The International Modeling and Talent Association, or IMTA, is a professional association of the finest and most successful modeling and talent training centers in the world. Since 1987, IMTA has become the recognized leader in putting new faces in front of the people whose business it is to identify the next rising star or supermodel. An impressive, and constantly growing, list of people who were first seen at IMTA conventions are now seen in magazines, TV, movies and fashion shows
IMTA produces multiple week-long competitions, including one in New York, and Los Angeles, consisting of modeling, acting, singing and dancing. Hundreds of fashion and talent agents, personal managers, casting directors, network representatives and music producer’s judge IMTA competitions while searching for new models, actors, singers and dancers to work in the fashion and entertainment industries.
People interested in the modeling or talent industry can only come to IMTA with one of our IMTA member training centers. Our members hold searches to find models, actors, singers, dancers and songwriters who are ready to take the next step in their pursuit of a career as a model or performer. Anyone may attend a search, but not everyone will be invited to attend IMTA. Members may recommend classes or training so they can assess an aspiring model or talent’s commitment and potential. Many people audition more than once before an IMTA member invites them to attend an IMTA convention. Most members training centers can be located through links on the IMTA website, www.imta.com. Visitors to the site can also submit their own contact information and IMTA will forward that information to a member nearest to them.
The agents, personal managers and casting directors invited to attend IMTA are among the who’s who in the modeling and talent industries around the world. Representatives come from all of the major U.S. markets as well as from France, Italy, Japan, Australia, Canada, Germany, Slovakia, Finland, China and Brazil.
IMTA is a “closed” convention, meaning only a select list of companies receive an invitation. This ensures that not only are contestants being scouted in a professional, supportive environment, but they are being seen by “the best in the business” – respected agents, managers and casting directors who each have an established reputation in the modeling and talent industries for finding and promoting new faces.
IMTA is beneficial for more things than just giving you the opportunity to be scouted and get callbacks. There are some amazing and true stories about the impact IMTA has had on lives. Young models still in high school have suddenly found themselves working with a famous photographer on the other side of the world. Others have appeared to literally walk off the runway at IMTA straight to a major designer’s show in New York or Milan. Actors from small towns in Middle America have been called to audition for a movie with a famous director. Some have been cast in a TV show or national commercial on their very first audition.
Yes, signing with an agent or manager and getting a high profile modeling job or acting role is the dream and end goal of most people attending IMTA. But IMTA can also impact a young person in ways that are much more subtle and long-lasting, ways that have already been mentioned: increased confidence, greater self-esteem, and becoming a stronger person.
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