Carolina Talent, headed my Mandy Silla, immediately gave me the impression of the typical scam agency. It had all the typical warning signs: open calls on weekends, absurd fees of $60-$100 for mandatory "orientation" meetings for new models, and dramatic ultimatums that models have lots of photos taken, printed, and put online (at 800casting.com - probably another scam organization they collude with).
Nevertheless, at the time I worked for them I was a college student with nothing to lose except a couple hundred dollars, and the agency did seem to have some redeeming qualities. The biggest was that I was quickly befriended by a gentleman there named Lee Taylor, who despite the company's suspicious qualities did in fact seem genuinely interested in working for me. For instance he spent an entire day with me styling me for 7 different looks, all with his own clothes and makeup, and took well over a thousand pictures free of charge.
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