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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A terrible agency who took a deposit of £700 and have refused to return it for over a year and a half, coming up with excuse after excuse. They offered almost no support throughout and have been very... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a wonderful experience with yumm. Upon entry I was made to feel extremely welcome,everyone had friendly & good vibes. As a very anxious person this was important for me to feel at ease. Which wa... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

YUMM are such a kind, friendly and welcoming modelling group. Both the interview process and photoshoot didn’t take long at all. The photographer was really nice and she helped me in finding different... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I, Umair Navid, am giving YUMM 5 stars across the board. From friendly staff to the warm and welcoming atmosphere at the studio, everything was top-notch. Travelling to the studio was great due to it... See more

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YUMM offers aspiring models with potential the chance to try modelling part or full time. Any Age | Any Height | Any Size | Anywhere in the UK. We let the clients decide!


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I will like to thanks YUMM for letting…

I will like to thanks YUMM for letting me have a nice experience. I was treated really well from the start to finish, I got a lot of advice and tips about my modelling career, they also showed me how models walk on the runway. Visiting YUMM was one of my best idea ever and I hope I’ll have another chance for a shoot.

6 January 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Everything seemed legit until...

Everything seemed legit until my interview with 'Jacob'. Miriam the photographer seemed super lovely!
Anyway...his energy was off from the start, we did have some chit chat but he spoke really quickly and was very blunt and quite rude majority of the conversation, he didn't even tell me his name, I had to ask, myself.
The key points:
- You're told not to speak to other interviewees in the waiting room...I found that this is because they wouldn't want me telling those waiting to go in to RUN while they can.
- After interviewing me, he told me that I was successful and proceeded to present the different "packages". The £100 "deposit" package that they lure you in with is rubbish, you're barely guaranteed work, you can only make from £60-£120 a day on this package, how misleading. There were about 6 packages and he tried to encourage me to purchase the "Elite board" £1000 package where you can apparently make £600-£3500 a day LOL.
- Obviously, I did not want to sign the contract and so he said I wasted their time and that I couldn't keep my photographs as I wasn't "honest from the beginning". (At the beginning, he speedily asked if I had read the email and if I was willing to proceed, considering.) He tricked me unfortunately.
All I'm saying is, I wouldn't advise you to waste your time (croydon is so far, I was so mad) and travel money (they did not reimburse) and if you do, sign at your own will, you've been warned.

20 January 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from Your Model Management

Thank you for your post, which is most appreciated.

We are very surprised you posted this as we believe we were very professional, polite and courteous to you.

However, let the reader of your review to decide for themselves once they hear our side:

1) You say that the £100 was just to lure you in. But that would be like saying that a supermarket is trying to lure you into their store to get you to spend more money by showing you their cheapest products. But it is ultimately your choice how much you spend in a store. We gave you all the options to choose from starting from £100 to be a model with us and we suggested to you one of the highest packages as we believed you would be a great fit. But we have never forced you to pick any of said choices.
2) You say that your travel was not refunded, however tell us one company anywhere in the UK that would pay the travel of a person coming in for an interview. Instead, if we reject a model from signing with us then they are refunded as well as given their images as a goodwill gesture.
3) If a model comes to see us and just wants the images, we are more than likely to give them away free as we spread a lot of goodwill. But only if they are totally honest with us from day 1 instead of going through a 2-hour long process only to complain at the end. We are a very professional and upfront agency and we told you from the beginning of the interview if you wished to proceed or just take the images, you said you wanted to proceed, to which we stated that we would take the deposit on the day if you pass. A model needs to be very decisive when it comes to getting work otherwise the work would be passed onto more decisive models.

So, we dont think we have done anything wrong here as you were not upfront with us. You cannot waste our time by not being honest and only at the end for you to state that you do not want to spend any money on the REFUNDABLE deposit and still want the images.

Now if this makes us a bad agency then so be it but rest assured, we still wish you the very best in the future with another agency that will do everything free for you including a portfolio with retouched images and weekly training.

YUMM

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It was amazing experience

It was amazing experience. All the staff there are amazing and very kind. I thanked YUMM for welcoming me and be part of their journey. I really appreciated them. They deserve 5 stars reviews!

13 January 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you YUMM

Thank you YUMM, as I entered I was politely greeted. I automatically felt comfortable and during the shoot, I was nervous to begin with but the photographer was very nice and helped me feel comfortable with the camera during the shoot. Amazing experience!

9 December 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I loved being part of this agency…

I loved being part of this agency despite the fact that they did not give me that much work they provided me with modelling training and gave me my deposit back and all the staff were lovely and really supported me in my modelling career.

21 December 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Please avoid getting involved with…

Please avoid getting involved with these guys.
The quality of their emails and communications is as bad as I have seen. I asked for a receipt and received an email. The company email addresses and contacts have all changed since we began the interaction. We have not had the initial photoshoot and are now trying to get a refund. But we are being told we will have to wait 12 months. They have no morals or principals. They put pressure on young people to sign-up to the dream of earning lots of money from fashion shoots. Please avoid signing up to this. They can not be trusted.

