Madison Avenue - A well-known street in New York that houses many top advertising agencies.

Mailing List - A very important list of names and addresses that a model should have to send composites to on a regular basis. Even if you have an agent, you should continue to promote yourself until you become a top model by mailing to ad agencies, manufacturers, designers, catalogues and department stores. You can get these lists through label houses or through resource books - many are available at the "Models Mart" in New York City.

Major Markets - These are cities that, because of their large populations, pay the most money for commercials and advertising. Great areas to launch a successful modeling career are New York City, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles and Dallas.

Makeup Artist - This is a person who applies makeup professionally to models and other people before they appear on television, in films or any other public platform.

Makeup Kit - Usually a plastic cosmetic bag or tote to carry all of the glamour essentials.

Male Model - A man who models designer fashions and who wears a size 40R with a 6' height.

Mannequin - Another word used for a fashion model. It also a style of modeling in which the live model appears to be inanimate.

Market - An area that is frequented by models for fashion work.

Model - A person who works in the field of fashion to wear clothes for viewing or who demonstrates or displays other items for consumer interest.

Model Agency - An agency that specifically finds work for models.

Model's Release - A form that a model signs granting the rights to a photographer to publish her pictures.

Negatives - The images necessary to produce pictures after a film has been processed.

New York City ( NYC ) - It's a city alive with fashion - housing designers, photographers, models, advertising agents and Manhattan - and is known as the modeling capital of the world.

Oily Skin - This type of skin requires drying products to reduce the oiliness. Products are available for this and to help in reducing the pores which are usually enlarged.

Original - The first of its kind to be made as a designer's sample garment.

Overtime - Any time that you may work after an eight hour day, after hours, on Sundays or on Holidays.

Parts Model - A person who models, hands, legs, feet or any other part of the body specifically.

Personality - The characteristics or traits that make a person unique.

Petite Model - A model who is under 5'6" and who wears sizes under a 6.

Plus Size Model - A model who wears a size 12 and above.

Photo Session - The time a model spends taking pictures.

Photographer - A person who takes pictures professionally of people, places and things.

Photography Assignment - A paying job for a model to take pictures for a specific layout.

Platform Model - A model who appears on stage in a demonstration for beauty or hair techniques or on behalf of new products that may be introduced.

Portfolio - A presentation book with a model's best pictures and tearsheets used to show prospective clients how you photograph.

Pose - A specific way a model might stand in front of a camera.

Poster - An enlargement of a photo (with or without printing) used to advertise a product or service. This can be a great way for a model to get visibility.

Posture - This is noted in models by the way they stand. The position of the shoulders and control of the stomach, the buttocks and the pelvis are important to a model's good posture.

Potential - Something that can develop of happen successfully in your behalf.

Presentation - The act of presenting or showing something in a formal manner.

Print Model - A model who is photographed regularly for catalogues, newspapers, magazines, billboards and other advertising announcement forms.

Product Demonstration - The act of showing how a product works either live, in front of a group of people, or on film or video.

Professional - A person who participates in a given occupation over a period of time and makes it a career.

Promotional - An event or task which is used to increase visibility or a specific fashion, style, product or service.

Proof - This is the same as a contact sheet.

Public Relations - A business whereby the public is introduced favorably to something new or pre-existing.

Publicity - An act or service devised to call attention to someone or something, usually through print or electronic media.

Quality - A specific feature by which a person's actions are measured.

Rate - The amount of money agreed on for a specific assignment.

Reading - The term used when you are auditioning for the purpose of "reading" the script. Your agent may ask "How was your reading?"

Reshoot - You may be asked to come back and be photographed a second time for a job because of problems that may have occurred or changes requested by the client. You should be paid for this at the same rate as the original shoot unless a new rate has been negotiated.

Residual - This is an additional form of payment which you will receive for a commercial which airs more than the number of times stated in your original contract.

Resume - This is a background information sheet on all of the work that a model has done.

Rounds - This is a term used by models when they go from place to place to introduce themselves, leave a composite and look for work. Usually you work from a list and see photographers, designers and advertising agencies.

Runway - This is the place where you walk when you're giving a live fashion presentation. It is also referred to as a catwalk or ramp and is always elevated above the crowd. A runway can be shaped like a "T", an "L" or a straight line.