{"id":74782,"date":"2017-12-18T15:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T08:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/would-be-models-duped-by-platforms-promising-easy-route-to-fashion-world\/"},"modified":"2017-12-18T16:03:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T09:03:19","slug":"would-be-models-duped-by-platforms-promising-easy-route-to-fashion-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/would-be-models-duped-by-platforms-promising-easy-route-to-fashion-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Would-be models duped by \u2018platforms\u2019 promising easy route to fashion world"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFirms promise the ticket to a modelling career with a test photoshoot \u2013 but the only thing they bring with them is a hefty billAminata Mendes* has dreams of a modelling career to support her struggling family. An invitation to a photoshoot by a company describing itself as the UK\u2019s largest studio group promised to be the breakthrough. \u201cMy family and I are recent immigrants from west Africa and they told me that my modelling potential could help support my family financially,\u2019\u201d says the 18-year-old student, who has lived in Flintshire in Wales since arriving from Guinea-Bissau last year.The company, The Studio Collective, duly took a series of photographs which Mendes says she was given to believe was a test shoot. It then demanded \u00a32,500 for 30 digital images, a photographic business card and a basic website. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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