The founder of a Gold Coast modelling agency that signs up people with disabilities through the NDIS is facing growing anger after being accused of trolling and doxxing former clients who spoke out against her.
Monique Jeremiah, who runs Diversity Models, posted an hour long YouTube video after A Current Affair aired a segment where former clients accused her of exploitation.
In the video, which has since been deleted, she shared one former model’s NDIS number, personal email, date of birth, plan manager and support worker details. She also shared the model’s medical history.
Jeremiah admitted in the video that she used AI technology to track the model’s location through a Facebook photo. She called the former client unreliable and dishonest.
The online behaviour did not stop there. Diversity Models publicly shared the full name of another former model who had kept her surname hidden on her own Facebook profile.
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The agency’s social media accounts also mocked the woman. They told her they were glad she had gained confidence as an online troll.
At least two disabled models have accused Jeremiah of taking their money unfairly. Fraud allegations are also reportedly being looked into.
Other claims include that she digitally darkened a First Nations model’s skin to make her appear more Aboriginal told another model to look more disabled and personally posed as a disabled Muslim woman for a commercial.
Two petitions have asked the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to remove the agency’s provider registration. People who signed said Jeremiah should not have access to vulnerable participants or their private personal information.
Jeremiah has also been criticised for publicly saying that people with mild autism should not get NDIS funding. She also suggested that too many recipients waste their support on non essential purchases.
Diversity Models is still a registered NDIS provider. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has not publicly said whether a formal investigation is underway.
