Barbizon Modeling School
Reviews and Complaints
Barbizon Modeling School Reviews
Torrance, California
Barbizon is a scam don't believe a word they say!!!
I know for a fact they are a scam because I use to work for them!! I couldn't do it anymore because it hurt my heart watching moms cry because they couldn't afford it.
Its all *** If you can afford 3000 they will accept you. There's no committee or panel. They don't look at your kids picture after u spend an hour listening to there lame *** spokes person who has NEVER been in the industry.So the whole "being accepted" is *** too!! They don't tell you that the big convention they have once a year costs 8000!
yes I said eight thousand dollars! which they show video of to get your hopes up! these people are *** artists. They make promises they cant keep.
If you feel your kid needs self esteem there are programs that don't cost 3000.
As a parent myself I understand u just want the best for your kid. As a parent my self don't fall for the Barbizon ***
Cornwall, New York
Barbizon outright lied to me!!
I was contacted by a Debra Rosenthal who said she wanted to "interview" my daughter for some upcoming spring print ad work. She said she received my daughter's name through a mall kiosk where she had filled out an entry form for a prize drawing.
While speaking with Ms. Rosenthal I specifically asked her if this was a JOB or a SCHOOL. She assured me that while Barbizon does have a school she was calling as a "scout" and that she was looking for girls to work immediately. I told her that I would be driving and hour and a half each way for this interview and that I was not interested in paying for my child to go to any type of school.
Once again she assured me that this interview had nothing to do with a school of any kind or paying for anything.
Yesterday I drove my daughter over 90 minutes to this "interview" only to sit through a 2 hour lecture which was of course, the sales pitch. After sitting through that agonizing speech, we had to wait for the "interview" with Debra. When we finally go to speak with her I confronted her about what she had told me.
Her answer? "Oh well she can do work right away...we can have her do local print work and she can work our kiosk in the mall..I will have Judy call you..is that ok??" Not wanting to cause a scene in front of my daughter we left. Now tell me, if this place is indeed legitimate how did we go from sending her to school for over 2000 dollars to her getting work right away?? To all the moms out there...PLEASE do not waste your time unless you want to send your child to charm school because essentially that is all this place is!!!
I was lied to just to get may daughter in the room. Luckily she didn't fall for all the BS that was fed to her and realized it was a scam.
Hicksville, New York
Confused
Umm .. Barbizon Called Me On Thursday and Said That I Have An Audition.
The Lady Said That It Was Completely Free So That I wouldnt Have To pay Anything but now that im reading some of these complaints , im starting to think that its just going to be another scam . So does anybody here has had experience with Barbizon ?
Please if so , i have a few questions to ask.
Ive been in a situation like this where I was confused but i convinced my mom to just at least give it a try and now i regret it. So This time if the money is too much , I'll have to look for a different place.
Buffalo, New York
Dont know what to do
me and my dad just got off the phone with barbizon and they said i have a iterview on the 21 but i dont know if this is fake or what. if this i sgonna coast melots of money im goona be pissed.
i dont know what to do,i would love if this is for real but im not wasting my time with omething thats just a scam. has anyone eles exually think this is for real.
im really involed with modeling thing and really wana do it, they better not ruin my dream....... sooooo what should i do
Chicago, Illinois
BARBIZON school of how to rip you off.
My neice has been signed with barbizon and they said she has a great unique look because she has natural red hair, naturally straigh teeth and now all they want is 2100.00 to teach her how to walk, put on makeup and do her hair...
*** i can do that for free.
there are noooooo guarentees ofjobs,if they were a modeling agency they would do your hair makeup and clothes...and pay you..my friend is a pro photographer who has shot covers of seventeen and other mags...he said its all a scam to get her money.
Stockton, California
Used my child in an attempt to profit
Today, a woman stopped my child in the mall and said she had a great look and invited us to a Barbizon event. My daughter wanted to give it a shot, so knowing how these things work I explained to her true agencies only want you to maybe pay for headshots/portfolio, as far as training, they will invest in you. (That is a summary).
Well anyway, after going through the whole thing and I explained to the "Talen Director" that I feel that if they really feel that she has what it takes, I do not feel that I should have to pay them.
At this point the "Executive Director" said to me in front of my child "Sine you do not want to make an investment, it is obvious you do not support your child".
