How to become a fashion and other model

Official title: Fashion and other models

Also called: Advertising model, Artist’s model, Fashion model

Fashion and other models wear and display clothing and accessories and pose for photographs, film and video, advertising, still photography or for artistic creation.

Main tasks

• Dressing in sample apparel of new or current styles or of type wanted by customer
• Walking, turning and posing to demonstrate, to best advantage, style and characteristics of garments, fashion accessories and other merchandise
• Posing as subject for sculpture, painting and other types of visual art
• Posing for still photography for magazines and other advertising media
• Posing for television, video and cinema commercials and other productions

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$16,500 a month
• About 732,700 people in 2025, and about 740,500 projected by 2028. (+1.1%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Do you need a degree to become a fashion and other model?

Usually not. Only 6% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a fashion and other model?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (Annual Earnings and Hours Survey): Monthly and hourly wage percentiles by occupational group (5 groups) (Tables 220-23014, 220-23024, 220-23003) (2025 (May to June 2025), released 2026-03-23), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026