Terms and Conditions

General Site Rules

All users of The Model's Resource must adhere to the following rules, with discretion on acceptable behavior resting with the administration and moderation teams.

Pornography, Nudity, Sexual, and Imminent Danger:

Do not use The Model's Resource to network for or solicit pornographic, sexual, or dangerous content or activities.
Do not link to pornographic websites.
No nudity (Implied or Actual).

These rules apply to all areas of The Model's Resource and off-site communications originating from it.

The Model's Resource takes intellectual property laws seriously. Copyright violations may lead to profile removal or membership rejection.
We want to see your original work. Models should upload images of themselves modeling, photographers should upload their own photos, and makeup artists or designers should showcase their creations. Uploading images you did not create is strictly prohibited, even if you have rights to them.

Violations include:

Uploading others' content as your own works.
Using content without permission including proof images.
Misleading others with mock tear sheets or advertisements.

Content must clearly establish copyright, and we may request proof of ownership. Creators should provide original copies of their images, and users of stock images must show proof of permission or licensing.

Dishonest Account Ownership

The Model's Resource expects all members to accurately represent themselves. Accounts are for individual personal artist use only.

We do not tolerate dishonest account ownership, which includes:

Creating an account for someone else.
Allowing anyone other than the account owner to access the account (exceptions: spouses/life partners in a photography team and identical twins with model profiles).
Pretending to be someone else or maintaining a fake profile.

We may request proof of identity to verify account ownership.

Advertising Competing Services

The Model's Resource does not allow promotion, advertising, or recruitment for other modeling, portfolio, networking or social media sites. This includes all forms of communication on the platform, such as DMs, casting calls, forum posts, Tags, and profile text. Links to profiles on other sites are not permitted.

Examples:

Prohibited: Follow me on Instagram/Twitter/X/Facebook/Tik Tok/Rednote, etc.
Prohibited: Sending a DM saying, "Sign up for this new modeling site, it"s great!"
Permitted: Including in your About Me, "Here is a link to my profile on..."

Image and Content Rules

The rules below apply to any images or other content uploaded to or shared on The Model's Resource network.
Images are moderated and judged on their appearance. We moderate images by ensuring the rules focus on elements presented in an image rather than artistic quality. We also do our best to be consistent and fair, but each image is unique so each judgment is also unique. For more information about images and how they are moderated, please see our Edu article.
Tip: Please report any violations of these rules to the moderation team if you see them. Your reports will be kept confidential! Reports can be filed directly from an image via a link at the top right of the page under “Report this image.” Alternatively, you can click Help and then Contact The Models Resource to report other violations.
Any images uploaded to The Model's Resource should follow these size guidelines:
- Photo Size in pixels:
  - No less than 200 wide and 300 high
  - No more than 16 million total pixels (eg, 4,000 wide by 4,000 high)
- File Size, in kb:
  - No less than 7kb
  - No more than 1500 kb
Images in Portfolios – These type of images are NOT allowed:
- Implied sexual activity
- Blood, guts, gore, or violent situations
- Bondage situations of any kind
- Watermarks that are links to pornographic or sexual websites
- Any transparent or semi-transparent clothing or body paint that shows any of the above
- Implied Nudity
Images in Public Spaces – The elements provided below are not allowed in spaces considered "Public" on The Models Resource such as in the avatar space, on a profile page, or in the forums. Any elements not listed here are permitted to be used in a public space.
- Nudity
- Pubic area, (Also known as the bikini region) from the top of the pubic bone to the bottom, and thigh to thigh including any area that would normally be covered by pubic hair.
- Genitals
- Female nipples or areola
- Bare buttocks
- Implied sexual activity
- Blood, guts, gore, or violent situations
- Bondage situations of any kind
- Watermarks that are links to pornographic or sexual websites
- Any transparent or semi-transparent clothing or body paint that shows any of the above
- Implied Nudity
Notes:
- Images that utilize body paint, stars, stripes, emojis, blurring, etc., to block or hide the above Mature elements are still considered Mature.
- Implied nudity includes images that use body parts or objects to cover Mature elements. For example: A model covering a Mature element with their hands or an object. If it appears that the model isn't wearing clothing it's a mature image. Whether mature elements are covered or not.
Prohibited Elements – The elements provided below are never allowed to be posted or shared on The Model's Resource in any form. Using The Model's Resource to network for these types of images is also prohibited.
- Any images showing persons that appear to be under the age of 18
- Bodily fluids, including blood, sweat, tears, non-sexual saliva and mucus
- Erections of any level
- Manipulation of genitals or buttocks to "spread" them
- Genital or anal penetration of any kind
- Explicit sexual content of any kind
- Intimate photographer/subject or “Point of View” content of any kind
- Sexual contact of any kind that appears to be between the photographer and model(s)
- Emphasis on the genitals or anus such as images that are specifically of the genitals, composed mostly of genitals, or appear to be focused on the genitals.
Lists are publicly visible. Lists that violate these guidelines may be removed without warning.
Lists should not be compiled to degrade, insult, bully, or otherwise harass members or their images.
Tip: Images that are in a private album or are not set to be viewed by the public at large will not be able to appear in a list.

