Typically there wouldn't be a chance for short models without the Internet, or at least it wouldn't be so easy to call yourself a model. These days you can download a photo on a website like onemodelplace, imodel, modelmayhem or musecube and in moments become a model, but having a photo on a free Internet modeling website is only a baby step towards getting legit modeling work.

Here are 5 tips on getting ahead by using the Internet as a petite model.

1. Be careful which photographs you download and show. It might be intriguing to only put sexy or bikini shots up, but by doing this you limit your audience and resume. By audience and resume I mean, if you are using the Internet to market yourself you need to show your diversity not just one side to your modeling ability. If you have only bikini photos up and no headshots or smiling shots, you wont be considered for commercial print or lifestyle or editorial work.

2. Be honest and up front with your goals. Don't work with photographers who don't have any goals if you take modeling seriously. Make goals, say " I want to be a in a magazine in a year." Then focus on that goal and the type of magazines that might be easy access to getting inside of.

3. Finding a magazine. If you are 5 foot there is still a magazine out there for you. Consider these types of magazines because modeling is more than Playboy and Vogue. Craft Magazines, Knitting Magazine, Bridal Magazines, hair magazines, Home and Garden type of magazines, furniture magazines, travel magazines, trade publications like the lingerie magazines, beauty business magazines, luxury magazines,...see there is a lot more than just high end fashion.

4. Have a point when you shoot, rip out magazines samples, style the hair, the clothing, the makeup, think deeper about your shoots because your images will sell you. They speak without words about the type of model you are...and most importantly about where you are going.

Just because you are short, petite, or curvy doesn't mean you can't model. But be realistic. You might never be a supermodel, but you can enjoy making some nice extra cash as a model and gain some editorial, commercial, and magazine and editorial work along the way and maybe meet some great friends too.