Lockdown Models
Lockdown Models is a modeling agency based in Cork, Ireland.
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Worth knowing
The register status of Lockdown Events & Model Management Limited (CRO number 431106, registered 5 December 2006, Glanmire, Cork) at the Companies Registration Office was "Strike Off Listed" (the strike-off process has started) on 11 October 2026. Its last annual return was dated 2020.
CRO open data, company 431106On 11 October 2026 the agency's old web address lockdown.ie did not resolve. The Instagram account "Lockdown PR/Models/Events", run by Vivienne McCarthy, was live; there the agency also presents itself as a PR and events business and the founder of Cork Fashion Festival.
Lockdown, InstagramOn 11 October 2026 we saw in search results a Facebook post by RTÉ Lifestyle in which the models of an RTÉ Today fashion item in Cork are credited to Upfront Model Management and Lockdown Models. The post was found in a search limited to the past year.
RTÉ Lifestyle on Facebook (seen in search results, 2026-10-11)The agency's blog (posts from 2008 to 2012) says that it won the People's Choice Award for "Most Influential Model Agency in Ireland" at the Irish Fashion Awards. This is the agency's own statement.
Lockdown Models blog, 2008 to 2012The Cork newspaper The Echo wrote on 19 January 2018 about Emer O'Mahony and Vivienne Kelly of Lockdown PR, founders of Cork Fashion Week, "after 15 years in business".
The Echo, 2018-01-19The Irish Examiner reported on 13 August 2010 that the agency's directors were warning about bogus talent scouts who posed as Lockdown representatives and asked young people for personal details and photographs.
Irish Examiner, 2010-08-13
How to apply to Lockdown Models
- Apply through the agency's website (see the link above): most agencies have a "become a model" page with a form or an e-mail address. Prepare 4–6 unretouched digitals and your measurements.
- Check its website or Instagram for open-call days; if none are listed, apply online.
- If you are represented by a mother agency, let it make the introduction – that is how most placements abroad start.
- Models from abroad can apply; a work permit is arranged by the agency once a placement is agreed.
- Never pay to apply. A licensed agency earns a commission on your work, nothing upfront.
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What you need before applying
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Frequently asked
Sources: Instagram - Lockdown PR/Models/Events, run by Vivienne McCarthy; founders of Cork Fashion Festival (the old site lockdown.ie did not resolve on 11 October 2026) · Agency blog, 2008 to 2012 (Lockdown Events & Model Management; directors Vivienne Kelly and Emer O'Sullivan; People's Choice Award for "Most Influential Model Agency in Ireland" at the Irish Fashion Awards, as reported by the agency itself) · Fact: RTÉ Lifestyle on Facebook, post found in a past-year search on 11 October 2026 - an RTÉ Today fashion item in Cork credits models from Upfront Model Management and Lockdown Models (evidence that the agency still supplies models) · Fact: Irish Examiner, 13 August 2010 - the directors warn that bogus talent scouts posing as Lockdown representatives are asking young people for personal details and photographs · Good fact: The Echo, 19 January 2018 - Emer O'Mahony and Vivienne Kelly of Lockdown PR, founders of Cork Fashion Week, "after 15 years in business" · Bad fact: CRO open data - LOCKDOWN EVENTS & MODEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED, company number 431106, registered 5 December 2006, 14 Brookville, Glanmire, Cork, status "Strike Off Listed", last annual return dated 2020 · Golden Pages listing (Lockdown Events & Model Management Ltd, Cork; third-party directory)
01Does Lockdown Models accept international models?
Lockdown Models does not say explicitly; apply online or through your mother agency.
02Do I need a mother agency to join Lockdown Models?
Not necessarily, but most placements abroad are arranged agency-to-agency, so a mother agency makes the introduction easier.
03Is there an application fee at Lockdown Models?
No legitimate agency charges to apply; if you are asked to pay upfront, walk away.
04How do I apply to Lockdown Models?
Through the application page on its website, with digitals and measurements – or through your mother agency.