Model agency in Hamburg
Models book in Hamburg – How to make a flawless booking!
Model agency Hamburg – Looking for a Hamburg model? Our model agency is your contact! We search and scout (discover) models from Hamburg for our clients from fashion, media and marketing. We work closely with our clients, from individual brands, through photographers, advertising agencies and PR agencies, and know the requirements and wishes. According to these criteria, we look for the best new models, curved models, men’s models and creators for our clients and brands! For this, our team works with 100% commitment for every booking. Do you have questions?
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- CM Models Agency and Management
- Models for Advertising: Photo and Video Production
- Models for Fashion: Fitting, Showroom, Fashion Show
- International Model Management (Abroad)
- Usage Rights, Travel Management, etc.
- Model Scouting (discovery)
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Stephan M. Czaja
Owner | CM Models
CM for models in Hamburg
Viele New Faces stellen sich die Frage, wie wird man Model? Besonders in Hamburg lohnt es sich für junge weibliche und männliche Models, an ihrer Karriere zu arbeiten. Denn hier in Hamburg gibt es so viele Kunden wie sonst nirgends in Deutschland. Nicht einmal in Berlin hast du mehr Produktionen!
Als Hamburger Model musst du wie überall auf eine gute Agentur zurückgreifen, denn nur hier bekommst du das richtige Netzwerk und natürlich auch die Kontakte zu starken Fotografen für deine Modelmappe. Doch wie gesagt, gerade als Hamburger Model hast du hervorragende Chancen, da es in Hamburg so viele Produktionen gibt wie sonst nirgends in ganz Deutschland.
In Hamburg als Model anfangen
Zu Beginn geht es für dich vor allem um Jobs als Fitting Model und um Fotoshootings für Online-Shops und Instagram. Je besser du wirst, je ehrgeiziger du an dir arbeitest, desto weiter kannst du es schaffen, bis hin zu Werbespots und Kampagnen.
- Application
- Learn: Become a model
What interests you?
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Book a Model in Hamburg
For model booking, ideally you already have 1) clear ideas about the model (look, age, etc.) and 2) all important booking details (date, location, usage, etc.). This allows us to send you the fastest possible Sedcard selection for your project!
- Model Description
- Information about Model Casting / Job
Model Description – For different jobs there are different factors. Always mention a few points in your request such as height, age for the target audience of the campaign, hair color, and much more.
Information about Model Casting / Job – Ideally, this includes: production date, location, start and end time, the job itself (fitting, fashion show, photoshoot, commercial, etc.), as well as the subsequent use and application of the production (media, time and territory).
The more complete the briefing, the better!
Personal Model Selection & Consultation
Our Model agency CM Models scouts models also in northern Germany, Hamburg. In the Hanseatic city, we are the right contact for fashion and photo models as a model agency. We rely on friendly contacts, strong models and clear model management, booking and casting.
Fashion show, social media, e-commerce, campaigns
Here are a few examples from CM YouTube. You can find more references here.
Models for Your Photoshoot
For many things in sales and marketing, new content is often required: Whether it’s E-Commerce, lookbooks or POS campaigns. We help you find strong models for your next studio photo production.
Models for Your Commercial
Social Media Content, advertising film, television – For moving images, whether it’s a commercial or small social content, it requires even more skill than for photos. With us, you can book models worry-free, with the right presence!
Models for Your Fashion Show
Fitting, showroom, fashion show – We place great value on our models gaining experience on the runway at a young age, also through training in posture and choreography.
Influencer Marketing and Concept
TikTok and Instagram advertising are playing an increasingly important role for brands. As a result, it is now almost essential, alongside their own ads, to also have products marketed by influencers. From the concept, to strategy, through to building reach, content creation and of course monitoring.
More selected customers and references from CM.
Become a model in Hamburg
What do we do as your model management?
We build our models (New Faces) step by step. Often starting at 15, 16 years old, during school time, and later also abroad. At 18, 19 years old, it then goes on to the big Fashion Weeks. In cooperation with international partners and model agencies in Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, New York, and many other metropolises.
We start with tips, communicate with your parents, provide small coaching and training, everything for you. We organize your first photo shoots with good photographers near you, send you your first castings and jobs. Step by step. So that your modeling career is well planned and you have the greatest possible success for yourself.
Age and Start
You’re still in school but want to get informed already? Then we’ve got everything important for you here, things you need to know before you apply to become a model in Hamburg. Especially important for you are good grades until graduation. At the same time, your model portfolio will be built. Read more:
Requirements
The right measurements, the optimal weight, the perfect look – none of that exists. Every brand has its own target audience. Parisian fashion brands tend to favor slim models, in Germany more and more curvy models are being booked, and generally speaking: diversity. No matter what your look is, your first model application is quick to make and costs nothing. If you want to become a model, try it and apply!
Application and Photos
Application – Polaroids (photos) and the first Gosee (casting) in our model agency are the two central steps. Polaroids are simple, very natural photos of you in daylight. No make-up, no styling, just you, completely natural. Best of all, a portrait photo and a full-body photo. Plus a few contact details and measurements, done! This is the fastest way to a modeling contract.
