Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is a prestigious modeling contest used to discover and launch fashion models in the international fashion marketplace, like the similar Ford Fashion model contest. The girls are typically in the age range of 14 till 18 and notable past contestants include Heidi Klum, Gisele Bündchen, Isabeli Fontana, Frederique van der Wal, Alessandra Ambrosio, Linda Evangelista, Ana Beatriz Barros, Tatjana Patitz, and others (see list below).

In past years, the US finals were recorded to make a high-rated television special called "The Making of a Supermodel", which aired on E! Entertainment Television. America's Next Top Model is reported to have been inspired in part by this prestigious modeling competition. Shows like the Next Top Model franchise and Make Me A Supermodel have become more popular as model searches as they offer instant modeling fame.^{[citation needed]}

Each year, hundreds of thousands girls compete in local contests for a chance to represent their country in the world final. Elite Model Look World Finals has been held in:

Elite Model Management is a large modeling agency based in New York and Paris. It is a subsidiary of Elite World S.A.

Founded in France in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler, it was rebought in 1990 by Nicholas Farrae. Elite World S.A. is the parent company of Elite Model Management.

Elite today manages over 800 models from five continents. It offers international coverage with 40 agencies in its network. It holds the annual talent scouting contest, the Elite Model Look, which launched in 1983. With about 400,000 annual contestants in more than 60 countries, Elite Model Look has "discovered" many notable models, including Cindy Crawford, Gisele Bündchen, Stephanie Seymour, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Tatjana Patitz, and Lara Stone.

Elite represents, or has represented such models as Tyra Banks, Gisele Bündchen, Huggy Ragnarsson, Adriana Lima, Naomi Campbell, Karen Elson, Carol Alt, Özge Ulusoy, Liya Kibede, Cindy Crawford, Heidi Klum, Eva Herzigová, Tatiana Sorokko, Angelika Kallio, Paulina Porizkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Jennifer Flavin, Coco Rocha, Veronica Webb, Crystal Renn and Stephanie Seymour.