Girl Model

Girl Model (2011) is a documentary you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon — a three-year look at the pipeline that moves teenage girls from Siberia into the Japanese modeling market.

Thirteen-year-old Nadya is scouted at a mass casting in Novosibirsk and handed the usual promises: a contract, money, a career. Scout Rachel Blais has been through the same process herself years earlier and knows precisely where it leads — yet she keeps selecting girls. The film follows both of them without commentary, letting the contradiction sit. Nadya navigates the reality of Tokyo agencies; Rachel tries to square her participation in a system she no longer believes in. Watch Girl Model (2011) online on iFILM.