Aspiring Models: Beware of the John Robert Powers Modeling School

I want to tell you this story from my own perspective. I am married with a beautiful 8 year old step-daughter with blonde hair and blue eyes. She has always wanted to be a model, so her Mother took her out in our garden to snap some pictures of her in our flower garden.

My wife took about four or five different poses and decided to send them to different talent agencies for kicks to see what would happen. It didn't take long for the scammers to call. I don't know why every aspect of our society has to have somebody that has to try to take advantage of hard working people, but it does. My wife received a phone call from the John Robert Powers agency. They had received my step-daughter's pictures and wanted her to come to Indianapolis, which is about 120 miles away, to model for an ice cream commercial. My wife called me at work very excited to think that she actually received a reply on the pictures she sent out, not to mention somebody was already wanting our daughter to audition for a commercial! I have been scammed myself enough on-line over the years to be very skeptical if something looks too good to be true. However, I didn't want to rain on my wife's parade, so I told her I would travel with her to the weekend audition.

We loaded up the kids and headed for Indianapolis on Friday night. It took us about two hours to get there. We thought we were going to be late and my wife was driving because she claims I drive like an old man. I am slightly hurt at that since I am turning 40 years old in a few days. I guess I will have my driver's license taken away next. At any rate, we arrived at the building and signed in. We were lead to a room where there was about another 20-30 children with the same dreams my step-daughter has.