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A recent investigation by the UK's Sunday Times alleges modeling agencies have been exploiting young women from Africa by making promises of bright futures

Select Model Management - which has the likes of David Gandy and Devon Aoki - on its books said they will conduct an investigation and revamp its approach to working with models.

It’s reported that young people from impoverished African countries are sent to Europe for casting and, if deemed unsuccessful, returned and are in debt.

Wearing a long, gold knitted dress, Achol Malual Jau, strode confidently along the runway at this year’s London Fashion Week. The South Sudanese model, 23, who had for months practised walking in heels back at her refugee camp, described her experience at the catwalk show in February as “amazing”. J

A number of models have defended a London-based agency in a series of videos following a Sunday Times investigation into scouting in a refugee camp in Kenya.

"It’s just a matter of having the interest," Sharon Thompson, the International Marketing Manager for McBride Research Laboratories.