GET PAID TO LOOK ATTRACTIVE AT PARTIES

There is a company called Surkus which hires attractive people to attend parties and public events. The Surkus app matches aspiring models, actors-in-waiting and social media stars with club promoters, marketers and other clients willing to pay for an attractive human at their events. Members can make as much as $100 for a couple of hours of hanging around a nightclub. The app is a marketplace where influencers, the talented and the beautiful can connect with buzz seekers who want to rent such youthful glamour, with Surkus taking 50 percent of the fee. Surkus members have been paid to attend restaurant openings, clubs and promotional parties for products. Some eventually get cast for film and modeling work. Members join the app by linking their Facebook profiles and are then “crowdcast” for clients, based on demographic details like their age, interests and number of Instagram followers. One woman, Briana Siaca, earned a whopping $10 for her attendance at a party, but seems to be happy that her Instagram post about it garnered over 115 likes and three emoji comments. “For me, it’s not about the money,” said Ms. Siaca, who has attended 12 Surkus events. “It’s what kind of people can I meet, what kind of, like, environment is it? Is it a cool brand that I might be interested in?”
* I’m drowning in the shallowness here.
* Do attractive people really have trouble getting invited to stuff?
* Just to give you any idea how dumb the people at Surkus are – look how they spell “circus”.
* Don’t everybody in this room run out and sign up for this, you hear? I’m serious. Just don’t.