Answering a Reader Question #979

Anonymous Wrote:

 We live in the Uk but my daughter has been asked to sign with a mother agency based outside the UK - is this a good idea? We are not sure whether she would be overlooked for work if the London agency has to pay the mother agency an extra 10% for each job. Should we try and get her with a London agency instead or sign with this mother agency? We don't know if it is normal practice for the mother agency to be in a different country.

Hello, Anonymous!
While I won't say there hasn't been such an arrangement before where a model's mother agent isn't located in their country of residence, I will say that it is ideal and preferred to have the mother agent where you actually live, instead of another country--mainly for common sense factors of course.

London is a major modeling market internationally so it would be in your daughter's best interest to obtain representation from a reputable mother agency there and then go about the routine process of working with other agencies outside of the UK through the direction of the mother agent.

That being said, start hitting those open calls and submitting online to agencies in your area (there are plenty to choose from, which certainly works in your favor), see what types of offers your daughter gets locally and then go from there.

Wishing you the best of luck!

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2018 at 10:49 PM

    Hi Dania,

    One and a half years ago, I signed a mother agency contract with an agency but soon after decided that I did not want to continue. I did not take any classes, photos, or go to any castings whatsoever. I contacted the agency and we decided that I would stop on amicable terms but it was not explicitly stated that my contract was terminated. Now I am interested in starting again but with a different agency. Am I in the clear, or do you think there could be legal repercussions?

    Thank you,

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  2. Dania DeniseOctober 2, 2018 at 9:13 PM

    Hi, Anonymous!

    Thank you for the questions, you'll find it in its own post, titled "Answering a Reader Question #980." Thanks for reading!

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