You want to apply? Let’s go:
- Model Application @ CM
Gosee in the model agency
At every job interview, stage fright increases, naturally also during the introduction at the model agency. But there’s one thing you need to know, top agencies like ours and others are super friendly! Why? Because photoshoots and video shoots are about joy, fun, and laughter – almost always. That’s why a trusting collaboration with your model management is essential. That’s why we start off friendly from the very first minute and keep it that way! Therefore, you don’t need to have stage fright, just be completely natural! Here you can find more tips for your job interview.
Whether it’s conversations or also coaching, we want our models to develop extremely well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlQHGgM6HHg
The first shootings and jobs
Become a model – Now it’s about your model portfolio (photos) and your personal setup, with first shootings with good photographers and your first small job. Are you still in school? Then school has absolute priority! Modeling really gets going after your school days.
International – With our model management, you can not only work here in Germany, but also with our local partner agencies throughout Europe (Paris, Milan and London), but also internationally in cities such as New York, Shanghai or Tokyo.
Casting and waiting times
Ein nicht unbedeutender Teil des Berufs besteht aus Wartezeiten bei Castings oder Shootings, die zu ungewöhnlichen Zeiten stattfinden können. Modeln ist eben nicht nur ein nine-to-five job, aber genau das macht ihn so besonders! Da die Models oder auch männlichen Models dabei nur ein Teil eines ganzen Teams ist, gilt es sehr schnell eine professionelle Arbeitseinstellung an den Tag zu legen, um als Model wirklich erfolgreich zu sein. Daher ist die Pünktlichkeit eines Models einer der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Dies gilt besonders für Shootings im Freien, in denen oft nur wenig Zeit bleibt die perfekten Lichtverhältnisse auszunutzen. Disziplin und Pünktlichkeit ist vielen deutschen Models nicht nur in Hamburg bereits in die Wiege gelegt worden. Weshalb diese nicht erst seit gestern bekannten Gesichter wie Claudia Schiffer und Heidi Klum auch international sehr gefragt sind.
Nicht zu unterschätzen ist bei einem Leben als Model auch die Fähigkeit sich Kritik zwar zu Herzen zu nehmen, aber nicht an der häufigen Zurückweisung während der Castings den Spaß am Beruf zu verlieren. Denn oft haben die Verantwortlichen bereits ein genaues Bild der Models für ihre Kampagnen im Kopf, bei denen bereits kleine Details den Ausschlag für eine Absage geben können. Für eine erfolgreiche Modelkarriere ist es daher ein großer Vorteil sich ein Netzwerk aufzubauen. Mit den Kontakten zu Fotografen oder anderen Personen aus der Modebranche oder Werbung ist es leichter in Erinnerung zu bleiben und so bei einem zukünftigem Projekt in der engeren Auswahl zu sein.
Modenschau: Haute Couture & Pret-A-Porter
The fashion show, the dream of thousands of aspiring models around the world. Once walking the runway for the big designers. But every beginning is small and the basics of a fashion show must be mastered. Everything you need to know about the flow of a fashion show and where the difference between Prêt-à-porter and Haute Couture is can be found here:
What does a model agency do?
Advantages of your model agency:
- Client network – Referral to top-class clients
- Reputable agency – Good and serious jobs
- Model management – Step by step Become a model
- Creating model portfolio – Strong photographers and test shootings
- Representation – Official listing in the CM Model Board
- Agency network – Partners worldwide (New York to Tokyo)
- Parent agency – Career planning and abroad
Modeling abroad! Paris, Milan, London, New York.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7nrYl1K8Ng
Modeling in Hamburg
Who has demonstrated this perseverance in Hamburg often dreams of working internationally for their model agency. However, when it comes to making the leap onto international runways such as Milan, Paris or New York, only a very few models are privileged. A glance at fashion magazines is enough to know that the truly famous models of a generation rarely include more than a handful of new faces. Beauty is not always the key to reaching the top. Again and again, models with an unmistakable presence manage to rise to the top. However, even once they have arrived at the fashion Olympics, models are not given anything and must constantly prove themselves again. Letting professionalism slip is therefore associated with consequences at every stage of a model’s career ladder.
Between Dream Job and Reality
The prevailing belief to date that models can earn a lot of money in a short time and lead a luxurious life is only a reality for very few models. For the majority of models in Hamburg or other cities, this profession is a full-time job that leaves little free time or room for other activities. Instead of starting in their own apartment, modeling careers mostly begin with other models in a shared apartment, which rarely matches the standard they are used to at home. Living in these shared apartments also includes constantly changing roommates, leaving little time to get to know each other better or form deeper friendships. As a model, you are often on the move and must be prepared for every situation. Take a look here at the Model Basics on the topic of traveling, castings, and jobs.
A stepping stone to an international career between Paris and New York
Once here, the international competition of the most beautiful models from all six continents reaches a new level. Because each of the models who have made it this far shares the same goal: to walk the runways during the major fashion weeks and present the latest collections of the most renowned designers. Naturally, only the models who have achieved this goal with the help of a model agency become publicly known, such as Gigi Hadid. The many unknown faces of the modeling industry quickly fade into obscurity. What distinguishes these few lucky individuals today, aside from their jobs, is also the promotion of their own person through social networks. From Instagram to TikTok, a successful modeling career today is now connected with much more self-initiative than just photo shoots or runway appearances. In the end, however, it is always luck that decides which model people will remember in 10 or 20 years.
