Academy press features

Over the last few months Kerri has become a spokeswoman for models rights in the press, appearing in national newspapers, on the radio, and on the BBC. Since the Academy was founded by Kerri a year and a half ago, she has continued to warn new models about the scams affecting them when they start out in the industry, and help prevent them from getting ripped off by rogue companies.

Kerri appears in the national press on a weekly basis, and is now spending a lot of her time fighting for models rights and encouraging the government to bring in new legislation to protect them from unfair agency fee's and portfolio scams. Kerri has also brought new scams to light in the press, which you can read about in her current BBC articles which appeared on the homepage of the BBC England website.

Thurs 26th Nov - BBC England loved the interview Kerri did for BBC Norfolk, and so made it the main feature on the BBC England home page ensuring millions of people throughout the UK saw the article!

Along with Kerri's main featured article, the BBC also tied in other articles to Kerri's story from other big names in the industry as well including Page 3 girl Maddison Welch talking about why she wanted to become a glamour model. Also featured was the new show 'Britains Missing Top Model' and the experiences of the winner as well. We could not be more pleased that Kerri has hit the BBC headlines with this!

Click here to view the full article on the BBC website

Wed 25th Nov - Kerri is featured on the BBC Radio Norfolk morning show from 6.30am-9am talking about the various scams affecting models at the moment. Including ways that agencies get money from models without charging an upfront fee, and how they will still be able to rip models off even with the new legislation coming in. Such scams include agencies telling girls they need new portfolio images from them, Z-Cards, adding them to the agency website or even resizing images.

Wed 25th Nov - Kerri is featured on the BBC Radio Norfolk website home page with a long feature about how she is helping new models with the Academy, and preventing them from being scammed. She also talks about the new government legislation, her Model of the Year beauty pageant, and how she is trying to turn the industry around.

The feature also mentions our new Model of the Year 2009 winner Talitha Minnis, and the success of the grand final in Norwich, where she received over £12,000 worth of prizes!

Wed 16th Nov - Kerri attends a recorded interview with BBC Radio Norfolk with her PA Natalie Money and Model of the Year finalist Sam Stacey. During the interview Kerri discussed scams affecting the beauty pageant industry, and how many girls are unfairly asked to find hundreds of pounds worth of fee's just to enter a pageant! The girls also discussed The Model of the Year final which requires no entry fee at a national level and how Kerri hopes to turn the pageant industry around.

Model of the Year 2009 press articles

The Model of the Year 2009 grand final attracted a lot of press attention from all over the UK, including several finalists having features in the regional newspapers. The BBC and East Anglia newspapers largely covered the final held in Norwich on the 20th November at Sprowston Manor, which saw Talitha Minnis, aged 17 from Lowestoft walk away as the winner.

Fri 27th Nov - Talitha has her own featured in The Journal newspaper, as organised by Kerri after she won!

Fri 27th Nov - 3rd place runner up Dannielle Sheehan appeared in a feature in The Diss Express about coming third and also winning a place at the International final in China in 2010!

Thurs 26th Nov - Talitha Minnis appears in Kerri's article on the BBC England home page, which is great publicity for our new winner!

Wed 25th Nov - Talitha Minnis appears in Kerri's article on the BBC Norfolk website, also mentioning the prizes she received as the winner!

Wed 25th Nov - The Evening News newspaper and website cover the Model of the Year grand final, featuring the winner Talitha Minnis, and runners up Emma Watson and Danielle Sheehan.

The story covers Danielle and Emma who have won a trip to China in 2010 to go to an international beauty pageant! They will be joined by London winners Hayley Arnold and Micky Sasse as the 4 girls from the Academy heading off on an all expenses paid trip from UK Beauties, the Chinese organisers, and the Academy!

Click here to view the full article on the BBC website

Friday 20th Nov - The Evening News website features an article about the Model of the Year 2009 grand final as organised by Kerri. The website also features a slideshow galleryof all 30 contestants in the grand final from all over the UK!

Click here to view the full article on the BBC website

Thurs 19th Nov - The Evening News featured it's second big feature about the Academy's Model of the Year final this month. In the article Kerri talks about the grand final, and how over 1000 girls entered the various rounds this year! Kerri also talks about the prizes the winner will received, and the special appearance by Channel 5 presenter Rob Lamarr.

In the article Kerri goes on to talk about how the finalists had not really done any modelling before they entered the contest, and that it's giving the opportunity for new models to be seen at a national level, with the exposure and opportunies the contest brings to them.

They also mention the competition for 4 of the finalists to win an all expenses paid trip to China in 2010 to attend at international beauty pageant, which is an amazing opportunity especially for girls just starting out in the industry!

Finally, Kerri also talks about modelling as a worthy career and how modelling has provided some fantastic opportunities for her:

''I have forged a really good career out of it. I've travelled the world, appeared in Hollywood movies, and met all the biggest stars. But it is not just glamorous - it involves a lot of hard work at times.''