Non-nude underage "model" sites...
 

How legal are these? They seem pretty sketchy to me. They try and pass off the content as model shoots, but the sites are nothing but the teens shaking their T 'n' A in wet tshirts and see-thru tops...

What's the deal?

What kind of answer are you looking for? Obviously it aint right. Stop looking you perv.

I know it ain't right. I'm curious as to whether or not it's illegal, and if it is, why they're getting away with it.

Well it's legal, but its borderline and risky business.

didn't someone get busted for running this type of site?

this is all i could find on google http://www.nbc5.com/news/2155156/detail.html

You know funny enough I was on my way to bed the other night and flipped the TV on about 2 in the morning. Oprah was on and was interviewing a mother that had one of these modeling sites for her 12 year old I think. The idea of the project was to get her exposure to possible contract offers but the whole thesis of the site basically was people paid a membership fee to see her "portfolio" and have weekly chat sessions with her. They were asked about the members of the site and something like 85% were men over 30. They also had a deal where the members could purchase an outfit or series of outfits and send it to her and she would take pictures in these outfits and send them to the member. Surprise, surprise one of the outfits was a catholic school girl outfit. Some of the outfits this child was wearing I wouldn't wear and some of the ways she was posing I felt were pretty seductive. Now this is a freakin twelve year old for christ sake. 12 year olds shouldn't even be wearing makeup in my opinion. I think the mom was just peddling her kids flesh to make a buck. It was pretty funny when Oprah told her basically the same thing.

That clearly states that they DID find nude photos. Either way, I still think it should be illegal. The intention is so fucking obvious, be it nude or not.

i vaguely remember a thread about someone getting busted, but then later being cleared.

yeah, i read the article before i posted it. it also sounds like they were investigating his modeling sites before finding any nude photos.

URL?

Just search google under the image search page for teen model. The guy running the (model name)-model.com series is one of the biggest out there. He really pushes the limits. Checkout the processing companies that are processing for this. Amazing. They are just as guilty in my opinion. Companies we all know unfortunately.

that's exactly who i'm referring to.
as far as i know, the processor is notorious for processing for sketchy content. the domain is registered in texas though.

For a while, shit I hate naming names, but its one of the big 3, was billing for the nonnudes and everyone jumped on them on YNOT. I'm not sure how deep they are in that market still, but there was so much money in it, I guess they felt the risk was worth it, despite all the heat they took on the webmaster boards.

more discussion here:

http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...hlight=nonnude

I seen that and man did i get pissed off.. Oprah sure was pissed and was having a hard time not saying how she really felt..fucking sick bastards..

What they really need to do is prosecute the parents of these girls. Obviously they are the ones cashing the kids checks and most likely pocketing the money.

Yeah watching the expressions on her face was pretty damn funny. You could tell she was controlling her anger and her questions to the mother were so sarcastic and the mother was totally missing it.

I know..i couldnt believe it..the mom really had no clue.. i wanted to call and tell her ..lol. the pervy uncle totally creeps me out..what a pedophile...poor girl i feel bad for here.. i dont think she really has no idea what thes fuckers are doing to her..

A lot of these girls on the sites I'm referring to seem to be 15-17... I think at that age, they should be smart enough to realize what the purpose of their sites are. If not, they lead a very sheltered life.

I knew chicks like this in high school. I'm sure they love all the attention, and I'm sure they get a good chunk of the cash.

The person you are all asking about is James Grady of Denver, CO. He ran a site called True Teen Babes. He was arrested, and they shut his ass down - destroyed him.

Here's a recent article I found about him - Looks like he went to trial and found innocent:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E181%257E1241970,00.html?search=filte r

I don't defend this type of conduct - I'm not sure if his conduct was legally or morally right, but this is a great example of what law enforcement can do to you if they "think" you are doing something wrong. They will slam you against the wall and destroy you before you get to trial. In this case, he was found innocent yet they destroyed him.

But portraying children as sexual is an industry in the US.

I watched a program about Child Beauty Pageants, following the murder of the young girl in Boulder. Anyone know what happened in that case?

The Pageants were projecting 5 years olds as sexy, with their make up, clothing and the way they presented themselves. The whole thing was sick and driven by the parents.

I'm not talking about Jim Grady... the sites in question are still up (KRL posted info about them)

Jon Benet Ramsey... the case has become nothing but tabloid fodder.

At 15-17 most US teen girls know what they are doing. And they are using themselves to make money.

