If You’re A Weed Smoking Model Doing This Disturbing Trend, Stop It Immediately.
Smoking weed is a growing and disturbing trend that I’ve been seeing recently and I wanted to address it because it has the potential to be very damaging to a model’s future career opportunities.
While it may be legal to purchase and enjoy the effects of weed in some states this isn’t a writing about the legality of smoking weed.
No, instead it’s about the blatant flaunting of its use.
I am constantly seeing on Instagram and Facebook people bragging about their regular use of Cannabis.
They’re posting images of weed, bragging about weed.
If people consumed alcohol as much as some smoke weed, well we’d call them alcoholics and think they needed rehab, and the perception of Marijuana and its use unfortunately isn’t much better.
What most clients see, much the same as when we see “models” who have more photos of them in the club partying it up and drinking than they do tear sheets from magazines or campaigns they’ve been published in is that their priorities are screwed up.
Much like with alcoholics people who smoke Marijuana tend to have the reputation or at the very least the perception of being unreliable, no self control, undisciplined and of course; unmanageable.
These are not good qualities or a good perception to put out to potential bookers or clients.
Something to recognize, is that you should model yourself after what you see the actual big ticket models doing.
You don’t often see them posting images of them smoking cigarettes let alone smoking Marijuana, or snorting cocaine or anything like that.
Why?
Because they know that it will ultimately harm their career opportunities.
I’m not saying they’re not or don’t do it; but be aware that putting it out there in the public space certainly is not wise and shows very bad judgement on your part; and believe me when I say that no photographers, bookers, are agencies want to work with THAT model!
So simply put.
Knock it off!
