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This article is a professional, educated opinion, and should not be taken as advice of any kind. Use at your own risk; anyone doing anything described on this site assumes complete liability.

By C. A. Passinault
Director, Tampa Bay Modeling
Lead Photographer and Designer, Aurora PhotoArts Tampa Photography and Design

Many people who want to become models consider modeling schools.
Don’t.
The national chains of modeling schools are complete wastes of time, in our opinion. The ones which are not modeling scams are such poor values, that we cannot recommend them. Many modeling schools these days have expanded their classes as a sort of finishing school, or a school which offers acting and talent classes, but even then, they are not worth it. There are at least three “big name” modeling schools in the Tampa Bay area, and we recommend staying away from them. Worse yet, at least one of them has been running commercials on the radio advertising modeling and talent jobs. When a modeling school advertises modeling jobs to use as bait so aspiring models are lured in so that they can be sold classes, this is wrong. This is, in our opinion, a deceptive trade practice, or deceptive marketing. Deceptive marketing is known as bait and switch, and it is fraud. Fraud is a crime, and deceptive marketing is what makes a modeling school a modeling scam!
Remember that a modeling school is not a modeling agency. To be a modeling agency, you have to be licenced as a modeling in talent agency; here in Florida, the license is issued as a TA# through the Florida Department Of Business and Professional Regulation (See Florida modeling agency laws. Also, check out our list of Tampa modeling agencies, if a modeling agency is what you are looking for). Since it is against the law for any modeling agency in Florida to sell modeling classes, obviously, a modeling school and a modeling agency are not the same thing. A modeling school, in our opinion, is an overpriced school which trains aspiring models in mostly useless things. Modeling schools make their money selling models classes. A modeling agency, on the other hand, works for a model, finding them modeling job leads and making their money by referring models into jobs.
Any modeling schools advertising modeling jobs have a high risk of being modeling scams. We have not been able to find a single legitimate modeling school which advertises modeling jobs. If you must attend a modeling school, make sure that they are at least honest about what they are really selling. If they have to trick you in order for you to contact them, can you trust them? Additionally, some of these modeling schools which advertise modeling jobs will give you a “discount” for their classes and other services for models to book the “job”. This is no substitute for pay, and it’s not worth it! Even with the “discount”, the modeling school is still a rip-off!
In the Tampa Bay area, there is at least one modeling school which is aggressively advertising modeling jobs, and claiming that “no experience is needed” for models to book those modeling jobs. If the modeling job is worthwhile, experience will be required! So, are they supposed to give you the experience which is needed when you attend their modeling school?
Don’t get scammed! See more about this at Tampa Modeling Job Scams, and check out one of our Tampa modeling job warnings are Tampa fashion models are needed for a major department store fashion show on Independent Modeling!
There is not a single modeling school in the Tampa Bay area which is worth your time or your money, in our opinion. Besides, you have us.
Tampa Bay Modeling is a free online modeling resource site, and the modeling information found here on this site, and on Independent Modeling, is better, and more useful, than anything found at a so-called modeling school or any modeling books which are out there.
With Tampa Bay Modeling and Independent Modeling, you really don’t need any modeling school.

PUBLISHED 01/23/11

UPDATED 12/07/11

 
   

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