Fitness STAR Model Search - Judging Criteria

Each Fitness STAR Model Search division will include 2 rounds of competition. Fitness STAR Model Search events will not have a prejudge/evening show distinction. The events will run as one performance. There will be no routines.

To make your mark as an Athletic Fitness Model or Muscular Fitness Model, you need to possess the "entire package." Judges are looking for an overall athletic appearance and a fresh “marketable” look. Competitors should appear healthy and vibrant with noticeable muscle tone and symmetry. Muscular Fitness Models will be more muscled and have a fuller appearance in the muscle bellies than the less-heavily muscled look of an Athletic Fitness Model.

Both Athletic Fitness Models and Muscular Fitness Models should appear healthy and vibrant with noticeable muscle tone and symmetry; a more pronounced muscle development in the latter.

All models must also be versatile in order to be successful in this industry. That means that they must be able to show their bodies confidently in both swim wear and athletic wear.

Competitors are ranked against each other as would be in a bodybuilding show. This dramatically reduces the margin of error in judging when groups are large.


Sport Wear (1/2 of overall score)

The sport wear round is more relaxed than the swim wear round. Models will be walking a runway, and will not be performing quarter turns in this round. Models also should not be performing mandatory poses as would bodybuilders. Judges will be looking for marketability by utilizing the following criteria:

• confidence (poise, smile)
• execution of runway walk and demonstration of personality
• grooming: skin tone, hair, make-up, suit selection
• overall presentation/impression

Your choice of clothing should compliment your physique. Props and accessories are not permitted. Use your personality and confidence as a model to separate you from the rest.


Swim Wear (1/2 of overall score)

The swim wear round is more formal than the swim wear round. Models will be walking a runway and performing quarter turns in this round and the judges will be looking closely at each models physique.

• Models will be performing a series of quarter turns so that the judges can see the models from all angles. Models will be expected to stand with their feet together and flat on the floor. When asked to turn, they should be looking in the direction they have turned.
• Athletes musculature (size, definition as outlined in divisional expectations), proportions (no body part should be more developed than another) and symmetry (equal development between all muscle groups from top to bottom, left to right, and front to back) are assessed.
• Grooming and overall appearance is assessed for marketability.


Please Note:

Demerit points will be allocated to an Athletic Fitness Model who is excessively muscled or whose striations within a muscle belly are visible. Separation between major muscle groups, however, should be visible.

Demerit points will be allocated to a Muscular Fitness Model who shows any signs of drug use and/or is deemed unmarketable. It is important to remember that versatility in Fitness Modeling depends on the breadth of audience who can identify with you.

Although we are well aware that there is a niche market for heavily muscled individuals, it is relatively small in comparison to the general fitness arena in mass media, and therefore limiting to both the model and the agency.


Register to Compete in the Fitness STAR Model Search here: FitnessSTAR.ca