Modeling Agencies in Los Angeles: Fashion, Commercial, Curve and Kids

What to Send: Digitals, Measurements and Online Forms

Every agency here takes applications online, and several say they don’t hold open calls at all: Two Management, The Industry, Bella, Aston and Otto Models. LA Models and Next also list their open calls as canceled until further notice. If that changes, check the agency’s page for current open call hours before you go.

Start with digitals, the simple photos agencies also call polaroids. Shoot them in daylight against a plain wall, with fitted clothes, a clean face and no filters. Two Management, for instance, asks for a headshot, a profile, a full-length shot and a full-length profile, and it says phone photos are perfect. Ford adds three tips of its own: no makeup, hair pulled back and a form-fitting outfit, like skinny jeans and a tank top.

Then grab a measuring tape. Most forms also ask for height, bust or chest, waist and hips, plus dress or suit size, inseam, shoes, hair and eyes. However, height rules depend on the board. For fashion, Two Management asks women to be at least 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm) and men at least 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm), while lifestyle and commercial boards often take a wider range of ages and sizes.

In any case, send your photos only through the official form or email. Our guide on how to take headshots at home covers light and framing, and how to become a model explains the types of modeling and what a contract covers.

International Agencies With Los Angeles Offices

These five modeling agencies in Los Angeles also have offices in other fashion capitals. Four of them sit in Beverly Hills or West Hollywood, while IMG is close by.

IMG Models

IMG’s Los Angeles office is on Beverly Boulevard, and its roster splits into model, development and talent boards. The Get Scouted form asks for your height, where you live and three photos. It doesn’t take applicants under 14, and for minors it asks for a parent or guardian. IMG also says it never asks for nude or lingerie photos or for any payment.

Next Management

Next works from Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, with boards for women, men, talent and creators. Its recruitment page asks for your height, waist, shoe size, hair and eye color. Then you upload a close-up and, if you want, side, full-length, upper-body and eye shots. Next also says it never requests nude or undergarment photos and never asks for money.

Wilhelmina

Wilhelmina’s office is also on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Its boards there include main, direct, curve and development for women, plus men and development for men. On the Become a Model page, you choose the city and the division, and you can ask to be considered for Sports+Fitness too. Minors also need a parent’s or legal guardian’s authorization.

Ford Models

Ford Models keeps its office on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, with women’s, curve and men’s boards. To apply, open Get Scouted and pick the city closest to you. Its recruitment warning says you should never pay to attend a casting or share nude or lingerie photos, and that Ford staff write only from fordmodels.com addresses.

The Industry Model Management

The Industry calls itself a high-end women’s boutique agency, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Here it works from South Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Its Be Discovered form needs no experience or professional photos, but it does set limits: 5 feet 8 inches and up, ages 15 to 25. Minors must come with an adult, and the agency doesn’t hold open calls.

Boutique Agencies Around Los Angeles

These boutiques run their boards from Sunset Boulevard, Downtown and Venice. One of them, Otto Models, works from Newport Beach but books models across the region.

Two Management

Two Management opened in 2013 and keeps its office on Sunset Boulevard, with women’s and men’s boards. Because it doesn’t hold open calls, the submission form is the way in, with the four natural photos described above. Applicants under 18 fill it out with a parent or guardian. If the agency wants to meet you, it says it gets in touch within two weeks.

LA Models

LA Models is on Sunset Boulevard as well, with main, new faces, direct and classic boards, plus men’s boards and special bookings. Its Become A Model page takes women and men through an online form and also accepts photos by mail. The photo guidance is strict: plain wall, swimsuit, no makeup, no smile and all your stats. Its juniors division, meanwhile, represents babies, kids, teens and families, who apply by email with three or four snapshots.

Freedom Models

Freedom describes itself as a female-led agency founded in 2014, with offices in Los Angeles, Miami and New York. Here it works from South Alameda Street, Downtown, and its boards include men and youth next to its main talent board. The Get Scouted form asks for your pronouns, height, age, location and social accounts, then your photos.

The Dragonfly Agency

Dragonfly is a boutique model and talent management company on Industrial Street, in Downtown’s Arts District. Women can land on its main, development, curve, classic or lifestyle boards, and men have the same list except curve. Its application form gives height ranges of 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 11 inches for women and 6 feet to 6 feet 3 inches for men.

Photogenics

Photogenics opened in 2002 and works from Rose Avenue in Venice. Its divisions cover women, men, non-binary, curve, runway, commercial, creators, social and even digital avatars. The submissions form wants your full measurements and three current digitals: three-quarter, headshot and full length. For minors, it also asks for a legal guardian’s name and contact.

Otto Models

Otto Models belongs to Jason and Tereza Otto and books models in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. To apply, you email photos, age, height, weight, location and Instagram link to the new faces address on its Become a Model page. Divisions run from women, men and teens to curve, fitness, beauty and commercial. Otto doesn’t hold open calls, and it also says it doesn’t sell photo shoots or classes.

Commercial, Lifestyle and Print Agencies in Los Angeles

If your look fits ads more than runways, or you act as well, these three mix print boards with on-camera talent.

Bella Agency

Bella started in New York and opened its Los Angeles office in 2011, which now sits on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Its local boards include lifestyle, classic, direct, theatrical, non-binary, youth and families, so the office represents kids, teens and adults. Since Bella doesn’t hold open calls, you apply through Submit to Bella with your measurements and photos. Its warning also says that staff write only from bellaagency.com addresses and never ask for money.

