Cambodian models train for the camera

Sun Model students pose for a photo during a training session at the school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Having started in August 2010 with only three models, the Sun Model Agency and School is starting to make an impact in the fashion industry in Cambodia.

All photos taken in Phnom Penh, March 30 - March 31, 2014.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sun Model Director Nimul Roat and two of his assistants meet in the school's office to discuss the school's ongoing activities.

Directed by former model Nimul Roat, the agency has trained more than 600 aspiring models since its opening. 250 of have now become professional models.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

A Sun Model student poses for a photo during a training session.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

A male Sun Model student poses in front of a wall of photographs from the agency's previous shows during training at the fashion school.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Students attend a theory class.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

A student learns to identify different facial shapes using a mobile application as part of her training.

In 2013 alone, Sun Model models have participated in more than 100 shows, including contests and shows in South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

A male student from the Sun Model agency practices on the catwalk.

After undergoing two hours of training per day, five days a week, aspiring models are typically ready to participate in modeling shows after a month and a half of training.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sun Model School assistant Miss Voleak supervises the walk of aspiring female models.

Models usually start at the age of 15 and finish their careers around the age of 25 for women and 30 for men.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Students from the Sun Model agency are trained on the catwalk while fellow students look on.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sun Model assistant Miss Voleak teaches students how to pose for photos by looking at themselves in a mirror.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Miss Voleak supervises the pose of aspiring female models.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

An aspiring male model poses in front of Sun Model school assistant Miss Voleak.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

A student from the Sun Model agency is trained on the catwalk by one the school's assistants.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Male Sun Model students wait for a training session to start.

In a country where the fashion industry is relatively new and where opportunities to pursue full-time professional modeling careers are still limited, most of the models have to take on second jobs in fields unrelated to modeling in order to make a living.