Do fitness models have to be a certain height?

No, there is no specific height limit. It isn’t a roller coaster with a minimum height to ride or work.

There seems to be a standard, because fitness models are usually tall.

There’s an old adage that the prince should be tall, dark and handsome. If an advertiser has two equally well built models, they’ll choose the taller one.

Unless the short one is a pretty woman. Honestly, there seems to be more height bias because I’ve seen tall but average guys win over short but handsome ones.

People don’t associate a healthy lifestyle with a guy was wide as he is tall. A fitness model that impressively fills the bottom half of a doorway just won’t get positive attention.

When they are choosing female fitness models, the tallest ones tend to be up front.

They literally put forward those who are considered the most attractive, unless they want the star to be the one who went from fat to flab.

That’s more akin to a weight loss ad than fitness ad.

The two are not as separate as you think. Body builders “cut” or lose fat to show off their muscles, and you typically have to lose fat before you can build a lot of muscle.

Fitness models tend to be tall and thin. Short and thin rarely get jobs.

If someone is trying to sell health supplements, a fitness model who isn’t seen over the aisles isn’t a good investment.

You see fitness models of various sizes on workout shows and in the gym.

There are a lot of gym rats who say they are fitness models to sound cool but are as desperate as actors for work. Being the workout person behind a fitness show guru is a low paying gig.

But they need a gig.

Most fitness models are at GNC hawking supplements to pay for their own vitamins and protein bars or handing out samples of diet foods at Sam’s Club, not gracing fitness magazines and getting paid more than a FedEx package sorter.