Finesse Model Management
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm trying to find out info on a modeling agency in Sausalito,
California, called Finesse Model Management.
My daughter went on a model search and was picked to return
for an interview, and they advised us they wanted her for
their teen model program.
The problem is they are asking for $1,295 for Portfolio
Program which includes on-location shoot, 6 9x12 prints,
makeup artist, studio shoot, European model's book, and
hair stylist.
Plus $489 for Fashion Marketing Program, which includes
3 images, and 50 zed cards, professional makeup artist/stylist.
If you have any advice, please email me.
A.P.
A.,
There is not enough information to spend $1,784.
Finesse Model Management... Their finessemodels.com
website is "under construction." The domain was
registered over two years ago ("Record created on
01-Apr-2000"), and they still have nothing except
their contact info.
Did they tell you anything about their company? Do they
have an agency license? It is required in California. Do
they have any clients? Who are their clients? How many
models have they represented? How many get work? What type
of work?
What's the point of paying for a Fashion Marketing Program
if they have no success placing models in fashion modeling
jobs? Maybe they have, but don't assume they have if they
can't prove it. Tear sheets can prove it.
Many of the complaints against modeling firms in the past
have been about model searches seeking to sell unsuspecting
models or their parents expensive model photos. You described
a similar scenario, so you need to be careful.
Where is Sausalito, California? Is this a modeling market?
Is it near LA? Please see the Questions
to Ask Modeling Agencies, and send any more
information you can get.
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