We're seeing a rash lately of agencies, both known scams and even formerly legitimate ones, claiming that they have "placed" someone with another agency in a large city and that they will be their "Mother Agency."
Nonsense.
There is no such thing in our industry as a "Mother Agency." If you remember nothing else we teach here, remember this: "All Modeling is Local." No Indianapolis agency can magically make you a model (or actor) in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, etc. If you want to be a model in those cities, you have one option: pack your bags, move to that city, and pound on doors - just like the other thousands of models in the city wanting the same work you do.
Agency bookings are slow right now due to the COVID scam and the failing economy. Some "agencies" have resorted to scams, like posting Mother Agency nonsense, to try to make it look like they have something going on so you'll pay them money to join them (yes, ALL agencies have an upfront fee for joining their roster. Some just disguise it so they can falsely claim not to have one.)
All Modeling is Local. Remember that and you can spot a lot of scams from the very start.
