Out of Saint-Petersburg in Russia comes LMA, an agency with a penchant for scouting unusual and memorable faces. Still finding their feet in the international market, LMA work with the best of the best in Russia, their models shooting with the likes of Mario Testino in Moscow for British Vogue. We will be looking to this agency in the future as they firm their international agency contacts and begin to export their phenomenal new faces.
Model-turned-manager Tjarda Jansen is young and ambitious. Her small but impressive roster of models has international agencies and clients tracking her down. Having just launched Rose and Ylonka, with exquisite faces Nyok, Isabeau, Harry and Fardau to follow in the near future, Tjarda Model Management is one to watch.
Finnish agency Brand Model Management believe in building a model from the ground up. Only signing self-scouted talent, Toni Korpineva from Brand is one of Finland’s new breed working to take Helsinki fashion - a scene that is rich with street style and youth culture but sorely lacking media representation - to a higher level.
Kelly Streit’s Mode Models has a reputation - locally, nationally and internationally - of discovering and launching top models, both male and female. From Kim Renneberg and Tricia Helfer in the 90s to Heather Marks, Meghan Collison, Chad White and Taylor Fuchs in recent years, Mode are famous for finding the quirky, the classic, and the cool.
Founded by Mika Kjellberg in 1986, MIKAs is one of Scandinavia’s leading agencies. Representing top models such as Mini Anden, Adina Fohlin, Elsa Sylvan, Mona Johansson, Elsa Hosk, Isabel Brismar Lind and Sara Blomqvist, and a new faces board filled with amazing fresh talent, as well as leading hair/makeup artists and celebrities, MIKAs is renowned for their sharp eye, strong aesthetic and dedicated management…
Former Paris agent Franck Conte heads one of Japan’s newest agencies, STAGE Tokyo Model Agency. Fast becoming known for their different approach to the Japanese market, STAGE is the go-to agency for classic beauty with a twist.
In the first of our Agency Profile features, TheOnes2Watch interviews agency director Micha Krijger about her vision and girls she has taken under her wing.
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