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Agency Tells Model to Get Implants
This is something that strikes me odd. I received an email from a so called APA Photos and Models. They claim to be an agency. The content of the emails says something to the extent that I should get 34-38D implants if I want to seriously boost my modeling career and that they'll sign with me if I do. I responded saying "I'm modeling for fun and don't plan to change my body in any way." And pretty much got a response from them yelling at me saying if I take modeling as a joke, I should take down my profile and stop wasting other people's time.  Well, I've got two questions: 1) Has anyone ever heard of this agency? I researched it and found a website with only one picture. Not very good quality either considering they claimed to be in the industry for 33 years. 2) Do agencies actually have the right to tell you to get implants? I enjoy modeling and I'm satisfied with the way I look. So if anyone else thinks I should leave the industry, too bad for you. Oct 12 05 06:56 pm Link Now ain't that f**ked up? Though on the other hand, if I owned an agency i would turn down girls with implants cause they're gross. Maybe they told you that because of clientelle they have, but still, I find it quite weird. Oct 12 05 06:57 pm Link They said I would look absolutely stunning with D sized breasts. I'm thinking that's very improportionate to my body and major backpains. Oct 12 05 07:02 pm Link They don't sound too legitimate for a few reasons: 1) Real agencies aren't emailing random models online. They have plenty of models seeking them out. 2) While an agency MIGHT suggest some enhancement, they wouldn't suggest it to a minor nor would they suggest such a ridiulously disporortionate enhancement. You'd tip over with 38Ds. 3) A real agency wouldn't bother to yell at you for wasting *their* time after all this. They'd be unlikely to care if you weren't interested. Oct 12 05 07:03 pm Link 1. No, but I claim no expertise there. 2. Yes, but you don't have to do it unless you've signed a contract saying that you would if they told you to. But if they only place people in jobs that require large breasts, why would they sign you in the first place? My guess is that these guys have a deal with a plastic surgeon. Oct 12 05 07:03 pm Link Fyre1704 wrote: I'd be stunned, but not in a good way. Oct 12 05 07:04 pm Link MarkMarek wrote: Agreed. Oct 12 05 07:05 pm Link I wasn't given a web address but I did a search and found these: http://otsvo.net/templates/index.cfm?idd=106653 http://snapshot56.ww.com/index.html http://www.geocities.com/lenb52/apamodels.html Oct 12 05 07:29 pm Link Fyre1704 wrote: When someone feels the need to tell you that they do not do porn but they don't tell you what they do do, what do you think they do? Oct 12 05 07:48 pm Link Fyre1704 wrote: Yes, they have the right to tell you that. The same way an asshole has the right to fart. Not, that it get's anything accomplished and mostly will annoy everyone with in nose reach. But, it has a constitutional right (or biological right in this case). I guess that's where brain fart originated from. Oct 12 05 08:01 pm Link Unfortunately they can pretty much say whatever they want... but implants are generally gross. I'm pretty small myself and have never considered implants... they're so overrated. I think it's awesome that you're happy with your body and for telling them so! Oct 12 05 08:08 pm Link It sounds like one of the usual low-life omp GWC perverts is calling himself an agency and snuck in here. IGNORE idiots like that. Thats what the DELETE button was made for! Oct 12 05 08:19 pm Link theda wrote: Perfect answer. Oct 12 05 08:51 pm Link "APA Agency STINKS of Scam!" First, the only address they list is a P.O. Box in New York with no license number displayed as required by law. Second, only FREE websites used. Third, amateurish photos used on amateurish website. .... and PLENTY MORE!!! ---------------------------------- According to the State of NY, Division of Consumer Affairs: FACTS ABOUT MODELING / TALENT OFFERS IN NEW YORK CITY New York City modeling/talent agencies must be a licensed employment agency by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), and must be bonded, as well. A licensed agency is required to prominently display its license. Look for the DCA license number on receipts and ask about the license if you do not see it posted. Call 311, New York Cityâs 24- hour Citizen Service Hotline (or 212-NEW-YORK outside New York City), to file a complaint or inquire if a business is licensed. Consumers can also visit DCA online at www.nyc.gov/consumers to file a complaint. Businesses that operate as a photography studio cannot also be an employment agency, and vice versa. This should be a red flag to aspiring models, and if you encounter a business that does both, report them to the DCA. -------------- For more information, please read: http://www.consumer.state.ny.us/modeling_scams.htm http://www.consumer.state.ny.us/pressre … 122005.htm http://www.consumer.state.ny.us/pdf/mod … ochure.pdf Oct 12 05 11:00 pm Link I have seen a couple of those girls pictures on photographers pages right here on MM so they may have stolen those images that are used on that first site. Oct 12 05 11:08 pm Link Wow! Never heard that before. Usually depends what type of modeling like when I see Runway models they are usually small chested but commercial models are usually bigger. I know a model who is actually getting breast inplants because she's a commercial model. Oct 13 05 01:57 am Link report them to the better biz bureau Oct 13 05 02:02 am Link yeah that sounds like crap to me, implants can hault your career not make it. Oct 13 05 08:09 am Link The Don Mon wrote: The BBB is not a government or law enforcement agency and will do nothing in regards to a situation such as this. While the original intention of the BBB was honorable, over the years the BBB has become very diluted and is no longer effective. Oct 13 05 10:24 am Link Fyre1704 wrote: Sure they do. I wouldn't want to have anything to do with them though. Oct 13 05 10:27 am Link Fyre1704 wrote: Though there is nothing wrong with getting implants, if