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Sun Model students pose for a photo during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Having started in August 2010 with only three models, the Sun Model Agency and School is starting to make an impact in the fashion industry in Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model students pose for a photo during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Having started in August 2010 with only three models, the Sun Model Agency and School is starting to make an impact in the fashion industry in Cambodia. Directed by a former model, Nimul Roat, the agency has trained more than 600 aspiring models since its opening, 250 of who have now become professional models. In 2013 alone, Sun Model models have participated in more than 100 shows, including in contests and shows in South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. After undergoing 2 hours of training per day, 5 days a week, aspiring models are typically ready to participate in modeling shows after a month and a half of training. Models for whom body shape and confidence are the only requirements start with Sun Model at the age of 15 and usually finish their careers at the age of 25 for women and 30 for men. In a country where the fashion industry is relatively new and where opportunities to pursue full-time professional modeling careers are still limited, most of the models have to take on second jobs in fields unrelated to modeling in order to make a living. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Sun Model Director Nimul Roat and two of his assistants meet in the school's office to discuss the school's ongoing activities on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model Director Nimul Roat and two of his assistants meet in the school's office to discuss the school's ongoing activities on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Assistants from the Sun Model Agency discuss their evening show in the Sofitel Hotel while professional models wait for rehearsals to begin on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Assistants from the Sun Model Agency discuss their evening show in the Sofitel Hotel while professional models wait for rehearsals to begin on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Modeling students from the Sun Model agency attend a theory class at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Modeling students from the Sun Model agency attend a theory class at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Students from the Sun Model agency are trained on the catwalk while fellow students look on during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Students from the Sun Model agency are trained on the catwalk while fellow students look on during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




A Sun Model student learns how to identify different facial shapes using  a mobile application as part of her training at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

A Sun Model student learns how to identify different facial shapes using a mobile application as part of her training at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Sun Model students look at photos taken during a training session by one of the school's assistants on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model students look at photos taken during a training session by one of the school's assistants on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Sun Model students wait for daily training to start at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model students wait for daily training to start at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Sun Model School assistant Miss Voleak supervises the walk of aspiring female models during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model School assistant Miss Voleak supervises the walk of aspiring female models during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




A Sun Model student poses for a photo during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

A Sun Model student poses for a photo during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Sun Model assistant Miss Voleak chooses clothes for the models to wear during training on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model assistant Miss Voleak chooses clothes for the models to wear during training on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




A male student from the Sun Model agency practices on the catwalk during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

A male student from the Sun Model agency practices on the catwalk during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Sun Model assistant Miss Voleak teaches students how to pose for photos by looking at themselves in a mirror during training at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model assistant Miss Voleak teaches students how to pose for photos by looking at themselves in a mirror during training at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




A professional model from Sun Model Agency finishes her make up backstage before modelling in a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

A professional model from Sun Model Agency finishes her make up backstage before modelling in a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




An aspiring male model poses in front of Sun Model school assistant Miss Voleak during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

An aspiring male model poses in front of Sun Model school assistant Miss Voleak during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




A male Sun Model student poses in front of a wall of photographs from the agency's previous shows during training at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

A male Sun Model student poses in front of a wall of photographs from the agency's previous shows during training at the fashion school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Professional models from Sun Model Agency present a new product being marketed in Cambodia during a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Professional models from Sun Model Agency present a new product being marketed in Cambodia during a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




A student from the Sun Model agency is trained on the catwalk by one the school's assistants during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

A student from the Sun Model agency is trained on the catwalk by one the school's assistants during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Male Sun Model students wait for a training session to start at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Male Sun Model students wait for a training session to start at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




A professional model from the Sun Model Agency poses for a photo in the Sofitel Hotel corridors  on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

A professional model from the Sun Model Agency poses for a photo in the Sofitel Hotel corridors on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)



Professional models from Sun Model Agency present a new product being marketed in Cambodia during a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Professional models from Sun Model Agency present a new product being marketed in Cambodia during a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Sun Model School assistant Miss Voleak supervises the pose of aspiring female models during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Sun Model School assistant Miss Voleak supervises the pose of aspiring female models during a training session at the school on March 31, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Professional models from the Sun Model Agency put the finishing touches to their look backstage before modelling in a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Professional models from the Sun Model Agency put the finishing touches to their look backstage before modelling in a show at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)




Professional models from the Sun Model Agency pose backstage for a photo ahead of the presentation of a new product being marketed in Cambodia at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Professional models from the Sun Model Agency pose backstage for a photo ahead of the presentation of a new product being marketed in Cambodia at the Sofitel Hotel on March 30, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
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