When I began to tell her that supporting my daughter comes from my heart and not my checkbook she said "let's step away you are embarassing your daughter". I have never been so livid in my life.
Rochester, Minnesota
Confused about Barbizon!!!
I was just called by Barbizon and i'm not really sure what to make of it. They set up a one on one interview with me at a scheduled time and told me that they pretty much hook girls up with modeling jobs where you can make a lot of money quick.
The rep on the phone went on and on about how there are a bunch of scholarship opportunities and things that sound pretty legit. I don't know if i should go to the meeting or not. I would love to get modeling jobs for the money but i'm not interested in going to some school. Help!!!
Is this too good to be true? :/
Boston, Massachusetts
Babizon is a scam
I went to barbizon I even went to a barbizon competition and guess what, they don't do anything for you, They don't help you get jobs, they WON"T help you find agencies to work for (even though they say they will). It doesn't help your career in the least bit, honestly its a waste of time and money you can go to any photographer and have the same pictures taken for less. Socialy it is fun, a bunch of girls getting together doing make-up and talking about how we want to be famous but I'm still sitting in little ole' Vermont waitressing...THANKS BARBIZON...NOT
Yes, they ripped us off too. It was all "your daughter has a special look".....'she can go places'.....they get your cheque, then they are out the door!
Poorly co ordinated, cheap makeup tips....in fact my daughter could have taught the class better!! It was a sham, scam and pure bull*hit. HUGE money grab for nothing.
Check out Dateline's episode on them. Shame on them.
and just to add, my daughter IS a model now. She learned NOTHING from Barbizon.....in fact she could have taught the "teacher" (I use the term loosely) a thing or two.
Wrong makeup, tips were silly and it was all a rush/mass production thing. It IS a scam!!!!
run and run away fast from any Barbizon promotions!! they are just there to take your money.
if your daughter is an obese 9 year old don't expext them to turn her into a model. It's a school not a miracle worker.
It's to learn. Thers no brainwashing bull. There's so many important things you learn and opprotunities they give you.
If you feel like you have what it takes and your family truly believes in you, it's worth every penny. It just depends on how badly you want it.
If you in fact worked for Barbizon you must be blind not to see our students and graduates grow and succeed. We have been training teens since 1939.
If you worked for Barbizon you signed a agreement to be truthful to our students and parents. It appears you were not and probably terminated. I guess you just do not understand our invaluable service.
I also noticed your grammar in your post,we never hire anyone that is not literate. I would like to offer you are modeling course at no cost so you can improve your attitude and ability to write.
If you in fact worked for Barbizon you must be blind not to see our students and graduates grow and succeed. We have been training teens since 1939.
If you worked for Barbizon you signed a agreement to be truthful to our students and parents. It appears you were not and probably terminated. I guess you just do not understand our invaluable service.
I also noticed your grammar in your post,we never hire anyone that is not literate. I would like to offer you are modeling course at no cost so you can improve your attitude and ability to write.
You probably shouldn't pick at someone else's grammar when yours, as well as your spelling, isn't any better, ***
I got a call from Paula Reid on 4\14\2011, to go in on Saturday 4\16\2011. Me and my dad (My mom isn't in my life anymore) went in, and sat for almost an hour watching a video. at around 11:30, a speaker came in (claiming to be an executive for Barbizon) and gave a 45 minute speech.
Well, I really wanted to try it out because I never had a mom to teach all this make-up stuff, or fashion or things like that. What I learned from about 9 years old up to now is basically from Television!
:? I don't know much about Barbizon, but I can tell you that I'm not getting very confident (like they CLAIM to make girls and boys), I feel skittish and very upset at hearing all the negativity. It sounds so legit to me, Idk what to do!
they called in my daughter for a short interview about doing commercials etc...and it ended up being 3 hours sitting around listing to the same BS we've heard from other 'talent'schools....One of the first warning signs? they separated the kids from the parents...putting us on opposite sides of the room from our kids so it would be harder for us to influence them while they did their presentation!
Naturally, we got a call back tonight and my daughter told her we can't afford it...the woman replied 'why didn't we tell her this yesterday at the interview'...to which she told her we did. The woman said, ok..well if things change, call and hung up rudely.
