This modeling agency is putting veterans on the runway

What do models and veterans have in common? A lot, actually.

A Prowess model.
(Image credit: Facebook/Prowess All Veteran Modeling Agency)

The military square jawline is as iconic as it is photogenic. Chiseled bootcamp abs are worthy of magazine spreads. And if soldiers can be taught to march, then they can certainly be taught to saunter down the runway.

At least, that's what Jas Boothe thinks. She is the founder of Prowess, the nation's first all-veteran talent and modeling agency. As the only agency of its kind, Prowess specializes in providing veterans the right tools and resources they need to find jobs as professional models. It trains them in modeling basics: how to walk, how to strike poses, how to make the right facial expressions. It also helps provide portfolio photos.

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Elisia Guerena

Elisia Guerena is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in Popular Science, OkayAfrica, and Paste Magazine, among other publications. She writes poetry and fiction for fun.