Well some points.
1. The show has always (even going to the very first season) had actor/models on it. It's always been part of the show.
2. Casting does not get applications that match the % of the population based on a persons career. In fact I would guess that actors/models are more likely to submit an application then any other profession.
mswood......
Sometimes it is pretty scary just how much we think alike. I have always wondered how the Season One teams were recruited/cast. If Rob and Brennan were not in the modeling biz, besides being lawyers, they sure should have been. In doing research, I just found one comment by Joe and Bill, that they saw an announcement on the Internet and applied that way. Not just anyone can afford to take six weeks off and walk away from their jobs to go film a TV pilot, basically. As you said, some peoples' choice of careers will make it easier for them to work for WRP. I would assume that WRP were posting announcements in the dailey trades to get people to apply.
Season One teams....
New York area recruits.
1) Matt and Anna...from Hartford, Conn
2) Frank and Margarita...from Queens
3) Kevin and Drew...from Staton Island I think
4) Lenny and Karyn...from across the Hudson in Jersey
From Philly area
1) Pat and Brenda...actually a little south of Philly
From Texas
1) Kim and Leslie....from Houston
2) Nancy and Emily...from Waco
3) Dave and Margretta...from Dallas (Rockdale)
From Los Angeles area
1) Rob and Brennan
2) Paul and Amiee
3) Joe and Bill
It has always interested me in how all but one team came from three clusters of recruiting areas. I guess you could put Pat and Brenda in the NYC group, because I would think that they are closer to NYC than Kim and Leslie are to Dallas. Waco is in the middle between Houston and Dallas. For some reason, I always thought Joe and Bill were from NYC, but on there team info page for Season One, Bill says he reads the Los Angeles Times everyday.....I guess he could have read it everyday in NYC, that just doesnt make sense to me.
Maybe one of you TAR Historians can send me a PM if you do not wish to post how Season One was recruited/cast. Thanks in advance.