By Helen Carroll
Last updated at 9:53 AM on 25th November 2011
What woman could resist fantasising about the value of her dishpan hands when it was revealed this week that a model has insured hers for ?5million?
But hands are not the only body parts in demand for advertising work. Here, six women who model their finest features share their stories with Helen Carroll.
The eyes have it: Stacey's height did not get in the way of her eye modelling
1) Stacey Hannat, 20, lives in Doncaster with her parents and brother, William, 15. She has taken a year out of her degree course in Sports Science to concentrate on eye modelling
Body part: Eyes
Earnings: Up to ?1,500 a day for up to four days a month for clients including Nail Roc and WeightWatchers
Stacey says: 'People have commented on my unusual eyes since I was little.
'They seem to change colour with the seasons. They’re officially hazel, but in spring and summer they look green, while in winter they’re brown.
'My eyelashes are very long, too, and I remember a teacher telling me I didn’t need mascara because I had such lovely eyes.
'Then, just over a year ago I met Gemma Howorth at a party and she remarked on my eyes and said she could easily get me work as an eye model.
'I jumped at the chance — I’d always fancied modelling — but thought I was too short at 5ft 3in. Luckily, eye models can be any height.
'My biggest job this year was shooting a TV advert for WeightWatchers which earned me ?1,500 for a day’s work.
'I can earn up to ?6,000 a month. I make sure I get a good eight hours sleep every night so that my eyes always look bright and shiny.'
Top tip: I rub Vaseline on my lashes to make them look thicker and rub cocoa butter underneath my eyes to tighten the skin.
Limber: Natalie's torso was immortalised in the Bond film Casino Royale
2) Natalie Charles, 35, is divorced and lives in a four-bedroom house in Bromley, South London, with her son Oliver, seven. She has been a modelling for 11 years.
Body Part: Torso
Earnings: Up to ?1,000 a day working up to eight times a month for clients including M&S and Next
Natalie says: 'My most high-profile role to date was for the Bond film, Casino Royale.
My headless body was covered in gold paint and photographed and displayed on posters.
'My body has also featured in an ad campaign for LK Bennett, as well as jewellery and handbag advertising posters for High Street stores.
'These pay around ?600 a day. My torso regularly turns up in glossy magazines in various designer campaigns.
'I am occasionally asked to show my face while modelling, but my body is my greatest asset.
'I never set out to be a model. I’m a classically trained pianist and singer/songwriter who was ‘spotted’ by a photographer who took some promotional shots of me and said I would be perfect for it.
'I’m lucky enough to be 5ft 10in tall, a size 8 and have a naturally muscular torso. I walk and ride my horse, but that’s all.
'Friends are sickened by how easy I find it to maintain my figure. One friend of a friend saw a picture of me in a bikini and said: ‘I would NEVER go on holiday with someone with a body like THAT!’
'I’m not careful about what I eat — I love chocolate — I just have a fast metabolism.
'While there are lots of pretty girls, long, toned bodies seem harder to find — which is great news for me.'
Top tip: I avoid aerobic exercise like gym workouts because they make my shoulders look big and my body too muscular.
Hand me down: Gemma's hands appear in 250 television adverts for a range of products
3) Gemma Howarth, 27, lives with husband Marcus in West London. She’s modelled for ten years and owns her own agency, bodylondon.com
Body part: Hands
Earnings: Up to ?3,000 a day working 16 days a month for clients including Yves Saint Laurent and Tesco
Gemma says: 'I was forever being told off at my school for filing and painting my nails. But I never dreamed my manicured hands would one day earn me a fortune.
'I’ve got long, slender fingers and deep nail beds and my hands were first noticed at 17 when a friend’s mum, a photographer, suggested I try hand modelling.
'I joined an agency’s books and have worked solidly ever since.
After seeing how much demand there was for different body parts, I set up my own agency.
'My hands appear in 250 TV ads for a wide range of products, including Fairy Liquid and Nokia. Few people go to the lengths I do to keep their fingers looking tip-top.
'I never wash up or do any housework, I moisturise my hands after every wash and always wear gloves if sunbathing.
'I don’t expect my hands to start wrinkling before my 40s and see no reason why I can’t keep working well into old age.
'My fingers are my fortune, which is why I’ve insured them with Lloyds of London for ?5?million.'
Top tip: 'I rub almond oil into my hands countless times a day. It’s the best moisturiser there is, and great for cuticles.'
