I've always been told I look much younger than I am. I'm 18 and I often get told I look 12-15. When I audition, should I go for "cute," or should I try to look older? Any suggestions?

I've always been told I look much younger than I am. I'm 18 and I often get told I look 12-15. When I audition, should I go for "cute," or should I try to look older? Any suggestions?





I get a WHOLE lot of "cute". Just use it to your advantage.





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The "cute" look can definitely be an advantage, because there's a lot of guys who fantasize about the "barely legal" type of girl(such as the schoolgirl look). I've seen girls with the young look totally bank. However, don't dress yourself to look TOO young, because TOO young might be a slight disadvantge.
For example, if you look TOO young, management might wrongly suspect that you are underage and trying to pass off a fake ID. That might have happened to me once. Before I started dancing, I inquired about auditioning at this one club(amongst a few others) and they made me sit and talk with the manager about it first. He was unsure if I should audition and thought it was "weirdly strange" and "kinda off" that I would want to get into dancing when I hadn't danced before and lived a whole 40mins away(in reality, those are NOT strange reasons for wanting to get into dancing! and a lot of dancers actually prefer to dance somewhere outside their hometown!). He seemed just puzzled and confused about the whole thing. I relayed this story to a few people a few years later, and one or two of my friends suggested that perhaps the reason they were so hesitant because they could have thought I was underage and trying to pretend that I was legal. They might not have believed me when I said that I was 22. And that explanation makes sense. And at the time, I had no boobs and looked very, very young(I still do, but my make-up, hair, and boob job has helped me to look a LITTLE older). So be careful...especially since you are 18, the minimum age for hiring.
The schoolgirl look would probably work well for you. It would probably suit your innocent look well(but I can't say that with certainty, since I haven't seen what you look like). But experiment and try on a few different outfits and looks before you audition. And it might take some time actually trying out different looks at work, before you find which look suits you best or makes you the most money. For me, I look good both as an innocent schoolgirl OR as a rocker chick with a corset-ish lingerie outfit and darker eye make-up. I can make money both ways, but I generally do better with a more seductive look/outfit. And there are other girls who make more money dressed in "cute" outfits than "sexy" ones. So it varies. Hope that helps...I'm trying to be thorough, but I can't say too much since I don't know you.
One last thing about the "cute" look...this is just an idea. If you go the cute schoolgirl look, maybe dress and act in a way of that of a naughty schoolgirl? For example, wear the skirt and knee highs, maybe even pigtails too(?), but at the same time, put on a seductive side when talking to customers. Maybe play into the cliched fantasy that guys have of encountering an innocent-looking schoolgirl who deep down is a fun-loving nymphomaniac.(?) In other words...when talking to customers, act cute and airy but reveal a sexy side too. Because if you wear the innocent look AND you act really timid and demure, the customers might not think that you'd be too exciting in the couch room; they might view you as a "nice girl" and not want to get dances. (There was a thread related to this a few months ago on this site) So totally play up the good Catholic girl with a naughty streak. Guys will love it!





Cute is good. I get told I'm cute and it used to bug the hell out of me, I wanted to be sexy, but I've embraced the cute. Being cute makes alot of girls money, so use it to your advantage.





Put on a plaid miniskirt skirt, a little short sweater-ish top and some knee socks, and you will fucken BANK! Add some slightly messy pigtails and some of those ruffle bottom panties on top of your thong for maximum effect. Oh, and a sucker. Walk around licking a sucker. You will make ridiculous money.





Young = $$$ totally... but will looking as young as 12 be bad or good for $$ I wonder?
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Oh yeah, I've had a few problems with people thinking my ID was fake before.
I'm fairly petite... I guess the tall shoes will help with the height, but I'm still barely over 100 pounds and have the chest to match. I really hate being told I'm cute in normal life... but I guess I could deal if somebody's going to pay me.
After the holidays are over, I'd like to go to some of the local clubs and check them out, but I'm hesitant. My boyfriend wants to go with me because he's not sure if he's comfortable with it (some of the places around here have a rep of being really dodgy) but we also don't have several hundred dollars to blow. I don't want to be a cheapskate, though. I've heard that a lot of girls don't like dancing for female customers, and I don't want to perpetuate the whole "females are crappy customers" thing... even though I can't afford to buy more than a few dances.






