Apr
19
If a Russian fashion model got American citizenship, would it significantly help her career prospects?
Anna is 21 and she is now working in China. If she married a man from America (or England), would it help with her future career prospects, or does it not matter at all, since her current experience in the modeling field is only in China and not in North America?
If she is already being successful in the Asian market, I would stick to that especially since she is already 21 yrs old. I know several models who went from the US to China/Singapore/Japan in order to get more successful and they are getting wonderful experience!
The Asian market is has been wonderful for a lot of the girls I know.
Anna should NOT get married just for the sake of furthering her career in modeling. Modeling can be here today, but gone tomorrow. My suggestion is for her to take English lessons, go to college, and get a degree. Modeling may be fleeting, but education is forever. And that way, in case the modeling doesn’t work out, she will always be able to take care of herself, wherever she goes.
Good luck!
American citizenship won’t have any bearing on her getting work or not. There are hundreds of Eastern European models working in the US who don’t have citizenship – their agencies just sponsor their work visas. In addition, she would need to be married for at least 3 years before she would be a citizen anyway, and by then her career would probably be over.
if she’s already a successful model in China, she should stay there. At 21 it’s doubtful any US agency will want to sign her as most agencies do not sign models over age 21 or 22. She would probably have a better chance going to Milan or Paris than the US if she’s not already an internationally known name like Coco Rocha or Lily Cole by age 21.