Entitled influencer tries to force a small jewelry brand to hire her as a model, launches insults and fake reviews when turned down, then deletes everything after a lawyer’s cease-and-desist: ‘[She] didn't take no for an answer’

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  • Entitled influencer demands we choose her as a model.

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  • I've had met a fair share of entitled people and maybe I'll write some other stories here, but this one is the latest and kind of infuriating also.
  • I have a friend that has a relatively successful business. She makes accessories and jewelry from mostly natural materials and even has some famous regular customers.
  • (famous in my country). I've made some jewelry with her as I used to make jewelry as a hobby and we have similar taste or smth.
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  • Her latest collection is something I helped even more with. It's forest themed, some materials are collected from forests of our country etc.
  • As I was somewhat involved in the process she also included me when choosing the model to pose with said jewelry for photoshoot.
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  • She wanted someone who would look a bit fairy like in her opinion - slim, petite, long natural hair, natural looks in every aspect basically.
  • We found one who was perfect but also one influencer contracted her. This famous and has a chick is somewhat fair share of followers in social media.
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  • She's also a total opposite of what my friend was looking for -fake , lip fillers, brightly colored hair extensions, heavily tattooed.
  • A good looking woman, not saying anything about that, but furthest from natural. My friend told her, that she had already chosen a model.
  • and that this girl wouldn't fit the aesthetic anyway. It was written on her page what she was looking for.
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  • This influencer didn't take no for an answer though. First were the letters how she could wear a wig if that suits better.
  • Then, after a polite refusal, came the letters how my friend should be thankful for the offer of the services and how she's an ungrateful b...ch.
  • Then, after my friend. decided not to answer anymore, this chick started a smear campaign. She posted bad reviews on Google, made a post about how my friend orderes accessories and jewelry from temu and sells them as her own etc.
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  • My friend finally contacted a lawyer and they sent this chick a cease and desist letter (I hope it's a correct term, English is not my first language) and also said that she has all the screenshots of their conversation.
  • and yellow media would like to publish these if the harassment continues. Well, silence so far and she took down the post, but ...

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