Elite today manages over 2000 models from five continents. It offers international coverage with 35 agencies in its network.[20] 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, Fernanda Cornejo, and Lara Stone.
Elite represents, or has represented such models as Tyra Banks, Gisele Bündchen, Victoria Peters, 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, Olga Puchkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Jennifer Flavin, Coco Rocha, Veronica Webb, Crystal Renn, Stephanie Seymour and Anna Nicole Smith.