You Won't Get Rich Modeling for Abercrombie

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How much does Abercrombie & Fitch pay its models? Style Section L.A. puts the question to water polo player, Darfur activist, and beefcake Brad Greiner, who answers honestly that he made $500 for two days of work. There were non-financial perks, though: “It’s certainly changed my life. To see myself on a five-story billboard on Fifth Avenue or on Sunset, it just blew my mind. And I had to use it as a stepping stone.” And anyway, that's probably more than one would make modeling for American Apparel. [SSLA]