Am I too young?

[bettiehearts]

I will turn 24 soon...am I too young for pin up modeling? should I wait until my 30's? I'm not sure I want to do this. I love how pin up photography looks and I'm sure it would be fun to do but I'm afraid I'm a bit too young to do it. I don't want to do anything racy, just something exotique...I've found one photographer who wanted to hire me so far but it did not work out...

[RL]

    Is this a serious question. The original pin ups were girl friend of soliders. 18-19 years old. next came the Female movie stars. My 1st pin up shoot was when I was 8 years old. My cousin started posing on the front porch. That was too young. They took the camera away.

  Go girl you in your prime

[RL]

P.S. My cousin was 9.

 

[Taylor Mor]

I'm 18, about to graduate high school and saving for my first pinup photo shoot. I'd say no, you're not too young.(: Part of pinup (or how I interpret it) is that balance between youthful beauty and sex appeal, embrace your youth c: Find a photographer you are comfortable with and who knows your limits and you should be good.

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

24 is certainly not too young! I'm not sure who told you that, but trust me, they were WRONG. You are at the perfect age to start. 

[Angelina Brown Eyes]

I'm 28 and barely starting out, I WISH I had started when I was way younger. So no, you are not too young at all.

[bettiehearts]

No it wasn't a joke thread, I actually wasn't sure, a lot of the models here seem sort of older than me

[Evelyn St. Clair]

I think the key point here is where you say 'I'm not sure I want to do this'. If you don't feel right in doing it, don't! Only do what you feel comfortable with, Pin-up is about fun and you're not going to have that doing things you don't want to. Explain to photographers what you are willing to do or maybe do a few shoots just for you to build a portfolio to show how good you are at the level you want to be at. Hope this made sense and helped :)

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

Being a pinup model isn't about age, it's about your looks and your attitude. If you have a look that fits the pinup archetype, an attitude that makes people want to see more of you, and a special something that sets you apart from everyone else, you can be a successful pin up model.

[NolaChick™ {Madam}]

The models you see that are older than you (Bernie Dexter, Dita, Dayna Deluxe) have been doing it a LONG time. Bernie started when she was in her early 20's.

[bettiehearts]

To be honest I don't think I have the looks or the attitude, I'm too "nice"...I just want to try it...I want to see what it's like...

[Taylor Mor]

I think the only "attitude" you need is confidence. Pinup doesn't have to be super sexual or a super specific look.

[Roxie Roulette {★}]

Pin ups can be any age! I recently saw a post on Tumblr of original pin up gals from the 40s and 50s recreating their famous poses today and still looking amazing!