I answered an casting call for a print advertising job sent to me through my Model Mayhem profile - from a woman named "Alisa Chipain".
When I got to the casting address (it turned out to be a coffee shop), it was only this guy named Dean Kelly who recognized me from the photos on my MM Profile.
He told me that he just used the "Alisa" name because they kept kicking him off the website when he used his own name. He said it wasn't his fault and that they just didn't like him, which of course made me suspicious.
He then told me it wasn't a print job casting call (there were no other models, just me) - and the "casting" was just to meet about taking "test" photos for his company dashfoto - which has no studio, and his portfolio was full of low-resolution photos I'd seen taken by other photographers from Model Mayhem and other websites.
He said he would submit any photos we took to his "contacts" in the industry - what a laugh.
He suggested going out for drinks, at which point I excused myself.
From what I've been finding out from other models, my story isn't the only one like this. Be wary of this joker - he's not bad looking (he used to be a model), but he's a total scumbag and liar.
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