Women posting free nudes are ‘destroying the industry’, says glamour model
JASMIN Shojai makes her living as a “top glamour model” and believes other women who post pictures online at no cost are destroying her career prospects.
AN AUSTRALIAN glamour model claims women posting naked photos of themselves online are ruining the nude magazine industry and taking money from paid models.
Jasmin Shojai makes her living as a “top glamour model” and believes other women who post pictures online at no cost are destroying her career prospects.
The 23-year-old told the Daily Mail Australia: “If men can get fresh pictures of hot girls from social media why would they need to go out and buy nude magazines?”
“Women who are photographed for magazines now are paid so much less than they used to be — or are expected to do it for free,” she said.
“I don’t want to tell anyone what to do but they have to know they are destroying the industry.”
Shojai admits that she is also adding to the problem, with Instagram and Facebook accounts full of nearly-nude shots.
“But I think where mine is different is it is never full-frontal nudity and they are arty shots,” she said. “I don’t count being naked on a bed or with sheets as being nude I think it is just implied nudity.”
Shojai claims models used to be paid thousands to get naked for the camera, and now thanks to social media it’s much less.
“A lot of people need to save money these days and with all these women posting totally nude pictures of themselves — sometimes even with their legs spread — why would they need to go and get a nude magazine,” she stated.
“But giving it out for free is destroying the industry.”
Shojai added that if unpaid women stopped putting “sexualised” photos online, then paid models would be seen as “valuable” once again.
