Crawford, a high school valedictorian, attended Northwestern University but never graduated. Oblander realizes that modeling is a risky and short-lived business. She also has personal reasons for wanting her college degree. I'm a smart person and I should take advantage of that. Graduating from college would be a great accomplishment.
Most modeling agencies encourage model hopefuls to finish college.
I suggest they get a degree. That's just what Justin Salkowitz, of Boca Raton, Fla. did. After being approached by a photographer and doing some print work about six months ago, he decided to finish his freshman year at Palm Beach Community College and move to New York City to pursue a modeling career with Boss Models Worldwide. He said he might go back to school in the fall but modeling for fashion moguls like Guess is too tempting. One ultimately gets compromised for the other, he said.