Open Model Management is proud to announce our official listing on Models.com, the world’s leading platform for fashion professionals and one of the most trusted resources in the global modeling industry. This milestone marks an important recognition of Open’s unique positioning as a boutique management agency rooted in personal management, transparency, and long-term career building. 

IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE BOTH PRETTY MUCH HAD THIS INDUSTRY IN OUR DNA SINCE DAY ONE. BORN INTO THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES SIDE OF MODELING, CASTING AND THE FILM WORLD. WE BOTH GREW UP SURROUNDED BY MODELS, CAMERA’S AND CREATIVITY. BETWEEN US WE’RE SPENT 20+ YEARS HELPING LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF MODELS FROM THEIR VERY FIRST DIGITALS TO WORKING WITH MAJOR CLIENTS AND AGENCIES IN PARIS, MILAN, NEW YORK, TOKYO + LONDON. WE HAVE SCOUTED BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BRINGING INCREDIBLE TALENT TO CAPE TOWN AND LOVED WORKING HANDS-ON TO PREPARE THEM FOR SUCCESS IN MAJOR MARKETS. BUT MORE THAN JUST FINDING “THE NEXT FACE” OUR PASSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE PERSON - NURTURING POTENTIAL, BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND SHAPING CAREERS WITH HONESTY, KINDNESS AND OPEN COMMUNICATION. OPEN WAS BORN FROM THAT PASSION. WE WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE INDIVIDUALITY IS CELEBRATED, POTENTIAL IS NURTURED, AND CAREERS ARE BUILT TO LAST. A PLACE WHERE MODELS AND THEIR FAMILIES FEEL SUPPORTED, HEARD AND VALUED. AND WHEN WE’RE NOT WORKING?

FOR SIAN “I'll be somewhere near (or preferably in) the ocean.” AND MATT “ill be out on my mountain bike, chasing new trails across cape town.”

BECAUSE WHETHER ITS IN LIFE OR WORK, WE BELIEVE IN OPEN’ESS - IN LISTENING, CONNECTING AND CREATING SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN TRULY SHINE.

SIAN

LONG BEFORE OPEN...

YOUNGER ME WAS COMPLETELY IMMERSED IN THE WORLD OF MODELLING - IT WAS ALL I KNEW. GROWING UP IN A MODELLING AGENCY, MY CHILDHOOD WAS SPENT SITTING IN ON MODELLING CLASSES, TAGGING ALONG TO PHOTOSHOOTS AND PAGING ENDLESSLY THROUGH THICK MODEL BOOKS + STACKS OF Z-CARDS. BACK THEN IT ALL FELT LIKE MAGIC! LITTLE DID I KNOW, I WAS QUIETLY ABSORBING THE INDUSTRY FROM THE INSIDE OUT. BUT BESIDES THE INDUSTRY I ALSO SPENT 12+ YEARS IN THE WORLD OF COMPETITIVE DANCE, DEVELOPING AN EYE FOR MOVEMENT, EXPRESSION, AND THE KIND OF STAGE PRESENCE THAT MAKES SOMEONE UNFORGETTABLE. DANCE WAS MY LIFE AS A YOUNGSTER AND BEING ON-STAGE MADE ME FEEL ALIVE. BUT OUTSIDE OF THE STUDIO, I WAS A TOTAL TOMBOY AT HEART. MY BROTHER WAS (AND STILL IS) MY BEST FRIEND, WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER GROWING UP - FROM SPORTS TO ADVENTURES TO ANYTHING THAT GOT OUR ADRENALINE GOING. I HAVE NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO WEAR “MANY HATS”. ONE MINUTE I’D BE IN BALLET SHOES AND TIGHTS, THE NEXT I’D BE KICKING AROUND A SOCCER BALL OR PADDLING OUT WITH A SURFBOARD, READY TO GET SANDY, MUDDY AND SUNBURNT. I WAS HAPPIEST ANYWHERE NEAR THE WATER, MY PARENTS WOULD ALWAYS CALL ME A “WATER BABY” BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER GET OUT OF THE OCEAN. I HAVE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WAS “THE NORM” - BECAUSE BLENDING IN NEVER GETS YOU ANYWHERE. BE YOURSELF, BE BOLD, BE DIFFERENT. DO IT ALL. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO. OWN IT!

MATT

LONG BEFORE OPEN ...

AS A KID IF I WASN’T TEARING AROUND ON MY KAWASAKI KX80, YOU’D FIND ME AT THE BEACH SURFING, SKIM BOARDING, OR BODY SURFING WITH MATES UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN. THOSE REALLY WERE THE BEST TIMES.

AT SCHOOL, I PLAYED RUGBY (PROBABLY THE TALLEST SCRUM HALF IN HISTORY) AND WAS A STRONG SWIMMER, ANYTHING SPORTY AND OUTDOORS I WAS IN. I GREW UP ON FILM SETS, MY DAD’S A FOCUS PULLER & MOM WORKED IN CASTING. SETS BECAME MY SECOND HOME. I’D CRASH IN THE CAMERA VAN, RAID THE CRAFT TABLES AND ANNOY THE CREW ON THE WALKIE TALKIE.

I GOT SCOUTED AS A TEENAGER AND WALKED INTO MY FIRST AGENCY WIDE-EYED, BOOKERS GLUED TO THEIR MACS, WALLS COVERED IN Z-CARDS OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE I’D EVER SEEN. I WALKED OUT THINKING: ONE DAY, THAT’LL BE ME - NOT ON THE WALL, BUT BEHIND THE DESK, BOOKING. I STARTED BOOKING AT 18, AND IT’S TAKEN ME ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOUTING, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MOST INCREDIBLE CREATIVES, CLIENTS, AND AGENTS. AT 19, I MET THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AT THE BOOKING TABLE. NOW SHE’S MY FIANCÉE, MY BUSINESS PARTNER, AND SOON-TO-BE WIFE.

OPEN IS OUR SHARED DREAM, OUR LEGACY IN THE MAKING. WE MANAGE OUR MODELS WITH HEART, FIGHT FOR THEM FIERCELY, AND WILL NEVER STOP BUILDING CAREERS WE’RE PROUD OF. TO EVERY CLIENT, CASTING DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND AGENT WHO HAS TRUSTED US OVER THE YEARS - THANK YOU. THE BEST IS STILL TO COME.