on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    , Quit the Industry.
  • Perry Ullmann - Placed 4th on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    .
  • Casey Skinner - Placed 6th on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    , now signed with Dino May Management.
  • Stephanie Bulger - Placed 9th on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    , now signed with L.A. Models and the Campbell Agency.
  • Aryn Livingston - Placed 12th on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 1)
    Season one of Make Me a Supermodel, an American reality television series based on the British series of the same name, premiered on January 10, 2008, on the Bravo television network....

    , now signed with mandpmodels, Joy Model Management, and Apple Model Management.
  • Sandhurst Tacama Miggins - Placed 2nd on Season 2
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 2)
    Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2, premiered on March 4, 2009, is the second season of Make Me a Supermodel. It is broadcast on Bravo.The new season started with higher than expected ratings after a much publicized campaign on blog sites, bus stops, and shopping malls...

    , now signed with MMG Model and Talent Management.
  • Mountaha Ayoub - Placed 4th on Season 2
    Make Me a Supermodel (season 2)
    Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2, premiered on March 4, 2009, is the second season of Make Me a Supermodel. It is broadcast on Bravo.The new season started with higher than expected ratings after a much publicized campaign on blog sites, bus stops, and shopping malls...

    , now signed with Nevs Models.
  • Shanina Shaik
    Shanina Shaik
    Shanina Shaik is a model from Melbourne, Australia.-Early Life:Shanina's mother is of Lithuanian and Australian heritage, while her father has Pakistani and Saudi Arabian roots...

     - Placed 2nd on Season 1
    Make Me a Supermodel (Australian TV series)
    Make Me a Supermodel is an Australian reality television series that is based from the successful British TV series of the same title except that men are also allowed to apply. It debuted on the Seven Network on 6 August 2008...

     in Australia, now signed with Next Model Management.

External links

  • Official Website
  • New York Model Management in the Fashion Model Directory
    Fashion Model Directory
    The Fashion Model Directory is an online database of information about female fashion models, modeling agencies, fashion labels, fashion magazines, fashion designers and fashion editorials. FMD is often denoted as the IMDb of the fashion industry, for being one of the world's largest fashion...

  • New York Models at Models.com
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