-SCAM ALERT- My daughter and I just got back from a BARBIZON MODELING casting call at the Star Center in Farmers Branch in Dallas on Saturday April 04, 2012, to be placed as a model. My wife spoke to a person named Jenny who assured her after she asked a few times whether they were trying to sell us anything. Jenny assured my wife that placement was free and that we did not have to part with any money. On arriving there, they went through almost and hour and a half of “massaging” us for the sale that was about to take place. To cut a long story short, the casting call was merely a ploy to get us to come to the Star Center to sell some modeling classes. Although I am not against any school teaching modeling, I am against the deceptive practice and methods they use to get you there on the pretenses that you have been selected to work as a model, they then spring it on you that they can”t send you out without you having first done classes. If they are selling classes they should simply say so and not sell the poor girls and their parents a story that their daughter could be the next big thing but only if they first attend classes. Jenny was excited to see my daughter and told us that she would definatley be accepted, until I told her that we did not want to shell out $2395 for modling classes. Her whole demeaner then changed and she could”nt get us out there fast enough. If you are being contacted by BARBIZN MODELING and asked to come to a casting call because you have been selected as a model – don”t go, it a SCAM. Only go if you are specifically looking for modeling classes. SCAMED.
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Published30 January 2019
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Shannon Solinger
When my mom called the lady, Miss Deborah, she was so enthusiastic that we called, so she “squeezed” me in on the nearest Saturday. It was in this little ghetto strip of buildings. Whenwe got there, we heard the loud voice of a women, Miss Deborah. We waited atleast an hour before Miss Deborah acknowledged we were there. Once we were allowed into the “interviewing room”[a little dark room with two chairs and a desk], Miss Deborah immediately got into the things she wanted to change about me. She told me i wore way to much make up, that i”d have to cut my hair because it was too long, and i”d have to dye my hair from bleach blonde to it”s natural color because “model scouts don”t like unnatural hair”. I was kind of unsure how to reply to her, so I just kept looking at my mom and shaking my head yes. This lady was a complete whack job who looks like a chubby white version of Snooki from Jersey Shore. So after this lady was done babbling on, she asked us to sign a contract and give her a check for 200 dollars. We did. Luckily, my boyfriend and I did some research, because a lot of people were saying it”s a scam. I was scared to, but I told my mom that I was no longer interested. She and my father were both happy because they”d thought it was a scam too. A day or two after my mom called Miss Deborah to tell her I no longer wanted to participate, she called us back and got really mean with my mom. She was questioning my mom as if she committed a murder. Then she told my mom she would have to pay 300 dollars for the make up kit. In a more worded way, my mother said “NO WAY!” to Miss Deborah, and we never heard from her again. :).
Irina Burham
This “school” is a complete and total joke.They make the kids believe that its some ultra-exclusive honor to be “allowed” to go here.well news flash THEY WILL TAKE ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO PAY THEM OVER $2000.My friend went to the six month course (2 classes per month) and im really confused as to what exactly her “tuition” was going towards.The only thing that costs Barbizon anything was the price to rent out a couple rooms at a hotel two times a month.At the “graduation” ceremony, which is a “fashion show”, they dont do anyones make-up, hair, and they all wear their own outfits.I’m pretty sure they dont give out fashion tips either because some of the girls just looked like a hot mess. You dont have to look like a model or have any talent to go here.I actually feel bad for my friend because she actually has potential (shes skinny, pretty and tall) and here she is in this class with a bunch of random girls that couldve been picked up from off the street for all we know. The “ceremony” was very pathetic, the “instructor” was very uncoordinated and didnt know anyones name.(I wonder if she even has any kind of experience in the industry).BOTTOM LINE, if you are serious about wanting a career in acting or modeling DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL.It is a complete and total waste of money and I dont even know how these people sleep at night.