I happened to catch a few scouts that were holding an open call in town and decided to check it out. After seeing the high prices for classes and conventions, I walked out the door. At one particular open interview with a scouting company called Proscout, my biased views were slightly changed. They told me I had great potential and wanted me to come down to Orlando. The price of the trip wasn't as high as the previous company's convention was, so I gave it a shot.
Many requirements go into preparing for a convention.
You must get a certain amount of pictures, including a full body and a head shot, and then there's the fright of runway walking, and preparing for different segments the convention might hold. I became acquainted with a local agency in order to get some professional pictures done. Photo shoots are an amazing experience. It's all about makeup and fooling people to perceive you as a goddess. The key to a successful shoot is the photographer.