Jezebel just ran a crazy story (way too long for me to actually finish) about a pretty big situation going on over at Next models right now…
Anna Marie Jagodzinska, pictured here in an ad for the jewelry brand David Yurman, is suing her former agency, Next, for allegedly stealing $320,000 of her earnings; her co-plaintiffs are the Estonian Karmen Pedaru, who accuses Next of taking $400,000, and the Pole Anna Cywinska, who says she’s out $30,000. These models left Next in April of this year, and are claiming that since then, Next has flatly refused to pay them their money.
There are two main issues in the lawsuit. Each plaintiff is seeking the return of those earnings, plus $1 million in punitive damages. Additionally, the three allege that Next’s breach of fiduciary duty was so extensive and so serious that they want the right to open their former agency’s books to identify other victims. (Full disclosure: when I modeled, Next was my agency in New York and Los Angeles. After I stopped working, in the summer of 2009, Next paid me my outstanding earnings in full and in what I considered a timely manner.)
To document their claims, Jagodzinska and Pedaru filed at Manhattan Supreme Court copies of the seven-page contracts they signed with Next and assorted other papers. Among them is Jagodzinska’s account statement at Next, dated April 23, 2010.
Below is one of Anna’s bills (those are some major taxes), which breaks down her jobs within the ten month period.
Thoughts on this? Someone please tell me if this looks right, and do they have a case?
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how does someone as average looking as her make that much modeling
Jesus those taxes are more than most peoples salaries!!
Are we supposed to feel bad for her? She makes 90K a year to be pretty, what an awful life!
she is so average-looking and that’s a pretty crappy salary for someone who has to starve herself to be thin for all those photoshoots etc.
this doesnt seem right….i worked in the industry for 6 years and as a model you are technically self employed, the agent is HIRED by you thats why they get a percentage of what YOU make. so while taxes are pretty hefty, it shouldnt be something done by the agency it should be filed on your own quarterly. also, as a model since you as a person are essentially a business you can write off EVERYTHING for taxes (food, clothes, make up, etc)
however i was a native of the states so i dont know how it works for foreign girls
I agree, it doesn’t seem right, but I wonder if she can get the money back?
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