Are nude shots essential in a model's portfolio?

Many aspiring models, who do not yet have any photographs to show, will put entirely unsuitable material on Internet modelling sites. A casual portrait snapshot, taken by a friend, is okay. A casual nude photograph is also okay (though not essential for an aspiring model without any experience). If you do not have any good nude shots, don't use them - you'll only look cheap. Wait until you have got something worth showing.

When you first get into modelling and perhaps post some images on an Internet modelling site, you are often asked what types of modelling you want to do. Remember that glamour is rarely glamorous and sometimes simply used as a term for top shelf magazine style.

Still, you should not be too prude as a model. Some of the most famous names have modelled see-through, topless or nude in magazines and on the catwalk. You may on occasion be expected to show some (or a lot of) flesh. As long as it is for a reason and in the right context, be prepared to do it.