Feb 13, 2024

The uglier sides of an industry centered on beauty

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Modeling may seem glamorous, but the realities of the industry can be far from picture-perfect.

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Behind the catwalk: how models are recruited and signed to exploitative contracts

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Natalie White

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What is being done to protect models and hold agencies accountable?

"'Suffocating.' 'Exploitative.' 'Opaque,'" are some of the words used to describe the contracts models work under, Variety's Tatiana Siegel explained.

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Leanna Byrne Host, BBC

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Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer

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