Barbizon Modeling Scam!

You don't need schooling to become a successful model, you learn from experience. Barbizon is just a fence in front of your modeling career, making you think that if you take these courses, more jobs will come your way. Enrollment fee's are up to $3,000, money that you could be using to get headshots to submit to REAL agencies. Barbizon literally teaches you how to eat with a fork and knife on a plate, as well as walk and pose all for $3,600 (Hansen NBC). So after paying that fee, your child "graduates" from this pathetic career center into the next level with a modeling convention called "International Modeling and Talent Association convention" where your child will be exposed to other possible career opportunities. After passing a couple auditions, it would cost $4,700 to stay in NYC for the week (Hansen NBC). 

These people are rude, insensitive pricks that want to exploit your children into thinking they can become stars. I've read hundreds of bad reviews about Barbizon saying the exact same thing, their child was recruited and Barbizon said they had "the look", they had the child go to an audition surrounded by hundreds of other children that also were there for the audition, and if you were or weren't accepted into Barbizon, they would call you up anyways to save you from being embarrassed. Then after that comes the money, one of the questions they ask during the interviews is "Can you pay?" their thousand dollar fee. 

They give you a chance to have dinner with not really pop sensation Cody Simpson, and when you sign up to meet him, you are really signing yourself up for Barbizon Modeling. They call you the next day saying your child could be a model and then the scam journey begins. Be smart people, Barbizon Modeling is a SCAM!

Still don't believe? Read the 1,000s of scam reviews listed here:

• Consumer Affair Reviews
• Ripoff Report 
• NBC News
• Crimes of Persuasion 
• Yelp (Some fabricated reviews)
• Democratic Underground

NBC interviewing parents who paid up to $16,000 for Barbizon Modeling and got absolutely no jobs. 

AJE Talent Management: A Scam?

AJE Talent Management is a budding management located in Louisiana. They describe themselves as "Glowing with Class". Not much information has been put out about the company, but Facebookers are raising question to whether this management represents models & actors or not. In a comment they say "Yes, we are an artist & model representation group" but no further information was commented. Anyone interested in this company or has any further information on whether it is a scam or not, email scamsmodeling@gmail.com

Stay safe!

John Casablancas Modeling & Career Center Scam

John Casablancas, which is located in Rocky Hill, CT and internationally, claims to work with huge international marketing companies and guarantees it will make you a huge model. But if you call being teached how to eat with a fork a step to becoming a model, then this scam is for you! JC is a modeling school claiming to be a fake modeling agency.

You don't even have to send any photos to submit to JC, they will respond anyway, anyone can be a supermodel through their eyes. Many have reported that JC makes you pay $1,000-$2,000 for classes, and hundreds of dollars for professional photoshoots. One complaint stated that in order to get work, a parent needed to pay $375 for a "professional" photoshoot. As soon as this parent turned the offer down, the woman unproffesionally turned sour. Also people claim that you will get little to no exposure with this scam. 

Consumer comments complaining of being ripped off, unprofessionalism and unpaid refunds are all over the internet. And don't trust the many wonderful reviews about John Casablancas, as they are fabricated obviously by the people who work there. 

For more information, read reviews from Ripoff Report (Remember the good reviews, which there's barely any, are fabricated to make JC look like a real talent agency). 

REMEMBER: NEVER PAY AN AGENCY FOR REPRESENTATION 

Rhode Island Modeling Agency (RIMA Talent) Scam

A pure scam!

I started my journey looking for a legitimate talent agency that would book me jobs and send me off to castings. I began the journey by looking for modeling agencies and managements located in my home state of Connecticut. I found a website called "connecticutmodels.com" (do not enter). "Connecticut Models" states that they are not a modeling school, but they do offer workshops that will help you become a better model: giving you more jobs. I sent my information, head shots and measurements to this agency and they replied quickly by a girl named Lisa Luther. I called the number that this woman gave me with a Rhode Island area code of 401, which confused me right from the beginning. When I called, they picked up and called themselves "Rhode Island Modeling Agency" aka RIMA Talent. I said that a woman named Lisa Luther was interested in me to go to an audition, this woman, who was not Lisa Luther, said that someone with that name did not even work there. They had my pictures anyways in their RIMA Talent data base even though it was for Connecticut Models. They gave me an address so I could come and audition for them, and out of curiosity, I went to the audition. It was located in Providence, which was an hour drive for me. I arrived at the building which was basically located in a flithy community, told the woman I was there for the interview and audition and was told to take a seat. 

After about ten minutes of waiting, this woman who was not Lisa Luther because she didn't exist, brought me into a small room with a runway built in. I was asked to fill in some information, asking about my favorite activities and I had to do a runway walk for them. After that they said thank you and they would get back to me if they were interested in me in the next couple of days, and I left. 

A couple days later, I was called to come back because they were interested in me. So I drove all the way back to this "agency" and met the director Angel Santos. Santos told me that the agency was interested in representing me. 

This is when it gets sour. She pulls out a workshop sheet, adding that I had no prior modeling experience and clients would not be interested in booking me if I did not have any modeling background skills. There were several workshops to take, and the cost for the whole workshop was over $1,500. I said that I was not interested in taking the workshop, and her attitude turned unsatisfactory. She simply told me if I didn't take the workshop I wouldn't get any jobs, and trust me, I still did not take the ridiculous workshop. She made me make a 800Castings.com account which was $40 so clients could see my resume and book me through their agency. So far, without taking the overpriced workshop, no jobs have appeared. And I can promise you that these people taking this workshop aren't going to get anywhere. This agency is tearing young girls and boys modeling dreams apart by taking money from their unsuspecting parents who are just doing what they think is right for their child. 

Please do not even attempt to audition for this "agency", they will except anyone and try to steal your money. It's a complete joke. 

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