Models, Sales Demonstrators and Related Sales Workers

How to become a fashion and related model

Official title: Fashion and related model

Also called: Advertising model, Artist's model, Fashion model, Mannequin, Model (clothing display), Advertising model, Artist’s model, Mannequin, Model (clothing display)

Fashion and related model wears and displays clothing and accessories and poses for photographs, film and video, advertising, still photography or for artistic creation to promote products. He/she strikes the right pose in front of a camera and ensures his/her appearance is in order.

Main tasks

Dressing in sample apparel of new or current styles or of type wanted by customer
Walking, turning and posing to demonstrate style and characteristics of garments, fashion accessories and other merchandises to best advantage
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

Ways in

Polytechnic or ITE: Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Fashion Management & Design (Temasek Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

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

Questions people ask

How do I become a fashion and related model?

Ways in include: Polytechnic diploma.

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

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

Sources

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