I totally agree that Avenue Productions Talent Agency in Fort Lauderdale, FL is a big scam and is an agency that is out to get your money, meaning rip you off. My comp card looked horrible, I even told them that I thought the pictures were horrible and that the person in the pictures did not look like me! They told me that I was being too hard on myself and that my comp card looked great and that I would get a lot of work from it. I signed up with them over 7 months ago and only received one assignment from tHem which was an extra for a commercial that was not even aired in the US. Since then I have tried going to other agencies with the comp card that was given to me from Avenue and every single agency said that my comp card looked horrible and was not a representation of me. That i looked nothing like what my comp card presented and that I look 200% better in person and guaranteed me that I would more than likely not make it in the modeling industry solely based off of my comp card. What a huge disappointment. I was even convinced to be placed on AVENUES website. I was told by Andrea that the website will bring me more work and that a lot of top modeling agencies refer to their site for models...Its ALL a LIE! The photographer is not even a professional photographer, neither is the make up artist. $1000 down the drain!

Avenue Production Modeling and Talent Agency located in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl has violated the consumer sales practice act by conducting deceptive trade practices. This agency has been making false and deceptive claims regarding modeling job availablilty, amazing opportunities and overall bold lies. I have been a victim of fraud and a scam with among others by paying upfront fees accumulating to $1, 800 in damages. This is nothing more than a crass money-making scheme that takes cruel advantage of every parent's dream that his or her child is special. This agency makes innocent people pay an absurd amount of money up front for representation. Under Florida Talent/Modeling Agency Licensing Statue 468.410 prohibits against registration fees, Advertising and upfront fees. This is the only agency that charges these crazy amounts of money and they must be stopped. This is a similar case where the Attorney of General in Florida sued the Children’s Talent Agency in Boca Raton. We must continue to stop these Con artists that continue deceiving people. We must bring justice to them.

I am hitting myself right now. Paid $350 for a photo shoot of my daughter. Didn't go into it thinking she would get a job, just wanted to build her confidence and get some pictures in return. The contract i signed did say that I would not get the pictures, but would receive pictures on contact sheets. My flag went up when I wanted to speak with my husband and she pushed for a decision right then and a date as soon as possible. But i didn't want to disappoint my daughter and they fed on that.

Now we have paid $371 and have nothing to show for it. I can not even afford the pictures. The prices are outrageous. I am ashamed I didn't do more research. My bad, but please learn from my mistake and don't fall for it.