SC Fashion and Modeling Industry News: Today Show Uncovers More Modeling Scams
For so many young girls today, becoming a “Top Model” is all they dream about! They are bombarded with TV Reality Shows like “America’s Next Top Model”, “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency”, and even Vogue has a new modeling show coming out in August called “Models.Live”. “You can be a model” is pumped 24/7 into the heads of our young people. [Watch: How to Make it as a Top Model from The Model’s Studio]
- What is the reality of becoming a Top Model?
- Should it cost you an arm and a leg to get into a reputable “modeling school?”
NBC's Today Show warns of Modeling Scam Dangers
NBC’s The Today Show just did yet another undercover story called “The Ugly Side of the Fashion Industry” dedicated to revealing some of the shady agencies that take your money and rob you of your dreams.
There are “modeling schools” that offer you anything you want to hear – from promises of “runway modeling” to acting jobs...but you will have to pay dearly for it…AND, there is no guarantee of success.
How Top Model Scams Work...
This is how the scams work: (This particular undercover story focused on Barbizon, however, that is not the only “shady agency”) Each year hundreds of young people are invited to the International Modeling and Talent Association Convention in NYC. This is a Barbizon sponsored event.
In fact, Barbizon “owns” the convention – so they are not inviting you to participate in any function that is recognized as legitimate by the Fashion Industry.
The Today Show Undercover Team followed two young ladies from the Burke family. They both desperately want to be be a model and an actress, respectively.
They went to Barbizon for an interview and were so excited that they “got accepted.” [The cruel fact is that “you get accepted” no matter what…as long as you can cough up the high price tag.]
The girls were both invited to preform in the IMTA Convention in NYC for the price of $4,700.00 PER CHILD.
The parents were interviewed and said they came up with the almost $10,000.00 “because they did not have the heart to disappoint their girls.” That’s exactly what these scam modeling agencies are counting on!
Despite both girls being very overweight, the parents were told
“that both girls have what it takes to make it.”
The only thing they “made it” to was a Barbizon sponsored convention to preform with other Barbizon “models” on “the Barbizon runway.”
After that 10K+ fiasco for the Burke family, the girls have never received a modeling assignment or even a mere casting call to go out on an acting job! The parents were so hurt and outraged, they contacted NBC’s Today Show who decided to send in an “undercover agent”.
The undercover reporter interviewed with Barbizon and after displaying no real talent (not even knowing how to “walk” or properly “turn on a runway,” she too was told “she has what it takes” to make it. She was invited to the IMTA Convention to preform IF she could pay the $5,000.00 entry fee!
That is the ugly side of the beauty industry!
The North American director the Elite Modeling Agency in New York plainly stated on camera that it should cost $0.00 dollars to get discovered! That is the very same thing that Avis MacLellan of The Model’s Studio has been telling girls for years!
SC Model "Jordan" posing for The Model's Studio photography shoot
The Model’s Studio will be only too happy to take girls straight up to NYC and walk them through the interview process at America’s top modeling agencies. Avis, once a supermodel herself, already has relationships with these “real” agencies and knows when the right days are for open calls.
What Avis wants her modeling students to know is this, “You cannot represent a top modeling agency if you do not know what to do, how to walk, how to turn, or how to conduct yourself when you get there. Just having a pretty face in NOT enough for a top modeling agency to keep calling you back for jobs.
When you are chosen as a top model, they expect you to represent their corporate image and make money for them. That is why a certain amount of diligent training is an absolute must. That’s the kind of training The Model’s Studio provides with a proven track record of integrity.”
So, What is the reality of becoming a Top Model? Slim to none without the proper training!
Should it cost you am arm and a leg to get into a reputable “modeling school?” NO!
If you would like to go to NYC and interview with top modeling agencies for real, just call Avis MacLellan at The Model’s Studio and she will give you all the information you need to get there…the right way!
Why pay into a Five Grand Scam…when you could potentially become a model with a lasting career at a reputable top modeling agency?
Let The Model’s Studio set you up for success to be the best YOU you can be in whatever you choose to do in your life. It’s called The “BE” Campaign!
The logical choice is up to you. Call Avis for a free consultation: 843-261-9696
“The Model’s Studio courses are based on the principles of Positive Reinforcement. Positive words spoken in a young person’s life, enhance their dreams and desire for success in all things.”
