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Predicament
What experience do you have in modeling on imvu?
My modeling experience began like many other individuals, just taking snapshots and posing for myself.It must have been one thing that made my attraction to Imvu exist initially. My self modeling went on for a while until I was introduced to TM's modeling agency by a friend. I didn't have a great load of confidence in what I was doing at the time. It was just a thing I was playing around with I suppose, but something definitely interesting. The cycle I had participated in ended up shutting down from Tiffany's busy schedule and later reran without my knowledge. That time made me wonder what would've happened if the competition were to continue on. In a way you could say it drove me to try my best. Since that time I had participated in many competitions which just seemed to keep falling through due to busy schedules. Winning TMNTM feels like a huge accomplishment since being shut away from competitions, not from eliminations, but from ended cycles as if I wasn't even offered a chance. Although all the competitions fell through, I did learn valuable information about modeling and how important it is to match poses, outfits and expressions. I know that from TMNTM and the critiques given from Tiffany that I have learned much more. Hopefully the competition can help further my experience and Imvu career. Always remember that if things don't work out right, just try again and again until you are finally capable of earning your goal.
Why are you the best candidate to be an IMVU model?
I feel that an Imvu model must be someone who is confident and someone that can take a critique properly. A good model has to be able to listen to what people think and interpret it into their artwork. Some people focus mostly on style and beauty, but the truth is that the professionalism and spirit of the model is what truly counts. I believe that I am able to take a critique and try to translate it across my photos. confidence is something I do now possess in Imvu's modeling industry. There are many models better than I am but I do not let it discourage me. I know I am still in a learning stage in my career. Lastly, I think that a successful model needs to be one that can easily learn, which, once again I think I am quite able to.
How was your experience as a TMNTM contestant?
During this cycle of TMNTM, I had to face some very difficult competition. Some very wonderful models came out in this cycle and we in fact made TM's modeling agency history by being the first top 3 in the final round. I am very proud to have won against these wonderful ladies. Being a contestant, I naturally found myself feeling anxious for each round of eliminations to see if I were gone or not. The time limit even took effect on me greatly. Forgetting about the competition was the last thing I wanted to do. The rounds proved themselves as fun and creative and opened up new ideas in my head of the perfect picture each week. The experience was amazing for something that some people would consider so small. It was a whirlwind of emotions. From glee, to anticipation, to disappointment. One thing to know is your competitors, not strategy but because some of them make some really great friends.
Predicament's advice to upcoming Contestants
Number one thing to remember when in a cycle of TMNTM is to always be on time. As you might have seen in this cycle, some people didn't get their pictures in when they had such a great chance of making it through. Also always remember to have a balance between your poses and clothes. Make sure they fit together with each other. And one vital thing to know is facial expressions! Try your best to have strong expressions and to have a variety of them. A simple expression can make a load of difference in a picture. Most importantly, Have fun. It's really a great experience, so, don't pull your hair out constantly. Have fun.
Her thanks
Helyxlovexu
What experience do you have in modeling on imvu?
I was first exposed to modeling on this group, TM Modeling Agency. I was inspired by Aikizz. When I saw all her pictures in the competition I was astound. I really enjoyed looking at her photoshoots. I then realized I wanted to be the same but even better. Beachbabe95, a lovely developer, who gave me an opportunity to model one of her gorgeous products gave me a lot of experience where the right angles go. One time I did join a cycle but I wasn’t ready yet. Then again I came back with tons of poses and a great desire to win. I have learn a lot from this competition and found my own model identity.
Why are you the best candidate to be an IMVU model?
An Imvu model requires a lot of patience and honesty. I feel I am the right person to fulfill those categories.
How was your experience as a TMNTM contestant?
Within this competition you will now your strengths and weaknesses. You will become a great model for sure. As a TMNTM contestant I had a lot of pressure and stress. Its not a bad thing though because it made me more excited and ready for what’s coming to get me. I did get my ups but then I got my down. I pushed myself so far that I stayed six entire hours looking for the right outfit, the right pose, and the right facial expression. Any little bad thing I got I would think it would of jeopardize my chance of winning. I would re-do everything. In the end I was very satisfied with the results.
