Claire Elizabeth wrote:
If you model nude, the "purists" will simply ask you to remove it. Otherwise I don't see it being a problem.

I plan on becoming a junior high history teacher, so nude modeling in my background=bad.

Alexandria M. wrote:
i would think about what type of model do you want to be and see if it might conflict with your peircing.

I was thinking of going into music videos, men's magazines, car magazines.  You know, eye candy/swimsuit/lingerie kind of stuff.  I also want to go into commercials and advertising too, so I don't think a navel piercing would affect anything.

Rick Edwards wrote:
...and a navel ring won't distract people from looking there, it will make them look at that area more.

Ding ding ding...if a models abs aren't perfect I tend to focus on their better features...unless they've got a big sparkly thing screaming "LOOK HERE! LOOK HERE!" hanging from their bellybutton

By the way...high school administrators tend to frown upon teachers who've been in men's magazines too...probably not the best route to go.

Kaitlin Lara wrote:

Ding ding ding...if a models abs aren't perfect I tend to focus on their better features...unless they've got a big sparkly thing screaming "LOOK HERE! LOOK HERE!" hanging from their bellybutton

By the way...high school administrators tend to frown upon teachers who've been in men's magazines too...probably not the best route to go.

They aren't "hot for teacher" lol.

Lidia M wrote:

I plan on becoming a junior high history teacher, so nude modeling in my background=bad.

and doesn't it show how tweaked america's views are that a fine art nude picture (which generally aren't trying to sell sex) in your background is bad but grinding up against a rapper or sprawling across a car in a bikini (which is definitely selling sex) is considered OK.
I mean I like looking at all of it, I just find the rationalization more perverse...lol
c'est la fotographie

Lidia M wrote:
I used to have my navel pierced, but I closed it in January after 4 months because it kept getting nasty and infected, and it hurt to have sex in certain positions or do heavy lifting.

However, I started modeling in March, and I'm starting to regret closing my piercing.  They do look pretty hot, and they distract the flaws from less-than-perfect abs, such as mine.  I'm very petite, but I don't have perfectly flat, rock-hard abs, and a belly ring would sure distract from it.

My boyfriend is trying to talk me out of getting my belly repierced.  He says it'll make it harder to get modeling jobs because he thinks people look for more of a natural look.

What are your opinions on girls with belly rings?  Would you ever refuse to hire a girl just because she has a navel piercing?

And to those models with belly rings, have you found that it was easier to get more modeling jobs?

If you wish to persue high fashion modelling I would suggest you didnt get repierced. However, that said there are plenty of opportunities out there for models with piercings. I have several including 2 in my lip and my nipple and I have never had a problem finding work out of the mainstream. A navel piercing really shouldnt cause any problems for you.

Maria Cedar wrote:
From a model's perspective, I've not found that having a piercing, whether it's belly button or other body part, has any effect on work.

Umm, how do you know?  For example, I might have chosen not to approach you, knowing that your navel is pierced.  How would you know that I didn't call on you?

That Look Photo wrote:
Why did the last one get infected ? I would not get another one until you know that it will not get infected. But I have to tell you..they are very sexy and I love them !! Toe rings look bad ass also !!

Mike

Lol...I have no idea why, but that really really cracked me up...toe rings? Where in the world did that even come from? Lol...and since when is a ring around your toe badass? I think I should lay off the caffeine...that statement shouldn't be this funny to me...

Kaitlin Lara wrote:

Ding ding ding...if a models abs aren't perfect I tend to focus on their better features...unless they've got a big sparkly thing screaming "LOOK HERE! LOOK HERE!" hanging from their bellybutton

By the way...high school administrators tend to frown upon teachers who've been in men's magazines too...probably not the best route to go.

The way I see it.... no one will notice the little extra stomach flab if you forget to suck it in.  They'll just look and think "ooooh look at the pretty belly ring" and seem to ignore the tummy.  At least that's what I do.  But then, I have ADHD, so I'm easily distracted by default.

Sita Mae Edwards wrote:
Totally separate from the modeling issue, if your body couldn't recover from the first piercing, the second could be even worse.  I used to have a navel ring, and my body rejected it (just grew it out).  I was going to have it redone, and was told at the shop that no ethical piercer would redo it, because once your body says "no," that's it.

I'm not a piercer, just relaying what I heard.  Might look into that - it doesn't sound like it was much fun the first time around.  Is having your life so restricted really worth it?

I had the piercing done twice before already.  This would/might be the third time.

Gypsy Doll wrote:

If you wish to persue high fashion modelling I would suggest you didnt get repierced. However, that said there are plenty of opportunities out there for models with piercings. I have several including 2 in my lip and my nipple and I have never had a problem finding work out of the mainstream. A navel piercing really shouldnt cause any problems for you.

I'm 4'11"... isn't that too short for high fashion?

...Stacy wrote:
Wait?  do you want to get a peircing to help your modeling carreer?  Or because you like them?  or because you think it will make you look thinner? 

If your getting it cause you like it it's fine, once they heal they come out easy.  The other reasons are kinda weird...

Heh... all three

That Look Photo wrote:
Why did the last one get infected ? I would not get another one until you know that it will not get infected. But I have to tell you..they are very sexy and I love them !! Toe rings look bad ass also !!

Mike

It got infected because I was too lazy to disinfect it three times a day.  Come on, I was seventeen.  It was the senioritis!!!

Olaf S wrote:
You want to be a teacher or a model?

Do what YOU want.

I want to model UNTIL I become a teacher.  It's just a pay-for-college kind of thing.  Doing sixteen units with a part-time or full-time regular job really takes a toll on your grades.  So modeling during the weekends or summer would still help me get a source of income and at the same time not compromise my grades.