EYES
Your eyes should be focused straight ahead of you. Looking off into the distance. Just find something on the back wall and focus on it.
There will be bright lights aimed at you! Do not try and focus on a light unless you want to go blind and walk right over the ledge of the runway, because all you can see is the after image of the light bulb.
CHIN
Your chin should be down slightly while runway modeling. The reason for this is because every one will be sitting, looking up at you.
SHOULDERS
They shouldn't move much at all.
Your shoulders need to stay still as you walk. This can take a little getting used to but will not take long.
ARMS
With men and women it is a little bit different of a swing. The reason for the difference is how a man takes his steps. His step will cause his whole arm to swing more while a woman's steps will cause her arms to swing more from her elbows down.
HANDS
Now hands are surprisingly quite important while runway modeling.
Say you are walking down the runway with your arms at your side. Then someone for a fashion magazine take an awesome picture of you.
Now this is a good picture! Everything looks perfect, until they look at you hands! Why? Because you, like most people, had your fingers curled in and up slightly.
So what's wrong with that you ask? You have no fingers!!!! At least in the picture it will look like you have no fingers! Like they all got chopped off!
Always remember to have your hands open with your fingers nearly totally straightened. Not totally straight (you don't want to look like a robot), but out enough to be visible.
LEGS
Legs refers to walking. Men just need to walk natural. The only difference is that you take longer strides. So instead of having 1.5 feet in between your strides increase it to 2.5 to 3 feet.
The main point is to take long strides without making it look unnatural.
Women need to also take longer strides, but they need to walk with one foot in front of the other. This causes their hips to sway, which gives their arms the swing that was described in the arms section.
POSTURE
This is fairly basic runway modeling tip. Stand straight up, with your shoulders back. No hunching!
