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Fakers, wanna-bes, and false credits
Occassionally, when I'm bored I browse the internet-specifically industries related to me networking. So here's a concern that's crossed me-why is it that certain models feel the need to falsely advertise that they represent or have represented whatever publicity standpoint. I recently crossed a model who was advertising that she did a show as a spokesperson for a company that I have been under contract with. Whenever you do jobs like this you pretty much know all of the people who are hired for specific shows because you seem them constantly and you attend briefings together. But anyway, I contacted my director and inquired and it turned out that they had spoke with this particular model, but she lacked the education (this area is more for business, advertising, networking, etc.-than being HOT in print to make a long story short) and represented an image they didn't want for there company so she was ordered to remove affiliations with there company from her website or face legal results. She isn't the first I've seen to do this. Why is it that some models feel the need to try and say they are representing things that they aren't? Especially, if it's a company you contacted and they turned you down...has anyone seen simular? What do you think of this? Mar 04 06 11:22 am Link So what else is new? I see this all the time on different types of websites. Inaddition they think they are so slick but someone with streetsmarts can see right thru the sad deception. Mar 04 06 11:27 am Link Job applicants lie on resumes all the time. it is the same thing. people strech the truth to get the next job. I was told once if you can fake it enough to get in the door then by the time they learn you didn't know what you were doing, you will have learned you job anyways. Mar 04 06 12:24 pm Link Iona Lynn wrote: well put! the model business is a business of fakery at all times Mar 04 06 12:31 pm Link 95% of the models on this site are not going anywere( Nice to think they can) The other 5% are with major agencies. I look at alot of profiles, and i see they have a ton of stuff listed, yet when you look for the truth on there portfolio it is all bogus, really this is the internet, it is like the army, be all you can be, really who is gonna check. I was helping this girl with her resume, she listed just about everything, i was like why lie, She stated " what are the odds of them really checking it" well folks thats what it is all about. Nobody cares. Robert Mar 04 06 12:31 pm Link I say only pad the truth of what you can actually do. Mar 04 06 12:36 pm Link The best models (and photographers) don't have a resumé, their photos speak volumes about the work they've accomplished. Also, Having an glitzy (often sham) fluff-packed 3-page resumé can sometimes take the attention away from a portfolio of mediocre images. "Her pics are awful, but hey, look! She -was- in a fashion show at Hooters in Muncie, Indiana in 2003....... Mar 04 06 12:37 pm Link Chu wrote: I recently crossed a model who was advertising that she did a show as a spokesperson for a company ----------------------------------- Mar 04 06 12:38 pm Link UnoMundo Photography wrote: Then I can claim to be a millionaire? Of course, my "millions" are in Zimbabwean pounds and the rate of exchange is something like 3 millon £Z = 10 bucks US Mar 04 06 12:43 pm Link WestWoodStudios wrote: yep....agree with you. On the makeup forum I frequent we are constantly catching makeup artists with work in their portfolio that they didn't do, this stuff is all over the net....we just caught a big name doing this. He was a big name in TV, with Emmys but had no print to show (he was trying to move into the print world) so he invented a print portfolio and used a photo that was already being used by someone on that board so it was recognized. We caught another guy using a shot be TESTINO!!!!! you should hear their excuses....HILLARIOUS , OMG! Mar 04 06 12:48 pm Link studio36uk wrote: No. I lent my money to a very reliable bank in Nigeria,. They are sending me a check for 16m pounds any day! Mar 04 06 03:44 pm Link Not just models. There are photographers here who inflate their credits as well. It's called lying. -Don Mar 04 06 03:46 pm Link |