Neal Hamil, president of MIX Model Management NYC, ended Luo's contract last week.
He told Page Six in an e-mail, "I would just like to clarify that the decision concerning not to continue representing ZiLin was made on Memorial Day when she phoned me to say she was boarding a flight to China."
"I informed her that doing so was in direct conflict with what [we] had discussed for her in further developing her career," Hamil continued. "I told her then that we would no longer represent her and I also informed her manager in China, whom I have great respect for, of our decision to terminate our professional relationship with her client."
He concluded, "I had absolutely no knowledge of her plans other than she was returning to China. It is disappointing that it did not work out but talent and manager must be equally committed and working in tandem. We wish her the best in future pursuits but this was a professional, rather than a [personal] decision."