Raymond LaPietra

Raymond L. LaPietra started CAREER IMAGES MODEL & TALENT AGENCY, INC. in February of 1982. Beginning with only 12 models, which he represented locally, he now owns and operates one of the most-active Model and Talent Agencies in the United States, representing over 90 models exclusively and even more non-exclusively. Career Images Model & Talent Agency, Inc. provides service and has done business with models, talent, and clients in 48 U.S. states and 29 foreign countries.

CAREER IMAGES, led by a leader filled with inspiration and plenty of business savvy, offered over 50 vivacious and talented models by the end of his first year in business. LaPietra’s dream began unfolding when he continued to create a full-service agency. He divisionalized his models who specialize in printwork, runway, fashion shows, convention work, promotional work, television and radio commercials, film, etc. CAREER IMAGES has accumulated a client list that reads like a“Who’s Who”. Such clients are Hallmark, Sprint, Pac Sun, Google, U.S. Army, Microsoft, Mercedes Benz USA, FedEx, L’Oreal, Pillsbury, Proctor & Gamble, USA Products, USA Network, Revlon-Realistic, Sebastian International, British Broadcasting Corporation, J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart, Ford Motor, U.S. Postal Service, Toyota, Sears, Luzier Cosmetics, Mattel Toy Co., Lee Jeans, Time-Warner, HBO, Spike TV, MTV, General Motors, NASCAR, Pepsi, Hy-Vee, Red Bull, Office Depot, Wahl Corps, Axe, Oceans and Worlds of Fun, Burlington Coat Factory, Bass Pro Shops, Target, Sheplers, Radio Shack, Maytag, John Deere, Verizon Wireless, Lee Jeans, and Nike to name some of the many. With the passing of time and continued growth, LaPietra branched out even more to encompass a greater piece of the industry’s pie by buying out some of his competition.