I think you'll still need to be where the action is. Some direct bookings here and there is one thing, but can you imagine for fashion week? With one girl, sure, but not on a larger scale. Usually there's a local market to tend to as well, mother agencies would have to expand like crazy to handle their girls internationally in addition to scouting, development, and local bookings. Also, in my experience many mother agents are pretty clueless about what their models should and shouldn't do. You really need to know the specific market (it's not as simple as just knowing what shows to book...) and I don't think anyone could effectively cover several cities. Not as well as an agent located there.
you have interesting points.
But as i said, it is not something which can happens tomorow, and it can not works perfectly with all categoris of models.
i just notice that compare to few years ago, some things happens already, things which sounded impossible just a few years back.
Obviously, not all MA agencies are able to handle that, and some of them will never be, but with time the ones who want can get the experience stap by step.
already right now, in some particular case, the agencies abroad are in fact waste of time. for exemple, a girl of already good level, but stuck in her home country because of school, and just able to work in direct booking.
if that girl has different agencies in different countries, all options have anyway to go first to the MA to manage or to choose which ones to take. Or the MA must update the snaps, send them to the abroad agency who send them to the client...who is in the case the step not needed, the agency abroad.
so...check well how the things will change, in 3-4-5 years, i believe it will be very different than now...
