People Are Genuinely Shocked By How Little "Top Model" Contestants Make In Residuals After An Iconic Contestant Posted Her Own Check
One of the biggest issues of the ongoing strike by the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is unfair streaming residuals.
Earlier this summer, Kimiko Glenn revealed how much money she makes in residual payments for her role as Brook Soso on Orange Is the New Black. She was on 44 episodes between 2013 and 2019.
In a viral TikTok, she showed her residual check for a whopping $27.30.
As this person said, that's barely enough for a Netflix subscription.
This is noteworthy because most reality show contestants don't receive any residual money at all, even though their shows are widely screened on streamers.
It should also be noted that reality stars are generally not part of SAG. There isn't a union for reality stars, and they aren't on strike.
That said, we learned about one reality show that gave contestants residual payments, and that show was America's Next Top Model during the "All-Stars" season.
Isis King is one of the most iconic contestants on Top Model.
She first appeared on Season 11 in 2008 as the franchise's first transgender woman contestant.
Then she appeared on Season 17, which was the All-Stars season.
Isis shared a residual check that she recently received from the show, and yeah, it's not much!
Top model residuals came, where should I spend it at? pic.twitter.com/EJxdMZOvrr
— 𝐼𝓈𝒾𝓈 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔 (@MsIsisKing) September 12, 2023
A whopping $5.12.
Isis pointed out that to her knowledge, the All-Stars season was the only season of Top Model where the girls received residuals.
Yup it was the only season that paid the models to my understanding
— 𝐼𝓈𝒾𝓈 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔 (@MsIsisKing) September 12, 2023
People were obviously surprised by how little the contestants got paid.
Wow. I thought they got paid for the show. https://t.co/q9sQlImQW7
— Tarra (@Taylorr_L) September 13, 2023
@MsIsisKing / Via Twitter: @Taylorr_L
From "You can't even get a gallon of gas"...
You can’t even get a gallon of gas with this https://t.co/wcjrYhg7ns
— help i tweeted a gif and now i cant tweet (@bones_glass) September 13, 2023
@MsIsisKing / Via Twitter: @bones_glass
...to "you can't even get a subway footlong."
Damn you can’t even get a subway footlong with this how the hell— https://t.co/nFhGWxK5co
— Tiny Daemon (@Tiniest_daemon) September 13, 2023
@MsIsisKing / Via Twitter: @Tiniest_daemon
I think "y'all were on that show going bald and fighting wars with ZERO income" sums it up best.
y’all were on that show going bald and fighting wars with ZERO income??
— papi bones (@echolaliass) September 12, 2023
