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I’d say this is not normal.
I did a lot of nude photography work for websites over the years, and most of the models were found specifically though ads or they would reach out to me through model applications directly on my website.
A photographer approaching girls online through social media to take their clothes off in front of a camera is… 100% sketch.
Is it though? Her friends gave their opinions, guy's clear about photos he's gonna make. And afaik boudoir is not nude. And shooting specifically for websites is also a different thing altogether.
Unsolicited requests for any type of scantily clad modeling is always creepy.
Pros use a real agency or post an ad, they don’t stalk contacts of past models on social media and message them for a session. Completely amateur and unprofessional. Also creeper level sketch. No real photographer does this. Ever.
Well, looks like it depends on the country. Where I'm from, there wasn't a modeling agency that was focused on boudoir/nude for a long, long time. All other agencies were focused strictly on fashion, so there was no way to get a "pro model from agency" for a shoot other than fashion or maybe beauty. So while that's sketchy for you, it's less so for me. Except for stalking contacts, but we don't know if that actually happened.