Li service: Jemma's top tip is to use nipple cream on her lips to keep them in the best condition
4) Jemma Jade Saare, 24, lives in Staffordshire with her boyfriend, Neil Wharton, 25, an executive sales manager. She is studying literature at Birmingham City University and has been modelling for a year
Body part: Lips
Earnings: Up to ?2,000 a day for up to six days a month for clients including Tatler and M&S
Jemma Jade says: 'Last week I — or should I say my lips — spent a day filming a TV advert for WeightWatchers and earned ?3,000 for two days — that’s not bad for a student.
'All I had to do was be filmed with bits of pineapple and vitamin tablets perched between my lips.
'I’ve been modelling since I was nine, but then I met Gemma Howorth last year, and she suggested I try lip modelling.
'I’ve since done make-up and necklace shots focused solely on my lips, chin, neck and chest. I’m told it’s important that the models have very full lips.
'I’m half-Chinese, and half- Estonian, so if the clients want an ethnic look I’m also a good bet.
'People have always commented on my lips, telling me how luscious they are, but I hadn’t realised before there was a market for individual body parts.
'I avoid greasy food as I can’t turn up at a shoot with a spotty chin and am careful to keep my lips well moisturised. I also make sure I wax and bleach my top lip, as hairs can be magnified on camera.
'I never drink coffee and very rarely have red wine because I worry about staining my teeth, which I brush several times a day with a whitening toothpaste.
'My boyfriend tells me I have lovely lips — but thankfully he’s pretty keen on the rest of me, too.'
Top tip: 'I use Lansinoh nipple cream, designed to prevent cracked nipples in breastfeeding mothers, on my lips. It’s so much more effective at moisturising than any balms I’ve ever tried.'
Best foot forward: Izzy walks 'everywhere' and is cautious not to bruise easily
5) Kayko Andrieux, 33, is single and lives in Fulham, West London. She has modelled for 12 years.
Body part: Feet
Earnings: Up to ?1,000 a day working up to 16 days a month for clients including Mercedes Benz and London Overground.
Kayko says: 'I was doing a fashion photoshoot in New York when the pedicurist remarked on my lovely feet and asked if I’d thought about foot modelling.
'At 5ft 7in tall I was too petite for lots of fashion work and, after pulling in about ?1,500 for my first foot modelling job in New York, I soon realised my tootsies were my greatest asset, especially as there aren’t too many black foot models around.
'I moved to London five years ago, to be with a boyfriend and my size five feet continue to help pay the bills.
'Fortunately for me, most catwalk models have ugly feet — with bunions and corns from years of squeezing them into ill-fitting shoes, not good when Prada or Louboutin are unveiling that season’s new range.
'I rub Vaseline into my feet before putting on socks at bedtime and have hot wax pedicures three times a week.
'I’ve steered clear of nightclubs since the time a couple of years back when someone stood on my big toe so hard my nail turned black and fell off, leaving me out of work for ten weeks and thousands of pounds down.
'I insured my feet for ?300,000 in the U.S. but I have yet to do it here.
'When people stand too close I feel like saying: ‘Have you any idea that you’re messing with my livelihood?’'
Top tip: 'I wear high heels only when I’m modelling or on special occasions - Victoria Beckham’s bunion is proof of how bad they are for you.'
Hot foot it: Kayko's clients include Bionda Castana Christian Louboutin
6) Izzy Schimek, 27, a Spanish literature graduate from West London, has been modelling for four years.
Body part: Legs
Earnings: Up to ?1,500 a day, working up to ten times a month for clients including Christian Louboutin
Izzy says: 'I’m blessed with being long-limbed and having tiny, size three feet — the perfect combination for a leg model.
'Small feet make legs look longer and shoe designers tend to create sample pairs in sizes three and four, which is too small for most catwalk models.
'I’m 5ft 8in tall and my legs are proportionately longer than my body. I’m often asked how I manage to stay upright!
'My mother has the same proportions, and was a leg model for Bally and Bata shoes in the Sixties and Seventies.
'After finishing my studies at University College London four years ago, I decided to exploit what nature had bestowed on me and contacted some agencies. Leg modelling is comfortingly anonymous.
'The best part of my job is that I get to wear lovely shoes. I’ve modelled for Kurt Geiger, Christian Louboutin and Office. The money is great, too — I can earn ?1,500 a day for an ad campaign.
'When advertisers are promoting shoes, hosiery or handbags, they don’t want their audience getting distracted by a model’s face.
'I walk everywhere and go to the gym three times a week to keep my legs in shape. I also shave them regularly and always wear tights for an extra layer of protection.
