![]() Any agency asking you for money to represent you is a scam. Try searching online for the modeling school or agency’s name with words like “scam,” “review,” or “complaint.” Even if they do, any guarantees they make about modeling jobs or requests to pay up front still make it a scam. And if the agency doesn’t have a website, that’s suspicious. Ask for a list of clients, models, and actors who have worked with the agency. Unless the agency is new, they should be able to show they’ve gotten work for models. Scammers brag about their success…but no one’s heard of them.If an offer is good today, it should be good tomorrow. Take time to check out a company before you give them any money or personal information. While some agencies do have photographers they regularly work with, they shouldn’t make using their photographers a condition of your getting assignments. Scammers say you have to use a specific photographer.If an agency or program makes these guarantees, walk away. Just like modeling assignments, what models can earn is also extremely irregular. And depending on where you live, the market for those types of jobs may be very small. ![]() Modeling assignments can be irregular even for successful models. ![]() The contract you sign with the agency should tell you what percentage the agency gets of any money you make on assignments. They’ll find jobs for you and pay you after the client pays them. Real modeling agencies won’t ask you to pay for a test shoot, for your photographs, or to “secure your spot” for a modeling job. So, whether you run into a talent scout on the street, see an ad for a modeling agency online, get a message about modeling on social media, or hear about a modeling school or program, here are ways to know you’re dealing with a scam: casting calls for the “next child star” may be real, but the ads are often a way to get parents to enroll their kids in expensive acting classes. ![]()
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