ModelMayhemReviews 148

I had a model account and a photography account for many years. I was also a VIP member on my photography account for quite a long time.

2 models who were friends of mine asked me to help them setup a model mayhem account, because they did not know how(along with email, twitter, Instagram etc) so I did. Periodically they would ask me to help them upload photos, due to the archaic upload system(less than 1mb files and pixel amount limitations) so I did.

I then had both my model and photography page removed and told I had breached the rules. I contacted the moderator about this and they said the rules state accounts can only be handled by one person. I said fair enough, honest mistake but rule is the rule. I was also told I would not be allowed to create any new accounts.

However, both models, who were the ones who asked me to help and therefore ALSO broke their apparently unbreakable rules, were allowed to create new accounts with no issue at all.

So I did not give others access to my account, but I broke the rules and was banned but the ones who DID give access to another were not banned.

Completely contradict their own rules and show a complete double standard. It is not a surprise that the site is slowly dying.

The site is built upon making ladies and their pics readily accessible to pervs.

They allow your photos to be collected into lists for creepers to keep in folders to use later. There's no benefit to the posted to have their pics off their profile where it has their contact info, stats, rates, etc. Most of us call lists the spano bank. List for boobs are creatively renamed to hide their intent,. But it's frighteningly transparent.

Hobbyist pervs are indignant if you don't want to pull your convo off of model mayhem where they try to get your contact info under guise of work. These profiles give false legitimacy as there's no review system to show whose actually gotten work by these losers.

Popular opinion is more heavily regarded in the forums than professional advice from those with higher credentials but doesn't use the site for social pandering with friends.

All the professionals dumb enough to think there's enough quality on there to compensate for the poor customer service,. Ancient infrastructure, support of creepers, and created a profile, wuickly regretted it and fled.

The site is only good for fake Pat's on the back and escort exchanges

I was on modelmayhem years ago then discovered that my profile had been deleted because apparently I broke their rules. Tried to re-open then create a new account with a new email because they wouldn't delete the email from their database or restore it.

Now finally got a new account, I got a subscription because I wanted to be a good member and follow the rules, only to find out I am blocked again because according to them my account was hacked!

So I had to read through a lot of nonsense basic idiotic stuff and confirm that I understand but that is not all. Now I have to confirm to get a new password that they will scramble.

All I want to do is cancel my subscription at this point but I have no access. Until it is fixed their way. What normal professional site punishes their customers for being hacked on THEIR end! I WANT MY MONEY BACK! Too bad there is not zero rating.

I used this site in the past and often found so many creepers on the site, who would push for nudity or other horrible suggestions for modeling. Thankfully I had a good head on my shoulders and did not give into any of the creeps. Later, I turned my focus to working with other models on the site, to ensure we were all given quality work with not creepers. As a model, I really hated this site to find work - so I started finding models to work with me on projects that I found... We Brandi, a worker at Model Mayhem, decided that she did not providing actual quality work to models and shut down my account. I guess her thoughts are to leave the creeps on the site who try to rape or kidnap poor models and aspiring models, than to allow another model to get ACTUAL job and opportunities... after all that - I really hate this site and hope that models find other avenues to promote themselves on. This site is just full of creeps and that is probably because it is ran by creepy people who have no interest in adding value to this industry.

I would agree with the majority of the reviews not a reputable site for models or professional photographers. Anyone who thinks they are going to grow their careers based on Model Mayhem need to get real. This is basically a pick up site for escorts and prostitutes to hook up. If you are looking for artist try a reputable art schools. This is a site is where people claim to be professionals when in fact their not, and its loaded with unsavory creepy people. You have gone low when you deal with sites like this. Its mostly images of nudity, Most people dont buy porn anymore it's free on sites like this... Stay away from sites like this, if you are trying to grow your career

This site invites a forum for the like minded... those interested in networking to find a model, photographer, hair or mua. It welcomes newbies and all those aspiring to do and be more. It does not guarantee that you would have a good experience or that because you say you MODEL that you can or if you say you are PHOTOGRAPHER that you are perfect. In my opinion, it is a good site for this. Of course, you have to be careful and wise about your decisions

Aside from Uber, these guys take the cake. I am a paying customer and have been on the site for years. They shut me down without a warning, telling me I was outside my bounds and that i needed to upgrade my account to a monthly paid service beyond what I was already paying. No one reached out to help, they just shut me down. Funny how they figured this out after me being on their site for over 5 years, duh. So i opened another account which i thought was in compliance, I reached out to their customer sevice team and they could not have been any more unprofessional / rude. They shut my account down again saying that i clearly didn't read their term of use otherwise i wouldn't have opened another account. No explanation or assistance to help me get my paid account back on their site, they basically told me to go screw myself.