I notice a lot of the people who are the recruiters claim to be former graduates of the schools...I cannot help but see a similarity between these people and abused kids who turn around and abuse their own kids....in this case, they were scammed and brainwashed and are turning around and doing the same thing to others.
You people who think barbizon is a scam because your children nor you is model material u need to have passion for it and if you think barbizons criticism is harsh well you have another thing coming when you go to another agency and tell you something like lose weight stop hating barbizon is a SCHOOL to prepare you for the model world I go to barbizon of raleigh and i enjoy it you might have not because you can't model you just go and think you have what it takes when you do not
:( Sarah please stop calling us, we are not going to be scammed by you. no means no.
i don't believe anything you say anymore cuz you said the same stuff to my friends. tt
My advice to people do your research . She played my daughter against me , making me the bad guy.
She was calling my daughter's cell number . No, I'm the parent and if you really believe what you say in your speech , kids listen to your parents , then stick to it. We are not doing Barbizon and I'm going to talk to the school where you got my daughter's information and make sure you have to deal with the parent directly . And your rude, obnoxious, pushy sales tactics will not work on me or my family .
Although Barbizon has been around for a long time , and I don't know how the other ones work .
This is the Carolina's , and we believe in family values. And nobody is going to let you pressure us anymore.
I think it's a scam too . We live in NC if previous employees could come out with some information to protect my mom I would appreciate it.
Post the scripts , or the outline they use or video or audio recordings would be very helpful . Dateline NBC did it. Or maybe a news station could investigate and save people like my mom from these bad people. My moms the best, and I don't want her to pay a scam thinking it would make me happy.
Mom if your reading this, I lOVE YOU! And dont worry about this.
No they loved your daughter caluase she was 28 ponds or less diddnt they haha :Pzl
I WAS a student at barbizon once and i have to say they crush your self essteem saying u need to lose weight! Or how to put on ur makeup cause you look like a emo peraon!!!
BARBIZON is for perfect little 30 pound BARBIES!!!!!! :P
Number one barbizon is not a scam i don't know what barbizon u might have been to they are nice and work with u to afford it i just got accepted into barbizon today and it was 1500 and i got a 300 dollar scholarship so its not a scam so i dont believe one word u say okay so stop saying barbizon is a scam and i am a student at barbizon and its not a scam i recommend barbizon
The last two comment were probable a Barbizon employee. Thank you for all your help I was suppost to go today but this confirms it.
There was to many negative thing written about this company. Being a business person myself if there too many complaint there is something wrong.
I attended "Barbizon school of modeling". I know my mom payed at least $1000.00 or more but the classes lasted quite a few weeks and I learned a lot of very important things that would or could help me if I had moved on in the modeling world.
They teach you how to walk, pose, dress, stand, and the cost involves a customized make-up pack and they teach you how to apply it to best accentuate your features. I gained quite a bit of confidence from attending. It may have been a bit overpriced but I don't regret attending. I also hope my mom doesn't regret paying my way to gain these trade secrets.
Self esteem really isn't something you can put a pricetag on. In my opinion Barbizon isn't a rip off, maybe slightly over priced but that's the only negative I can point out.
Ok first of all my daughter went through barbizon and it did not cost $3000 and she also went to the IMTA competition and the Barbizon competition and neither one cost $8000 so I don't believe for a minute that you worked there. I also believe that if you did work there you didn't quite because you couldn't in your heart work for Barbizon because they were wonderful to my daughter and they are a wonderful organization. You were probably fired.
I absolutely loved Barbizon and so did my daughter. I hope people will realize the true value of this program. My daughter may never become a model or actor and I don't for a second regret paying the money to send her to Barbizon. She was an extremely shy and unhappy 14 year old before she went through Barbizon and came out a happy, confident and beautiful young lady. Her grades even went up. Parents I can tell you first hand from a mother that paid to send my child to Barbizon it is worth it...do this for your child if that's what they want. Whether my daughter models a day in her life doesn't matter to me. It was something she was interested in so I invested in my child's interest. What we got out of Barbizon was so much more. Shame on this former employee for blasting such a wonderful company because of her own sour grapes. Not professional at all.
If you are thinking about Barbizon for your child I can tell you as a parent with exprience I would recommend them again and again. I am a Barbizon parent and proud of it!