historyTodayThirty four years after opening its doors in Paris, Elite today manages over 800 models from 5 continents.Its approach to the business is based on a sales force capable of finding new models such as Vanessa Hessler, Michaela H, Linda Vojtova, Leah Dewavrin and elevating them to top models Claudia Schiffer, Yasmine Lebon, Gisèle Bundchen, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and countless others. The Group’s clients are comprised of leading fashion houses and famous customers including Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Versace, and L’Oréal. A driving force in the modelling profession and synonymous with modelling prestige, Elite is the world’s leading model management company. It offers complete international coverage with 36 agencies in its network and its contest - the Elite Model Look - which is the most powerful model scouting organisation with over 350 000 contestants in more than 55 countries. With a large range of licensed products, Elite adopts a distribution strategy aiming at a broad and young public which recognises itself in a glamorous attitude: the “Elite Attitude”. To date, there are more than 30 Elite product licensees in 50 countries. New concepts have recently been developed: Elite Beauty Studio, Elite Concept Store, Elite Models Academy, Elite Cafe. |