<p>drb: Terrifying. But give them points for not loading the brochure up with Abercrombie models.</p>
<p>We live near NYC & I used to bring the kids into the city for modeling jobs. (Nice college fund $$$) It was always amusing to see the ad agency get panicked if the clothing didn't fit a black kid & the ethnic makeup of the catalog or ad was about to be disrupted. I've seen them completely reshoot a day's work to meet ethnicity targets. </p>
<p>I once worked with a strikingly beautiful Irish woman with piercing blue eyes and gray hair. She just never dyed her hair and had a very youthful face & the look was stunning with her skin tones. She was always being pulled to appear in shots for the annual report, as was a group of other employees who bore resemblances to Denzel Washington, Mel Gibson, and other super-human physical specimens. No average Joes allowed!</p>