In short
- The catalogue has one agency in Saint-Mandé, HM Scouting, running since 2021.
- It is a scouting and mother agency: it places models with agencies in Paris and abroad.
- Boards: women, men, new faces, curve and senior.
- The agency's website links to its founder's paid photo shoots and training.
Modeling work in Saint-Mandé
Saint-Mandé is the eastern neighbour of Paris, beside the Bois de Vincennes. The jurgita.com catalogue lists one agency here: HM Scouting. The agency writes that it was started in 2021 by the photographer Hervé Mouyal and that it finds future models, develops them and places them with model agencies. As a mother agency, it promises to teach the basics of the job and to find the model an agency in Paris. The website says it looks for new faces aged 16 to 21: women from 174 cm and men from 181 cm.
Catalogue lists by board are on these pages: women, men, new faces, curve, senior.
Photo shoots and training. On its application page the agency links to the website of its founder, a photographer, which offers paid photo shoots and model training. For an application the agency asks for plain photos without make-up, so you do not need a professional shoot to start. Before you buy anything, ask in writing whether representation depends on it.
The nearest markets
- Paris – the main market, with the fashion weeks and 94 catalogue agencies, other mother agencies among them.
- Boulogne-Billancourt – two catalogue agencies on the other side of Paris.
How to get started
- Take simple digitals in daylight and write down accurate measurements.
- If you are choosing a mother agency, compare a few: ask which Paris agencies they have placed their models with and on what terms.
- Apply through each agency's official channels. First check on the agency's profile whether it charges applicants and how much. In France advice about becoming a model is free by law, and an agency can recover what it spends on your career only through deductions from your pay.
- Before you sign, ask the agency for its licence number: the licence is compulsory for every model agency in France. The profile shows whether a licence number and SYNAM or FFAM membership are known.
- Watch out for pressure to decide or pay on the spot and for contracts that renew automatically; more warning signs are in modeling scams. Contracts, tax and the rules for minors are covered on the France agencies page.