Nikita Redkar wrote about the struggle to be a male model:

• Budding models are flown to New York where they’re given money to pay for expenses such as rent, food, and clothing.
• This money is offered to them as a loan and they are expected to pay it back. With interest.
• However most modelling jobs don’t pay anything – even high end ones such as being photographed on the cover of Vogue.
• The few times models are paid it may not be in cash, instead it maybe something like clothing.
• The debts that models enter into thus build up quickly and can be up to $20,000 after just a few months.
• Since the shelf life of most models is just a few years, they don’t have a lot of time to pay that debt down.
• A model’s success will depend, in part, on the trends of the day.
• These days models with a “relatable, boyfriend-handsome” look are popular as it is thought that they can appeal to both males and females.

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Source: Fusion