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In regards to the comment made by scouting company

Sometimes when you try to do the right thing it makes you a target. Well I wear my bulls eye proudly this week. If you see below, the "scouting company" saw fit to finally come out of their hole and attack me. I could have just deleted their comment but I thought I would continue to let them bury themselves. They wrote below that they tried to contact my company and got a response from me. Here is what they wrote: "Uh, I emailed you in reference to being with your company and sent you a photo. An automated email then responded stating that my photo was not good enough and you gave me a list of name for professional photographers in my area, so how is that not telling me I need to go out, SPEND MY MONEY, and get photos because my personal photos were not good enough. SO how are you any different, You are not! Also you are affiliated with a modeling school so again you contradict yourself time and time again!"
First, It is very rare that we can get back to anyone that writes to us in less than a few weeks as we are so busy booking talent and we get dozens of submissions a week (we state this on our website). If they sent us a "fake" inquiry this week, we would never have responded already (especially this week as we were twice as busy with all of this additional blogging and taking phone calls from tearful people who went to this "casting call". We also never send "automated" responses. We send replies directly to the sender. Second, we are not, never have been, and never ever will be affiliated with a school. Everyone knows that about us. Third, we always give out photographers names because WE DON'T shoot people ourselves and and make money on our own photo shoots. If someone needs their photos done it is our job as model managers to give them this info and allow them to make their own decision OR go to a photographer of their own choosing. If a model brings us inferior photos that we can't get them work with then it is our job to counsel them and give them the names of qualified people. I have said this for years. It is my job.
Another update- I spoke to my contact at Carousel Mall and they have never booked a show with this "scouting company". Many others called the mall as well (I feel bad for all of the people that have had to suffer because of this.)
I am glad I was able to help so many people this week and I am so sorry for all of the pain that many of you have felt. I do encourage all of you that are unhappy and been unable to get satisfaction to contact the NYS Attorney Generals Office as I heard they may already have a file started on this company (they do business under the names Direct Connect 123 as well. http://www.ag.ny.gov
Again - always, always do your due diligence!
I won't be posting anymore directly from this company BTW. I just thought I would keep you all apprised of what was going on.

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More in regards to Talent Searches...

If you can stand it here is one more tidbit.. if an agency or Company insists that you get photos or comp cards (or even classes or portfolios) done with them as a condition of membership - RUN. You should always be able to choose who does your photos. It within the agency's rights to approve or disapprove your photos as some photos may not be right but you should have the right to get photos done by whomever you like. We provide our talent with a comprehensive list of photogs who know how to shoot the kind of work we need and we make NOTHING from these shoots.
One of the complaints I read about in regards to some of these scouting companies was that none of the models that already had comps, photos and portfolios were selected. They only selected people with no photos. Why wouldn't you want people with photos and experience? We prefer those people! RED FLAG!!

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Han Yifei 韩一菲 from Jilin, China - Lenglui #155

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Name: Loky Han Yifei 韩一菲
Date of Birth: Jun 10, 1985
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 47 kg
Measurements: 34 25 36
Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1231881481
Weibo: http://t.sina.com.cn/hanyifei610
About: Loky Han Yifei 韩一菲 is a model and actress from Jilin and claimed as one of the beauties from the Beijing Film Academy (北京电影学院). Han Yifei was also awarded for the Runner Up prize of 2010 World Cup Soccer Babes and is going to film the hit TV series like Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (雪山飞狐). In August 30, 2010, Yi Jianlian (易建联) led Chinese National Basketball team to its first victory at the basketball world championship in Turkey with his outstanding performance. Therefore, Han Yifei shot a set of almost half-naked photos to cheer for the win. Han Yifei also announced that if the team advances to the second round from the group, she is willing to pose fully nude for them.

Han Yifei's declaration of nudity caused an uproar while some accused her of copying Paraguay Breast God, Larissa Riquelme's publicity stunt. With the will power of Han Yifei, China National Basketball team magically passed the first World Championship round. Attention on Han Yifei to undress skyrocketed and there were even netizens rushing to the front gate of Beijing Film Academy holding signs calling for Han Yifei to act in good faith and fulfill her promise.

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In Sept 6, Han Yifei has finally "disrobed" and taken a set of photographs appearing completely nude, except only using a basketball! However, in Sept 18, the vice president of Beijing Film Academy, Wang Jinsong 王劲松 said he had no impression of this girl graduated from their school and definitely will be denied from the school for doing this if she was a student there. Anyway, only the best of Han Yifei available here, all filtered by http://dailylenglui.asia.


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