'I don’t do contact sports and try not to bash into things — bruises are not good for a leg model.
'I’ll now have to think about getting my legs insured!'
Top tip: Rub cocoa butter into your legs twice a day to keep skin moisturised and supple.
Last updated at 9:53 AM on 25th November 2011
What woman could resist fantasising about the value of her dishpan hands when it was revealed this week that a model has insured hers for ?5million?
The eyes have it: Stacey's height did not get in the way of her eye modelling
1) Stacey Hannat, 20, lives in Doncaster with her parents and brother, William, 15. She has taken a year out of her degree course in Sports Science to concentrate on eye modelling
Body part: Eyes
Earnings: Up to ?1,500 a day for up to four days a month for clients including Nail Roc and WeightWatchers
Stacey says: 'People have commented on my unusual eyes since I was little.
'My eyelashes are very long, too, and I remember a teacher telling me I didn’t need mascara because I had such lovely eyes.
'Then, just over a year ago I met Gemma Howorth at a party and she remarked on my eyes and said she could easily get me work as an eye model.
'I jumped at the chance — I’d always fancied modelling — but thought I was too short at 5ft 3in. Luckily, eye models can be any height.
'My biggest job this year was shooting a TV advert for WeightWatchers which earned me ?1,500 for a day’s work.
'I can earn up to ?6,000 a month. I make sure I get a good eight hours sleep every night so that my eyes always look bright and shiny.'
Top tip: I rub Vaseline on my lashes to make them look thicker and rub cocoa butter underneath my eyes to tighten the skin.
Limber: Natalie's torso was immortalised in the Bond film Casino Royale
Body Part: Torso
Earnings: Up to ?1,000 a day working up to eight times a month for clients including M&S and Next
Natalie says: 'My most high-profile role to date was for the Bond film, Casino Royale.
My headless body was covered in gold paint and photographed and displayed on posters.
'My body has also featured in an ad campaign for LK Bennett, as well as jewellery and handbag advertising posters for High Street stores.
'These pay around ?600 a day. My torso regularly turns up in glossy magazines in various designer campaigns.
'I am occasionally asked to show my face while modelling, but my body is my greatest asset.
'I never set out to be a model. I’m a classically trained pianist and singer/songwriter who was ‘spotted’ by a photographer who took some promotional shots of me and said I would be perfect for it.
'I’m lucky enough to be 5ft 10in tall, a size 8 and have a naturally muscular torso. I walk and ride my horse, but that’s all.
'Friends are sickened by how easy I find it to maintain my figure. One friend of a friend saw a picture of me in a bikini and said: ‘I would NEVER go on holiday with someone with a body like THAT!’
'I’m not careful about what I eat — I love chocolate — I just have a fast metabolism.
'While there are lots of pretty girls, long, toned bodies seem harder to find — which is great news for me.'
Top tip: I avoid aerobic exercise like gym workouts because they make my shoulders look big and my body too muscular.
Hand me down: Gemma's hands appear in 250 television adverts for a range of products
3) Gemma Howarth, 27, lives with husband Marcus in West London. She’s modelled for ten years and owns her own agency, bodylondon.com
Body part: Hands
Earnings: Up to ?3,000 a day working 16 days a month for clients including Yves Saint Laurent and Tesco
Gemma says: 'I was forever being told off at my school for filing and painting my nails. But I never dreamed my manicured hands would one day earn me a fortune.
'I’ve got long, slender fingers and deep nail beds and my hands were first noticed at 17 when a friend’s mum, a photographer, suggested I try hand modelling.
'I joined an agency’s books and have worked solidly ever since.
After seeing how much demand there was for different body parts, I set up my own agency.
'My hands appear in 250 TV ads for a wide range of products, including Fairy Liquid and Nokia. Few people go to the lengths I do to keep their fingers looking tip-top.
'I never wash up or do any housework, I moisturise my hands after every wash and always wear gloves if sunbathing.
'I don’t expect my hands to start wrinkling before my 40s and see no reason why I can’t keep working well into old age.
'My fingers are my fortune, which is why I’ve insured them with Lloyds of London for ?5?million.'
Top tip: 'I rub almond oil into my hands countless times a day. It’s the best moisturiser there is, and great for cuticles.'
Li service: Jemma's top tip is to use nipple cream on her lips to keep them in the best condition
4) Jemma Jade Saare, 24, lives in Staffordshire with her boyfriend, Neil Wharton, 25, an executive sales manager. She is studying literature at Birmingham City University and has been modelling for a year
Body part: Lips
Earnings: Up to ?2,000 a day for up to six days a month for clients including Tatler and M&S
Jemma Jade says: 'Last week I — or should I say my lips — spent a day filming a TV advert for WeightWatchers and earned ?3,000 for two days — that’s not bad for a student.
