Michael Hooker and Hodi Poorsoltan, of Michael Hooker International Ltd, met clients and new talent at Ali McD Modelling Agency on Saturday.
Agencies in Paris, Milan, New York and London have taken an interest in Dunedin models and the two men help gauge interest, negotiate contracts, keep up with trends and developments and even chaperone some models when they travel.
Limited work in Dunedin meant the link to the international stage was invaluable.
They were looking for the face and the body but also a model's emotional and physical readiness for the pressures of professional modelling, they said.
Plenty of talent already existed in the city with schoolgirl Nicole Clulee, signed with Trump Model Management, just one success story"The talent in Dunedin is fantastic," Mr Poorsoltan said.