Ok, I'm going to throw this out there because I deal with it on a regular basis. When I do magazine layouts and stuff like that they make me look as young as possible on purpose. Then they digitally make me look younger. The end result does occasionally attract pedophiles, and it's creepy. You will know very quickly if you looking like a kid is what is attracting them to you. I'm short (5ft2in) and I'm about 100lbs., and wearing taller shoes does not help. I just wear a little bit more makeup at work, and if they are weirdo guys, I don't giggle or act stupid, or anything like that. Sometimes that helps get rid of them.
Try to look young, but not 6th grader young. There is a difference, a big difference. You'll figure out what works for you, and the look you are comfortable with.
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Yes, and looking young will also work to your advantage when you get older. I'm 33 and usually people think I am 24-25.
The schoolgirl thing with a lollipop would work great for you.
And if someone calls you "cute", take it as a compliment! It's not a bad thing! I know you'd rather hear "hot" "sexy" and so forth but at least they are not calling something mean. Besides, I think "hot" or "sexy" is more of a personality thing, so you behave sexy then they will see you that way too.
Nothing against you Dollboots but I despise working with young girls who try and bank on the underage look....yuck! Whenever I have worked with girls that appear 12-15 it never fails that the sickos come out of the woodwork! It disturbs the hell out of me. Not that I have the ridiculous notion that the men that frequent strip clubs are upstanding citizens with loads of morals...but there is a difference between an easy distraction or actively looking to cheat on your partner and ones who have a thing for girls that appear as young as thier daughter. That element of society and men I prefer to not be exposed to. So as a result I will only work at clubs where it is 21 and over! Be careful! I have seen waayyy to many young girls get taken advantage of and compromise themselves all for a little more money.![]()
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I agree. It seems like most of the good, polite customers are freaked out by the underaged look. So much it is that the 18-20 year old girls I work with LIE about their ages and say that they are 23+. It's not about the alcohol either because these clubs won't serve them and there are no fake drinks.
I work in clubs that have VIP rooms. Customers want to believe that you can talk to them about something other than Britney and K-Fed for a length of time. Playing up the teenager in you won't help your cause.
In a dances only club, maybe the look would work. It's icky. But it could work.

Ugh, yeah, I certainly don't want to attract people like that. I can't believe they would enhance images to make you look younger, that's really disgusting.
I'd rather not post a picture of myself since this is a public forum, and I'm not 100% certain I'll be auditioning... I'm a bit paranoid about one of my friends stumbling across it since I haven't really told anyone yet. I'm sure that I want to dance one day, but right now I'm trying to decide if I want to wait until after I graduate.
If I gave up on the schoolgirl idea for fear of bringing out perverts, I still don't know how I'd go about looking older- or even my own age. Whenever I've tried, I always come across as "a little kid playing dress-up in her mother's things" (what one of my friends told me). I went to a few different makeup counters in department stores, but most of them gave me the whole "why would you ever want to look OLDER?! In 20 years you'll be so happy you look young!" spiel- and then covered me in glitter eyeshadow and bright colors. I've tried to emulate what girls my own age wear as far as makeup goes, but I think the raccoon eye look that's so popular makes me look like a middle schooler.





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I look really young too, or so I am told on almost a daily basis...especially at work. I dont do the whole "trying to play up the young thing"...I occasionally wear a schoolgirl themed outfit but I dont find that it really does anymore for me than a normal "sexy" outfit. Everytime I watch a girl on stage I alaways think to myself "Gee I wish I could look like a real woman someday"... I dont feel like I look grown up or have a adult womans body. I feel like my face and body got stuck in 9th grade while my brain just grew on up without the rest of me. I seriously get carded for R-rated movies at Wal-mart, at 3 am in all my work (hookerish) makeup...I wear dark makeup at work because it seems to attract the older (non-pedo) guys who have the money to spend unlike playing up that Britney look which for me attracts younger guys who want to "hang out and party"...I try to look more sultry/sexpot and less sorority cheerleader...it works for me





A girl at my club looks like she's about 10-12yrs old and she makes good money. Usually it's the men who like "children" who go for her..and they spend big bux. So if you got those types of male customers in the club you'll do great. Oh, and you should think about changing your name to Lolita![]()
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so go with cute! guys really are into the school girl/cheer leader look. kinda reminds them of the girls they couldn't get in high school, lol. pig tails & glasses is how i got my hubby![]()
I usually play older.... I'm tiny, but curvey, so I can pull off a more mature look.... I think I get a better quality custy when they think I'm 22, rather then 19.
But, when I started, I did lots of schoolgirl stuff, and made money. since I got the boobs I haven't tried it. But, if you do it, don't go for 12, go for 17.
i get the you're so young/cute thing all the time. Play it up, but not too much. Smile a LOT and giggle, a little ditzy, cuz most older guys think that 18 year old girls are naive and carefree, so play like you are. Don't try to look 12, but don't try to look 25, just do the "18" thing.
It can hurt your money a little though, but most often it won't. I have had several guys tell me I remind them too much of their daughter or they are old enough to be my dad, etc.... so I excuse myself and move on. But just for the record, what 50 year old man comes into a strip club expecting to see women their own age????
With all the stupid things guys will say, stay cool.![]()
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I'd go for cute
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