Fashion Model Thread Posting Etiquette

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MODEL BIOS

First Post of Every Model Thread should follow some version of this format:

 

Models Full Name

Models Nicknames or Alternate Spellings

Country Origin if known

Birthdate/Birthyear if known

Height

Measurements (Bust, Waist, Hip)

Dress Size if applicable

Shoe Size  if applicable

Hair Color

Eye Color

Agencies

Former Agencies

Clients (Ads, Catalogs, Commercials, etc) if the Mainboard model not necessary for newfaces

Runway Shows if applicable.

Movies if applicable

Any other information like ethnic background, special talents, etc

Links to Socials if known but not necessary but appreciated.

 

* Bolded Terms are the bare minimum requirement for a thread. If you do not have them, don't make a thread or ask for help:

 

If you don't know a model's full name, ask for help here.

If you don't know a model's agency, ask for help here.

 

 

 

 

 

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How to Post Editorials:

(any variation of these is fine)

 

Vita for Madame Figaro. (if date and location is unknown)

  

 

Vogue India- February 2011

"Vogue Beauty"

Ph: Suresh Natarajan

Stylist: Pryanka Kapadia

 

 Brides US - January 2010. (if creative team is unknown)

 

Basic Format:

Magazine Name - Edition - Date

"Editorial"

Photographer

Stylist

Hair

Makeup

Nail

Other

 

 

 

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On 4/28/2025 at 6:39 AM, Zinner said:

People who want to create a thread can follow the format I prefer. It fulfills your requirements too.

 

The 1st post is links to her social media and agencies. And then her real name, full name, nick name,

name in her own alphabet etc. in bigger fonts. Then her measurements (font size 28). And then 4 or 5

photos that fits on a row. I try to keep it simple and brief with most important info in the first post.

 

In the 2nd post I quote a source with more information from wikipedia, famous birthdays, imdb etc.

It can also be an interview with the model. In the 2nd post there is detailed information about her life.

 

In the 3rd post I list a bunch of secondary websites where people can find some more images of her.

 

In the 4th post I collect the images from bellazon where her images are posted before like in ID section.

 

In the 5th post, I usually post the images I collected from her agency.

 

In the 6th and onwards, I post images collected from commercial clothing, swimsuit or lingerie websites.

 

Order can slightly change after 3rd post. But I follow a similar format in most threads I start.

 

I also add tags to her profile like nationality, curvy, her other profession etc. Below is an example.

 

 

 It's not my requirements and perhaps if you took the time to actually look at the older threads you would see it's the standard. Perhaps if you actually worked with others on the forum, you would know what BZ etiquette is and Fashionspot etiquette is. I am just pointing out the way we always did things on here and it's for good reasons which is why I posted this. When you post links, they will go dead. If you hyperlink something that gets deleted, it's lost forever.  If a model is named Jane Smith, how do you differentiate her from other Jane Smiths if there are no stats and/or past agencies. The answer is you can't. The goal of this community is to create threads that other people want to contribute to and no one wants to contribute to a thread that is a mess. Mobile users do not want to scroll for three days because someone insists on posting every image from a catalog shoot. No one wants to scroll through ten thousand instagram posts when we can go to Instagram and see the pictures there.  If it were up to me, I would want Fashionspot rules, not the BZ rules. At the end of the day, the method created by the old moderation staff works the best. Their method leads to less information being lost and being considerate to others. The reason for this post is to remind people how we did things and how we should continue with this method because it's more considerate than your methods. 

 

For those of you not aware, the original moderation staff made us have complete bios like the ones I posted above. Models had to have full names or they were deleted so I created the one name thread to help one another find full names.. If things weren't sourced, we got called out. If we posted duplicates, they were deleted unless they were better quality. If images came from Elite Models, they were deleted completely (which might not be an issue anymore??). If we created a thread for a model and she wanted it deleted, it would get deleted and there wasn't tantrums about it. We respected it and the other posters. There was rules and structure because it prevented dead threads and empty threads. 

 

The point of this thread is our old standards worked because:

1.  Labeling prevents duplicates.

2. Citing prevents take down requests because people want to given credit to their work.

3. Grouping like pictures is considerate to mobile users who have to scroll three days just to get to the bottom of a thread.

4 Agencies must be included because: 1.  More images can be found from them. 2. List of potential clients 3. List of photographers used in test shots. 4. Editorials list model's first name and agency.

5. Catalogs and Magazines often list models Stats which can be used for identifications

6. Stats can help distinguish models with the same name

 

This isn't a discussion or a debate thread. There is a section called suggestions for that. This is not my suggestion.  I am simply posting what has always been. Until the moderation update this, then we must except the old ways of this place as is and you know type a few words out. Copy and Paste the stats. It's not that hard.  You can also add links to agencies which is create for archival purposes but remember not every model has an instragram and if its private you shouldn't be adding it. Respecting models privacy is paramount to preserving threads. Once you make models feel uncomfortable, their threads are deleted and we lose editorials and ads forever because people can not be respectful.

 

EDIT:

Tip: Agencies are the best source of information about models. If you need help finding a models agencies please ask  here: 

The more experienced members are willing to help you and teach you what we know. Agencies can tell you a lot