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Candy Canes:
The Alluring
and Risqué WorldOf Modeling by Char E’
Writer/Model/Actress Char E’
Its 3:45 am.
A scared, confused and frantic young woman calls her mother from a
hotel suite in Nashville, Tennessee, with news that the meeting with
her “agent” went terribly wrong. What was expected to be a once in
a lifetime opportunity, as outlined by the scout who spotted her on
an Internet site for aspiring models, Sierra found herself in an
uncompromising position.
After
responding to an e-mail from an anonymous talent scout some three
weeks earlier, she had yet to see the advance payment for signing a
1.2 million dollar contract that boasts such extra’s as an unlimited
American Express card, a new car, $10,000.00, a wardrobe from
a well known lingerie catalog and a role on a current hit television
show.
Once in the
hotel suite far away from the security of her warm home some 1000
miles away in Colorado, Sierra had time to reflect. She missed her
seven month old son Jacob and she thought about what she didn’t
share with her mother during that frantic phone call. Sierra felt
deceived. She allowed nude photos of her to be taken during the
“meeting” with the agent.
Sierra was led
to believe that the explicit photos were some type of requirement
and that they would be “reviewed” so that the agent could discuss
possible flaws with the scout such as bruises, tattoos, or added
weight. She was told that her contract would not be
processed nor would she receive the advance payment until she agreed
to do the nude photos.
Sierra returned home the next day. She never heard from the agent
again.
Unfortunately,
in the modeling business this scenario is not an isolated incident.
The reality is that tens of thousands of photos of aspiring models
are “uploaded” daily onto a host of dot.com entertainment sites that
encourage fresh faces and hot bodies to be featured on their web
sites. A few years ago, Nielsen/NetRatings, estimated that 34
million people visited porn sites - about one in four Internet users
in the United States. The average user is "looking at 121 pages,
going back six times and spending an hour and seven minutes every
month looking at adult-related material.
According to a
study by the Seattle, Washington-based Web-filtering company N2H2,
all that browsing has caused the number of pornography web pages to
soar with over 1.3 million sites serving up about 260 million pages
of erotic content. N2H2's database of porn sites includes many
low-budget, fly-by-night and sometimes unscrupulous operators hoping
to rake in their share of a market that the National Research
Council estimates to be in the $1 billion range annually.
It is
estimated that Americans now spend somewhere around $10 billion a
year on adult entertainment, which is as much as they spend
attending professional sporting events, buying music or going out to
the movies.
From an aspiring model’s perspective. The
Internet is an A+ opportunity for a model to get their 15 seconds of
fame! The possibilities to gain exposure and fame at little or no
cost are unlimited. There are no rules, height, weight, or even age
requirements, although the average age range is probably between
21-32 years. Ultimately, life as a “Candy
Cane” can often be sticky sweet.
While a model
is building her fan base, days are filled with assuring compliments
from many adoring people who surf the Internet feverishly, chatting
with supporters and fantasy photo shoots that depict the model
looking sinfully delicious. .For many models, this type of attention
can be intoxicating. These appetizing photos lead to interviews,
features, promotional work, music video work and car shows. The
exposure in some cases can be very lucrative. Many models that were
otherwise overlooked by the traditional modeling world can get a lot
of attention as a dot.com “Honey.”
If you don’t
believe me, one has to look no further than this web site.
According to Gary Johnson,
Black Men In America.com started as an issues
oriented online magazine for black men with some content for women.
As the site sought to increase its visitor base, they turned to
spotlighting models. According to Johnson, 50% of Black Men In
America’s visitors go to the modeling sections first and then
navigate to other content areas of the site. “In the beginning, I
was very uncomfortable posting models on the site, but the numbers
spoke for themselves. I finally decided that if this is what we
have to do to get black men to read, then this is what we will do,”
said Johnson.
Black Men In America.com does not post nude
photos or endorse the use of pornography. They feature women who
are accomplished outside the field of modeling as a way of
illustrating that you can be successful in other areas of life. The
site also posts articles and resources such as
“Real
Life with Roudie,” the first known Internet reality series
for models, to warn them of unscrupulous agencies and practices. In
short,
Black Men In America.com is “model friendly.”
Seasoned models utilize their official web
sites as a mass marketing tool and can benefit from paid membership
on their sites. These “virtual beauties” range from students,
business professionals, entrepreneurs and housewives. Many of these
folks, consider this career in erotica to be entirely separate from
their personal lives.
Summary
Before
allowing yourself to be dipped into this saucy, gooey world of
Internet modeling, beware of exaggerated offers of work in exotic
locations from Webmasters who host “amateur” looking web sites and
offer no phone contact information.
You should
always:
Ask for
references and interview other models who have worked on similar
projects for that site.
Be
selective in what you will do and know how far you are willing
to compromise your values for publicity and exposure.
Follow
your instincts. If it doesn’t feel right, make a sharp
“U-Turn,” your safety and peace of mind come first.
Char E’
is an accomplished writer, poet, and popular Internet model. She
has been a professional model for over 23 years and conducts
seminars for aspiring models and actors. You can learn more about
Char E’ by reading our exclusive interview with her.
Click here to go there now.
Additional Sources: News reports by CNN, CBS and PBS Frontline.
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