I think that being an alt model would be amazing! In all honesty, I think you'd have to have a much more extreme look than you do in the pics. The difficulty, of course, is that you're really young to go the alt route unless you are a very stable, strong person and can handle rejection, fierce competition, a lifestyle that will put you right in the face of some serious risks (drugs, fetishism, etc.)...I mean, if you create yourself into extreme alt it's not like you can switch back and work in a law office or something. Another serious consideration is geographic location...I see you're in NY, a definite advantage, but take into consideration all the other stuff I've mentioned. If you live with BPD, in opting for alt be careful you aren't also opting for self-destructive behavior. I'm very alternative in appearance, but I'm not young (past "real" job stuff, for example) and I also live in California. Alt is the norm.

One more thought...alt is expensive. That's the irony of it. Maintaining an alternative appearance costs a bundle...frankly put, it's image management. So you have to have a nice source of income in order to pull it off & get your image rolling before you can even be considered an alt model.