![]() That was one of many such experiences that are all too common in our industry. "He said, 'Can I see you without your top?' I was like, 'Sure, yeah okay.' Then he asked, 'Can I see you without your pants?' So I'm standing there in Mickey Mouse underwear and a sports bra and he's like, 'Well, I need to see you without your bra.' I just assumed, here's this adult in this position of authority who I'm supposed to be listening to, so I went along with every request. "There were other models in the stairwell but we were told to wait and just go in one by one, so we were alone with him," remembers Ziff. Ziff started modeling at 14 years old, and recalls on one of her first castings, she was sent to a photographer's studio apartment by herself. "Sexual respect starts at the top," says model and Model Alliance founder, Sara Ziff, who, since 2012, has fought for fair treatment and equal opportunity in the fashion industry. Models Amber Valletta, Kate Upton, Elsa Hosk, Sara Sampaio, and Karen Elson-also an advisory board member of the Model Alliance-quickly followed suit, sharing wrenching stories from both women and men in the industry. ![]() Not long after Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault in investigations published in The New York Times and The New Yorker, model Cameron Russell began posting anonymous stories from fellow models of their experiences on her Instagram account, with the hashtag #MyJobShouldNotIncludeAbuse. Today, he's sitting in a lecture room at Columbia University surrounded by models, casting directors, fashion writers and activists, for a Model Alliance-hosted strategy session on how to end sexual violence in the global fashion industry. Scully, a former bookings editor at Harper’s Bazaar and an advisory board member of the Model Alliance, became known as the modeling industry's whistle-blower after he publicly accused Lanvin and Balenciaga for mistreatment of a non-sexual nature earlier this year (Balenciaga responded swiftly, promising to make radical changes to its casting process, meanwhile Lanvin called Scully's allegations "completely false and baseless"). "Unfortunately that's why I had to start calling people out, and will continue to do so if I have to, because that was the only way to break the cycle." They're all covering each other's backs," reveals veteran casting director James Scully. "In fashion, you could be in a room with six abusers at once. Their next challenge: ending sexual violence in the global fashion industry-for good. In an exclusive video for, filmed in collaboration with the Model Alliance, 10 brave models open up about their personal experiences of sexual harassment and assault in the fashion industry, for a long-awaited reckoning on their own terms.
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