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Posted by: Doug Lester (66.245.10.47) on May 31, 2003 at 20:50:59

In Reply to: Wilhelmina Scouts posted by Christopher Kern on May 31, 2003 at 00:47:40:

As a retired commercial photographer with many years of working with estqablished pro and novice models, booked through legitimate modeling agencies, I'm not qualified to be a "scout". Are you? How so? Do you know what 'look' will be hot next season? This seasson" Last season? Do you know what stats are prefered for modeling? Do you know what "Sobe" is?

In my view, those folks are one of the greatest scams of this century. Do you know of many legitimate business who changed their name at least 4 or 5 times in the past couple of years? They talk their victims into paying them money for services they can not provide and the victims are not qualified for. I saw an ad for their "scouts" a while back; experience was "not necessary" and they were looking for "one stop closers". That's the same as ads for aluminum siding, used car and home security system salesmen. They place just enough models to keep them out of jail.

TCT paid Wilhemena a few million dollars for the use of their name in a very transparent attempt to gain a bit of credibility. Wilhemina will come to regret that short sighted, greedy decision! They are now being smudged with the dirt!

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: As a retired commercial photographer with many years of working with estqablished pro and novice models, booked through legitimate modeling agencies, I'm not qualified to be a "scout". Are you? How so? Do you know what 'look' will be hot next season? This seasson" Last season? Do you know what stats are prefered for modeling? Do you know what "Sobe" is? 

: In my view, those folks are one of the greatest scams of this century. Do you know of many legitimate business who changed their name at least 4 or 5 times in the past couple of years? They talk their victims into paying them money for services they can not provide and the victims are not qualified for. I saw an ad for their "scouts" a while back; experience was "not necessary" and they were looking for "one stop closers". That's the same as ads for aluminum siding, used car and home security system salesmen. They place just enough models to keep them out of jail. 

: TCT paid Wilhemena a few million dollars for the use of their name in a very transparent attempt to gain a bit of credibility. Wilhemina will come to regret that short sighted, greedy decision! They are now being smudged with the dirt!   


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