Well, there you go.
I'm desperate for models and I'd pay, but I was in LA last Friday and now I'm back in Scotland ...

Very little stock photography has high fashion in it. Unless you are a absolute natural in front of the camera, you will need training either by the photographer or a experienced model.

Many years I shot fashion and beauty. Every model in the beginning of their carreers either paid or did tfp work. And many of the well known faces did test shots that were close to or were fine art. No pay was ever considered. Now everyone expects pay with little or no experience and usually they are no longer repped by a agency.

I looked at your portfolio on MM, whittle down the photographs,  just choose a one or two from every shoot. Better to have a few great  photographs than a bunch of so so photographs. What you are really missing now is a good headshot

i wonder are most young people speak like this way? or just internet slang?

Just want to thank everyone for their comments.. Lots of interesting advise about becoming more experienced..and thoughtful..
thanks..
Got a great and I mean great Idea for a series of commercials taking place in Japan that would pump up the tourist industry.....
Anyone know anyone in the Japanese consulate or Dept of tourism

Piper

I want a model to hire me without having seen any professional work produced by me and pay me enough to buy a new car in exchange for shooting some portfolio shots for her.   

I have used a lot of models over the years from ModelMayhem and have found some wonderful people to collaborate with.

I have never, nor will I EVER pay a model the first time we work together, simply because you never know how it will go.  It takes  more than a pretty face and a DSLR to produce commercially viable shots.  I have however always compensated them for travel and also treated them to lunch when it's been a long shoot (after all it is simply deductible expenses for a photographer)

My advice to you is two part:

1) Find a talented photographer in your area that has a portfolio of commercially viable images of models with their clothes ON, ask if they will help you with a TFP session in exchange for you shooting one or two of their concepts  for them (trade for trade is only fair)

2) Use only commercially viable images on your portfolio (not all us photographers are looking for skin and ass shots) - Once your portfolio is all nice clean well edited shots (you only need 10-12) email every PROFESSIONAL (put in capitals as professional photographers get paid to do a job and make their living from it) photographer in your area with a polite introduction, a few proof shots and a link to your MM portfolio and see what happens.

LA is full of talented photographers and pervs alike, YOU need to put in the work to sort the wheat from the chaff.

Develop a professional attitude, treat your industry contacts professionally and sooner or later they will start to treat you as a professional.

I wish you the best of luck with your future but seriously don't be expecting to get paid enough to buy a car from a shoot or two. 

Being a minor will work against you for a while, it's always easier to work with adults.

What kind of model do you want to be? Keep in mind that a lot of agencies really hate or even prohibit their models from doing stock shoots. YOU are a BRAND. Do you want to loose control of your brand? That's what you risk doing when you pose for stock photography and it's why most of my models are not models. Just people I find and then coach.