...further to "My Beautiful Girl" blog.
Turns out Pulse Management, is not 100% what we are looking for. We got a phone call the following week from Stacey Eastman who thinks my daughter is "Amazing." I wonder how many parents heard that? I know she's amazing, and not just her looks, she's smart too sometimes too smart for her own good but that's a whole other story.
So after some considerable research and following my gut instinct we've decided to stay local with this at least to start with. After all Coco Rocha is a Richmond girl and if she can make it as a super model after being discovered by Charles Stuart here in Vancouver (one of the agencies we will be seeing on Friday) then why not my daughter?
As for Stacey Eastman, he got a "Thanks but no thanks" email today. He may have a foot in the industry but he's not the only game on the planet and he's asking too much according to everyone I've talked to including Mr. Charles Stuart himself, his comment, "Oh, only $2,500.00 for a book, is that all?" said extremely sarcastically. He was unimpressed to hear that Stacey is claiming having discovered Coco Rocha, I couldn't find anything online to confirm this which lead to my suspicions about the legitimacy of his "claims". So ya, no thanks.
The Pulse contract was pretty basic, nothing too extravagant, two pages saying we do not guarantee anything but want you to pay for all your travel and work expenses. They are a management company nothing more, I can manage my daughter, and charge her way less for it. The way it works is you sign with your "mother agency" then they share you with other agencies who want your specific look, they split the 20% commission and the model gets her 80%. It can be very lucrative if you get work, the key word there "if".
This past weekend her dad and I did a series of photos which will serve as her "Polaroid's" something the industry requires for initial submissions. They turned out ok, good enough for their purpose. I emailed seven of the required shots to a few local agencies yesterday, I got a reply email right away from Liz Bell Agency and a phone call this morning from Charles Stuart International Models. They are kind of competing because Charles wants to see her before Liz which tells me they are on a hunt for that next big discovery. Good for us if she has what it takes.
Friday will tell the tale. Depending on how this goes will determine how we proceed. It's a great experience for her regardless and if this year it doesn't work out we'll try again next year. She is after all only 13 (and a half) and a year can do allot for a young girl, good or bad. Either way, this is something she wants to try and I will not stop her because we had one run in with an unscrupulous individual. Don't get me wrong, he does work in the industry it's just they way he works I don't agree with.
...so we continue the journey and until my daughter tells me she's done we keep going. This may be short lived this may be a career choice that enables her to realize her dream of attending an Ivy League university and becoming a doctor, and interesting twist in the fashion industry, super-model turned nuro surgeon...I like it either way she has her parents full support and encouragement. Something she's never been denied.
With much love, light and a real trip,
Tammy.
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