Proscout
To Whom It May Concern:
My daughter attended a short interview session with
ProScout in our small home town.
She was one of the dozen who received an invitation
to attend a ProScout modeling event at the Hyatt Regency
Center Denver Tech Center in Denver, Colorado, October
26, 2002.
They claim affiliation with agencies such as Ford, I.M.G.,
Aria, Karin, Q-Model Management, Wehmann agencies to
name a few.
Can you verify ProScout's legitimacy? Their website
is www.proscout.com. Some of the website is only accessible
through a log-on password which is given to those who
have been selected to attend the weekend modeling event.
Thanks,
C.L.
C.,
Did they say they would screen your daughter using photos
before the convention/event? Are they going to give a
picture of her to the agents from these agencies before
the convention?
Without photo screening, the industry standard potential
model review system, (for those not near the agency),
before meeting in person, you are caught in the crossfire
of a conflict of interest.
They are paid to be overselective. The more people they
bring the more money they make. What is there to stop
them from saying anyone could make it as a model?
The answer is nothing —except the agents attending
these events saying, "Let us see the pictures of
the models first; then we will tell you whom we want
to see at the convention."
But all the agencies you mentioned you can contact directly
yourself. Ford, the first one you mentioned, says to
send pictures. The contact information is on their website.
The others are much the same, including Karin, which
says to send pictures.
Did Proscout not tell you their success rate? Most conventions
have a very low success rate (again, because they are
paid to be overselective).
Sending photos by mail has no conflict interest and
almost no financial risk. You can probably find out contact
information for all the companies like Ford you mentioned
online or get their telephone number online.
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