Posted by Roger on March 12, 2005 at 09:34:55:
In Reply to: Anyone ever hear of posted by Marie on March 12, 2005 at 04:03:53:
Location: NYC
I confess I've never heard of them. I do have to wonder why a model agency would have an office in Lawrenceville, GA, however. It's not exactly a center of modeling activity.
One good test of "legitimacy" in Florida is to see if they are licensed. If not, they are probably doing business as an agency illegally, and that's a pretty good indicator of "not legitimate".
You can go to the link below and do your own search (look under "Division of Professions" and "Office of Talent Agents") to find who is licensed as a model agency in Florida.
When I looked I didn't see any indication that they have ever been licensed.
In addition to that . . .
An agency is “legit” when it is in your area (or asks you to move to their area). That’s the first, most important test. If the agency isn’t in your area, it either isn’t legitimate, or isn’t going to do you much good. No matter how much you might want to believe otherwise, that the truth. If they pitch you to join them and aren’t in your area, they are not legitimate.
An agency is “legit” when it doesn’t come looking for you, and it’s hard for models to be represented by them. That’s not to say agencies can’t and don’t reach out to recruit models, but they do it very selectively and, except for high fashion agencies in major markets, always do it for models in their own area.
Every single time I've seen someone asking about some agency hundreds of miles from them that had contacted them, and they weren't a 5'10", 115 pound teenager, the answer has been that the "agency" was worthless.