CASTING CALL......MYANMAR MALE MODELS..

Ummmm.. I am not setting up model agency guys..but just wanna share bits & pieces about male models..Myanmar Male Model Scence in particular...

Dreaming to be one when I was in my teen(with zero possibility), I keep tabs on male grooming, male model scences, who is hot and not of the world male models whitin my limited reach all this while. Two decades ago, modelling is non-existence in Myanmar. Movies stars fronted all the commercials and catwalk modelling is very foreign. Through outdated imported magazines and from some translated versions, we learned the glitz, glamour and of course the scandalous stories of super models.
[D & G Summer 2007]
Well! Apart from having to wear fashionable gears, I would say the travelling and the bucks that come along attracted me. Uh!!!!!! you mean fame? Ummm maybe but at that point of time "fame" was not really in mind ..But hey! funny thing is that I know I am far from being qualified to be a model..let alone supermodel haha... But since we are all entitled to dream whatever we want.. why not..right!!! I know I dont have edgy look and height.. Being hopeless did not put me away from wannabe. I live my life being my own model. Reading...watching all things model whenever I got chances.. groom and dress myself..And those people around me know that I do stand out among the crowds... haha..(But now.. if you see me..please ignore what I said)

OK! rubbish aside, let's go straight to the point why I write this post. When I was about to leave the country back in mid nineties... modelling is all in the rage and everyone on the streets seemed attending modelling courses and shows are all around the corners. Needless to say, quality is nowhere to be found. Any Tom, Dick and Harry became models overnight and disappeared the next. And mostly, sons and daughters of who and who front the shows for only they could afford to buy expensive wares.

Nevermind, it was the infant stage of Myanmar modelling and Fashion Industries. For sure, no one can't make a living out of the catwalk. So I was hoping, over times, things would be better and my fellow Myanmar Men could be out and proud and doing their rounds in Asia if not on the world stages and earning big bucks and jetting around.

To my dismay, this is not happening.I scamble through myanmar model angencies websites, online journals and news. I bought Myanmar Karaoke VCD, view them online. I bought Myanmar Fashion and Entertainment Magazines like never before. It's been a good 2 decades and Myanmar Modelling and Fashion Scence as a whole is still undergrown infant. What's going on?
[Ricardo Almeida : Sao Paulo fashion week ss 2007 Runway]
Industry is not growing as well as the people of the industry. Tin Moe Lwin and John Lwin are trying hard and still fore-runners. I can feel thier enthusiast and pulses to build up the industry not just to hold their rice bowls but as a passion. Kudos to you guys..

I looked at the shows.Model girls are great and well groomed and exportable. I think they just need to brush up some survival English Proficiency. Male Models? Not more than one or two are good enough. Not well prepared to take the model world. Style Sense and their bodies. Guys buck up. For models, regardless of sexes, your body is your asset. It's not girly thing anymore to maintain your shape.

I am disheartened to read what Tin Moe Lwin said on some of her agency's clients. " Don't bring male models, I dont want to see them. It was such a questionable remark. I wonder why he got the models? To get them to bring up his commodities, products or to quench his hidden( or unhidden) thirst(lust). In the sense, I really wish the next generation businesswomen rule Myanmar Economy so that there is a market for male model. There is no demand at this moment for male models. So not much people wanting to invest to poslih up their talent. Look! guys don't be so dishearten. Just try your best and maybe one day you will have a chance to work with Agents from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. We are natural born tanned and you know what!! tall, dark and handsome are IT things. So just polish up your image, shape your body and learn to speak the language.
Maybe John and Brian could help you guys to get some contracts in Singapore since they are the familiar face of the scence here. Whenever I see those Thai and filipino models doing well here, I really want to see my fellow talents doing the same.
Mario Queiroz : Sao Paulo fashion week ss 07 Runway (Part 1)
Well male model wannabe and guys! Look at the videos. The latest runway shows. Hope I can give you guys some inspirations after reading this post.

Ummm.... tired of being an Engineer. Isn't it a good idea to open an Agency? Bring in Talents for assignments here or arranging all necessities for wannabe to live and attend modelling and grooming courses here.. hmmm... Guys wait for my casting call..Alright!