Barbizon Reviews

My 19 year-old grandson is enrolled in the Barbizon competition. They said he had to be 21 years old, but he's not a minor. He has been in fashion shows at the church, and everybody loves him. They always want him to model, and he looks like a model. He's very handsome and tall, and has the build for it, so he wants to do it. He also wants acting, because he won an award for Best Video at his high school in the drama class, and they had to make their own little movie.

My daughter's interactions with Barbizon were good. Mine, not so much. I went to Barbizon myself as a child. However, the quality of classes has went down dramatically. I would expect better over time, especially with prices increasing, but the quality of what my daughter learned in class was not what I’ve got. There is lack of knowledge. Barbizon should teach more skills, and conduct more training. Also, I thought, especially with the more routes of communication, the communication would go better but it is horrible. There's no follow through. The lack of communication has made it hard for my daughter to complete her classes because we weren't getting communication. When I expressed that to Barbizon, it was never fixed.

My child saw a Barbizon ad online. He did the whole program. However, I would recommend that someone go to a local acting modeling school, because my child could have got the same thing from somewhere cheaper. I don't think it was worth it. Also, Barbizon charges more money for placements or competitions.

Barbizon Modeling School is not worth the high cost! It relies on big promises and sales pressure rather than delivering real career opportunities. Do your research, read independent reviews, and avoid any program that guarantees success or pushes expensive packages.

We enrolled our daughter in Barbizon based on clear representations that outplacement services would not require additional cost. I asked this question directly before enrolling and was explicitly told there would be no fees for outplacement. Our daughter completed all coursework, participated in both in-person and online classes, and successfully passed her audition and vendor assessment. While auditions themselves may be free, we were later informed that for her to actually be seen by agencies, she must go through the Passport to Discovery platform, which introduces additional required fees that were never clearly disclosed upfront.

My daughter has always wanted to do something personal development-related and she'd reached out and applied to some other places. I'd seen Barbizon and I thought that that seemed like a much better opportunity because it's more so of a training and preparing for your future in acting and modeling versus trying to get likes. A lot of the other ones, they want you to take pictures then you gotta try to get votes online. It wasn't getting us anywhere. With Barbizon, everything's been great. Everybody has been extremely friendly and they have worked with us with schedules, school and sports. It's very nice people all around.

Developing self-confidence and modeling classes are nice. I finished the in-person classes. They were very fun. I really improved the walk and how to pose. I haven't finished the virtual one. Sometimes it kicks me out for some reason. After I graduated, they said I was going into a discovery thing. They said that an agency would call us in two weeks. It's past a month and we haven't gotten any calls.

I’m very upset with this company. They got my 13th year old daughter excited about getting a free photo shoot. She goes downtown while I’m at work and because I couldn’t afford the school they lied to her and told her the photographer was on lunch for a long time and never let her take pictures. You do not do that to a young girl. Lucky I wasn’t there. I hope everyone takes their kids to another company.

My 10 year old daughter is starting out and we are excited to learn and share the experience. We feel that this will give her the tools for not only modeling and acting but for life experiences as well.

My daughter, Chloe, wanted something to do and she brought Barbizon’s program to my attention. This is her puppy. I leave her to herself to take charge of it and let us know where she needs me to be and we take her there. We did the last class and she might go with Barbizon again. Being a dad, the price is too much for me, but when my little girl does the "I love you. Please do this for me, daddy," it melts my heart. "Okay. If it makes you happy." I'm just frugal.

I was online, and my son is just really into fashion. He was actually wanting to go to college for business, and he said, “Mom, I really want to look into fashion and be a model. Barbizon popped up. And I was like, “Oh! What is this?” It just happened to just pop up and we were like, “Yes. Let's go for it.”

We’ve had an incredible experience with Barbizon so far! My daughter has been enrolled for less than a year, and the opportunities she’s already had have far exceeded our expectations. She’s walked in New York Fashion Week, participated in a magazine photo shoot, and was selected for another runway show — all within a short time of joining the program. Barbizon has not only helped her grow as a model but also boosted her confidence and professionalism. The staff is supportive, and they truly invest in helping young talent find real opportunities. We were a little skeptical at first, as with anything in the modeling industry, but Barbizon has delivered and then some. If you’re looking for a place that nurtures your child’s passion while giving them actual experience in the industry, I highly recommend Barbizon.

My daughter found Barbizon's information and signing up was quite simple. We did online in addition to the interview phase. She completed the courses, and she liked it. They gave a lot of industry information, so it's always helpful. It was good.

I would like to start off first by saying originally the company draws you in everyone I spoke with was very polite, answered any questions I had without getting upset. When I was assigned someone named Pamala at first she was nice and seemed very excited about my daughter being chosen, I explained to her I was very naive to the industry and that I have no idea what I’m doing, but I was very excited for my daughter to get training then eventually placed as I was promised by everyone I spoke with, I was overwhelmed with how fast everything was moving, how I felt a bit rushed and nervous about everything, she had me sign and fill out stuff online, I didn’t realize it was a contract until I was sent the email copies from what I signed which I understand is my fault, I did not pay anything,

Barbizon was fun to learn from. However, it is a bit much. In all honesty, it's still really good. I wish they could at least help a bit more in getting your foot in the door when it comes to modeling and acting, but hey, you can only go so far. One thing I'm glad to learn was how to walk in heels. I was horrible at walking in them when I started there, also, I will say my anxiety eased up some. My vision of myself stayed the same. I'm still not body-confident when they tried teaching that. The teachers were great and nice as well, along with all the staff that interviewed me to get me into it.

I discovered Barbizon by a “lucky encounter” but my daughter loved the experience that the school offered her. She loved the teachers, the inspiring environment, the confidence built step by step, every day. Barbizon is not only about modeling, but above all about growing up and becoming secure and confident in whatever you do and love.

