"She is currently a model."

Translation: Ela é uma modelo atualmente.

[Janpot]

Só even though we stress that it's temporarily and about to change (currently, atualmente) we still can't use "está"?

[juliobarba10]

Well...yes. Professions are always accompanied by 'ser'. Why? Just because, languages are like that.
But there was a minister who once said 'eu não sou ministro, eu ESTOU ministro' to emphasize the temporary nature of his job. Notice, though, that this is not standard usage.

[tetsuo-ka]

Wouldn't a female model be uma modela?

[Paulenrique]

This noun is the same for male and female. Then we say um/o modelo or uma/a modelo to show the distinction.

[LawrenceEric]

can I say it like this:

Ela e atualmente uma modelo

?

[Paulenrique]

Yes.

[tetsuo-ka]

Thanks :)

[Scutigera]

So, modelo is not just masculine...?

[Paulenrique]

No. Gisele Bündchen foi considerada a modelo mais bonita do mundo.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisele_B%C3%BCndchen

[AntoniaBr5]

Duolingo offers modelo, modela and apresento as translations for 'model'.

[JFSPA]

not anymore…Modela is gone... but it now offers "e trabalhar como modelo," but doesn't seem to accept forms of that, as part of the answer.

[Paulenrique]

The femine for "o modelo" is "a modelo".

[lolly0]

Why is it modelo and not modela?

[Paulenrique]

Modelo works for masculine and feminine. There is not the word modela. (Except for a conjugation for the verb modelar).

[JamileBaruki]

It should be "uma modelo" , not "um modelo". "Um" is used for men, not women.

[brom4880]

It gave me as a correct answer "Ela é agora modelo." Does this mean "She is a model now" and does that mean the same as "currently"?