Pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses for promoting and selling merchandise or fashions during appearances, filming, or photo sessions.

“Pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses for promoting and selling merchandise or fashions during appearances, filming, or photo sessions.” is a supplemental task performed by Models. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 9th by importance (#6 most important). About 42% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Promote products, services, or programs. in Selling or Influencing Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Record rates of pay and durations of jobs on vouchers. · importance 4.6
• Pose for artists and photographers, with or without clothes. · importance 4.4
• Gather information from agents concerning the pay, dates, times, provisions, and lengths of jobs. · importance 4.1
• Report job completions to agencies and obtain information about future appointments. · importance 4.0
• Assemble and maintain portfolios, print composite cards, and travel to go-sees to obtain jobs. · importance 3.7
• Follow strict routines of diet, sleep, and exercise to maintain appearance. · importance 3.3
• Apply makeup to face and style hair to enhance appearance, considering such factors as color, camera techniques, and facial features. · importance 3.1
• Work closely with photographers, fashion coordinators, directors, producers, stylists, make-up artists, other models, and clients to produce the desired looks, and to finish photo shoots on schedule. · importance 3.0
• Dress in sample or completed garments, and select accessories. · importance 2.5
• Promote products and services in television commercials, on film, or in videos.
• Make many quick changes backstage during fashion shows and yet maintain poised appearance before audiences.
• Wear character costumes and impersonate characters portrayed to amuse children and adults.
• Stand, turn, and walk to demonstrate features of garments for observers at fashion shows, private showings, and retail establishments.

See all tasks on the Models page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-13225,
  title  = {Pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses for promoting and selling merchandise or fashions during appearances, filming, or photo sessions.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-13225}
}