Too young to model?

It begs the question. When is the right time to go into modelling agency? The one career you have set your heart on. In an increasingly disturbing contest, girls as young as 12 and 13 are made to parade themselves for a beauty contest. Even more disturbingly, they are encouraged to do so by their own mothers.

In an age where being young, pretty and slim is subtly and cleverly encouraged by the media, those who should be protecting us could be infact doing the exact opposite. The girls are child models, but made to parade beauty contests as though they are professional, women models.

According to the dailymail tabloid, younger and younger girls are becoming more aware of their body images and how the celebrity world is changing at such a rapid pace. Thirteen year old Tayla for example is a straight student with a desire to take part in beauty contests. Many have also criticised that the mothers of these child models are living their lives through their little girls and it is unfair for them to be categorised into the women-modelling category, when they are still children. However, Tayla’s mother insists that her daughter is mature and sensible and wants her to have the opportunities that are available today that she herself was unable to have.

Ghazala Ishaq

Labels: child models, model, modelling agency, models

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