Model jobs: Waiting time and professionalism
In the job, a model’s daily routine in Hamburg also repeatedly includes waiting times. For the model, this means sitting still for several minutes or even hours while being made up and styled, or waiting for the setup of a set for a photoshoot. Whoever maintains patience here not only behaves professionally but also leaves a positive impression on the client. A model’s appearance is naturally their own calling card. Therefore, it is important for a successful model to appear at the set with well-groomed hair, skin, and nails. Clients who book models expect this just as much as the model agency, since each photoshoot is usually associated with a tight schedule and an exact budget, leaving little room for a new casting. In this regard, the daily routine at the set has little in common with what casting shows for models convey. After all, in the real working world of a model, it is not the jury’s evaluation that counts, but rather whether the model fits the respective collection or advertising concept. Being at the right place at the right time is therefore the true catalyst for a long-term career as a model.
Hamburg
Application, Casting & Jobs!
More details about castings, go-sees, photographers, and more.
- Application Part 1 – Applying as a Model
The perfect preparation for your first model application - Application Part 2 – The Presentation at the Model Agency
Preparation and process during your first agency appointment - German / English – The 66 Basics for Models
Castings, jobs & agency appointments - Facebook Model Fanpage
6 helpful tips for your own model fanpage - Fashion Week Metropolises
The most important FW fashion shows worldwide - Becoming a Photo Model
The dream job of a model: Popular & underestimated - Healthy Lifestyle
Proper nutrition & exercise - Haute Couture & Pret-A-Porter
Two worlds, one passion: Fashion - Instagram Tips
How to set up Instagram for the first time - Runway: Style & Tips
- Tips and tricks for your first steps
- Male model – Special features
Strength of character as a success formula for men - Become a model: Small business
The start of self-employment - Fashion show – The basics
Planning and organization is the A&O - Advertising & Commercial Model
Model for advertising & sales talent
Shopping
If you’re in Hamburg, you might notice that Hamburg residents in the upscale north take care of their appearance and are dressed smartly in the city. No wonder, because shopping in the inner city of Hamburg is wonderful! Whether you want to shop in luxury stores in the side streets of the city center or in the large department stores of the Hanseatic city, you have a choice.
Sightseeing
If you’re a model in Hamburg and have some time before or after your job, there’s a lot to discover in this port city. From the Hamburg harbor, beautiful and magnificent villas to modern buildings and completely newly created neighborhoods, there’s plenty to do and see in this exciting city in northern Germany.
Parks
View over the Elbe, a great view of the harbor, relax in the green oasis right in the city center. In Hamburg, every park offers a beautiful backdrop, whether you want to catch some fresh air on your way back to your accommodation after a tiring modeling day or spend a really relaxed time in one of Hamburg’s most beautiful parks on your free day.
Hotels
Stay at the Elbphilharmonie, at the Four Seasons right in the city center or perhaps rather in a water tower? If you are a model traveling in Hamburg, there are many hotels from which you can choose to give your stay in Hamburg the right flair. If you want to know which hotels you should visit in the Hanseatic city, then read on here.
Selfie Spots
Posing on the newest viewing platform in Hamburg’s landmark, taking selfies in front of the beautiful town hall or creating unique images in Hamburg’s most futuristic U-Bahn station – as a model, you naturally always want to keep your feed up to date. If you want to know which locations in Hamburg are best for taking great photos, read on here.
Restaurant
You’re a model in Hamburg and don’t know your way around. Whether it’s just for a casting, several days for a job or for an entire week. Hamburg has thousands of restaurants, cafés and fast food places, but only a few know the hidden tips. Whether vegan, burger, Italian or Chinese, the food scene in Hamburg is very diverse and shaped by the port. Here we have compiled a list of the top hidden tips and best restaurants throughout Hamburg!
Cafés
In the neighborhoods around the Außenalster or directly in the city center of the pearl? You’ll find them everywhere, the small, hidden cafés and breakfast spots of Hamburg. Delicious waffles, fresh bowls, or a warm coffee with a piece of cake. Of course, we’ve also thought of the cafés in Eppendorf, Schanze, or trendy hipster cafés. We’ve compiled a list of the coolest and tastiest cafés in the port city of Hamburg for you here!
Fashion Boutiques
As a model, you naturally want to always wear the best clothes and chase the latest trends. So that you also have an overview of where it’s worth shopping in Hamburg, we’ve collected the best fashion boutiques for you here in a clear list. We wish you lots of fun strolling and shopping.
Universities
Do you want to study at one of the 10 largest universities in Germany? Art, medicine, or perhaps even a fashion degree in the most beautiful city in Northern Germany? In Hamburg, a variety of educational institutions offer you diverse opportunities to further your education and complete a degree in your desired field. To make sure nothing stands in your way, we at the model agency have selected 10 of the most popular universities and colleges in Hamburg for you.



