This model agency is designed to make money off of people who enter rather than actually find contestants jobs. First, I entered my name in a booth and was called a few days later by a lady named Ale. She told me to specifically meet with her for an interview the next day and to just "Ask for Ale" and if I had any questions I could always call her back.
I arrived and was told to just have a seat and wait for the contest to start. There was NO interviewer, instead, I was to catwalk for the judge and recite a line for a commercial testing. All seemed innocent. I was then informed of a 150.00 fee that would cover our entry, photo-shoot, and finals which were a fashion and talent show.
I was not too eager to pay a fee just for a t-shirt, photo-shoot, and to enter a fashion and talent competition especially considering contest are SUPPOSED to be free. I was asked to just pay the first 50 dollars then come and work as an intern and I wouldn't have to pay the rest 100 dollars.
When I became an intern was when really uncovered the scam. After talking with other interns, they shared with me that 1). The people who called on the phone are never at the mall which was the first deception. 2). The 150.00 is not the first fee, after actually getting the contract YOU HAVE TO PAY so many extra fees to get the photo's printed and to get your contract cards, which are cards that have your face that YOU have to have to distribute yourself from a database which they provide online. You are left on your own! They do not really help you. This is not worth all the money they want from you.
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