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First of all, make sure that you are model material and don’t fall for the many scams. Go to Wolf’s Models Guide to find out about agency representation.

I do not know Edge Models and I do not comment on individual agencies.

As a rule, models should never pay money to an agency. In your case, the agency has recommended a photographer, which may or may not be okay – depends on whether the agency and photographer are one and the same person or organisation wearing two different hats.

In any case, when an agency wants to sign you up, they should only do so if they are confident that they can get you work and therefore carry the cost of all marketing, including a model’s promotional shots or portfolio.

I am a little troubled by the airbrushing. When I book a model, I do not want to see what a model could look like but what she really does look like. In other words, I do not want to see airbrushed (i.e. altered) photos.

Payment by installments is new to me and does not make sense for an agency because they could deduct the cost of the portfolio from your modelling income (but you should not pay for it in the first place). Then again, maybe they are just nice.

You should read the Models Guide – all of it. There are no shortcuts, no quick answers. You have to put work into your career.

My comments are of a general nature and are not targeted at any particular agency.