Want to be a television star? Send one half-body and one full-figure photo to TVB CCS Department, TV City, Clearwater Bay Road, Kowloon. It pays casual artists (with lines) $250 for one to two hours' work, and freelance extras (without lines) $180 for nine hours. Call 2335-2288, extension 7251. Tsun Pak Film Studio (803, Prosper Commercial Building, 9 Yin Chong Street, Mongkok) offers suitable candidates freelance work on films, TV dramas and advertisements. Western 'actors' needed; no casting fee. Call Joe or Man on 2770-4747.

Elite Hong Kong Model (Room 901, Workington Tower, 78 Bonham Strand East, Sheung Wan) holds regular model-training courses covering catwalk skills, and hair and makeup techniques. Applicants, preferably taller than 1.7 metres, are required to pass a screen test before joining the course; successful graduates may be hired by the agency as contract models. $10,000 for eight to 10 three-hour classes; three to six students a class. Send about three pictures to Ginny Chu at Elite, or call 2850-5550.