From runway shows to magazine editorials, hired models are often put in a tricky spot — or kept in the dark until it's too late:
To that end, April Chin, an agent with Wilhelmina's Men's Direct board, says she and her colleagues regularly request mood boards before agreeing to send any of their models out for jobs. "We have no problems asking questions," she says. "It's almost common sense. We don’t want to set anyone up for disaster."
If a model were to arrive on set or at a runway show and feel uncomfortable, contacting their agent is the most obvious course of action for them to take. "They would tell us immediately," Chin says. "We would probably then call or email a producer on set — whoever was arranging it — and we would state, 'This was not discussed. Something needs to change.' We definitely would be an advocate to voice that opinion right then and there.
In that scenario, a model would be left without an ally or an advocate to tell them their comfort is worth forfeiting a paycheck — a portion of which goes directly into their agent's account.
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