> Source: https://thecastindex.com/modelling/france — application routes checked 2026-10-01. Generated at build time from the same data the page serves.

# How to become a model in France

Apply directly to a licensed Paris agency through its own website, sending natural, make-up-free photos and your height. French law presumes a paid modelling contract is an employment contract, requires agencies to hold a modelling-agency licence and makes a medical certificate a condition of working. Children under 16 need prior authorisation. Several agencies say they never charge applicants.

## Agencies and their official application routes

- **Elite Model Management Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://elitemodelmanagement.com/paris/get-scouted.web; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Under-18 applications must be approved by a parent or legal guardian within 15 days, and a parent or guardian must attend any meeting.; safety: Says its scouts and agents never request payment or nude or lingerie photos, and warns that impostors use the Elite name.
- **IMG Models Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://getscouted.imgmodels.com/; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Applications from age 14. Under-18s need a legal guardian’s consent, and a guardian must attend any meeting or video call.; safety: Says it never asks for nude or lingerie photos, never requires payment and charges no fee to apply or to sign.
- **Women Management Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://www.womenmanagement.com/paris/become.web; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Parent or guardian details are required for minors.
- **VIVA Model Management Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://www.viva-paris.com/become/; height: Height is a required field on the form. The page states no minimum.; age: Its privacy policy says you must be 18 to apply on your own; younger applicants apply through a parent or guardian, and no one under 13 may apply.; safety: Says no VIVA employee will ever ask for lingerie or nude photos, and warns that people try to impersonate the agency.
- **Select Model Management Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://apply.selectmodel.com/; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: You must be 18 to apply on your own; 14- to 17-year-olds may apply with a parent’s or guardian’s written consent, and under-14s cannot apply.; safety: Asks for no nudity in application photos.
- **Silent Models Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://www.silentmodels.com/become-a-model/; open call: Silent says it does not host an open call or accept walk-ins.; height: Height is a required field on the form. The page states no minimum.
- **New Madison** (Paris) — online form: https://www.newmadison.fr/france/become-a-model; height: The form asks for your height. The page says it is open to all types of profile, though height and measurements may still matter.; age: The minimum age to apply is 16; 16- and 17-year-olds should discuss it with a parent or legal guardian first.; safety: Says it never asks models for money to be represented, never requests nude or lingerie photos and never contacts you first by email or WhatsApp.
- **Supreme Management Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://www.suprememanagement.com/paris/become.web; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Parent or guardian details are required for minors.
- **Marilyn Agency Paris** (Paris) — email: https://www.marilynagency.com/paris/become-a-model/; open call: Marilyn says it does not host open calls or accept walk-ins.; height: Asks for at least 1.73m (5ft 8in) for women and 1.83m (6ft) for men.; age: Under-18s must send a parent’s written consent; a parental authorisation form is linked on the page.; safety: Warns that people may be using the Marilyn name and asks under-18s to tell a trusted adult.
- **Oui Management** (Paris) — online form: https://www.ouimanagement.com/beoui; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Its privacy policy says parental approval is collected for applicants under 16.; safety: Warns that people falsely present themselves as its agents or scouts, and says its employees never ask for lingerie or nude photos.
- **Mademoiselle Agency** (Paris) — online form: https://www.mademoiselleagency.fr/become-a-model/; height: Height is a required field on the form. The page states no minimum.
- **Ford Models Paris** (Paris) — online form: https://fordmodels.com/get-scouted; open call: Ford says it holds open calls only in Chicago; apply to Paris through the form.; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; safety: Says you should never pay to attend a casting and never share nude or lingerie photos.

## How agencies recruit

- Paris agencies take applications through forms on their own websites. Silent and Marilyn say they hold no open calls or walk-ins, and Select lists no Paris open call. (https://www.silentmodels.com/become-a-model/)
- Agencies ask for unedited, make-up-free snapshots — typically a close-up, a profile and a full-length shot — rather than a portfolio. Women Management and Supreme say experience and professional photos are not required. (https://www.womenmanagement.com/paris/become.web)
- Most reply only if interested. New Madison says no reply within two weeks means your application was not retained; Select says the same after 30 days. (https://www.newmadison.fr/france/become-a-model)
- Licensed agencies can show their licence: New Madison and Oui Management publish licence numbers in their legal notices, and VIVA states that it holds a licence issued by the Préfet de Paris. (https://www.newmadison.fr/france/mention-legales)
- Of the Paris agencies listed, only Marilyn publishes a minimum height for applicants; the others ask for your height on the form. (https://www.marilynagency.com/paris/become-a-model/)

## Rules on fees, contracts and safeguarding

- Any contract by which someone pays for a model’s services is presumed to be an employment contract, whatever the parties call it. Source: https://code.travail.gouv.fr/code-du-travail/l7123-3
- Anyone established in France who places models for a fee must hold a modelling-agency licence (licence d’agence de mannequins). Source: https://code.travail.gouv.fr/code-du-travail/l7123-11
- Working as a model is conditional on a medical certificate showing that your overall health, assessed in particular by BMI, is compatible with the work. Source: https://code.travail.gouv.fr/code-du-travail/l7123-2-1
- A child under 16 may not be engaged as a model without prior individual authorisation from the administrative authority. Source: https://code.travail.gouv.fr/code-du-travail/l7124-1
- That individual authorisation is not needed when the child is engaged by a licensed modelling agency holding an approval (agrément) to engage children. Source: https://code.travail.gouv.fr/code-du-travail/l7124-4

## Official model searches

- Elite Model Look France: https://www.elitemodellook.com/fr/fr/home/index.htm — Elite’s international model contest has a French page and online entry. Its 2026 rules say applicants must be at least 14, with a parent’s or guardian’s permission under 18.

## FAQ

### Do Paris modelling agencies charge to join?

The agencies listed here say they do not. New Madison says it never asks models for money to be represented, Elite says its scouts never request payment, and IMG says there is no fee to apply or to sign.

### Do I need a medical certificate to model in France?

Yes. Under article L7123-2-1 of the Code du travail, working as a model is conditional on a medical certificate showing your overall health, assessed in particular by BMI, is compatible with the work.

### Can under-16s model in France?

Only with prior individual authorisation from the administrative authority, unless they are engaged by a licensed agency holding an approval to engage children. Agencies set their own application ages: New Madison from 16, Select from 14 with written consent, VIVA from 13 through a parent.

### Is there a minimum height for Paris agencies?

Most publish none and simply ask for your height. Marilyn is the exception among those listed: it asks for at least 1.73m for women and 1.83m for men.

## Sources

- Code du travail numérique — L7123-3, L7123-11, L7123-2-1, L7124-1: https://code.travail.gouv.fr/code-du-travail/l7123-11
- Légifrance — Code du travail, mannequins: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section_lc/LEGITEXT000006072050/LEGISCTA000006189961/
- Elite Model Management Paris — get scouted: https://elitemodelmanagement.com/paris/get-scouted.web
- New Madison — devenir mannequin: https://www.newmadison.fr/france/become-a-model
- Marilyn Paris — become a model: https://www.marilynagency.com/paris/become-a-model/
- Elite Model Look — 2026 rules: https://www.elitemodellook.com/int/en/about/2026/index.htm