I Asked the Mod why you delete my profile and response got back was: I did not like how your bio sounded...

The mods on Modelmayhem are extremely unprofessional and biased. After adding a photo (which I didn't know was prohibited), my photo was removed. Fair enough, however, I received 6 (yes 6!) consecutive, different messages from moderators on Modelmayhem telling me that its prohibited (re ONE photo) which I felt was really unnecessary and aggressive and I informed them to please not message me again re that issue... I then took great care in editing the photo so that it would meet their standards..

However, a few hours after I had added the photo, it was again removed within a few hours! (the reasons they stated was not true as I clearly edited everything out of the photo that they stated was prohibited in the first place!). It was a blatantly unfair move on their part. I can find no other reason for why my photo was deleted than reasons that must be biased - is it run by inflated ego driven teenagers who decide within a split second whether they like your photo (or perhaps you) or not?

Then again if these people were so important they would be out in the industry - not hiding behind a computer running a wannabe site.. Needless to say I won't use that site again. Total waste of time

I really love these complaints here. I am so with you guys. What really wounded my heart and Professional Pride, in addition to portfolio was all these photographers stealing from me. And I'm speaking of all of my experiences compiled from Model Mayhem. It totally blows me away how models, if they don't do 'nudes' won't get the job. Much less friend requests. Believe me when I say that all that seems so peachy not ends that way. Sigh. Here I am again short another set of edited, hard earned photos. I'm sure you have a blacklist too, probably the Model Mayhem nightmare archives. You better have a good family attorney... This may be your only recourse. Seriously though I've really bitten the dust with a lot of unprofessional and unprofessionalism from this site. Although to be fair I would say maybe 30% was good. Some people say that one model place OMP is better but my experience has not taught me that, and I would say be careful there too.The main reason I left Mayhem circus was there's just not a lot of work for "legitimate" that one can present to society, and I really don't take to having photographers writing me poison letters because I will pose bikini but not nude. "My body my choice" eh? Hope they respect your boundaries, and your"No", which comes in many different quises. I remember being assaulted by a so-called body painter and Model Mayhem was not prepared to even lend an ear to it, in the aftermath for me. The guy is still up there, same profile. If you can find a good and rewarding job off of Model Mayhem you're lucky, and enjoy it. And then move on right? You're not going to get that big breakthrough on Model Mayhem.

As a photographer, casting director and coach I discovering new talent every week. I recommended MM to get 'some' exposure until I read the rape cases. I felt awful sending all these kids to this site. I stopped. I did my own investigation and found my models were reviewed and 'approved' by pervs. We checked these people's own profiles and business websites. We found most of them ONLY worked with naked women or men. They call their work 'ART'. Seriouly?

These people have the 'power' to approve or decline a professional model with work experience (no nudes). They will decline if they find a threat to their site. They want no one else to have access to these accounts other than the models. Simply because they know agents and directors will not let models fell in easy traps.

As an independent agent I started monitoring (with my models) what king of friend requests and 'job' offers they were getting. Some of them got porn offers...some others nude offers.

We noticed an overwhelming amount of requests and offers from 'other' pervs (gay and straight) that only photograph nudes. Picture this...a new aspiring model is looking to get photos done and the receive offers to do nudes. This is how a couple of girls got drugged and raped going to 'be photographed'. Google it.

Now, I am not against nudity when professional photographers work in all other styles and genres, male and female but when you see a pattern you know what is going on and want from you (if you are a model). They tracked my IP address and cancelled my account with the excuse 'no agents are allowed'. I didnt fight it. It was obviously clear they didnt want someone watching these (my) models back.

Answer this: who gets the most of these so-called fine art shots, the model or the photographer? How often is the model going to use these photos when applying or casting for modeling jobs? Once, twice or never while the photographer keeps in his/her files hundreds of nudes taken from this model. Today, anyone with a few buck can buy professional cameras and call him/herself a photographer.

There are new sites offering new options. They are clean, classy and very professional. Model Mayhem is going to find its end pretty soon, mostly thanks to those pervs moderators who approve other pervs to hunt for their innocent victims loking to get discovered. They SHOULD ONLY make moderators to established photographers and they should ONLY approve and accept photographers and models that show variety, diversity and professionalism. DECLINE those whose ONLY focus and work is nudity.

