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They don't really want you to be a model. They just want you to give them $200 to take their crappy classes.

It's NOT an agency, it's a SCAM! GET YOUR MONEY BACK!

The ONLY thing that John Casablancas will help you with is becoming $2000 POORER and getting LAUGHED OUT of LA and NY! You do NOT want this "school" on your resume!

I've gone to a few of the JC franchises and given REALLY BAD auditions just to see how selective they were. They obviously were NOT when they called me the next day saying that I got the highest ratings and gave me a chance to attend a few classes for free, RED FLAG!

The JC classes that I went to were overcrowded filled with people who have no business to be actors. They were probably told by the JC people that they also got the highest scores at the audition. The teachers were VERY unqualified. Most of the teachers from what I've gathered were struggling actors with very few credits teaching to pay their bills.

John Robert Powers, Barbizon, and John Casablancas are all SCAMS! They are NOT agencies! They MISLEAD people into thinking that they are, but are NOT. LEGIT Agencies only make money when you do (10% for film/tv and commercials, 20% for commercial print). REAL AGENTS DON'T take $2000 upfront and DON'T make you take their subpar classes. YES! You'll be paying at least $2000 for crappy classes!

A school for modeling is the biggest scam, period! When you get picked up by a LEGIT agency like Ford or Elite, they will teach you or hire coaches. They're not going to reject your resume because "oh, you don't have any modeling classes."

If you don't think they're scams, then go waste thousands of dollars that could go towards good headshots and training from the BEST schools (JRP, JC, and Barb. are NOT the best!) Also, go to a major market like L.A. or N.Y. with those schools on your resume. You'll get LAUGHED out!

Schools like Barbizon, JRP, and JC still exist because there are a lot of suckers trying to get into acting and for the money. They think that going to one school will be the answer and it's not. It's these schools that give them and feed off of those false promises. For every 100 people that go through these scammy schools and lose their money, there will always be that naturally talented kid that gets work and that these scammy schools take credit for.

JRP-Banks on the name of a very famous and DEAD agent. They say that Lucille Ball, John Wayne, Barbara Walters, Heather Locklear, Peter Fonda, Jane Fonda, and many other famous actors went to the school, when NONE of them did! Some of those celebs even threatened legal action for using their names. So you see, they use bait and switch tactics.

John Casablancas-The franchises have been known for unethical business practices and really have nothing to do with the founder's original intentions.

Barbizon-It was popular back in the 70s and 80s. Now these franchises have been known for unethical business practices and false promises. EXPOSED ON DATELINE!

These schools are OVERPRICED and DON'T provide the caliber training that more affordable and REPUTABLE schools like Howard Fine Studios, Ivanna Chubbuck, Upright Citizens Brigade, Groundlings, Second City, Beverly Hills Playhouse, Stella Adler, William Esper Studios, Tom Todoroff, Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown, Margie Haber, etc. do.

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There are Google it and send in pictures. John Roberts Powers is not an agency any AGENCY will never ask you for money. You will pay fees once you are signed with them for whatever work you do (that's how they get paid and it won't be all of your money). My niece (she was even an extra in a film) did Barbizon (not an agency, a lot of people think they are a scam. They are not) and she met a lot of girls and had fun and now she is pursuing modeling. Send your pictures to all agencies the ones who contact you to have an interview you need to do your research before you go to make sure they are reputable. Because this is Michigan we are known for cars not modeling! You don't want to be scammed. Oh stay away from John Casablancas to!

Isn't John Casablancas a modeling school, not an agency. You pay them to take classes and take pictures of you, you don't get paid.

John Casablancas does not own Elite Models. The original John Casablancas school was started by the man who founded Elite Models, but he is no longer in the business. And the schools are all individually owned and operated franchises. They are not at all connected with Elite Models

Not really. Any agency there would be local, which means you'd make more money flipping burgers at McDonalds in a week than you would modeling in a year. If you are model material, you'll need to work out of NY, LA or Miami.

I know a lot of people who do John Casablancas and they said it was a waste of money. But doesn't John Casablancas own Elite Model Management? That's what I heard. I've only used John Robert Powers and they just want money to give you classes and pictures. I think it's still the same either way, I wouldn't do it though.

I don't think it's an agency, and plus everyone I know that went there didn't like it. They are over pirced, and it's just a school that isn't all that good!

Casablancas, Powers, and Barbizon are the least respected orgainizations in the business. T