John Casablancas Modeling lying, ripoff Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

There are many people that feel the same way that you feel, and that is only because they do not understand the Modeling and Acting business.

Our Agency(Zoom) DOES work with Cover Girl, also amongst our list of steady clients is: Pantene Pro-V, Club Zoo, Nice 'n' Easy hair color, Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort, Sonic Pictures, and the list goes on...

We make sure that we NEVER misinform anybody because we believe in the saying that "what goes around comes around" and we do not want to find ourselves in situations like the one that you are describing. (Which is not factual)

I can garentee that you were not told that your daughter would be in Cover Girl commercials. For anybody to say that would be ridiculous because anybody that has ever saw a Cover Girl commercial knows that the faces in those commercials are well established celebrities like Mandy Moore, and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Zoom works with a promotional company that gives us clients such as those above described, and our talent then promotes that company/product. Whether it be at a Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, or Department store, the model is still working, making money, representing our agency, and getting good resume experience.

Ever hear the saying: " You gotta start somewhere?"

I regret to inform you that your contact at Proctor & Gamble was wrong. Each model in our agency that does promotional work, like the Cover Girl event your daughter was inquiring about, is an independant contractor, meaning that it does not matter what age they are. They are by law, allowed to accept, and get paid for promotional jobs. Other jobs such as freeze modeling, and alcohol promotions have an age limit, but the jobs that you had wasted your time asking "dozens" of parents about do not. Our agency, director, and corporate office would NEVER break any laws- especially child labor laws!

In response to retaliation... we would never retaliate against anybody that had a bad taste in their mouth about our company- Instead- we would appreciate if those people would come to us with their problems, that way we could find a solution. Posting negative remarks about our company is cowardly. Before jumping to conclusions, maybe you should have got your facts straight. We are here to help, and if there is a complaint we urge you to come forward because the staff here is willing to help in any way possible.

As for Elite, we ARE affiliated- and I find it hard to believe that you got through to them, and they actually told you that they had nothing to do with John Casablancas. An agency as established as Elite would not realease information of that nature to any random caller. John Casablancas, the man, is the founder of Elite!


I am personally a product of this company. I attended classes 5 years ago, and I did not follow up on it. I, like most people, expected the agency to contact ME, and to offer jobs to ME, but like ALL agencies, it does not work that way. Finally, 3 1/2 years later, I contacted Zoom and in the 6 months that I worked for them, I made enough money to justify the cost of the training courses. I chose to work at John Casablancas full-time instead of Modeling, but If I were to pursue it again, I know that I would find success.

Just because I wasn't in a Cover Girl commercial, or an Elite model does not mean that I was not successful.

I personally do not appreciate false remarks that hurt the reputation of our company. We have a lot to offer those persuing a modeling and/or acting career, and negativity such as this only closes doors for those who are one the road to success.