Helyxlovexu's advice to upcoming Contestants
It is extremely hard to try to be better than anyone. I’d say first try to be better than yourself. Strive to excel. Listen to direction. Don’t copy anyone but still look at examples and see what you can improve on. Have support it will bring you up. Lastly, have fun. If you have fun you have gained confidence.
Her thanks
I just want to say thanks to my mom for helping me. Thank you Tiffanym201 for you great help and tips. A great thanks to past winners of TMNTM soalina, aikizz, and beachbabe95, you were great and I learn a lot from your pictures. To all who participated in the competition, you made me want to push myself. Especially thanks to the people who supported me I love you all.
Soalina
What experience do you have in modeling on imvu?
The only experience in modeling I have ever had was when I was simply buying pose packs and hitting triggers. But then lately I have started to become sensitive to what I was doing when I was hitting each pose. That’s when I started to wear each outfit I have in my inventory and hit each pose in order to see which pose fitted best for each outfit. I absolutely loved posing in front of the camera and I often take great shots of myself. It once hit me whether it was possible to model in IMVU for virtual products, stickers and banners. That’s when I started to take interest in serious modeling of IMVU. I really don’t have much experience in the modeling world of IMVU but it doesn’t stop me from wanting to be one. And I don’t want to simply be ‘a model’. I want to be a great model! After typing up many Google searches such as “IMVU model” or “modeling in IMVU” I explored the different IMVU agencies that are here. I found the TM’s group website and I looked at the portfolios of the TMNTM winners. Those portfolios were beautiful and it inspired me to become an IMVU model. Then a quick yet an amazing opportunity came for me to prove myself as a serious model and that was Cycle 3. It was a tough and vigorous competition and I met many fierce and tough models who are all aiming to become the Top. I absolutely enjoyed my experience and what I enjoyed most was all the vibes that I felt from every model I met from Cycle 3. These were the vibes of ferocity, ambitiousness and competitiveness. These colorful vibes that was shared by us all expanded my sight and kept my spirit up. I wanted to live up to these feelings. I grew to love modeling more and more. I delight in the brutality and the pleasure in modeling. I felt that becoming TMNTM winner was a big accomplishment for me but I know that this is just the beginning because I have just become a representative of TM’s modeling agency. I have to do more than just sit there with an impressive title. There are so many things I want to accomplish as a model and I will never stop until I fulfill my goals.
Why are you the best candidate to be an IMVU model?
I have confidence in my abilities to be a great model which is why I can see myself as the best candidate. I have a very beautiful and stylish avatar. I am a perfectionist and I always try to be professional at all times. I try to meet the expectations of a great model but not just by depending on the variety of pose packs that I have. I am sensitive to what kind of poses I should put on when I model but I am also sensitive to other aspects such as hairstyles and skin tones. I have never modeled for any developer before but I am confident in my skills of being able to take in their directions. When modeling I also like to stick to my style and tastes but I also appreciate the different styles of other people as it helps to further expand my knowledge and experience in modeling. I also like to keep my style flexible so that I can blend in smoothly to different sorts of styles going from Goth to Casual to Vintage to Wilderness and I believe that bearing this flexibility is a key quality to becoming a great model. I am always learning and I have learnt a great deal while I was competing to become a TMNTM winner. I delight in the brutality and the pleasure of modeling.
How was your experience as a TMNTM contestant?
I was an amateur in modeling and I did not have much of a clear picture of what modeling in IMVU is. To be honest, I thought it was just fancy pixels but later I understood that it wasn’t as easy as it sounds. Otherwise why would we bother having such competitions as this? Why would we bother to have cool avatars and poses? So I decided to put myself into a challenge and TMNTM became a key to the door of a different realm in IMVU. Without any notably experience or ever modeled for a developer, I decided to enter TMNTM. Of course I was nervous, but I was also fascinated and excited. I learnt a great deal about modeling very quickly during the competition and I tried to improve myself after each photoshoot. I always asked myself, “Hmm… how can I do better than I did last time? What should I do?” I followed the themes and directions as closely as I can. I was fierce and competitive and I posed as professionally as I can to convey great pictures for each photoshoot. I always did my best. TMNTM was vigorous and competitive. I watched the other models give it their all. They all share the same ambition of wanting to be the TMNTM winner and I believe that was what made the competition vibrant and exciting. I became serious and sensitive when I was gathering my experience in the competition. I was earnest when I said to myself, “I want to be the best. I must make it to the Top” and I believe that was the key to my success. Modeling was not easy. In fact it was brutal and there were times when I had a sense of frustration overwhelming me but I did not want to stop. Just because I made it this far doesn’t mean that I can’t go further. In fact, it was the very brutality and the competitiveness that kept me going and I undeniably had a a experience when competing to become TM’s Next Top Model.
