How Can I Be a Pin Up Model?

The term "pin-up" refers to models whose images are cut out of magazines or newspapers and "pinned up" on walls by admirers. In today's era of mass production, pin-up models also have their own posters, calendars, cardboard cutouts and postcards. Pin-up models can be famous actors or actresses, fashion models or athletes. Some of the most famous pin-up models include Brooke Shields, Suzanne Somers and Rock Hudson.

Give Acting a Try

• To become a pinup model through acting, you not only have to be very good-looking but also possess a quality on television or film that people enjoy or connect with. First, you must be attractive to the standards of the current generation. Men and women found to be attractive are muscular, have defined abdominals and symmetrical faces. For women, breast size is something that is often emphasized. Once you have identified that you have "the look," take some acting classes and perfect your craft. Now you are ready to move to Hollywood and perfect your craft. Work as an extra or obtain small roles until you hit your first big break. Once you garner your first large movie role, wear skimpy or form-fitting outfits to public appearances to get your fan base to view you as a sex symbol. Once the public sees your sultriness, they will want to pin your photo up on their wall. Schedule a photo shoot with a magazine and watch the pinning begin.

Work as a Model

• If acting is not in your plans, you may become a pinup model through work as a fashion model. Female fashion models are very skinny, tall and able to walk runways and participate in photo shoots. For men, fashion models are skinny or muscularly defined, tall and also partake in runways and photo shoots. You will need to be in prototypical model shape. Have professional photos taken and sign up with an agency. Once you start getting booked in gigs, keep working your way up the food chain until you can model for famous clients or at major events. The public will need to learn your name and remember it. Once you are a household figure, it's time to do that magazine photo shoot that will make all the men and women drool and you will be placed on their walls all over the world.

Star as an Athlete

• In the society where healthy and beauty go hand-in-hand, professional athletes are turning into pin-up models. You will need to train exceptionally hard and be naturally gifted in a specific sport for this route to work. Once you have perfected your craft and competed in college, its time to turn pro. Make sure to put yourself out in the public and get people who are not sports fans to recognize you. Once you are in the mainstream of people's consciousness, the endorsement deals and magazine shoots will come. Don't be alarmed if companies want to put your picture on a poster. You have achieved pin-up status.