TORONTO, Feb. 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Velocity International Corp. ("VELOCITY," "VITJ," or the "Company") today announced an international talent scouting agreement with one of the world's premier model agents, Junior Pelicano the founder of L'Agence International Scouting. Junior Pelicano founded L'Agence International Scouting in 1991, has recruited some of the most famous and prized Top Models for the fashion industry and has been an outstanding agent for over 20 years. L'Agence International Scouting will provide scouting services to VITJ in the field of procuring photographic and fashion models in the country of Brazil, and will offer such models to VITJ for representation. This agreement will most likely launch and grow the gross revenues for Velocity's talent division this year. Velocity Talent intends to come out strong and begin to offer its new talent Velocity Girls through multimedia distribution outlets.
About L'Agence International Scouting - www.LAGENCE.com.BR
Founded by Junior Pelicano in 1991, Mr. Pelicano has recruited some of the most famous and prized Top Models for the fashion industry. His most important discovery was Ms. Ana Hickmann, in 1996. He was responsible for the preparation and the initial career of Ana Hickmann in Sao Paulo and New York with the collaboration of his long time friend Mr. John Casablancas - Elite International. With an unparalleled editorial vision for new girls for the fashion market, Junior Pelicano has developed new stars and has a constant supply of the best new faces in the industry. In Brazil, Junior Pelicano was one of the first agents to began the "export" of Brazilian models to the international market (Asia, Europe and the U.S.). He has placed and managed over 1,500 Brazilian models ever since. Today, Lagence International Scouting is the leading Brazilian scouting and management agency and the only one in Brazil dedicated exclusively to representing and managing the international careers of models worldwide. L'Agence International Scouting currently represents over 50 models internationally in the following countries: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, England, Holland, Austria, Japan, China (mainland and Hong Kong), Malaysia, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and the U.S. In its always expanding and growing ventures, L'Agence is the first Brazilian company to establish a solid relationship and collaboration with the Chinese market (both mainland and Hong Kong) which has led to the invitation (only one from Brazil) from the Chinese government for Junior Pelicano to visit and attend an extensive program for increasing the exports of Brazilian models to China.
About Velocity International Corp. - www.VelocityIntCorp.com
Velocity International Corp. ("VELOCITY," "VITJ," or the "Company") is a publicly traded development stage company created to acquire operating talent and modeling agencies along with acquiring existing technology service companies supporting the professional and amateur talent and modeling agencies, professional and amateur athletes, designers, creative professionals and support entertainment industry professionals. Ultimately, the company intends to provide one-stop solutions and services that address the needs of the fashion and entertainment production client throughout the world.
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