Soalina's advice to upcoming Contestants
For future contestants of Cycle 4 and many other thrilling Cycles to come, I have a very age old advice for you that you heard from any old gaga next door: Do NOT give up. Ever had this feeling that puts you down and make you think you are not worth it? Did you ever think that it was too late? Well guess what it is not the end of the world. If you have lost a Cycle, go to the next one. Get your gear and move it. Pay attention to your old gaga next door because he or she is wise. Don’t let the feeling of frustration get to you. Yes the key word here is frustration and it’s a bad feeling. Every normal and abnormal person feels it but hey, if you want to become the next top model, I repeat: Do NOT give up. And for those who have never modeled before stay cool and just chill. Sure you’ll feel nervous but stay cool anyway because it’s important that you also have fun. And this age old advice that came from your old gaga next door must be repeated to you too: Do NOT give up!
Her thanks
Tiffanym201, thank you very much for giving me this exhilarating opportunity to explore the modeling world of IMVU at a greater detail. Because of you and your profound organization skills as a developer, organizer of TMNTM, model and judge, I thank you especially and behalf of all the girls who participated in your competition. We all had an enjoyable experience.
To my predecessors (beachbabe95 of Cycle 1 and AiHee of Cycle 2) thank you for sharing your inspirational portfolios to all the future contestants and sharing your wisdom and advice in modeling.
To all my fellow contestants, you have my gratitude as well because you were all fierce and passionate about modeling. Watching you all aspiring to become the Top Model has given me immense pleasure and was also inspirational. For all of you I wish you the best of luck in your future modeling career and I hope that all the wisdom I shared in my portfolio has proved inspirational and that I have become YOUR best example of a great model.
To all my friends who were cheering for me and believing in me, thank you very much. Your support means a lot to me and I will never forget you. Thank you for always being there for me.
Here is TM's Next top model winner Aikizz's portfolio, experiences, and advice for upcoming models.
Aikizz
What experience do you have in modeling on imvu?
My experience in modeling started by taking pics of myself for myself, I just loved posing and getting poses and putting outfits together and getting great shots! and after that the tm's next top model contest made me improve a lot as a model, always listening to the advice, and in the end winning the title as tm's next top model, now I won't stop until I get some serious developer deals! because I love modeling! and I wanna do it big!
Why are you the best candidate to be an imvu model?
I think I'm a great candidate as a model because I'm not only a good looking avi but I know how to take directions from photographers or developers, i'm professional all the time, I have many poses, and the best of all I can deliver a great picture I can transform myself and go from goth to prep I can model anything, and I manage to communicate through it and that's the most important thing of all to say something with yours pics, like they say an image says more than a thousand words.
How was your experience as a TMNTM contestant?
Aikizz's advice to upcoming Contestants
Here is TM's Next top model winner Beachbabe95's portfolio and a little information about her and her experience as a TM's next top model contestant.
Beachbabe95
What experience do you have in modeling on imvu?
My experience in Modeling on imvu is joining a lot of modeling groups and taking a lot of pictures. I also at the time was getting stickers created of me from some friends. Recently as you know I joined the TMNTM and at that point I bought about 8 more different groups of poses.The experience from TMNTM made me want to model even more then I already was modeling.
Why are you the best candidate to be an imvu model?
I think I'm the best candidate because like many I started out from little to nothing in my modeling experience and soon was being invited into a lot of different modeling groups. I am very committed to modeling on IMVU and try not miss any chance to do it.
How was your experience as a TMNTM contestant?
Well being a contestant is nothing easy and joining was a big wake up call to the hard work Tiff puts into this made me want to come to all the shoots I could. I was very nervous checking each time to see if I made it or not. It is very hard seeing all these good models go and knowing you might go next.But not giving up was a very important part in this competition too.I love cameras and taking pictures so I think as much as this was hard it was super fun!
