About Paultje

After working as a dancer in ballet, actor in theatre, PR in literature, and as a personal trainer in sports, I ended up in the fashion industry as a model coach. In the Netherlands, people might know me from TV shows like Holland’s Next Top Model as their runway coach and for appearing in documentaries and talk shows. I started working for agencies in the Netherlands first but within a year made my way to Milan and Paris. I’m still based in Amsterdam but I’m quite often in Antwerpen, Barcelona, London, Milan, and Paris. What can I say, I’m very Eurocentric.

Is there anything else you absolutely need to know about me? I’m addicted to coffee, I love cookies and “kroketten”, father of fur babies, have science-based opinions and I can always listen to 90’s RnB. Anything else you just need to ask?

Model Classes

As a coach, I mainly guide and coach models in development. I love working together with all the boys and girls on their debut on the runway. Even though the runway is a goal for most of the models I coach, I want to emphasize that it is just one part of the industry and we can work on so much more than fashion shows. I specialize in body language and presenting and I take those into account when working on castings and perfecting the posture and catwalk of the models. There is not one way of catwalk on the runway, there is however only one you! There are so many fashion designers and brands that there really isn’t one perfect way to cater to them all. While preparing and coaching for castings I also work on speech, insecurities, charisma, uniqueness, nerves, and talent.