Athenry
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- 19 Dec 2014
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I was in Japan late last year, and had completely forgotten about this until last night.
I was sitting outside Shibuya Station pilfering their wifi when some dude came up to me and asked me if I wanted to model for Huge Magazine, which I understand is a pretty big publication.
Now I'm an average looking guy; below average height for Australia, average height for Japan, and I have brown hair (not exactly what Japan looks for in foreign models). But I was backpacking, I hadn't shaved in a week and hadn't had a shower in two days, so I wasn't really taking him seriously + thought it could be a scam or something.
But I played along because, why not? In the end he took two photos of me on his phone and took down my contact details. But I had to leave Japan not long after, so I never followed up on it.
Last night when I remembered I was trying to think what it could be. I've considered everything from total legitimacy, to an attempt to lure me into some sketchy porn ring. But really I have no idea.
After a bit of searching I found another guy who was approached by the same guy, on the same night at Shibuya station. He posted about it here, and even has a photo of the guy.
Now I'm really curious about it. Have you guys come across the same thing? What do you think it would have been? I just can't see a massive publication like that picking up random foreigners on the street.
I was sitting outside Shibuya Station pilfering their wifi when some dude came up to me and asked me if I wanted to model for Huge Magazine, which I understand is a pretty big publication.
Now I'm an average looking guy; below average height for Australia, average height for Japan, and I have brown hair (not exactly what Japan looks for in foreign models). But I was backpacking, I hadn't shaved in a week and hadn't had a shower in two days, so I wasn't really taking him seriously + thought it could be a scam or something.
But I played along because, why not? In the end he took two photos of me on his phone and took down my contact details. But I had to leave Japan not long after, so I never followed up on it.
Last night when I remembered I was trying to think what it could be. I've considered everything from total legitimacy, to an attempt to lure me into some sketchy porn ring. But really I have no idea.
After a bit of searching I found another guy who was approached by the same guy, on the same night at Shibuya station. He posted about it here, and even has a photo of the guy.
Now I'm really curious about it. Have you guys come across the same thing? What do you think it would have been? I just can't see a massive publication like that picking up random foreigners on the street.