Many successful models work part-time. It means they can carry on with the ‘day job’ and fit modelling into weekends, evenings and holidays. Kitten Von Mew, 25, is a receptionist in Warwick but also a successful vintage pin up model specialising in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She has turned her passion for everything to do with these decades into a second career.

‘A local photographer approached me at a local gig and asked me if I wanted to do a shoot. I thought he was joking. I said no, but we kept bumping to each other and eventually I said yes,’ she explained. Since then she has worked at events associated with the Second World War, has been Marilyn Monroe and recently worked at a promotional event at Blenheim Palace.

Her advice for would be models is that it is hard work. ‘I do a lot of research on the periods. I study photographs and search through magazines. I also only buy genuine vintage clothes, that is vital to get the look right. For example you need to have a genuine girdle underneath to make the dresses hang properly. I scour second hand shops and the Internet,’ she added.

Based in Stratford-on-Avon, she is well placed to travel for modelling assignments. ‘If the job is right and there is time to plan then I can do it, added Kitten, aged 25.