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Model Agencies
We are NOT a model agency although we list here some basics you should
follow if you are seeking jobs in modelling. Our interest is purely for you to
add your profile and some interesting photos and then we show you to a wider
audience including various model agencies and model scouts who will inevitably
see your profile online here with us. Of course you must be over 18 and
liberally minded because we are an adult site aiming to bring together a
cosmopolitan selection of adult workers under one roof.
If you are just starting out in the modeling industry please be careful as there
are unscrupulous agencies who will prey on your dreams and aspirations of
becoming a model. There is an army of so called "photographers" and groups
claiming to be "photographic agencies" with some being genuine and some you
should avoid. Here are some signs you should look out for if you are to avoid
being ripped off and exploited:
- Some photographers will ask you to pay them for an expensive
portfolio that you can take to the agencies. They convince you
that without a professional portfolio you will not even get in the
front door of a model agency. Agencies are trained to look beneath
the veneer of makeup and will normally be looking for fresh faces to
express a particular style. By all means take some snaps with you
but don't go spending hundreds of pounds on a portfolio that will be
of NO use to the model agency. We have seen it (we have even been
victim to it). Don't waste your money because if you have what it
takes, the model agency will do your photos with a trusted pro
photographer.
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The Model Agency wants to
charge you a registration
fee. Just be sure
that the agency you go to
has been around for a while
and advertises in some of
the physical media such as
magazines, newspapers,
yellow pages. This will all
add to your security and
peace of mind because the
dodgy ones don't tend to
last too long. A good model
agency will have contacts
and networkers in the
industry who are looking for
models and ideally they will
have a fairly busy office
with a professional feel
about it. Ask them who they
have connections with i.e.
what catalogues, magazines,
publishers, TV media, local
media, radio stations, local
businesses etc. They should
be able to give you some
examples of the type of
modelling that successful
girls have ended up doing.
If they can give no examples
and just keep talking about
a registration fee then best
left alone.
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Sex Farms. Some of the
raunchier xxx rated "model
agencies" that claim they
will make you into "xxx
rated glamour model" or a
"porn star model" are
legitimate as long as they
tell you up front EXACTLY
what they are looking for
and you UNDERSTAND exactly
what you have to do and what
you will get in return for
that. However, be very wary
of promises of immediate
work, high pressure to get
you to sign a contract
without you first reading
it. The contract is full of
small type legal jargon that
looks like another language.
You should ALWAYS take a
copy of this home with you
(before signing it) and be
honest and say you wish to
have the contract checked
out. You need to make sure
you are not likely to regret
something you do now at a
later date. Occasionally we
hear of girls being asked to
pose naked or have sex in
return for preferential
marketing treatment to get
the "plum jobs" (sex in
return for promises of
jobs).
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