They have CONTESTS showing naked men and women. The winners are usually the ones that get the most votes. Are you kidding me? I had the chance to see the winners and these photos were not the best submissions. They did, however have the biggests dicks, butts or boobs. How is this a photography contest? What are they judging? It doesnt matter the composition, lighting, creativity, model or originality. Submit a big dick, butt or boobs and you will get the most votes. An automatic winner.

If you are a model or a photographer looking to get into nudes and porn, this is your place otherwise you are putting yourself into their hands, dirty hands.

Seek and you will find...
Model Mayhem is giving a bad name to modeling and photography.

My profile got suspended because i expressed my free speech on the forums, someone took offense to it, they bitched to a moderator, and i payed the price. They then found every post i'd ever made on the forums and antagonized me on each and every one. When i complained to the moderators again, they did nothing, so i confronted him about it directly but he threatened me with violence. I said name a time and a place. For that, my profile got suspended again, and once again, he got away with his catty bullshit without any kind of consequences. they said they could reactivate a week and i said don't fucking bother. I tried onemodelplace for a bit, with no results, so i came back and made a new profile under the name of my LLC. I stayed off the forums and kept to myself. And then they suddenly banned my account again saying my profile had been previously removed and that it was for threats of violence, and that if i had any complaints i should talk to their legal department.

If there is already a class action lawsuit or something, i want to join it. Please, someone, anyone, give me a way to sue these assholes. Or to find them and beat the living shit out of them. Because i don't want to believe its something i have no control over. See i could go to the better business bureau with this but it'd get lost in the sea of complaints practically identical to mine about how the moderators all act like vituperative children and play stupid games and put people down for fun. Or i could go to the press but they're already running stories about how sexual predators basically run your site and constantly rape models and get away with it. And their only legal defense is that they're a voluntary service so if people don't like it then they don't have to voluntarily subject themselves to the kind of treatment they put them through. And they know acting like this in real life would get their ass kicked no matter who they were, but they do it behind a computer screen so any physical repercussions for their actions are off the table. Its a site run by trolls, for trolls, and at the deficit of everyone else. And someone needs to teach em that trolling doesn't pay. Because as hard as it is to accept, with the way they've set their site up, it totally does.

First off, before I go on, I'd like to mention first hand that my review is not "hating". You know how people love to just throw that word around when you disagree or dislike something.

[Here's The Good Part:]

I used to be an active member of model mayhem and I logged on daily. It was convenient as ever for the simple fact that I travel ALOT and I would do a search for models by specific looks, (which is always fun), I'd post castings for any kind of project I wanted to do, and I would in fact get a ton of replies.

Also, if I was traveling and needed to link up with a talent, such as a makeup artist, hair stylist or even a clothing designer, I would find them with absolutely no problem no matter what side of the map I was on. Now that's the good part about the site, (the networking factor.)

[The Bad, The UGLY, The UNPROFESSIONAL]

The bad side is that those clowns deleted my account for no reason at all, and when I asked them why, they claimed they received NUMEROUS complaints about threats from me. Threats? From Me? LOL I found that hilarious. I asked for proof, they provided none, but what made it even funnier is that I already KNEW who it was that reported me, it was a model that tried to blackmail me, she threatened to contact a moderator if I didn't give her more photos. And in her threat she also stated "you know how easy they delete accounts".

So when I refused to she went ahead and made sure they deleted my account. They tried to cover up for her by claiming it was "numerous" complaints, as if I didn't know that was a lie, and when I told them how unfair it was, one of the mods replied "we can delete any account, for ANY reason" Can you believe it? It was more than one mod responding to my questions and they were literally bullying me.

I was like if there was so-called "numerous complaints" what happened to a warning? what happened to a fair trial? why not ask me what happened first? you just straight up delete my account because someone lied on me and fabricated a story when they were the ones that threatened me? - they didn't care about anything I was saying. They are jealous people and when they see you're actually good at what you do? gives them even more of a reason to want to delete your account. Bitter, low-life, narcissistic d'ouches.

They didn't care about me asking them to hear my side of the story. They didn't care to see any proof I could have provided to prove the model lied on me because she couldnt have her way. The mods are just a bunch of washed up fauxtographers and play-models that get off on playing pretend-cop. I read on wikipedia that they don't even get paid lol which makes it worse that they're going so hard for FREE. A bunch of losers who have nothing else better to do but try and make peoples life as miserable as theirs.

