Do you have to have been a model to be a model booker?

Do you have to have been a model to be a model booker?

Jonathan Phang (Model booker) gives expert video advice on: What does a model booker do?; Is being a model booker a full time job?; How did you become a model booker? and more...

In many ways, it works against you if you have been a model, because models have bookers running their lives, so they don't usually question what goes on behind the scenes. A model just rings in every day and is told what she is doing, and she doesn't really have to think about it. A model trusts her booker, so when the model says, “What is my fee?,” the booker says, "Your fee is X amount for the day." She believes it, doesn't question it and doesn't really have to worry about the thought process that has gone into that negotiation. Therefore, it works against the agencies that employ ex-models as bookers, because you are then exposing too much of what has gone on behind the scenes that you want to keep private.