Long ago I created a site with young Belarusian photo models. While building that site, I made the acquaintances of many young pretty girls-models, and with some of them I am still in contact. These girls tell me that from time to time they are invited for photo and video shots where they are shot as "brides" for marriage agencies. The girl-model is paid $ US 3.00-5.00 for one shot, plus, if she brings to the shooting a young pretty girlfriend, they pay her an additional sum for each model she brings. This is how they operate. They hire an apartment or a studio, a cameraman, a photographer, and a make-up person for several days. The girls-models pretend to be seekers of husband in the West. As a rule they shoot one model in 2-3 photos and 2-3 videos during one session. The makeup artist changes her image, she changes her clothes, hairstyle and make-up, and the photographer changes the background and light in shooting her. They teach her 3-5 English phrases and when shooting in video she introduces herself by various names. The girls even don't know what this is all for, but I can tell you. Read further! Some of my clients have told me how they bought addresses of young pretty girls from various internet agencies, and corresponded with these girls using the mail forwarding, flowers / gift delivery and translation services offered by that agency. They spent heaps of time and money for such contacts, and in the end the girl suddenly informs them that she has found her match already and apologizes to him for wasted time. Some people happen to not use the services offered by the agency. They just bought the addresses of the girls and wrote to them directly, but their letters weren't answered. Why? Nobody knows. Maybe the girl just didn't like him? But I can tell you that it could be also that the girl just didn't exist at all!