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

# How to become a model in Italy

Apply online to a Milan agency through its own website, with natural, make-up-free photos and your height. Elite, Women, Next and others take applications by form; Next has cancelled open calls. Elite, IMG and Next say they never ask applicants for payment. Children need labour-inspectorate authorisation, with parents’ written consent, to work in advertising or entertainment.

## Agencies and their official application routes

- **Elite Model Management Milan** (Milan) — online form: https://www.elitemodelmanagement.com/milan/get-scouted.web; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: The form asks for a parent’s or legal guardian’s details for minors.; safety: Says its scouts and agents never request payment or nude or lingerie photos, and warns that impostors use the Elite name.
- **IMG Models Milan** (Milan) — online form: https://getscouted.imgmodels.com/; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Applications from age 14; IMG contacts a legal guardian for authorisation for 14- to 17-year-olds.; safety: Says it never asks for nude or lingerie photos, never requires payment, charges no fee to apply or to sign and does not interview over Skype.
- **Women Management Milan** (Milan) — online form: https://www.womenmanagement.com/milan/become.web; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Parent or guardian details are required for minors.
- **d’management group** (Milan) — online form: https://dmanagementgroup.com/get-scouted/; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.
- **Why Not Model Management** (Milan) — online form: https://www.whynotmodels.com/getscouted; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: Minors must confirm they have a parent’s consent to submit their details and photos.; safety: Says its scouts always provide proof of identification, and warns against giving personal details, photos or payments to strangers claiming to work with Why Not.
- **Monster Management** (Milan) — online form: https://www.monster-mgmt.com/it/application; height: The form asks for your height. The page states no minimum.; age: By submitting you confirm you are 16 or older; younger applicants should get a parent’s or guardian’s approval first.
- **Next Management Milan** (Milan) — online form: https://nextmanagement.com/recruitment; open call: Next says open calls are cancelled until further notice.; height: Height is a required field on the form. The page states no minimum.; safety: Says it will never request nude or undergarment photos or any payment, and does not interview over Skype.
- **The Fashion Model Management** (Milan) — online form: https://www.fashionmodel.it/en/get-scouted; height: Women at least 1.74m on the English page (1.75m on the Italian page); men at least 1.84m.; age: The English page sets its women’s criteria for applicants not over 21.; safety: Says it will never request nude or lingerie photos or any payment to get scouted, and warns against anyone promising modelling work for a fee.
- **Independent Model Management** (Milan) — online form: https://www.independentmgmt.it/w/application/application; height: Says it works with specific height ranges, listing 174 and 181 for women and 185 and 190 for men; it may consider under-18s who are still growing.; age: Applications from minors must be made with a parent’s or legal guardian’s support.; safety: Says no employee will ever ask you to send nude photos.
- **Select Model Management Milano** (Milan) — online form: https://apply.selectmodel.com/; open call: Select lists no Milan open call; apply online.

## How agencies recruit

- Applications go through each agency’s own form. Elite’s covers Milan and its other European offices, and Next’s lets you choose Milan. (https://www.elitemodelmanagement.com/milan/get-scouted.web)
- No portfolio needed: Women Management says experience and professional photos are not required, and Monster says phone photos taken by a friend or family member are fine. (https://www.monster-mgmt.com/it/application)
- Some Milan agencies publish height minimums, The Fashion Model Management and Independent among them; Elite, Women, Next and Why Not publish none. (https://www.fashionmodel.it/en/get-scouted)
- Expect to hear only if selected: Next says it will be in touch if it feels you have the right look, and Monster keeps application data for no more than 30 working days. (https://nextmanagement.com/recruitment)
- Why Not says its scouts always show proof of identification, and Independent says its official emails come only from @independentmgmt.it addresses. (https://www.whynotmodels.com/getscouted)
- We could not verify an official Italian rule specific to modelling-agency fees; the rules below cover children’s work.

## Rules on fees, contracts and safeguarding

- Employing children — under 15, or still in compulsory schooling — is prohibited, but the labour inspectorate may authorise them to work in cultural, artistic, sporting, advertising or entertainment activities, with the parents’ prior written consent, if it does not harm their safety, development or schooling. Source: https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:1967-10-17;977~art4
- The employer applies to the local labour inspectorate (ITL) on form INL 10 with the parents’ consent; a complete application is treated as approved after 15 days. Source: https://www.ispettorato.gov.it/servizio/impiego-di-minori-nello-spettacolo-2/

## Official model searches

- Elite Model Look Italia: https://www.elitemodellook.com/it/it/home/index.htm — Elite’s international model contest has an Italian 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 Milan modelling agencies charge to apply?

The ones listed here say not. Elite, IMG and Next say they never ask for payment, and The Fashion Model Management warns against anyone promising modelling work for a fee.

### Can I walk in to a Milan agency?

None of the Milan agencies listed publishes open-call times. Next says open calls are cancelled until further notice and Select lists no Milan open call, so apply through the agency’s own form.

### Can under-18s apply?

Yes, with a parent or guardian. Elite and Women ask for a guardian’s details, Independent says minors must apply with a parent’s support, and IMG accepts applications from 14 with a guardian’s authorisation. Children’s work in advertising needs labour-inspectorate authorisation.

## Sources

- Normattiva — Legge 977/1967, art. 4: https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:1967-10-17;977~art4
- Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro — minori nello spettacolo: https://www.ispettorato.gov.it/servizio/impiego-di-minori-nello-spettacolo-2/
- Elite Milan — get scouted: https://www.elitemodelmanagement.com/milan/get-scouted.web
- Next Management — recruitment: https://nextmanagement.com/recruitment
- Elite Model Look — 2026 rules: https://www.elitemodellook.com/int/en/about/2026/index.htm