‘Australia’s top glamour model’ Jasmin Shojai, 23, pictured, wants women to stop posting seductive images online
A 23-year-old glamour model is hitting out at young women who post nude photos of themselves online and says they should not be showing their bodies for free – because it means professionals like her get paid less for magazine-style shoots.
Jasmin Shojai has been modelling professionally for two years – and plans to make a living behind the camera – but says women who continuously post nude photos online are destroying her chances.
‘If men can get fresh pictures of hot girls from social media why would they need to go out and buy nude magazines,’ she said.
‘Women who are photographed for magazines now are paid so much less than they used to be – or are expected to do it for free.
‘I don’t want to tell anyone what to do but they have to know they are destroying the industry,’ she said.
Ms Shojai, who describes herself as ‘Australia’s top glamour model’, has a number of social media accounts filled with nude and nearly-nude shots admits she is ‘kind of doing the same thing’.
The woman, who has been a model for two years says she believes she would be paid more if there were less free images
The young woman says payment for shoots have decreased because ‘men no longer need to buy nude magazines to get fresh photos’
‘But I think where mine is different is it is never full-frontal nudity and they are arty shots.
‘I don’t count being naked on a bed or with sheets as being nude I think it is just implied nudity,’ she said.
Ms Shojai, who lives in Canberra, said models ‘used to be paid thousands’ to take their clothes off before social media became saturated with sultry images.
‘I think if people want to show off their bodies in lingerie or a bikini that is kind of okay if they keep it PG,’ she said.
‘A lot of people need to save money these days and with all these women posting totally nude pictures of themselves – sometimes even with their legs spread – the why would they need to go and get a nude magazine,’ she said.
‘In any industry you will have competitors I don’t want to look other people negatively – everyone is unique in own way everyone has their unique look.
‘But giving it out for free is destroying the industry.’
The young woman believes if people stop putting ‘sexualised’ photos of themselves online the rates paid to models will increase as their work will be seen as ‘valuable again’.
While she is mostly concerned about nude photos she thinks all images should be PG – despite having her own very revealing social media pages
‘A lot of people need to save money these days and with all these women posting totally nude pictures of themselves,’ she said
The young woman believes if people stop putting ‘sexualised’ photos of themselves online the rates paid to models will increase as their work will be seen as ‘valuable again’
‘Giving it out for free is destroying the industry,’ she said