Forum and Posting Rules

The forums are a great way to communicate with your fellow members, but there are some rules which apply to your usage of them. If you would like to know how to utilize the forums, please check out our Edu article.

Forum-Specific Rules and Professionalism

Each forum has varying degrees of professionalism, and we encourage you to use the correct levels of professionalism as possible when posting.
We also encourage you to be mindful of your professionalism in these forum posts due to the public and searchable nature of our forums.
Please review the descriptions for each forum, as well as the individual forum rules pinned at the top of the forum you will be posting in. If you have questions about the rules, please go to Help and contact a moderator.

Posting Behavior

This is a forum which means by posting you agree to let anyone post their thoughts and opinions to the topic.
Personal attacks, name calling, hate speech, and the likeness is strictly prohibited. Respect your fellow members.
The Model's Resource forums are not the place for mature and or vulgar topics or language. Trolling is not allowed.
Conversations and mentions discussing race, religion, creed, politics, homophobia, xenophobia, dwarfism, and heightism are strictly prohibited.

Casting and Notice Rules / Posting a Casting Call or Notice

The Model's Resource is a great place to find work and we have three separate ways you can actively seek out castings and work opportunities. Please choose the appropriate one that fits your situation:

Post a Casting Call if you are looking to hire someone for a project.
Post an Availability Notice if you are looking for work local to you.
Post a Travel Notice if you are traveling and are looking for work where you"ll be visiting.

The following represent the rules associated with posting and responding to Casting Calls, Travel Notices, and Availability Notices.

Casting and Notice Violations

If you see any casting calls or notices that violate the following rules or the site rules please use the flag icon in the casting to report it to the moderation team. Moderators monitor these reports regularly and will take the appropriate actions. Violators will be warned when a casting is taken down. Multiple violations may result in the revocation of membership.

Casting Call and Sponsored Casting Call Rules

All castings and notices must provide truthful information about the project and comply with the local laws associated with the respective project. Please note, if a Sponsored Casting Call does not follow these Site Rules and all other terms of use related to Model Mayhem, it may be deleted without refund.
Please note that any casting labeled "PAID" means that you are looking to hire and PAY someone. Bartering of any kind is not considered pay. Deferred payments of any kind are not considered pay. Paid casting does not mean you want someone to pay you.
Casting Calls must provide as much basic job information as possible, such as:
- Date of casting
- Time of casting
- General location of casting
- The pay or compensation rate
- Important details about the job being casted, such as the type of model you"re seeking or the qualifications of the photographer you want to hire.
- Private information, such as specific addresses, etc, are allowed to be omitted and can be provided to people you wish to hire.
Asking to be contacted for more information is not permitted.
Casting calls cannot request payment of any kind, nor require that the applicants compensate the person posting the casting call or any third parties.
Profiles are only extended to members to be used in the capacity for which they were approved. In other words, a model profile should be used for that individual"s personal modeling projects, and a photographer profile should be used for that individual"s photography projects, etc.
You must state the nature of your involvement in the casting call.
Networking for sexual activities or pornographic content of any kind is strictly prohibited anywhere on The Model's Resource.
Casting Calls are NOT advertisements. Casting talent to work for the following is permitted, but castings that are intended to advertise or promote the following are not allowed:
- Events
- Workshops
- Classes
The following are never allowed as a Casting Call:
- Non-modeling related work of any kind.
- Model management of any kind.
- Housing opportunities of any kind.
- Attendees/hosts for "nightlife" events/parties/clubs/etc.
- Contests, such as online contests, etc.
- Pageants requiring any fees or paid reservations
- Requiring talent to join or participate in your website or network. The Model's Resource is not a place to populate your website or network.

Notice Rules

Availability Notices are to be used to alert others of your availability for projects that are within a reasonable distance to the area of your normal place of residence. Solicitation for transportation is permitted.
Travel Notices are to be used to alert others of your presence in a geographic area outside of your normal place of residence.

Solicitation for destination accommodations, such as airport pickup and shelters are permitted.

All notices must provide basic information, including:
- Date of availability
- General location of availability
- The pay or compensation rate expected
- Important details about the job being sought
Asking to be contacted for more information is not permitted.
All notices should only be for your personal projects. Other parties are welcome to create their own account!
Networking for sexual activities or pornographic content of any kind is strictly prohibited anywhere on The Model's Resource.

Additional Information and Details Regarding Sponsored Castings and Proactive Alerts

Sponsored Castings can only be placed by logged-in Talent Recruiters and approved members.
Prices vary depending on the amount of time a Sponsored Casting is selected to be posted on the Site as well as membership type and subscription levels.
Sponsored Castings will only appear in up to 5 cities chosen by the person posting the casting call.
If more than 5 locations are desired the poster can post another Sponsored Casting or pay an additional fee to have the casting be Nationwide to appear throughout all cities in that country.
Sponsored Castings appear in the Casting Call search results as one of three pinned listings at the top of the search results.
Sponsored Casting search results are randomly generated for each user and are not guaranteed to appear on any page.
Please note that members may or may not respond to any Proactive Alerts sent. It is up to the individual member to respond. The Models Resource does not guarantee or get involved with having a member respond.

