Fashion Requirements: At least 5'8" height, size 8 or 10 and with maximum 34-24-34 inches (86-60-86 cm) with some variations depending on height (the numbers are for chest, waist and hips). As a fashion model you will appear in magazines/newspaper editorials and you might be chosen to be in a catwalk show.
	Commercial Requirements: There are no strict requirements, you will just have to meet the criteria set by the clients. As a commercial model you will be requested to advertise and sell products, whether in TV or print.
	Catalogue Requirements: Again, there are no strict requirements, though you will have to be tall, at least 5'8 and extremely confident. As a catalogue model you will be requested to advertise and sell products shooting a catalogue for a specific company.
	Body/Fitness Requirements: As you might think to be a body/fitness model you have to be a fit, toned body. As a body/fitness model you will be posing for ads showing off your body, or parts of it, like an abs model. Usually you will sell fitness related products or beauty products for the body.

Inspiration Training run training courses for our young people who are interested in the world of fashion and beauty, namely modelling with Inspiration Models.

To be a model, a certain amount of training is required. Inspiration offers a fully comprehensive service which incorporates all the aspects of modelling in a manageable six week part time course.

The Inspiration Model Programme has been specially devised to help you build your confidence through a series of sessions over a six week period covering things like:

	Make Up - Teaching successful application of make-up, what suits your colouring and tricks of the trade, the five-minute make-over.
	Exercise, Fitness and Deportment – Let us educate you on how to live a healthier more active lifestyle. Making sure you walk tall with your head held high!
	Etiquette and Self Presentation – The importance of dining skills ... you just never know who you might be out to dinner with!
	Confidence, Personality and Self Esteem – Learn to believe in yourself and get on with your life. Learn how to meet and greet people, successfully entertain and really make an entrance when you enter a room!

           ... AND LOTS MORE

Inspiration Training offer courses to help give our youth of the Medway towns and the surrounding areas the confidence and skills to get them into work or onto other courses at College.

Participants will gain greater self-confidence and a range of skills both technical and social as a result of their involvement with Inspiration.

They may discover hidden talents and perform, move into work or further training or find interests to pursue in their leisure time.

Inspiration activities include work experience, projects, workshops and long term community development partnership programmes incorporating arts activities such as model techniques, film making, urban arts, drama and multi-cultural music projects, to name but a few.

Inspiration Training aims to establishing itself as a caring, dynamic and professional but down to earth organisation that has a unique approach to youth and community development.

Your Choices Post-16 in Medway

As a young person in Medway you have a right to the best possible guidance and support as you plan for your future. The better your qualifications and experience, the more likely you are to find a satisfying career with greater earnings potential. We strongly recommend that you plan to invest in yourself and your future. Please remember, your future is in your hands:

You have a real choice of what you do! You have a real choice of where you go!

Having a plan for September is vital: Your future is too important to drift into!

Skills for Life

Reading, writing and number skills are vital in our everyday lives. They give us confidence whether shopping, travelling, talking to others or even reading a newspaper. Most employers and some courses may need you to have a particular level of skill in Maths and English. Obtaining or improving these skills will help you to progress onto other courses, training or employment.