Stolen from another site:
S..... Girls ? This company has been featured on TV and is somewhat trendy
at the moment. However, what models need to know is that while they want models to
work pretty much exclusively for them alone, they (the models) really seem to make very
little money in the long run. We recently interviewed one of their original models,
who actually had put a tattoo of their logo on herself, and she said she had earned
a measly $100 for the first shoot and had received $50 for her subsequent efforts
(mainly journal-keeping and responding to fan mail). Maybe it actually makes more
sense to work, get paid, and then get called back again to work some more, get
paid, and so on instead of having to keep a journal, answer e-mail from some
guys who might turn out to be stalkers, etc. At any rate, a good erotic model
can make pretty good money in Portland by working with a number of photographers,
instead of committing to just one. And, quite frankly, saying "I'm a S...... Girl"
and a buck will get you a cup of coffee, but not much else in Portland.
HERE is a good start on S..... Girls. It's an article from local titty bar rag, The Exotic.
An e-mail on S...... Girls from Amanda (withheld)@hotmail.com: "I recently
set up an interview with chloe from suicide girls. I had to drive to an area i'm not
familiar with that had no near parking and then she didn't even bother to show. I sent
her an e-mail via my cell phone while there to let her know I was there and where was
she, however I did not recieve any response until the next day. She sent me an e-mail
saying I must have been mistaken and that she was sure our appointment was for later
in the week. I simply sent back to her the e-mail she had originally sent me making
the appointment at her chosen location and time. No response since.
From g*******@netscape.net: (after getting the boot from S......Girls'models
forum for violating their TOS by quoting the above criticism of the site): "I'm curious
because: The terms of service for modeling are not published. I contributed to a lengthy
thread about nudity expectations for picture set acceptance, the tenor of which occasion-
ally drifted toward dissatisfaction with those standards. This topic may reveal a more
accurate picture of the degree to which the community that supports this site with membership
dues actually influences its evolution. I've never used the List Item codes before. My attor-
ney advises me that in her opinion, posting a third party's criticism of this site does not
constitute published grounds for account suspension. This posting makes no demands upon the
staff of the site. This posting does not constitute an attack by its poster on the people
who work on the site. This poster has a generally positive attitude toward the site, the
girls and the people who build the site (which IMHO, dear reader, includes you and me, and
every dues paying member, too). The excerpt suggests that the level of an SGs community
participation (journal keeping, responding to emails) influences the opportunity for
posting of sets.
Webmaster note: Speaking from my own experience, I attempted for the longest time to
contact these California transplants about two things. I noticed that they had on their
site a model I had used before and to whom I could give some additional work, had I had
some current contact info. I also thought we could trade models a bit, if only to send
the ones who were a bit too alternative for me their way, and for them to send the ones
who were not alternative enough mine. I finally had to get pretty strident before one of
them replied that they considered my site "competition" and that therefor it wasn't in
their interest to set up that sort of relationship with me. (Notice what's missing there:
what might be good for the models.) Anyway, this response revealed their abysmal ignorance
of how adult/erotic sites work. You can compete and cooperate. Sites routinely send exiting
traffic to similar sites in exchange for a share of any sales the second site makes. At any
rate, S...... Girls does not like its models to work for other erotic sites. Bear
that in mind if you want to interview with them. (Of course, most girls don't honor this
restriction: I've worked with several former S...... Girls models.)
More on S...... Girls: Recently, S...... Girls "rep" Chloe made arrangments to meet with
four girls at a NW 23rd street coffee shop, and then blew the interview off. When contacted
about it after wasting four man-hours, she excused herself saying things were "hectic," and
suggested they come by the office instead. The record seems to show that the attitude at this
place is that making appointments to interview models is optional when things get hectic. And,
yes, if it was a "cattle call," one would think the models should have been told. (This info
is from an e-mail sent by one of the jilted girls.kj