emodel.com (now Options Talent) Questions

The following is a summary of questions anyone can ask Options Talent (optionstalent.com, formerly emodel.com), including class-action attorneys, Attorneys General, newspaper journalists, TV reporters, FBI agents, FTC staff, aspiring models, parents, potential scouts, et al.

1. Why can't aspiring models sign up a day later, instead of a year later? What is the basis of the year limit? Who came up with that one-year limit? Was it Cort Randall, who has been convicted for fraud? Was it Ralph "Edward" Bell (who has been investigated by the FTC for fraud)? Was it Jason Hoffman (who has been investigated by the FTC for fraud)? Or was it Alec Defrawrey? Does any modeling agency have that one-year limit? Is Options Talent the only company that uses that one-year limit? Why does Options Talent set a one-year limit? What is the historical and logical basis of the one-year limit?

2. What is the basis of your widely used "86% success rate"? Does this mean 86% of people who signed up with Options Talent made more money than they paid Options Talent? Does it mean 86% of people who paid Options Talent got work? Or does it mean 86% of people who paid Options Talent received telephone calls? When was that statistic first used? When was the data compiled? Who compiled the data? Has the data been independently verified? Can it be confirmed? Is there any way you can show the number was not made up? What is the most current data? When was it compiled? Who compiled the data?

3. If your success rate is as high as you claim, why doesn't Options Talent have a money-back guarantee?

4. If your success rate is as high as you claim, where are the tear sheets? If you have 30,000 models in your database, and 80% get work, where is the proof Options Talent got 24,000 models work?

5. Which models currently under contract with major modeling agencies were discovered through Options Talent? How many models currently under contract with major modeling agencies were discovered through Options Talent? What percentage of models once listed at Options Talent are currently under contract with major modeling agencies after being discovered through Options Talent?

6. Why should aspiring models pay Options Talent up front when the best modeling companies in the industry with the greatest reputations and the highest paid models don't get paid up front? Is Options Talent better than Ford Models and Elite at getting models work?

7. How exactly are the practices of Options Talent different from the practices of emodel.com? Or are they exactly the same?

8. Are the job ads on Monster.com for "independent contractors" (who are paid by commission) or are they salaried positions? When the numbers given are $40,000-75,000, does that mean the base salary for a model scout is $40,000? If a job applicant is accepted, they will start on a minimum $40,000 salary? Or do they start on commissions like they did when the company was known as emodel? If they must start on commissions, why doesn't the job ad make this perfectly clear?

9. Have you sent proof to the Better Business Bureau regarding Options Talent job ads after they asked you to substantiate your claims?

10. Why doesn't the job ad information on Monster.com say you were once known as emodel.com?

11. Who are the leaders of Options Talent, Inc.? Do they include Ralph "Edward" Bell (who has been investigated by the FTC for fraud)? Jason Hoffman (who has been investigated by the FTC for fraud)? Or Alec Defrawrey? Who is on the Board of Directors? Why didn't your website say who is on the Board of Directors? If models are expected to pay $595 up front to be included in your program, don't they have a right to know who is on the Board of Directors at Options Talent Group, and its subsidiary, Options Talent?

12. Are all the celebrities listed as Advisory Board of Options Talent aware their names and images are on your website? Why are there no quotes next to their names? Do they know anything about the background of your company and emodel.com? Or are the names and faces of the celebrities part of false and misleading advertising, such as the fraudulent use of supermodels whom emodel claimed were part of the emodel network?