Every model needs an agent. That is not up for debate. But the agent sitting across from you could be the person who protects you from the worst this industry has to offer, or the person who quietly delivers you into it. In this episode Nakul goes into the full picture. The good, the bad, and the genuinely sinister. Because understanding both sides is what actually keeps you safe.
We go into the scout system. The legendary scouts who changed lives with a single conversation. Kate Moss discovered at JFK Airport at fourteen, Gisele Bundchen spotted at a McDonald’s in São Paulo, Naomi Campbell approached in her school uniform in Covent Garden. And then Daniel Siad, named approximately two thousand times in the declassified Epstein files as a scout and recruiter of young women for Jeffrey Epstein’s network, who was sending girls from small villages in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Latvia directly into Epstein’s orbit. We also go into the promoter system. The nightclub circuit operating at the edges of fashion week in New York, Milan, Paris and London, how it works, who is behind it, and why it remains one of the primary access points for exploitation in the industry today.
And we go into agents. The extraordinary ones who fight for you, educate you, and stand by you when things go wrong. And the ones who leave you out to dry the moment it costs them something. Nakul shares his own stories from both ends of that experience, plus the red flags and green flags every model needs to know before signing anything. Raw, honest, and from someone still inside the industry.Follow Nakul on Instagram @nakullax

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For decades the fashion party scene was used to get close to young models. Dinners. Yacht parties. Private events. The most glamorous rooms in the world. And inside those rooms a system that has been operating in plain sight for longer than most people in this industry want to admit.
This is how it works. It starts with an invitation. You are made to feel chosen. Special. Like the industry has finally noticed you. Then comes the offer. Money to bring your model friends along. Easy cash. A fun evening. And the moment you say yes they begin to own you.

Psychologists call it the foot in the door technique. You agree to something small. Each yes makes the next ask feel normal. Each step leads somewhere you never consciously agreed to go. The debt keeps you in place. Accommodation. Portfolio. Travel. Agency commission. All accumulating before you earn a single pound. You owe money to the very people exploiting you. Leaving feels impossible.
Jean-Luc Brunel ran Karin Models and later MC2 Model Management. His parties were not optional for the models on his books. Attend or lose your career. One model who refused him never worked again. Another who tried to speak out was told to stay silent. The message was always the same. You will not win. And you could disappear.
The biggest names in fashion were in those rooms the entire time. Everyone knew. Nobody stopped it.
This episode breaks down the full system. The psychology behind it. The rooms it happened in. And what every model needs to know to protect themselves.
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The co-founder of Next Model Management had a 40 year relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Her name appears over 5,000 times in the DOJ files. She was sending him lists of models after his conviction. She was exchanging model photographs and physical measurements with a convicted predator. She accepted a secret multi-million dollar loan from him while concealing his involvement from the people she was negotiating with. She stepped down at the back end of 2025. Next Management cut all ties and said they knew nothing.

Her co-founder was Jean-Luc Brunel. Exposed on national television in 1988 for drugging and attacking models in Paris. She went into business with him the following year. He later launched MC2 Model Management with one million dollars of Epstein’s money. A former bookkeeper testified that models were loaned to wealthy clients for up to $100,000 a night and were not paid if refused.

This episode is the full story. The agents. The agencies. The network. The playbook they used on the models inside it. And why it is still happening today.
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