Consequences and Recourse

The discretion for acceptable content on The Model's Resource lies with the moderation and administration staff. The Model's Resource reserves the right to terminate any membership at its discretion.
If rules are broken, consequences may include:
- Warning messages in your Moderator Message folder.
- Suspension from posting in forums, making announcements, submitting casting calls, or participating in contests.
- Removal of offending content (photos, posts, comments, etc.).
- Membership suspension, which can occur without warning and affect all past and future accounts.
New profiles created by suspended members will also be suspended unless reinstated by the moderation team.
The moderation team strives to be fair and objective, and we ask for respect towards them.
The Model's Resource reserves the right to remove any account at any time without notice. To appeal or discuss a decision, contact us via Help > “Contact The Model's Resource.”
If you feel a moderator has violated site rules, you can request an administrator review.

Prohibited: Sending a DM saying, "Sign up for this new modeling site, it's great!"

General Conduct

Keep it professional: The Model's Resource is not a dating site, housing network, or management platform. Use the site appropriately.
Be respectful: Communicate politely and do not upload harmful or objectionable content.
No harassment: Do not shame, insult, or bully other members. Negative comments under members posts or work is prohibited. Let's keep this a positive environment.
"Outing” others is prohibited; report inappropriate behavior to staff instead.
Provide critiques only when asked: Limit critiques to the Critique forum and discuss work quality, not the person.
Be safe: Keep your login information private; administrators will never ask for your password or credit card details. Never enter your login info on other sites due to the probability of scams or misuse.

Privacy

Respect others' privacy at all times.
Do not post personal information (phone numbers, address, email) in your public profile or forums.
Only share contact information if you are certain the person is legitimate.
We protect member privacy; do not post confidential information without consent. Exceptions apply to public figures and publicly-available content.
Do not repost private or moderator messages publicly without permission from all parties involved.
For more on protecting your information refer to the Member Safety and Avoiding Scams pages.
Pro Tip: Only use your username to protect your privacy, as it can be archived by search engines and linked to your profile. Avoid using your real name as your display name to protect your privacy as it can be archived by search engines and linked to your profile.

Profiles

Member profiles are intended for individual artists under our approved categories, not for companies, groups, teams of individuals, or persons who qualify more for a Talent Recruiter account. Additionally, profiles are only extended to members to be used in the capacity for which they were approved.

Artists whose business is a reflection of their individual artistry are permitted to utilize their account with their business name.
Spouses and/or life-partners who work as a photography team and identical twins with model profiles are permitted to share a profile.

Member profiles are not to be used on behalf of third parties, or on behalf of businesses where a member works outside the capacity for which their profiles were approved.

Artists whose work with businesses is the same as their approved membership are permitted to network, as long as the role within the business is clearly stated.
For example, this means if you are a photographer contracted with a company to take promotional photos, you're welcome to use your profile to network for that business' project. If you are a model, acting as a model for a company's advertising campaign you are welcome to use your profile to network for that business' project.
All non-approved or other third party or business uses of a profile are strictly prohibited and may result in profile suspension.
In order to maintain a member profile you must meet our membership requirements at all times: at least 5 visible images pertaining to your membership type and a biography. In order to maintain a member profile, you must meet our membership requirements at all times: at least 4 visible images pertaining to your membership type and a biography.
Profiles that do not meet the membership requirements can be suspended until they are in compliance.
Your profile should only display work you contributed to in your profile's member category.
For example, this means if you are listed as a model, you should only be showing images of you as a model. If you are a photographer, you should only upload images you shot as a photographer.
If you would like to show off other artistic skills, you are welcome to open a new profile!
You must be at least 18 years of age and have the correct birth date listed.
Validation of age may be required.

Automation and Spam

The use of any tool that automates messages, behaviors, or the utilization of features is not allowed.
This includes macros or other means of posting announcements, sending friend requests, posting comments or Tags, etc.
Do not spam.
Spam is any message, ad, or other information that is unsolicited and indiscriminately posted or shared across any location across the site. Such as through announcements, Tags, private messages, shout, comments, forum posts, etc.
Spamming may result in removal of the profile or suspension of all posting privileges.

Disputes

If you have a poor working experience with someone you're welcome to speak about the experience, but not discuss the person publicly.
Remember that you are liable for any posts and comments you make so ensure you consider what you share carefully.
You may say you do not recommend someone publicly for example, "I do not recommend The Model's Resource member John Doe #123456."
You may provide more details when asked.
The Model's Resource does not arbitrate member disputes such as model, or image releases, payment issues, failure to appear for scheduled work, personal disagreements, etc. Claims of unprofessional behavior will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
These situations are best resolved privately and directly, however please report any illegal or fraudulent activity as direct on our help page. A member of The Model's Resource staff will review your report. These situations are best resolved privately and directly. However, please report any illegal or fraudulent activity as directed on our team. A member of The Model's Resource staff will review your report.
If a private solution cannot be reached then you will need to explore your legal options.

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