The Model Bible

Rich’s personal goal with the Model Bible is to help female models of every category: (Fashion / Couture, Print / Glamour, Commercial, Plus-sized, Health / Fitness, Parts, Kids and Teenage) not only learn how to get signed with a strong agency, but also to make sure that their agent(s) and or manager(s) have their best interests in furthering their careers. The Model Bible is a book that is geared strictly toward helping female models take their career to the highest level possible. The Model Bible is focused on helping female models of all different sizes and shapes attain financial success in everything from Couture to Catalog modeling, and also become savvy, self-respecting women who understand that modeling can serve as the foundation for them to build a strong personal brand, and thus, in turn, open doors to any number of business opportunities. The Model Bible is for models that are serious and want to be trained and educated in the three core areas that we think necessary for them to build a successful professional career: Business, Physical, and Emotional. Training in these three vital areas allows models to attain control of their careers and their lives in order to make informed professional decisions at all times. As far as Business is concerned the book covers in detail: interviewing, contracts, negotiating, networking and marketing. The Physical aspects of modeling addressed are: grooming, nutrition, exercise, wardrobe, hair/make-up, runway and posing. The Emotional side of modeling is discussed in terms of: self-exploration, acknowledging fear, relaxation, listening and self-respect.

The aim is to provide models who read this book with professional advice, training and helpful hints that are more advanced by far than any other book currently available on the Modeling Profession. The Model Bible will teach you what it really takes to sign with a major agency and help guide you into becoming a professional model within the Modeling Industry. The book will teach you how to conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times and give you the strength to convey confidence in everything you set out to accomplish, not only in dealing with the fashion industry but also on a personal level, including the way you dress and communicate, not forgetting how to have fun while doing it! You will learn how to master self-control in very high-pressure situations and how to control your emotions regardless of the pressure you’re under. Preparation is the key to your success and this book is going to prepare you like no other. After reading it you will also be able to project yourself into being the best you can be in all the various areas of your life. You will also learn how to listen and learn and not to complain or pout, but to be polite, sophisticated and someone who carries themselves with elegance and grace at all times. This book will show you that the modeling industry is a very complex and competitive business and that if you plan on succeeding, you must have a passion and a desire to never give up. You will learn the importance of selling yourself and standing out at an audition or a Go-See in order to have the best opportunity of landing the job. Bottom line is that to survive in this business you’re going to need to know how to be thick-skinned and be able to handle rejection as well as praise, and this book is the tool that’s going to help you do it. Learning how to pose and how to be absolutely fluent and natural in front of all sorts of different types of cameras is an important aspect of modeling, as is speaking in front of the camera, not to mention being completely at home on the runway or catwalk. It’s also essential not to appear shy at castings and bookings – a friendly, personable manner will get you places. Models have to remember to look someone in the eye when they are speaking or listening to them, and to NOT WEAR SHADES INDOORS OR DURING INTERVIEWS! It’s frank advice like this that sets the Model Bible apart from other guides to modeling; that and all the details of how to prepare to get into a Model Agency by compiling an up to date professional Portfolio/ Look Book that showcases the different looks a model can offer and all the work she has done. Being ready to go on a casting or booking at the last minute, as well as being gracious about whatever clothing or hair or makeup is provided at the booking, is another mark of a professional model. In addition, enough emphasis cannot be put on sticking to an exercise regime that ensures that they have a healthy, toned body. On the other hand, models have to realize that it’s not just about being pretty or about having a perfect body. My cousin who is a designer once told me “Making it as a model isn’t about being pretty, it’s about being unique”. I couldn’t agree more. I would even add to it: IT’S ABOUT BEING UNIQUE AND STAYING POSITIVE AND HAVING A GREAT ATTITUDE. The Model Bible will help you capitalize on your uniqueness, find the type of modeling that makes the most of your attributes and suits you best, and surround yourself with the experts who will help you succeed in what is a very exciting, if demanding business. The only thing that never goes out of fashion is loving it. Rich Celenza

Rich Celenza is someone who was born into the fashion / entertainment industry. His father’s family can claim almost a century in the fashion industry. Originating in the town of Vasto in Italy, they came to eventually own and operate the largest garment shop in the city of Chicago. As a little boy Rich spent a great deal of time at his aunt and uncle’s clothing factory learning about the garment industry, in fact, most of his immediate family members were tailors, designers and models. Rich’s father didn’t have an interest in the garment industry so he went out and opened his own restaurant / nightclub, getting Rich involved in his business from a very young age by teaching him how to book talent (musical acts, comedians). Rich grew up checking out acts of the likes of Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Madonna, Prince, Lionel Richie, Barry Manilow, Carole King, Tower of Power, Bernie Mac, Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay and hundreds of others. As he grew into his later teens, Rich decided to follow in his families’ footsteps into fashion, going into modeling and graduating from Barbizon Modeling School in Chicago. After graduating, he soon made his way into acting, writing, directing and eventually producing full feature films, shorts and commercials. In between developing film projects, Rich found himself always wanting to help struggling up and coming talent because he understood not only how hard it is to break into the entertainment and fashion industries, but also how much dishonesty surrounds these businesses. All the while Rich started working with his youngest daughter, who eventually became one of the best known runway models in the United States at just nine years of age. Modeling schools soon started to take notice of Rich’s training techniques and he was asked to act in a consulting role with their instructors. It wasn’t long before he was being noticed by many professionals in the fashion industry and was being chosen by independent designers and fashion events to help them cast for major fashion shows. At about this time Rich was also asked to start speaking at Film Schools and Modeling Schools. Over the course of these experiences Rich realized that more and more modeling students who graduated from modeling schools didn’t know what to actually do after they graduated. Rich also realized there are many girls out there who have huge potential but can’t afford to go to modeling school, and that’s when he realized that he had another passion in addition to filmmaking - finding a way to help up and coming trained models along with untrained girls take their careers to the next level.