Aston Models

Aston Models is a Beverly Hills boutique on South Beverly Drive, and it describes itself as a SAG franchised agency with a commercial division. Its Get Scouted page lists women ages 15 to 35, from 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 11 inches, and men ages 17 to 35, from 6 feet to 6 feet 3 inches. Then you send one headshot and one full-body photo, unfiltered and without makeup.

The Osbrink Agency

Osbrink, founded in 1993, is a talent agency in Burbank with offices in New York and Atlanta too. Its departments cover theatrical, youth and adult commercial, print and voiceover work, and print handles fashion, advertising and editorial jobs. On the submission form, you pick Los Angeles and your departments, then upload photos. After that, answers can take up to three weeks.

Curve, Men and Kids: Who Shows Which Board

• Curve: Wilhelmina, Ford, Photogenics and Dragonfly show curve boards, and Otto Models lists a curve division.
• Men: most agencies here represent men, and Next, Wilhelmina, LA Models and Dragonfly also keep new face or development boards for them.
• Kids and teens: LA Models (juniors), Freedom (youth), Bella (youth and families) and Osbrink (youth commercial) show divisions for young talent.

California Licenses and the Labor Commissioner’s List

In California, an agency that finds you work needs a talent agency license from the Labor Commissioner. State law counts models as artists, and the license number has to appear in any ad that recruits talent, as the Labor Commissioner explains. To check an agency, use the Talent Agency License Search on the official License and Registration Search page. You can look it up by name or city, and the same page also lists denials, revocations and suspensions.

The money rules are just as clear. Under Labor Code section 1700.40, a talent agency can’t collect a registration fee, and section 1700.2 counts charges for your photographs as one. An agency also can’t refer you to a photographer, coach or school it has a financial stake in, according to the state’s Laws Relating to Talent Agencies. Since 2010, California has also banned advance-fee talent representation services, which charge you for photos, websites or classes while promising work, an audition or an agent.

Kids and Teens Modeling in Los Angeles: Permits and Parents

A parent or guardian should handle every step for a minor, from the first email to the contract. Stick to modeling agencies in Los Angeles that show a kids or youth division, and keep in mind that IMG only takes applications from age 14. Above all, a child never goes to a casting or a shoot alone.

California also adds paperwork. Minors from 15 days to 18 years old who work in entertainment need a permit to work, and the employer needs a permit to employ, both from the Labor Commissioner. That includes minors who work as advertising or photographic models, according to the state’s page on minors and employment. The parent or guardian applies for the entertainment work permit online or by mail, then renews it every six months. For teens 14 to 17, the application also requires sexual harassment prevention training first.

Two more protections apply. Anyone who represents a child performer or provides services to one for a fee needs a Child Performer Services Permit, which includes a fingerprint background check. Since January 2026, talent agents, managers and coaches who work with minors are also mandated reporters of suspected child abuse. For more, see our guides to auditions for kids and teens and baby acting and modeling.

Red Flags and Modeling Scams

The Federal Trade Commission’s page on modeling scams lists the tricks most fake offers share. Stop and check if any of these happens to you.

• They ask you to pay up front, whether it’s to sign up, for a test shoot or for photos. The FTC says to never pay an agency up front, and in California a registration fee is illegal.
• They name the photographer you have to use. According to the FTC, an agency should let you hire your own photographer and makeup artist.
• They guarantee work or promise big money, or they rush you to sign a contract.
• They reach you only through social media, from an address that isn’t on the agency’s domain. In fact, IMG, Next, Ford and Bella all warn about impostors who use their names.
• They ask for nude or lingerie photos. Several agencies on this list say they never do, so if anyone asks a minor, cut off contact and report it.

If you already paid, report it at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. For a step-by-step check of any offer, read how to spot a fake casting call.

More Ways to Find Modeling Work in Los Angeles

Agencies aren’t the only route, because some commercial jobs look for models directly. So browse casting calls in Los Angeles and commercial casting calls. If you also act, our guide to auditions in Los Angeles covers the local market, and acting classes in Los Angeles can help with on-camera castings. For acting representation, read how to get a talent agent or browse acting agencies near you.

If you’re comparing markets, start with our guide to modeling agencies near you, or see the agencies in New York and Dallas.

Frequently asked questions

Do modeling agencies in Los Angeles charge a fee to join?

A legitimate agency charges nothing to join, since it earns a commission on your bookings. Also, in California a talent agency can’t collect a registration fee, and the law counts charges for photos as one. A fee to sign up, to shoot your portfolio or to take a required class is a red flag.

How do I check if a Los Angeles agency is licensed?

Look it up by name in the Labor Commissioner’s Talent Agency License Search. Also, the license number should appear in any ad the agency uses to recruit talent.

Do Los Angeles modeling agencies hold open calls?

Most of the agencies we checked work online only. Two Management, The Industry, Bella, Aston and Otto Models say they don’t hold open calls, and LA Models and Next list theirs as canceled for now. So apply online, and check the agency’s page for current open call hours if that changes.

Can my child join a modeling agency in Los Angeles?

Yes, with a parent or guardian in charge. For example, LA Models, Freedom, Bella and Osbrink show divisions for young talent. Before your child works, you’ll also need a California entertainment work permit, renewed every six months.

Do I need to live in Los Angeles to apply?

The forms all work online, and several ask where you live, so you can apply from elsewhere. However, Wilhelmina notes that you need legal status to live and work in the city you choose.

Reviewed in November 2026.