What they do not understand is the consequence of their actions. Which are, they get a lot of money, the guy running the site goes to prison and they remain annonamous. Maybe if over 15 year olds were named there might be less of them doing it.

Look at the 16 year olds around you, not exactly children. They should be taught resposibility.

The consequences don't affect them, so they don't care. And if sit blows up, they turn around and claim that they were exploited, etc. At 15-17 years old, none of these girls are being forced into these sites.

I'm not that far off from 16 (I'm 20) and I had a good understanding of responsibility and of consequences of my actions at 16-17 years old.

My thread clearly specifies underaged non-nudes :)

That is amazing that he was acquitted. Wow, if they can't nail that type of crap, we can breathe a lot easier with the regular stuff.

That non-nude stuff gives me a boner

if you mean sites like christinamodel.com -- even though its 'non-nude' there are enough quick nude teases in the photo/vids that in my opinion it is nudity.

I discovered about the site about 6 months ago when a staffer/owner of the site signed up as a member of our website lol.

did you read the topic? :disgust

FTVGirls, those are actualy the sites I'm referring to

Assuming you have a lot of money for attorneys.

it`s sick , leave the kids alone....

BTW, sites like mosteroticteens.com that used to offer NUDE pics of 16 yo girls I believe, offer now only 18+ models...

you are a scumbag if you are an adult man running websites with mid-teenagers, 14-17, nude or NON-nude.

I have no problem with a slutty little 15 year old putting up her own website to tease guys, most girls are losing their virginity at 14-15, younger in some ethnic groups. It's the 40 year old creep who is always in the background of these sites I have a problem with. We all know there are plenty of 18 and 19 year olds out there to work with. They recruit the young teens for a reason.

And those people in the child beauty pageant business in the United States - they should be put outta business.

The mainstream entertainment business is a little different, they do the same thing with Britney Spears but at least there is another product being sold, music, it's a whole package, part of which are the sexy costumes and posters.

I think they're legal, but "sketchy" is a good word to use. I'll be honest, as a 23 year old guy, I find some of the late teen models for these sites being spammed to usenet are pretty cute. One in particular "Lalana Model" is damn fine, no idea if she's 18 or not, but she's hot. Sorry but it's in my genes!

There's a particular example of this type of site I remember, cause the asshole used to spam the living HELL out of usenet, including the nospam.teenfem group where spam is not permitted. It was molly-model.com (cutie!) which was run by Gary Smith. He also ran photostudio17.com which had multiple models. As I remember it turns out the guy had prior convictions for feeling up an underage girl in Arkansas and also got convicted of taking illicit pics.

NOTE: I do NOT have any proof of this, and I did a search but couldn't find much regarding charges aside from the ageofconsent.com link below, so take it with a grain of salt. This is not meant as slander/libel, but just what I remember at the time. There were several TV news website stories posted to usenet when all of this was new and interesting, but I can't find them at Google. It's possible that the guy's never touched a girl in his life so I'm not making any accusations.

For awhile there was somebody posting his mugshot from the sex offender registry into usenet.

Here are some relevant references I could find in a Google search for Gary Smith and "PhotoStudio17"

http://ynotnews.ynotmasters.com/issu...501/page6.html

http://www.avnonline.com/issues/2001...c1001_02.shtml

http://www.ageofconsent.com/comments/photogbusted.htm

http://www.glgarden.org/Dissident/Di...delVideos.html

I'd be interested in seeing other info about Gary Smith if anyone's got it.

Gary!?!

You think that's bad. I ran across a nude underage site 2 or 3 years ago. On the main page it said it wasn't child porn, or any porn for that matter because all of the photos were just candid shots of kids being kids, blah blah blah. I actually found it from a site that had it linked and a link to turn it in to the feds.

Needless to say the site is still up and running and I believe it was registered with a TX address.

Any site with content of anyone under the age of 18 just can't be legal. One of the sites mentioned above - christinamodel.com - Might be legal by the letter of the law, but it's still the sexual exploitation of someone who is under age.

I mentioned this thread to my wife, and she handed me the "woman's" magazine she was looking at. Half of the woman in this "woman's" magazine looked under the age of eighteen, and the pictures were all sexual in nature. It's horroble.

you need to bring yourself down to their level,
stop thinking like a internet business man and more of
an AOL newbie

most these kids and parents are tricked,, lot of them don't realize what there getting into.

These companies give themselves off like a legit teen modeling agency trying to make their kids into celebrities