noun
reader model; amateur magazine model
A non-professional model, typically a regular reader of a fashion magazine, who appears in its pages. Common in Japanese youth fashion media.
彼女は読者モデルとして雑誌に載ったことがある。
She has appeared in a magazine as a reader model.
読者モデルからプロのモデルになっ
Some people have gone from being reader models to professional models.