So they lose, they don't get my money and to the folks at MM, go screw yourselves. The site is awful and full of low class individuals especially those at the top, management and customer service. I hope they all get on a plane one day and wind up floating in the ocean, where they belong. The lowest of the lowest scum of the earth. Modelmayhem.com Stay away

I applied with two profiles since I do both modeling and photography work. I have fashion show experience and because of this I was very surprised to find out that both applications were rejected.

In the first application as a model I don't understand the decision at all. Because if this site is not for professional models, than who is it for? Strippers? Hookers? People who they would like to date? And for the second profile they simply assumed that my photos must have been someone else's because they don't expect high quality photos. Either that or the only other option is heavy sexism. Because most photographers on the site are in fact men. I won't deal with them again. Overall it makes no sense for them to exclude real professionals unless there is something seriously going wrong or something shady with this website.

The help section claims that you can try again in application but that is untrue since they closed my page and write proudly that they don't "let you" delete your account and your data. Which by the way, as a european, is my right. So I am not giving in easily over some website online that pretends as if they could change national or international law by writing their own little rules on the website.

Stay away! Highly unprofessional.

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It's been called ''A modern Model Mayhem''. That's kind of embarrassing after reading all of these comments but it shows that it's time for something new.

This website is a joke. Yes people find modeling jobs on the site, but all the photographers are not professional so when you get photos back from the shot you just did, you can't use them because they don't look good. Also, some of the photographers will say they will pay models who model for them... yeah nope that's a lie. They don't pay you. The truth is this everyone in the professional world knows Model Mayhem is a joke so when you tell someone you have found work on Model Mayhem or you have a profile on the website, they will laugh at you because they site is a joke and so are the people on there

Model Mayhem (MM) is dead.

Most of the new members are retouchers who clog up friend requests. (Apparently taking one course in Photoshop makes you an artist.)

The remainder are "models" and "photographers" who submit as their portfolios a gaggle of color balance challenged images.

Add to this a self-serving clique who run the site like a North Korean Prison camp with all of the grace of a brain damaged guard at a Stalinist Gulag and you have a dead site.

Is there any hope?

Yes.

Institute a system where the members evaluate the Moderators for politeness, competence and honesty.

Will this happen?

No.

The Site is Dead but is Too Stupid to Know it!

Dont bother having any sort of expectations of customer appreciation or customer service for that matter when choosing a membership level to sign up for. Whether youre a long time paying member at the VIP membership level or opt for to go the thrifty route and spring for the free basic unpaid membership level, rest assured that you will be completely frustrated and annoyed in any interactions you may be unfortunate enough to have with Model Mayhems site Moderators.
Not only do these moderators show clear favoritism towards friends and colleagues in public site communication in forums and contests, they also manage to tick off about 95% of their paying members by making unfair judgment calls in regards to censorship which greatly impacts the photographs overall exposure possibilities on this platform.
Its a shame too, because of the sites long standing history there is a great potential here if only the creative moderators could approach their positions from a place of wanting to contribute for the art form and its participants greater good. Sadly, and quite predictably they go the way of greed and favoritism like the rest of the corporate sell outs.
As soon as a better option arises I will gladly join it. Be warned, of Model Mayhems Malicious Moderators. They are true bullies and Ive never seen a business treat their customers so horribly, absolutely ridiculous.

I was a member of Model Mayhem a few years ago and this site seems to be getting worse. Model Mayhem has become a society of so called photographers who are more like perverts, porn recruiters and worse, the so called models are strippers and call girls. But in saying that not all of the photographers and models on Model Mayhem are in that category so then we have the Moderators/gatekeepers to rectify this. The moderator's task is simply to " keep the BAD in and to keep the GOOD out ". MUAs could be excluded as they offer their services for free as part of the Mua's training. What are the alternatives to model Mayhem? Or similar websites that are more appealing. The StarNow website is much more professional and Facebook photography / Model groups are much more viable.

When Craig's List got knocked for letting purveyors of porn advertise and they had to take down the category, MM picked up the slack. Model prices quadrupled even for non-nude. MM models no longer need a portfolio to get work. Porn photographers will pay them for a test and try (usually successfully) to talk them out of their clothes. The price of artist's models went from $35/hr to $150 in three years or less. Now I can no longer message a model that isn't one of my "friends" with my free membership. Artists and photographers are employers. Models are employees. Why should I have to pay MM? What employment agency asks employers to pay up front to try to hire someone?

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