20 December 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam

Scam. They delete negative reviews, use fake images and certificates. They are fake.

8 December 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

News Flash!

Check out the News section of Your Model Management's website - it speaks volumes.

All of their News posts are from 2018 and 2019 i.e. 3 to 4 years old! THREE to FOUR years old!

What kind of company is unable to keep the posts on their own website even remotely current? The kind that takes 500 pounds or more from you for a "free" photo shoot. Their so-called contract "deposit" is refundable BUT only if you meet their quota of jobs. Do you think there will be sufficient current jobs posted on their website to meet that quota? Well....just check out their News section for posts that are current!

Believe the 1 star ratings. They are the real ones.

7 November 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

These people are scum

These people are scum. They make you pay a ‘security deposit’ so you can sign with their agency. This is illegal. They take advantage of vulnerable individuals. They need to be shut down.

Flag me all you want I will not stop

Loooool so much denial if that’s the case then why can’t I join without a security deposit? You lot are dumb lol

2 December 2022
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Reply from Your Model Management

Hey Kirsten, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We do not charge a registration fee as a model agency, which is illegal. We are government regulated and therefore adhere to all laws that govern modeling agencies in the United Kingdom. The refundable deposit charged at the start of your contract is always returned to any and every model that has not broken the simple rules clearly outlined in the contract. This is in addition to the provision of free shoots and airbrushing and modelling training (to those that qualify), which again we do because we take the careers of our models seriously and would like to see them succeed.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Be aware of the Agency

They are taking your money and doing nothing for you as they promised. So avoid that Agency please please

1 December 2022
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Reply from Your Model Management

Hey, thank you for your review but we believe this is unfair. If you are going to be honest, be brutally honest and not biased.

We promise TWO shoots, the first is a polaroid shoot and the second is an extended shoot that we airbrush free of charge. If the model picks the right board, we also provide model training sessions completely free of charge. These are services that many aspiring models pay 1000s of pounds for but we provide at no cost – we want out models to do as best as they can.
And again, the refundable deposit is returned to everyone who follows what the contract states, we have never withheld the deposit if a model followed all the rules. And the said contract contains very easy to follow rules that are made clear before you sign it. Therefore, we cannot understand how we do nothing that we have promised. But thank you for your post anyway as it always helps us improve our services whether good or bad.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I would like to thank YUMM for…

I was treated with care with start to finish. The photographer was kind, patient, polite and enabled me to look my best and strike the best poses for the pictures. She made me feel comfortable, we gelled very well and above all, I was pleased with the final images.

I enjoyed the experience very much so. Modelling has been something I've wanted to do for a while now, however, life has thrown curveballs at me, delaying the process, however this shoot and being successful in the process was the biggest sign that this is what I'm supposed to be doing and that I have a purpose in this.

I feel like I gained more modelling experience, definatley something to add to modelling CV and also my knowledge, in terms of its history, pillars in the modelling world, i.e Virgil Abloh, Karl Lagerfeld, where Chanel originated etc. It was also another opportunity to polish my poses and what to do in order to look my best in shoots. Above all, I enjoyed the shoot. The staff were welcoming, courteous, friendly and polite and the process ran pretty smoothly and straightforward.

3 November 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Kendrick’s review

I want to thank the guys at YUMM.
My experience was really good, better than I expected in an industry where I’ve come accros some dodgy people, YUMM are the real deal, clean and well organized environment. Very polite and professional staff guiding you through the process. I look forward to working with them a lot more and I’d recommend them to any aspiring models out there.

23 November 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ITS BEST TO AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS

I have been with this company for over 3 years now and I havnt gotten a single job, they claim they’re giving a package with free training and a free photoshoot but you have to pay a deposit for £100-£600 and if you take the ‘free’ photoshoot they keep your deposit so it’s not free as they advertised, and the photoshoot is only for an hour before you’re asked to leave, when I went to the ‘free’ training, when the trainer left the room, all the models were discussing if anyone had been booked for a job yet, not a single person had booking since working there for 6 months.

ANY MODELLING COMPANY THAT ASKS FOR MONEY IS A RED FLAG, there’s a lot of unreasonable conditions they have, if you break they keep your deposit, they expect the model to apply for 3 jobs every month, which isn’t normal, the model booker should be booking them, not the model. During the pandemic, everything was closed so when my contract finished I wanted my deposit back but they wouldn’t give it because I didn’t apply for jobs DURING THE PANDEMIC, and they extended my contract for 6 months which I declined but they forced it anyway without me signing a new one,
ITS BEST TO AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS, from these other reviews I read they’re only about the interview process and not the actual job itself

This experience started around October 2018 but it doesn’t allow reviews older than 12 months

24 December 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Sordar sayed bin hossain

I would like to thank YUMM for being so generous. The staff were very kind. The experience was great. The shoot was amazing. The staff were friendly. It was worth it.

17 November 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

The people at the agency were so welcoming and friendly. Naturally, I was quite nervous when I went for my first initial shoot, but they made me feel relaxed and the photographer was great at giving some advice on how to pose. Glad I was able to have this experience.

8 November 2022
Unprompted review

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