you get them, I'll have Dawn the moderator smack you. You look good. Stay as you are Oct 13 05 10:29 am Link Fyre1704 wrote: At 5'1", D sized boobies would completely engulf you..... Oct 13 05 10:29 am Link But I am going to say you did a good job doing the research. Oct 13 05 10:30 am Link Ignore them. Their loss,not yours! Oct 13 05 10:57 am Link Sounds like some horny GWC who likes big boobs. Trash the email and forget it, it's meaningless. Oct 13 05 11:02 am Link Fyre1704 wrote: I think you look stunning right now! Oct 13 05 11:16 am Link Fyre1704 wrote: Ok this is easy Oct 13 05 11:22 am Link Depending on what this "agency" provides as product could be the reason why they asked you to get implants in order for them to sign you. By signing with this company you would have to conform to the body style they would find useful to make them money. What they said is not uncommon in the field to improve your career or thiers but by no means does it mean you have to do it. When you sign you will be expected to stay at a certain weight, hair length, nails a certain length, and work out alot to keep it that way. They are strict and most will drop you in a heartbeat if you cannot abide by that contract. It is a hard field if you are not serious. Have you ever watched "The Next Supermodel"? The stuff they go thru is just a hint of what your life would/could be like as a professional model. If your doing it for fun and what they ask sounds wierd or harsh, dont say your doing it for fun. They could be the ones around to sign you when you do choose to go serious with modeling. Someone will remember you saying "I am only doing it for fun". If your happy with the way things are now, then stay with it. Dont be pressured by agencies to change your body to thier whims. Once you change and you make them money for a bit and they find someone else, they will drop you like a hot coal and leave you to fend for your career yourself. You have good photos so dont undermine yourself by not realizing your full potential as a model. Oct 13 05 11:39 am Link My friend owns SVM/Satchi agency and was looking for some people for a big event in the DC area. She went into why girls wanted big boobs and how their agency hates big boobs! lol. She said the opposite, she said, some people just need to get breast reductions! Oct 13 05 03:57 pm Link tellin them to spend 5 grand for big numb bewbs? thats just not right. Oct 13 05 05:00 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: They say they dont do porn, yet they tell an underage girl to get implants to a size that would cause her to tip over in a light breeze, and one of their links has a webcam? I so smell porn production here! Oct 13 05 05:03 pm Link People nowadays are too caught up on looking "perfect" and having big breasts. But I don't really care what others think. I love what my momma gave me.  It sounds nice to go professional but I've seen what the professional models have to go through. Doesn't sound like fun for me. But...I want to be a psychologist so if anyone needs someone to talk to (in a few years), you know who to go to. _______ I fall easily. I don't need big dumb boobs to pull me down. But after the angry email, I responded with "alright, pay for the surgery." That got them to shut up.  Oct 13 05 05:06 pm Link Fyre1704 wrote: There is plenty of room for a model with your body type in modeling.Not all modeling requires extremely strict diet, 15 hour shoots and all the stereotypical issues you hear about. Oct 13 05 05:12 pm Link The first clue woulda been the crappy websites. No one in business for 33 years should ever have a website as lame as those...I admit, mine's not that much better, but still...  Oct 13 05 05:50 pm Link Um Thats a Bogus agency! I have never heard of an agency telling a model to get breast implants. Fashion Models that are employed with known agencies dont come anywhere near having big breasts! Ciao ANgela xoxoxoxoxo Oct 13 05 06:09 pm Link -Katie- wrote: You're not small. Good looking. Nice body...but not small. Oct 13 05 07:54 pm Link fashion and commercial models do not have big boobs, its not a plus at all.... Porn "models" do, I assume they are in the porn business. Oct 16 05 10:07 pm Link I once worked with agreat model who did some work with Playboy. She is beatiful, smart and a great model, ins short everything Playboy looks for in centerfold. They offered to pay for "enhancements" which were a requirement for a her to be a centerfold, after much thought she declined. I'm not for em, not again them just make a decision you feel comfortable with,seems like you have. BTW she is the only nude on my MM port with another shot on my OMP port Bob Oct 16 05 11:23 pm Link It never ceases to amaze me what a bad rap implants get in these forums. To say they are down right "gross" is a very close-minded statement to make. Not everyone who decides on augmentation is seeking some ridiculous "over the top" monsterous looking chest or balloons, some just want to be proportionate. While I agree that getting implants to enhance a modeling career can lead to some serious disappointment, I will say that it has enchanced mine as no one in the world would care to photograph loose saggy delflated skin for breasts. I'm not just referring to topless pics or implied. Even in a low cut top you could see the lose skin in my cleavage. I decided to selflessly breastfeed my 2 children and it left me delated and suffering from severly aged breasts. My motivation was to look and feel youthful as I once did, breasts to match the rest of my "in shape" body~not to be a freakshow or enhance a career. Please stop making these blanket statements that implants are "gross" or you wouldn't shoot a woman who had them~that's nothing more than a narrow minded opinion . Don't judge til you've walked a mile in someone else shoes. If you asked me 10 years ago if I'd ever do it, the answer would've been "no". At the same time I wasn't judging those who decided it was something they felt they should do. Respectfully~ Elle Oct 17 05 07:50 am Link I've heard of agencies asking models to get collagen lip injections for that beestung look, but never a boob job. Sounds s.h.a.d.y. Oct 17 05 07:57 am Link |