'All I had to do was be filmed with bits of pineapple and vitamin tablets perched between my lips.
'I’ve been modelling since I was nine, but then I met Gemma Howorth last year, and she suggested I try lip modelling.
'I’ve since done make-up and necklace shots focused solely on my lips, chin, neck and chest. I’m told it’s important that the models have very full lips.
'I’m half-Chinese, and half- Estonian, so if the clients want an ethnic look I’m also a good bet.
'People have always commented on my lips, telling me how luscious they are, but I hadn’t realised before there was a market for individual body parts.
'I avoid greasy food as I can’t turn up at a shoot with a spotty chin and am careful to keep my lips well moisturised. I also make sure I wax and bleach my top lip, as hairs can be magnified on camera.
'I never drink coffee and very rarely have red wine because I worry about staining my teeth, which I brush several times a day with a whitening toothpaste.
'My boyfriend tells me I have lovely lips — but thankfully he’s pretty keen on the rest of me, too.'
Top tip: 'I use Lansinoh nipple cream, designed to prevent cracked nipples in breastfeeding mothers, on my lips. It’s so much more effective at moisturising than any balms I’ve ever tried.'
Best foot forward: Izzy walks 'everywhere' and is cautious not to bruise easily
5) Kayko Andrieux, 33, is single and lives in Fulham, West London. She has modelled for 12 years.
Body part: Feet
Earnings: Up to ?1,000 a day working up to 16 days a month for clients including Mercedes Benz and London Overground.
Kayko says: 'I was doing a fashion photoshoot in New York when the pedicurist remarked on my lovely feet and asked if I’d thought about foot modelling.
'At 5ft 7in tall I was too petite for lots of fashion work and, after pulling in about ?1,500 for my first foot modelling job in New York, I soon realised my tootsies were my greatest asset, especially as there aren’t too many black foot models around.
'I moved to London five years ago, to be with a boyfriend and my size five feet continue to help pay the bills.
'Fortunately for me, most catwalk models have ugly feet — with bunions and corns from years of squeezing them into ill-fitting shoes, not good when Prada or Louboutin are unveiling that season’s new range.
'I rub Vaseline into my feet before putting on socks at bedtime and have hot wax pedicures three times a week.
'I’ve steered clear of nightclubs since the time a couple of years back when someone stood on my big toe so hard my nail turned black and fell off, leaving me out of work for ten weeks and thousands of pounds down.
'I insured my feet for ?300,000 in the U.S. but I have yet to do it here.
'When people stand too close I feel like saying: ‘Have you any idea that you’re messing with my livelihood?’'
Top tip: 'I wear high heels only when I’m modelling or on special occasions - Victoria Beckham’s bunion is proof of how bad they are for you.'
Hot foot it: Kayko's clients include Bionda Castana Christian Louboutin
6) Izzy Schimek, 27, a Spanish literature graduate from West London, has been modelling for four years.
Body part: Legs
Earnings: Up to ?1,500 a day, working up to ten times a month for clients including Christian Louboutin
Izzy says: 'I’m blessed with being long-limbed and having tiny, size three feet — the perfect combination for a leg model.
'Small feet make legs look longer and shoe designers tend to create sample pairs in sizes three and four, which is too small for most catwalk models.
'I’m 5ft 8in tall and my legs are proportionately longer than my body. I’m often asked how I manage to stay upright!
'My mother has the same proportions, and was a leg model for Bally and Bata shoes in the Sixties and Seventies.
'After finishing my studies at University College London four years ago, I decided to exploit what nature had bestowed on me and contacted some agencies. Leg modelling is comfortingly anonymous.
'The best part of my job is that I get to wear lovely shoes. I’ve modelled for Kurt Geiger, Christian Louboutin and Office. The money is great, too — I can earn ?1,500 a day for an ad campaign.
'When advertisers are promoting shoes, hosiery or handbags, they don’t want their audience getting distracted by a model’s face.
'I walk everywhere and go to the gym three times a week to keep my legs in shape. I also shave them regularly and always wear tights for an extra layer of protection.
'I don’t do contact sports and try not to bash into things — bruises are not good for a leg model.
'I’ll now have to think about getting my legs insured!'
Top tip: Rub cocoa butter into your legs twice a day to keep skin moisturised and supple.
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