Yes. Each state has its own requirements so you can check out this URL to a site called the Association of Talent Agents:
http://www.agentassociation.com/frontdoor/agency_licensing.cfm
Yes, a model is considered a "performing artist" and the laws governing talent agencies in Florida revolve around protecting "performing artists".
Yes. You need to have the proper business licenses according to the state you live in so that you can own and operate a modeling and talent agency.
You do need a general business license in order to open a modeling agency, regardless of what type of models you tend to represent. The nature of your business as a modeling agency will come into play when you fill out the appropriate forms. Below is a link to a form for an application for an employment agency license in New York:http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/pdfs/ls355.pdf
Docherty Model & Talent Agency and The Talent Group.
Yes, modeling especially.
* AMA Talent Agency * Bowman Agency * Greer Lange Talent Agency * MMA Model Management Agency * Click Models * The Talent Group
If you are talking about First Models & Talent in Houston, TX, then yes, it is a modeling agency, There is also a modeling agency with the same name out of South America.
One Source Talent is not a modeling agency--they are a company that maintains an online database of models and actors and basically acts as a networking resource to help talent find agents, castings and book work.
They are a talent agency that represents both models and actors. They book their talent for work relating to television commercials, print work, films, promotional modeling, etc.
One can find a male model in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Reinhard Model and Talent Agency. Reinhard Model and Talent Agency is Philadelphia's premiere modeling and talent agency.
There are currently a handful of modeling agencies in Washington, including: Heffner Management Seattle Models Guild TCM Models & Talent The Pink Light Model & Talent Agency THE Artist Agency
A casting agency is one that works as the middleman between clients and modeling agencies. Casting agencies also host a database of available talent (modeling, acting, singing, voiceover, etc) and notifies them of upcoming castings. Oftentimes clients in need of talent will contact casting agencies in order to find agency represented talent or freelance talent instead of searching for talent from agency to agency.It is important to note that casting agencies are not modeling or talent agencies, offer no contracts and do not take/charge commission.