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Model Behavior
Transcontinental Talent (TCT), a website with claims of scouting for future models is in the scanner's eye in this investigation carried out by Dateline-NBC. Having secured entry into the company as a scout and a model, NBC reporters unravel a story of fraud, misrepresentation, false promises and deceptive practices. The investigation finds that TCT scouts are hired "with little or no industry experience". Furthermore, would-be models are pressured into spending around $2,000 to be featured on the TCT website.
Tags: casting directors; modeling agencies; Florida Attorney General; Backstreet Boys; Britney Spears
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Like a virgin
Spin examines the health risks related to the new teenagers' vogue - abstinence until marriage - inspired by chaste celebrities. The story finds that abstinence-only education is a contradiction in terms. It points to statistics showing that "pledge-takers were less likely to use contraception during their first time - the probable result of not being educated enough about health risks and not planning for the encounter. "A promise made is not always a promise kept," Spin points out.
Tags: sexual activity; dates; AIDS; HIV; contraception; birth control; condoms; religion; schools; education; teenagers; Britney Spears; Jessica Simpson