A model is known as a woman or man who is dedicated to displaying clothing , makeup or hairstyles in advertisements and fashion shows.
Originating from the Italian term modello , the concept of model has various uses and meanings, as can be seen in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) .
One of the meanings refers to what is taken as a reference to try to produce something equal . In this case, the model is an archetype . For example: "Tell the designer to follow Johnston's model to create the new packaging," "Taking Da Vinci's machine as a model, a company created an amazing airplane," "Do you have a model on which I can base the form?" ?» .
Moral quality and design pattern
The model can also be symbolic. It is said that certain people, due to the moral quality of their actions, are models or examples to imitate : "Mother Teresa of Calcula is my life model" , "The footballer assured that he does not intend to be a model for children" , " You could take Gandhi's life as a model and become more peaceful .
An artifact or device that is manufactured according to a design pattern can also be named as a model: "I bought a 2008 model car," "My wife surprised me with a late-model television as a birthday gift."
The idea of model can refer to a design pattern: "I have a 2020 model car,"
Model in art
In the field of art it is also very common to use the term model. In this specific case, this refers to any person who is dedicated to posing for an artist so that he or she can create a painting, a sculpture or a photograph, among other types of works.
Thus, it is common for Fine Arts Schools that exist in cities around the world to have models of this type, people who are professionally dedicated to posing for students of different disciplines with the clear objective that they can learn little by little to capture the reality that surrounds them on a canvas or on paper.
fashion figure
In the field of fashion , a model can be a type of clothing with certain particular characteristics or a person who is dedicated to exhibiting clothing in fashion shows and advertising campaigns: "The Spanish designer presented three models created with ecological materials," "Valeria Mazza "She is one of the most important models in history."
In this case we can establish that there are many types of models depending on the type of clothing in which they are specialized. Thus, for example, we can talk about underwear or lingerie models, sportswear or bikini models. And all this without forgetting that there are also so-called supermodels.
These in particular are characterized by the fact that they have great fame worldwide, that they basically work for haute couture and the catwalk, that they parade for the best couturiers of the moment, that they are followed by multitudes of people when they appear in the covers of the media and who have astronomical salaries for each job they do. In this sense, among the most famous supermodels are Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Gisele Bündchen and Cindy Crawford.
An economic model
Within the field of economics and politics , we speak of a model to refer to the process carried out by a government to control and organize productive activities.
«The neoliberal model has failed» y «The success of the model can be verified through all types of statistics» son expresiones que reflejan este uso de la noción.