I was super disappointed when they deleted my account, for the simple fact that the email I received was EXTREMELY unprofessional. "do your networking elsewhere" didn't even state WHY my account was removed.

I truly wish they do better, such as HIRE actual professionals to run the site. Like REAL professionals. Not have it run by other photographers & trash models who use their jealousy and personal vendettas against other photographers and models as more of a reason to delete their accounts. It definitely sounds absurd, and unreal but YES these so-called "adults" are running the site like children.

If nothing changes, I hope the site gets taken down for good.
It's a true rip off if you're actually a hard working professional, because they will definitely target you, delete you, and go on about their business.

the fakers and pretenders do well there...

I believe we should all come together and do a petition to have the site taken down because of how unfairly they treat people in general. All of these stories are NOT coincidences!!!

and trust me, any GOOD comments you see people claiming the site isn't bad at all? Are definitely either the moderators themselves going under cover OR just straight up ass-kissers who want to stay in good with the moderators so their account wont get deleted lol.

First off, before I go on, I'd like to mention first hand that my review is not "hating". You know how people love to just throw that word around when you disagree or dislike something.

[Here's The Good Part:]

I used to be an active member of model mayhem and I logged on daily. It was convenient as ever for the simple fact that I travel ALOT and I would do a search for models by specific looks, (which is always fun), I'd post castings for any kind of project I wanted to do, and I would in fact get a ton of replies.

Also, if I was traveling and needed to link up with a talent, such as a makeup artist, hair stylist or even a clothing designer, I would find them with absolutely no problem no matter what side of the map I was on. Now that's the good part about the site, (the networking factor.)

[The Bad, The UGLY, The UNPROFESSIONAL]

The bad side is that those clowns deleted my account for no reason at all, and when I asked them why, they claimed they received NUMEROUS complaints about threats from me. Threats? From Me? LOL I found that hilarious. I asked for proof, they provided none, but what made it even funnier is that I already KNEW who it was that reported me, it was a model that tried to blackmail me, she threatened to contact a moderator if I didn't give her more photos. And in her threat she also stated "you know how easy they delete accounts".

So when I refused to she went ahead and made sure they deleted my account. They tried to cover up for her by claiming it was "numerous" complaints, as if I didn't know that was a lie, and when I told them how unfair it was, one of the mods replied "we can delete any account, for ANY reason" Can you believe it? It was more than one mod responding to my questions and they were literally bullying me.

I was like if there was so-called "numerous complaints" what happened to a warning? what happened to a fair trial? why not ask me what happened first? you just straight up delete my account because someone lied on me and fabricated a story when they were the ones that threatened me? - they didn't care about anything I was saying. They are jealous people and when they see you're actually good at what you do? gives them even more of a reason to want to delete your account. Bitter, low-life, narcissistic d'ouches.

They didn't care about me asking them to hear my side of the story. They didn't care to see any proof I could have provided to prove the model lied on me because she couldnt have her way. The mods are just a bunch of washed up fauxtographers and play-models that get off on playing pretend-cop. I read on wikipedia that they don't even get paid lol which makes it worse that they're going so hard for FREE. A bunch of losers who have nothing else better to do but try and make peoples life as miserable as theirs.

I was super disappointed when they deleted my account, for the simple fact that the email I received was EXTREMELY unprofessional. "do your networking elsewhere" didn't even state WHY my account was removed.

I truly wish they do better, such as HIRE actual professionals to run the site. Like REAL professionals. Not have it run by other photographers & trash models who use their jealousy and personal vendettas against other photographers and models as more of a reason to delete their accounts. It definitely sounds absurd, and unreal but YES these so-called "adults" are running the site like children.

If nothing changes, I hope the site gets taken down for good.
It's a true rip off if you're actually a hard working professional, because they will definitely target you, delete you, and go on about their business.

the fakers and pretenders do well there...

I believe we should all come together and do a petition to have the site taken down because of how unfairly they treat people in general. All of these stories are NOT coincidences!!!

and trust me, any GOOD comments you see people claiming the site isn't bad at all? Are definitely either the moderators themselves going under cover OR just straight up ass-kissers who want to stay in good with the moderators so their account wont get deleted lol.