Yes. I was a foot model, 5'2" 95lbs.
You may have all the qualifications of a 'model', but you've got 10,000 to one chance, they may even cut your hair into a Pixie style.
I’ve posted tips & suggestions on model here:
http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmmfllU4nu_MLxelQi5ijpqJSAx.;_ylv=3?qid=20130930213036AAlxqlR
The best way to deal with modeling agencies is by contacting your area that is local and have a good record through the Better Business Bureau, not online. I went to a poise & charm school, back in the 70's, and wasted my money because they didn't promise they'll give me a job, but I learned something from it.
FYI:
March 8, 2014: "Their only “crime” was to dream of an education and a future, which to Islamic extremists is a nightmare.
Boko Haram’s most dastardly act to date — the kidnapping and threat to sell about 275 Nigerian schoolgirls into sex slavery — is a brazen affront to humanity designed to supplant hope with despair. The act is so audacious and has such wide-reaching repercussions that the world must avenge it now."
Sex sells, and modeling @ 13=17, it HAPPENS in the modeling world, too!
Google Kathy Ireland Human Trafficking. 200,000 children sold for sex in the USA every year. It’s a $32 Billion dollar business.
Google: Rape for Profit produced by Jada Pinkett Smith.
Google: Sex Trafficking in the US.
Google: Blake Lively Draws Attention to Teen Sex Slavery Feb. 2014
My 17 years old niece was one of them!