The modeling opportunities in your area are there for you to take advantage of. No one can or will give them to you if you do not seek them out and take advantage of them. Most of the time many people will wish and hope that these kinds of things will just come to them, meanwhile, they are just hanging around, going to parties and calling their agents, hoping they have dug up some modeling opportunities for them. This is not the most effective method of finding work.
The way to find modeling opportunities is very much the same way one goes about finding any opportunities, you have to go out and hustle them up. This means that you research photographers, fashion and design schools, designers, retail catalogues, music video producers, anything that can lead you in the direction of new modeling opportunities. You do not have to limit yourself to the traditional methods that you might think of, like agents and casting companies.
Many people are now looking to the Internet to provide them with information and access to many opportunities, not just modeling opportunities. Modeling opportunities can now be found by posting your profile with a web service whose business it is to provide access to new talent for people who are seeking models, actors, singers, what have you. You can sign up with one of these services as part of your many-pronged approach to seeking out modeling opportunities.