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April 2006 - Posts

Woman claims Lee drugged her friend (eTaiwanNews.com)

A scandal involving an allegation of sexual abuse of a local model by an opposition legislator escalated yesterday as a woman who claimed to be the alleged victim's close friend charged that lawmaker had forced the model to take drugs before having sex with her. Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:36 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Mom of 3 sets of twins eyes pageant crown (newstimeslive.com)

BROOKFIELD — The 38-year-old mother of three sets of twins, Deborah Finck wants to wear a bikini when she parades on stage in the Mrs. Connecticut America pageant this June. Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:35 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Lingerie-Modeling Businesses Busted For Prostitution (koin.com)

PORTLAND -- Police say two Portland lingerie-modeling businesses were fronts for illegal sex. Police busted Private Pleasures on Southwest 53rd Avenue and Secret Rendezvous on Southeast Division. Read More...
Posted Friday, April 14, 2006 2:42 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Milwaukee Man Accused Of Abduction, Attempted Rape (themilwaukeechannel.com)

MILWAUKEE -- A 48-year-old Milwaukee man could be charged with abduction and attempted rape. Police said the man met a 15-year-old girl over the Internet and offered to take pictures of her to help her modeling career. Police said he picked the girl up from school several times and took her to his house to take pictures. Monday, he saw the girl with another guy and got mad, police said. Read More...
Posted Friday, April 14, 2006 2:42 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Warning on Model Search Agencies (wlns.com)

Attorney General Mike Cox is warning parents about certain modeling and talent search agencies. Cox says some agencies host search events and promise an opportunity to meet film directors and modeling agents then charge parents hundreds of dollars for travel and other fees. Cox says it's important for parents to research the company hosting the talent search before getting involved. Read More...
Posted Friday, April 14, 2006 2:41 PM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Virtual prostitutes make real cash (joystiq.com)

Sex sells in Second Life, as it does in real life, and this article by Computer Gaming World delves into the story of prostitution within Linden Labs' virtual world. While Second Life prides itself on being driven by user-created content, including user-driven entertainments at nightclubs and gaming plazas, it's no secret that cybersex is amongst the entertainments on offer for the discerning punter. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:21 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Bikini contest rip-off says budding model (hbtoday.co.nz)

Nineteen-year-old Alyse Hedley has a warning for any girls wishing to be models at the Freestyle MotoXXX show - think again. The show that hit town a year ago and is set to return, left Alyse and about 30 other girls feeling exploited and ripped off, she said. Alyse responded to an advertisement looking for models to take part in a bikini competition, as part of the Freestyle MotoXXX extreme sport event, in March last year. When event organiser Craig Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:20 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Owner of Modeling Agency Faces Child Porn Charges (wtvq.com)

Shocking child pornography allegations in South Central Kentucky. In Rockcastle County, a man has been charged with 200-counts of child pornography. Police say 47-year old Donald Martin is accused of both possessing and distributing the porn. Investigators say all of the alleged victims are under the age of thirteen and are clients of Martin's Southern Stars Modeling Agency in Mount Vernon. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:20 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

LBGP: Sex sizzles - and sells - at GP (presstelegram.com)

LONG BEACH — For advertisers, one cardinal rule still applies: When in doubt, use women in revealing clothing to attract customers. ... Sex appeal sells and that extends to the way products from beer to hair salons are marketed to the tens of thousands flooding downtown this weekend. Read More...
Posted Monday, April 10, 2006 1:05 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Adult movie stars are in the spotlight now for something besides film exploits (torontosun.com)

... They're porn stars, or as they're now known, adult movie stars -- often reviled, feared and even envied by most women, lusted after and fantasized over by most men but regarded with barely concealed contempt by the general public. Sydnee Steele, once a porn star, is now an author who prefers to coach couples and singles on how to have a more fulfilling sex life. Read More...
Posted Monday, April 10, 2006 1:04 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Jury awards model for botched implant surgery (kesq.com)

MARTINEZ, Calif. A Contra Costa County jury awarded 51-thousand dollars to a former swimsuit model who received botched *** implant surgery. Shannon Zien went to a doctor in two-thousand-two because one of her *** implants was leaking. Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 08, 2006 1:52 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Even models have rights (Mail&Guardian Online)

It’s nice, isn’t it, when someone’s in the public eye for so long, and so variously, that you start to look upon them as a friend. I feel like that about Kate Moss — I know when she splits up with Babyshambles bad boy Pete Doherty and when she gets back together with him again; Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 08, 2006 1:52 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)

Rowling slams 'emaciated' models (BBC News)

JK Rowling has criticised models whose "only function in the world appears to be supporting the trade in overpriced handbags and rat-sized dogs." The Harry Potter author said her daughters, Mackenzie, one, and Jessica, 12, would not be "empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones." Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 08, 2006 1:48 AM from Modeling Industry News from Modeling World® | (Comments Off)