Modeling industry and Epstein

Related Reports

• Modeling Network
• Trump Model Management
• Miss Universe Organization
• Next Management
• Ford Models / Katie Ford
• Victim 4
• Elite / Look of the Year
• Model Alliance investigation request

Sources

1. Ms. — Survivors Describe How Epstein Used Their Modeling Dreams to Abuse Them — Lisa Phillips and Lara Blume McGee interviews
2. Ms. — Epstein Didn’t Act Alone. Survivors Want the Modeling Industry Investigated. — Next, Ford, Williams, Roza and MC2 accounts
3. Ms. — Former Models and Epstein Survivors Are Tracing a Pattern of Abuse Across Borders — Survivor organizing and Movement Abroad
4. Ms. — What Accountability for Epstein’s Network Would Require — Trump agency dates, proposed reforms and New Mexico investigations
5. TIME / Business Insider — Trump modeling agency closing — 1999 founding; 85 percent ownership; Trump Organization closure statement
6. CNN — Rachel Blais and reporter James West interview — Rachel Blais interview; rush transcript
7. TheWrap — Trump sells Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG — Buyer announcement; three pageants and Trump statement
8. Variety / Yahoo — WME-IMG acquires Miss Universe from Trump — 1996 purchase from ITT; indexed reporting only
9. Getty Images — Trump and Casablancas, Look of the Year awards — Plaza Hotel, New York; not evidence of agency ownership
10. Elite — agency history and Look of the Year — John Casablancas, founder; 1983 contest origin
11. Model Alliance — March 25, 2026 investigation letters — Linked ten-page PDF; pages 1–4 and 6–9; dates in source conflict with later reporting