The Model’s Studio is always looking for top models. If you are a SC Model, or want to be, call the studio today.
How to MAKE IT as a Top Model – How to Get Discovered – watch the video
HOW you present yourself to everyone else in the world can make you or break you. Watch and listent to Avis as she explains how she made it as a Top Model and then give her a call today to discuss your dreams: 843-261-9696.
How to be a Top Model - Avis MacLellan Interview with The Sentinel News
Avis MacLellan explains to the Senitnel News how she “MADE IT” as a Top Model. From being a young girl in Valdosta Georgia, to making it in The Big Apple, NYC, Avis recounts her experiences.
Learn from it. Avis has already walked down the road you want to travel.
Being a Top Model today is much the same as it was just a few years ago in that the Agencie’s that will hire you want you to be healthy in mind, body, and soul.
As Avis explains, “If you are out there making money for a Top Modeling Agency, they do not want you to jump off the deep end.”
Modeling Agancies are looking for more than just being pretty…they need you to be a well rounded representative of their company and product line. You cannot achieve the overall balance without the proper training.
The Model’s Studio is not geared “just” for those who want to be a Top Model. Right now, there are over 132 areas in modeling that you can make a ton of money in…”if” you know what you’re doing.
Avis’s sound advice is something you really need to consider. If you want to be a Top Model, then you can call Avis and she will be happy to speak with you about your options. She will invite you to The Model’s Studio for an evaluation. Avis is more than “just” a SC Certified Modeling School Instructor. Avis is a Life Coach.
If being a Top Model is “your thing,” then come into the Studio with Avis and get a free analysis of your particular skill-set. If you are interested in going into another field of study with your life, then come into The Model’s Studio and get set up for the classes that are going to prepare you to be, say, “the best doctor you can be.”
Every young woman “out there” is on a stage. It’s the Stage of Life.
HOW you present yourself to everyone else in the world can make or break you. Do you know how you are supposed to act when you on your first college interview?
Do you know what is proper dress, hair and makeup for your first REAL job interview…really? The first impressions you make can and will affect the direction your life will take. What Avis invites you to do through The Model’s Studio is “BE” the very best YOU you can be; whether it’s Top Model, Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, or Business Owner.
Those self esteem and competency skills are not something you are born with, they are skill sets that have to learn. You are invite to learn them with Avis at The Model’s Studio. Give Avis MacLellan a call to discuss what your dreams really are and where you can take them!
Watch Avis explain how she made it as a Top Model and then give her a call today: 843-261-9696.
Are YOU a Top Model? Ford Modeling Agency Looking Now – Get Noticed with your Free Headshot for the Entry
Do you have what it takes to be a Top Model?
Could you be a Ford Model? If you are serious about your Modeling Career, you need to find out. Call us today.
- Does Ford work with plus-sized models?
- What does it take to be a model in the men’s model division?
- What do I need to know about children’s modeling?
- What should I do if I want to become a Ford model?
- You need to talk to Avis about your opportunities with the Ford Agency and others.
What TYPE of Model are you? Runway? Editorial? Plus Size? Hands? Feet? Lingerie?
Are there other opportunities that might launch your career in Fashion that you don’t even know about?
Do you know what it takes to be a Fashion Merchandiser? A Booking Agent for a Top Modeling Agency? Do you want to make $330,000 a year or more…then you have to prepare yourself NOW.
Get your Free Headshots from the Model Studio today.
“Be Your Dream” is all about finding out where you fit in and learning to do what is the very best for you personally.
The first step requires that YOU take action.
Pick up the phone and call the Model’s Studio: 843-261-9696
Avis MacLellan was a Top Model Booking Agent, a Runway Model, a Fashion Model. Today, she is a SC Certified Instructor.
Avis already has the experience you need to learn “The Modeling Business”.
There ARE opportunities out there for you! You just have to figure out where they are. Right now Ford is looking for the *NEW* Fresh Face. Do you have your Headshots? DO you know how to walk into the Top Modeling Agencies and get an interview?
Do you know how to properly apply for the Ford Competition? Call the Model’s Studio and find out today.
Right now, The Model’s Studio is giving away free Headshots. No obligation. No “catch”. We are looking for the Fresh New Face, too, and would value the opportunity to speak with you right away.
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