# Model Says Agency Deducted Travel Costs From Her Pay - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118835334075326611 - Source account: [@qualitylearnc](https://x.com/qualitylearnc) - Source language: French - Target language: English - Duration: 2:38 - Published: 2026-11-07 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/fr/mannequinat-une-mannequin-d%C3%A9nonce-les-frais-cach%C3%A9s-de-son-agence.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay) Yeah, Léa, you'll see the world of modeling isn't all sunshine and roses. [0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=2) Well, after two years, I can say I finally understand what that phrase means and I haven't been betrayed by a friend or stabbed in the back by another girl. [0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=9) No, the feeling of betrayal came from one of my agencies and they were the friendliest ones. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=12) Everyone's ditching me, even my Lake. Even though I know my agent will always have my back if anyone comes after me over this video, I won't name the agency, anyway, they don't speak French. [0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=21) But if they see this video, I think they'll recognize themselves very easily. [0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=24) I promise, I'm almost done with my chtoubidou and I'm nearly at the end, but I'll still give you the context so you understand. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=28) I have agencies all over Europe because we have different markets, different clients, and all that. [0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=32) Often, those agencies ask us to come for a certain period, I don't know, anywhere from three weeks to two or three months, so we can meet the clients, and do castings, and we're never sure we'll get any jobs. [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=40) With that agency, I did two on-stays in the country. [0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=42) It went well. I met the clients and worked with them. [0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=45) When I got back to France, there was one particular client who wanted to work with me again. I was really happy. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=49) I get an email. You should know that in some countries, there are no contracts. [0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=52) Contracts weren't invented in France. I don't know why we don't use them elsewhere. [0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=55) They tell me how much I’ll actually take home. [0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=57) And they tell me the client will have the budget to fly me out. [1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=60) Very well. Can you see where this is going? [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=61) The next day, on top of that, there was another shoot in another country, so they had to fly me out. [1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=65) Anyway, coordinating between my different agencies was impossible. [1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=68) And since there’s a job from June that I still haven’t been paid for, I ask my agent if I can get my statement, showing what I earned minus the expenses, the photographers, test shoots, and so on. [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=77) Since I’m the one paying for my visa and everything else. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=79) I see a lot of expenses compared to how much I’ve actually worked. [1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=82) Three-quarters of what I’d earned went toward expenses. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=86) You should've seen my face when I saw that. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=87) You should've seen all the emotions. I felt like crying. [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=89) Then I was angry. Then I felt like crying again. [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=92) The job where the client had taken me on again, in the end, I don't know where his travel budget was because I paid for everything. [1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=98) And on top of that, my agency, they like to do everything at the last minute. [1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=101) I got my train ticket to travel two hours before catching the train. It's really expensive. [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=105) With all due respect, I don't care. If the client is paying, booking at the last minute, that's not my problem. [1:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=110) But then, when I find out that it's actually me, in the end, who's paying, and nobody tells me and actually, on a job, three quarters of what I earn, They go on the trips. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=116) But are you out of your mind or what? The agency is really happy. [1:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=119) They get their commission. Whether I'm the one paying or the client is the one paying, it makes no difference to them. The client is happy, they got one over on me. [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=125) The agency is happy, they got their commission, and I'm the one getting screwed. [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=127) For the two jobs they have to pay me for, then, it's as if I'd only worked half a day. [2:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=132) There you go. You get the feeling that it's not fair. [2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=134) If the client doesn't have a budget after all, tell me, but I'm not traveling all that way for so little. [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=138) Did they do that so I'd make the trip even though I was going to earn very little? [2:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=142) Actually, I think what hurts me the most, It's that they were really lovely to me. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=146) And when my agent retorted because he didn't understand, they replied, I think, in a really condescending way. [2:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/iWZutFDsINFa/en/model-says-agency-deducted-travel-costs-from-her-pay?t=151) But it just goes to show, modeling isn't easy every day.