All that being said, the average career of a male model is measured in months, more than 12 only if they're lucky. It's very common to do a pic search for a model and find a cluster of photo spreads and maybe even an article or two, all dated within a few months, or if they're lucky, spread over more than a year. Have seen many escort ads, and met several escorts, who were models once, and then, once the shine was off their all-too-short career, found another way to take advantage of their looks.