NOW OPEN
TO ASPIRING MODELS OF ALL SIZES, GENDERS & AGES 16+
THE AMAX + NFW 2022 MODEL SEARCH APPLICATION
The AMAX + NFW 2022 Model Search is now open to all aspiring models to apply for a coveted opportunity through June 3. For the first time since the launch of this partnership in 2012, AMAX Talent will choose ten winners from all sizes and genders who are age 16 +.
The AMAX + NFW Model Search is a launchpad for many successful modeling careers. Nashville Fashion Week has always prioritized diversity on the runway. Model Search 2020 was the first year that the opportunity was inclusive of all ages and sizes. A proactive decision to set the bar even higher for Nashville Fashion Week's ten year anniversary was set by encouraging participating designers to fit a broad range of sizes which resulted in the most diverse model roster that NFW has ever hosted on the runway.
Model Search finalists selected by AMAX Talent will have an opportunity to meet with their model scouts at a live casting in June. All ten of the selected winners will receive a modeling contract and development resources with AMAX Talent.
Applications will be accepted at NashvilleFashionWeek.com through June 3. No experience is required. Only models NOT represented by other agencies are eligible to participate. Please direct all Model Search inquiries regarding applications, logistics and more to modelsearch2022@amaxtalent.com.
Some highlights from the AMAX + NFW Model Search have included:
2020 Model Search winner Asia Harper was recently featured in a the Nashville Scene's spring fashion editorial spread. She made her runway debut at Nashville Fashion Week's 2021 digital fashion show presented on the Council of Fashion Designer's of America (CFDA) Runway360 global platform.
2019 Model Search winner Chaney Trosper made her runway debut at Nashville Fashion Week and has since walked for esteemed designers Carolina Herrera and Zang Toi at the Symphony Fashion Show.
2018 Model Search winner Aubrey Hill has walked in Nashville Fashion Week and was featured on the cover of Native Magazine, shot by Brett Warren. She is based in NYC and signed to Wilhelmina NY and has representation in Paris and Milan. She is featured in the Gucci Love Parade S|S22 Campaign and recently walked the Dior, Valentino and Sacai shows.
2017 Model Search winner Ella Miller is in development and has worked with photographers Brett Warren, Mark DeLong, Jess Williams and Mario Pena.
Just two weeks after being named the 2016 Model Search winner, Molly Rothe was selected to walk for designer Carolina Herrera. She has since received multiple contract offers from top global agencies and has worked with renowned photographer Emma Summerton.
2015 Model Search winner, Briggs Rudder, spent a summer modeling in Japan, and is signed with Supreme in New York where she has worked for Maybelline and walked the runway for Valentino. She has shot campaigns for Glossier and Converse along with editorial shoots for Seventeen, Vogue Arabia, Contributor and Nicotine.
2014 winner Sydney Chiyoko is signed with State Management in New York and did a modeling residency in Europe in 2021. She has starred in campaigns for Ulta and Bad Habit Beauty and recently walked the Christian Siriano S|S22 runway show.
2013 winner, Olivia Brunner, has been featured in Justine Magazine and did commercial work for TJ Maxx.
Caleigh Darraugh, the 2012 Model Search winner, has actively worked in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Asia. Her clients have included Marc Jacobs, Kate Spade, Gilt Group, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire France and L’Officiel and she has also appeared on the cover of WWD and L’Officiel Morocco.
AMAX Talent is a full service agency representing fashion, commercial and lifestyle models as well as actors, hair and make-up artists, and wardrobe stylists. Cherylann Stephens, former director of Next and Wilhelmina in Los Angeles, opened AMAX's parent company, Maximum Artist Creative Services, in 2005 to fill the need for an artists agency in the Nashville market. In 2009, MACS acquired AMAX, a well known Nashville modeling agency founded in 1989. Through a strong emphasis on both local and direct booking, as well as scouting and developing local models for international placement, AMAX has quickly risen to become one of the premier agencies in the Southeast. AMAX models have been featured in campaigns for Calvin Klein, Celine, Jill Stuart, American Eagle, Ralph Lauren, Levi's, Tommy Hilfiger as well as walked the runways of Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Versace and Louis Vuitton. For more information on the agency, please visit AMAXTalent.com.