Barbizon is something that my daughter has been wanting to do for a long time, and I thought it was gonna be a good opportunity for her. I saw them on a Facebook ad and we got started with them. With Barbizon, my daughter has learned a lot of things that I didn't learn as a child as far as health and beauty care. She's learned about posture and they've taught her to walk more confidently. She's also not nearly as shy as what she was. She's getting a lot of confidence in front of people, which is gonna help her in the future. She's navigating learning the world of professionalism. It's a lot of skills that I don't think she's gonna learn in public school. I work with Social Services, and a lot of the clientele that we have can't afford to go through a school such as Barbizon. But it's still something that I share with the other case workers. One can't put a price on the friendships that my daughter has gotten as well as interpersonal skills.

We went to the monitoring classes and my son found them intriguing. He did learn from it. It shows at the end. We finished his last class, which we did get the Barbizon certificate. But I wasn't able to follow through on the ones online because I have personal life going on right now. My son still wants to pursue modeling. He said he liked it. He liked the staff and everything. He said he liked going to the one that we had to make up the classes, which is the one in Massachusetts. He said he got to meet kids from all over, that he liked meeting kids from different places.

My daughter's always talked about how she wants to be an actress. We went with Barbizon and enrolling with them was overwhelming. It was a lot to think about and take in. It is expensive but we were fortunate to have family that was able to help us out a little bit. We were excited for the opportunity and everybody's been very kind. I love the teacher that worked a lot with my daughter. She is a very shy child. But when she gets on stage, it disappears. She's more confident now. She's finished and she's able to continue going, but I wish there were more classes offered.

Barbizon has been very beneficial. You learn so many things and it helps to also meet new people and build that self-confidence in yourself with all the different aspects. Doing it one Saturday a month, you're still able to do what you have going on then go to Barbizon. Sometimes it was hard to get ahold of people over the phone about scheduling if I needed to make up a class. But we were able to figure out the times and everything was handled very professionally. Everyone was very respectful as well.

Call and check into Barbozin if you are interested in modeling. Barbizon lets my son learn how to model and helping him find different people.

When my kids were younger, we heard about one that's called Casablanca. We started the journey with them but we didn't go anywhere. We said, "Okay, let's try Barbizon." The staff of Barbizon is wonderful, very supportive and professional. The kids have learned through the classes that they attended a lot of things that I don't know about fashion. We're hoping to be one of the successful ones.

My daughter's overall experience with Barbizon was good. She liked going to the classes and met friends through them. We got some calls a couple of weeks ago about the Passport to Discovery but I don't see where the advancements are with Barbizon as far as people picking you up to do modeling or acting as a job. It's also hard to get in touch with someone when you have questions. You can leave a message and the recording says they would get back with you within 24 hours, but that's not true. You have to call them back two or three days later and leave another message. I got behind on one payment and some guy started calling me and was real rude. Other than that, the people I dealt with one-on-one were real nice.

My son got into the competition and my daughter got into the school. They both learned a lot and it's been a great experience with Barbizon. My son is signed with someone right now and my daughter had a blast. She's now amazing her makeup skills. She did a couple girls’ makeup that were sophomores and got paid for it. Barbizon taught her so much. She also now walks better. They built her confidence up. They did this little competition at the end. She was a runner-up and ended up going to the competition that happened in Florida. She got a couple of callbacks from it, but the school kick started her situation. She loved Barbizon and was very upset when it ended. You can trust Barbizon with your children. They have your children's best interest. It's not a scam so just trust the process and know that your kids are in good hands.

My son completed the class at Barbizon, but he hasn't had any jobs or anything since he completed. He was shy. So, I just wanted to have him be more outspoken and not being so conservative. I just wanted to bring him out more. He was more of a social bunny afterwards. The staff at Barbizon was good. I never had an issue with anybody. Twice, my son had an event and I needed to change the class, and they were able to accommodate. He did the class somewhere else. I would recommend Barbizon.

Josh has been absolutely A-MAZING! He’s gone above & beyond—both before the interview process AND after! He’s answered all 2,456 of my questions & calmed me down when I needed to be. He deserves all the stars!

I selected one star because it won’t let me submit a review with 0 'cause that’s exactly what I would give them! This company is the worst company I have ever dealt with, please read the reviews before signing or agreeing to do any type of business with them. They truly have no heart and do not care about anyone at all! The sole purpose of this company is to pretend to teach or care about your children and use them as bait to receive compensation and place money in their own pockets!

Please refund my money, I was transparent on my financial situation and made aware I went with another/better agency, staffing was very unprofessional when I opposed them. I would have loved to work with you in the future if you didn’t leave such a sour taste in my mouth, please reach out to me so we can sort this out. Thank you.

My friend had her children sign up for Barbizon and had a great experience. When I looked it up, I saw both negative and positive reviews, but more positive and because I had that word-of-mouth, it gave me that extra trust in going for it. We were in the Barbizon and Competition 2024 in Baltimore. It was a little bit confusing, though. They could have set it up a little bit better as far as where parents should go and where the children should go. It wasn't really laid out as great as it could have been. Other than that, we're 100% satisfied. My daughter's confidence is through the roof compared to what she was a year before Barbizon and it gave her that extra edge she needed to pursue her dreams.

My friend talked about Barbizon and she brought us in. My child attended Passport to Discovery in August. We like the competitions and when she signed up for Barbizon Placement, we get updates on the website. Periodically, I visit it and I haven’t found anything that will work for her in our location yet but I just keep hoping. She has had a good time. Because it just happens once a month, it’s stretched out so much. I wish it would be more intense, in a shorter period of time, and just going through the classes would be preferable.