COVID-19 crisis aggravates Indian modelling industry's lapses, with models left to deal with the fallout Stalled dues, pay cuts, apprehensions about COVID protocol being followed on shoots, lack of regulatory oversight, and a culture of silence that dissuades open discussion of their issues — models in India say the ongoing crisis has dealt the industry a grievous blow. Jaishree Kumar December 11, 2020 16:14:29 IST The COVID-19 crisis and ensuing lockdown/s have adversely impacted the Indian modelling industry in numerous ways. Image for representation only. Over late September and early October this year, a public showdown played out between the popular Instagram account DietSabya, Mumbai-based modelling agency TFM/360, and 30 models. Several models reached out to DietSabya with stories of their payments being withheld by TFM, and the fashion biz watchdog posted: “The bitter industry truth is that modelling/talent agencies are notorious for withholding money and TFM has been pulling this stunt since 2018 (shocking!)”.