Charisma +2: A Better Kind of Booth Babe
What's better than a booth babe? A booth babe who actually plays games, says Yvonna Lynn, who founded a modeling agency called Charisma +2 [http://www.charismaplus2.com/home.php] that specializes in providing floor models who are also gamers.
While working at an exhibit at CNBC [http://www.nintendo.com]. "I decided then that it would be really fun to run an agency that offered models who are also gamers."
Last year she was finally able to pull it off, launching Charisma +2, an agency that caters exclusively to the videogame industry. Models from the agency appeared at Playboy [http://www.e3expo.com/]; although Lynn declined the offer, five others decided to take part.
Lynn says that while eye candy is nice, models who are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the product they're representing are far more interesting to the average gamer. "The gamers love the idea of a booth babe who actually knows how to play games," she said. Charisma +2 currently represents over 100 models, mostly students, who earn $20-$25 per hour at shows, although "specialty models" who wear particularly revealing clothing, give game demos or have other "particular skills with a game" can earn more. And all are required to be genuine gamers.
"I ask them to tell me what their favorite games are," Lynn said. "They don't have to be good. They just have to know it and have a passion for it.. The girls who aren't into [gaming] typically aren't interested in being with Charisma+2."
While modeling at trade shows for a few extra bucks is nice in itself, Lynn said the greater purpose is to help people get an inside track on the industry. Charisma +2 offers other services including voice and motion capture acting; she provided voice work for Quake Live [http://www.idsoftware.com] and a former model now works in the studio's QA department. "The main idea is to help these guys and girls get their foot into the door in an industry they normally would not have access to," she said. "That's especially true with the ladies, because this is such a hard industry for women to break into."
Now that's hot.
via: VE3D [http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/48576/The-Booth-Babes-That-Play-Games]
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What's better than a booth babe? A booth babe who actually plays games, says Yvonna Lynn, who founded a modeling agency called Charisma +2 [http://www.charismaplus2.com/home.php] that specializes in providing floor models who are also gamers.
While working at an exhibit at CNBC [http://www.nintendo.com]. "I decided then that it would be really fun to run an agency that offered models who are also gamers."
Last year she was finally able to pull it off, launching Charisma +2, an agency that caters exclusively to the videogame industry. Models from the agency appeared at Playboy [http://www.e3expo.com/]; although Lynn declined the offer, five others decided to take part.
Lynn says that while eye candy is nice, models who are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the product they're representing are far more interesting to the average gamer. "The gamers love the idea of a booth babe who actually knows how to play games," she said. Charisma +2 currently represents over 100 models, mostly students, who earn $20-$25 per hour at shows, although "specialty models" who wear particularly revealing clothing, give game demos or have other "particular skills with a game" can earn more. And all are required to be genuine gamers.
"I ask them to tell me what their favorite games are," Lynn said. "They don't have to be good. They just have to know it and have a passion for it.. The girls who aren't into [gaming] typically aren't interested in being with Charisma+2."
While modeling at trade shows for a few extra bucks is nice in itself, Lynn said the greater purpose is to help people get an inside track on the industry. Charisma +2 offers other services including voice and motion capture acting; she provided voice work for Quake Live [http://www.idsoftware.com] and a former model now works in the studio's QA department. "The main idea is to help these guys and girls get their foot into the door in an industry they normally would not have access to," she said. "That's especially true with the ladies, because this is such a hard industry for women to break into."
Now that's hot.
via: VE3D [http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/48576/The-Booth-Babes-That-Play-Games]
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