‘Shout’ magazine scouts for Maltese model

The UK award-winning magazine for teenage girls, Shout, is searching for a Maltese girl to star in a fashion shoot for one of its up-coming issues. This is the second time that Shout magazine is running this campaign in Malta. Martina Callus, 12, of Gzira, was last year’s winner.

Shout is a fortnightly magazine which sells an average of 84,000 copies in the UK and export markets, per issue. Every issue also includes a fashionable, high-quality gift.

Any girl between the age of 11 and 15 can aspire to become Shout’s fashion model. No experience in modelling is required. Interested candidates just need to fill in an application form which is currently inserted in the magazine, on sale at all leading newsagents. Application forms, complete with the required pictures of the applicant, have to reach the organisers by not later than Thursday, 30 October.

One hundred applicants will be shortlisted for an audition to be held at the Phoenicia Hotel on Monday 3 November at 2pm. On that same day, the girls will be photographed to be selected down to 40 finalists. On Tuesday, 4 November at 7pm, the 40 finalists will be interviewed by a panel of judges, all from the fashion industry, and led by stylist Carina Camilleri. The winner will be announced on the same evening.

Between the 4th and 5th December 2008, the lucky model girl, together with a parent or guardian, will travel to London to participate in a day’s long professional photo shoot wearing different fashionable outfits. The pictures will feature in the fashion section of an upcoming issue of the magazine. All expenses are covered by Miller Distributors Limited, local distributors of Shout magazine.

“It is a great opportunity for us to be in a position to offer this fantastic experience to the readers of Shout magazine,” said Emma Miller, Marketing manager for Shout in Malta. “Last year’s winner was featured with prominence in Shout, and the whole event launched the girl who got noticed by the world of fashion, modelling and photography also in Malta, enabling her to build up an interesting portfolio.”

source: independent.com.mt