UPDATE.. Baby modelling..

[RoxieHart]

Update: just to let you know I've opted away from all these agencies and signed her up with a well known online clothes shop (you'd all know it but dunno if it's classed as advertising if I say the name )

But yeah, they take no agencies, only volunteers, and they don't pay, which I'm not too bothered about. Get free baby clothes though .. I feel quite happy with that, no payments, no agencies (which they strictly state )

Thanks for all the advice xx

What do you think about it ..

Paria has been accepted to be on an agencies books, and of course I have to pay a slight fee to keep her on the books ..

But what do you all think of it? I'd she likely to get clients this young anyway? Is it worth waiting a bit ..

Xx

 

[lilly_bum]

what agency? there is a few scammers out there also u should never pay for modeling they should pay u xxx

 

[Wannabeam]

Hi,

I am thinking of doing this as LO is a real poser and very photogenic.

I had always been told with modelling not to pay to be on the books, they should take a cut from your earnings if she gets a job. Maybe it's different for babies, but that's what I've always been told.

 

[fairydust87]

I looked into this but many agencies wanted money upfront with not a lot of work. After lots of research decided its not for us. I only looked into it because my hv mentioned they had people from the huggies and pampers ad come in asking for bum shufflers for their their their adverts but they didnt know of any until my son came in lol

Good luck and hope you get work x

 

[Leids]

Definitely do a lot of research on the agency to find out if they're legit or if they're just running a scam.

As for the modelling itself, I've been propositioned to get William into modelling but have decided against it. I would rather wait until he can decide whether it's something that would interest him or not.

 

[L.A Mommy]

If you have the time, money and energy to do it I'd say go all for it!! One of my friends has as her daughter (2) into modeling and she has modeled since she was a baby. Mom of the baby has a full time job and 3 other kids (older) so they are most def enjoying the extra money Im sure and the baby has fab picture spreads. There's a lady on here that has a lot of insight into child modeling and she'll give you some great advice. Good luck!!

 

[CeeDee]

https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/b...-tried-put-your-baby-child-into-modeling.html

 

[bananaz]

Definitely check out the thread CeeDee linked - that's what I was going to post here!

As an aside, how do you pronounce your daughter's name?

 

[RoxieHart]

what agency? there is a few scammers out there also u should never pay for modeling they should pay u xxx

It's scallywags ... ? I'm confused! X

 

[fairydust87]

what agency? there is a few scammers out there also u should never pay for modeling they should pay u xxx

It's scallywags ... ? I'm confused! X

Any reputable agency wouldnt take a fee they get their money through jobs you do. I have heard scallywags are expensive. Have you given them any money yet?

 

[TryinFor1]

I have also always heard that if the modeling company is legit that you should never pay anything up front. They just take you on as a client and then take a cut. I would definitely do more research on it just in case. I don't know what scallywags is so maybe it is legit

As far as baby modeling itself, I think it could be fun. I wouldn't mind putting lo in something but I probably never will. I think if you have the energy and time, go for it.

 

[amy2boys]

don't do it !!! I got fooled into it with DS1...THEY contacted me and wanted to add him to their books as they said could get a lot of work....I just had to pay small fee they said (around £100 at the time) and that was for 3 years...they send you a standard email every so often saying they have put him forward to a client but nothing EVER came of it..once they had my money they were no longer interested.
They have thousands and thousands on their books and only a few jobs (of course they only tell you all about these)

 

[suze12]

Hi ladies, I haven't posted on this site since I had my LO. He has been 'accepted' on the scallywags books and I stupidly paid it - I chose the monthly option. Im hoping I can cancel at the end of the month - I got sucked in!!

 

[mommytobe11]

it sounds like it's the same in the UK as the US, as in you should not be paying the agency. if your child gets a job, they get a percentage.

people have said we should get LO into modeling and i of course he's the most gorgeous baby out there! but it's really not for us. i don't want him being judged solely on his looks by anyone and possibly rejected because of it. and i have no interest in being around "stage moms"

 

[Larkspur]

I'm a former modelling agent and if you can't be bothered to read the other thread linked, this is a summary of my opinion: Don't bother.

- There is very little work out there for babies and most of it goes to the babies of models or friends of the photographer on the job anyway.

- What work there is doesn't pay well, most of the time it's not enough to make the effort of getting it worthwhile. The idea that it might be enough for a 'college fund' for baby is totally unrealistic. Never seen that happen in real life.

- It's not enough to have a cute baby (there are a LOT of cute babies out there), your baby has to have the right temperament for the work - and it IS work, and people will get scratchy if your baby doesn't perform well.

- If you get past all that and still want to give it a try, you should never pay a fee to have your baby on someone's books. No legit agent charges an upfront fee, they take a commission from work.

- Six months old is plenty early enough to even consider this, and personally I wouldn't put any child on an agency's books until they are four or five. At the agency I worked at, we had daily calls from people wanting to get their baby into modelling "because everyone says they are so cute!" and we refused them all. If we ever needed to cast a baby, you could be guaranteed that someone in the office would know someone with a cute baby of the right age, or one of the models would have a baby of the right age. We had no officially registered babies because there was no point. All it would result in would be disappointment for proud and hopeful parents.

Sorry to be a raincloud, but that's the reality! Baby modelling agents just piss me off because they know that 95+percent of the kids on their books are never even going to get a single job, but they don't care because they make their money from the fees.

 

[Shadowy Lady]

Larkspur just summed up what I was going to tell you. We kept being told to put Sofia in a modelling agency but a friend of DH advised us against it based on the exact same reasons.

 

[greenbeans12]

Be cautious, there are a lot of scams out there. It worries me a bit they want you to pay out of pocket. Regardless if the price is high or low you should be getting paid not them! Make sure you research the company thoroughly and don't sign anything unless you've read through everything.

 

[fingers_cross]

what agency? there is a few scammers out there also u should never pay for modeling they should pay u xxx

It's scallywags ... ? I'm confused! X

as far as im aware, scallywags are one of the good and trusted ones. My son also got offered a place from them however, I decided against it. The reason being that Id already accepted a place on a company called modelling direct (i think it was!) and i paid them and have got a few emails but ZERO work and zero anything to be honest. they setup an online profile for him but and i can apply for jobs for him but there are sometimes only 2 jobs going, its pretty rubbish. I paid £135. I think scallywags are ok though!x

 

[bumpy_j]

what agency? there is a few scammers out there also u should never pay for modeling they should pay u xxx

It's scallywags ... ? I'm confused! X

Scallywags is totally legit and a great agency, one of the best. They charge about £200 a year which is the same as Elisabeth Smith (also one of the best agencies). It's to do with different legal mumbo jumbo because it's regarding children. If I remember right, you normally have to pay for children to be on acting books too.

 

[Larkspur]

Scallywags is totally legit and a great agency, one of the best. They charge about £200 a year which is the same as Elisabeth Smith (also one of the best agencies). It's to do with different legal mumbo jumbo because it's regarding children. If I remember right, you normally have to pay for children to be on acting books too.

How is it legit to charge a representation fee and why would the law make them do that? Their website says they have 1000 kids on their books. So they're making 200k a year from fees alone? Sounds dodgy to me. Any kid on their books is obviously competing with at least a hundred others in the same age group from just that agency...