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Originally Posted by DeanCapture
Agents don't "steal" models from other agents. If a model goes with another agent, it was because she wasn't happy with her current agent and it was her decision to move on.
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I would just like to add that a lot of models, maybe even *most* models in my experience, bounce from agent to agent for a whole host of other reasons that have nothng to do with a logical business decision or career plan. Most commonly they do so:
1- Because they are irresponsible and miss shoots and get fined by their agents and don't want to pay their fines.
2- Because they don't want to pay their booking percentage or travel or driver costs to their agent.
3- Because they have personality conflicts with their agent; because they meet another agent who promises them bigger and better opportunities.
4- Because they meet another model that they become friends with who happens to have a different agent.
5- Because they are messed up on drugs, drama or boyfriend issues some days and their original agents get fed up with dealing with them.
6- Because they decide to book shoots directly with certain producers.
7- And all kind of other reasons too varied to explain .
I sometimes laugh to myself when I get emails and I see the same pain in the ass, druggie, flakey model on her fourth of fifth agent in a year.