Business ProfileforBarbizon School of Modeling of Manhattan, Inc.

The date of transaction is May 27, 2023, and the amount of money I paid is $595. Prior to arriving at Barbizon I signed up for their Win the Modeling Experience of Your Dreams enter contest through their website. When I arrived at Barbizon for the interview myself and other candidates realized that we were tricked into a recruitment attempt to join their school and pay a hefty fee of $2,895.00 or a $595 down payment and a $95/week fee. This is extremely predatory and deceiving because they were attempting retrieve money from young adults and adults that do not know what they signing up for; the lady who recruited me slid the contract to me and wanted me to sign it without reading it. I was bamboozled because after asking her about cancelation and a refund she said that I have three days to receive a full refund. Then she rushed me to take my first class the following day, May 28, 2023; what I did not realize and what she did not state was I can cancel and receive a refund (provided the student has not taken any classes). Therefore, I was lied to and deceived in order to make a down payment. In addition, I witnessed several incidents of harassment and the recruiter and others turned a blind eye to these events. The recruiter acted like she did not know about the harassment; however, it happened publicly for many to see and right next to me. I did not want this to happen to me. In addition, the director of education did not want to delete photos their photographer had taken of me. I said twice, if I dislike my photos I want them deleted. The director of education said okay, the photographer will delete them. After, the photos were taken, I decided I didnt like them and the director of education said the photographer already took them and I said what does that mean? I had to beg 4 or more times for them to be deleted. So again, I was lied to. They also provide no background information on their instructors. Barbizon is fraudulent, predatory and they harass for $