Wilhelmina International Inc (WHLM)

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Wilhelmina Models Open Call in New York City for Kids and Teens




23.03.2009 05:59:22 Have what it takes to be a star? Wilhelmina Kids & Teens (a division of Wilhelmina Models) is conducting their 2009 Acting and Modeling Talent Search for Girls and Boys ages 4-16 for representation.

(live-PR.com) - Wilhelmina is one of the largest and most successful model management companies in the world representing women, men, and children throughout its offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. Scouting and developing new talent, servicing a diverse clientele and successful marketing of the company keeps Wilhelmina Models on top of an ever-changing industry. Wilhelmina Models is a full-service broad
based company which represents talent ranging from superstar women and men, to full-figured women, sophisticated women and man and kids.

Wilhelmina Models was founded in 1967 by the model Wilhelmina Cooper and her husband Bruce Cooper in Manhattan. Wilhelmina Cooper was known professionally simply as "Wilhelmina," or "Willy" to friends. She moved with her family to Chicago, Illinois in 1954. She became one of the most famous models of the 1950s and 1960s. During her career as a model she was on the cover of 255 magazines

In 2008, Wilhelmina's president, Sean Patterson, was a judge on the TV Land reality show, She's Got the Look, where 20 women over 35 competed for a lucrative contract with Wilhelmina and a photospread in Self.

In February 2009, the company was acquired by New Century Equity Holdings Corp., a publicly traded company. New Century subsequently changed its name to Wilhelmina International, Inc. and now trades under the ticker symbol WHLM.

Details can be found on the following website:
http://opencastingcalls.blogspot.com/2009/03/wilhelmina-kids-and-teens-talent-search.html