Maddison Gabriel: At 13, is Too Young to be a Fashion Model
Maddison Gabriel, a 13-year-old (born September 16th) has caused a media frenzy after she was chosen to front one of the world’s largest fashion shows.
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed model was picked as the official ambassador of Gold Coast Fashion Week in Australia and has also worn a number of revealing outfits for the Queensland event.
The country’s Prime Minister John Howard strongly criticised the decision saying it was unacceptable.
He said: “Catapulting girls as young as 12 into something like that is outrageous.”
Mr Howard wants Australia to follow the example of Europe and ban models younger than 16 appearing on catwalks.
“There should be age limits, I mean there has to be, we do have to preserve some notion of innocence in our society,” he said.
But the 5ft 7ins youngster, who turned 13 yesterday, believed she deserved to win the modelling competition to become the ‘face’ of the show.
“I believe that I can fit into women’s clothes. I can model women’s clothes, so I should be able to do it,” she said.
“It doesn’t matter about age, it matters that you can do the job. Modelling is all I’ve wanted to do since I was six – I don’t think I’m too young.”
Maddison has signed an exclusive media deal and contracted an experienced celebrity agent since the furore broke.
Her mother Michelle Gabriel has defended her child’s right to model and demanded an apology from the Prime Minister.
“I believe the Prime Minister is getting very doddery,” she said.
“He does not know exactly what 13 and 14-year-old girls are like. I used to vote for him. We’re trying to get our teenage daughters to act older. I am so happy that I’ve got a daughter who has got a good head on her shoulders.”
And Fashion Week spokesman Kelly Wieler said Maddison was not too young.
“Maddy got in because she was the best contestant – the judges saw that she was fit to do the job.”
She added that the schoolgirl would not be modeling swimwear or lingerie.
In a nutshell, Mommy is full of sh#t! Given the fact it took little to no effort to find a picture of Maddison wearing a bikini, it’s a shame. The poor girl is yet another child being exploited by someone who is supposed to protect her.
Yet another alarming thing, this is what the young model has to say about herself, on her own blog (she just created the blog yesterday!):
“I’m very pretty. But I’m too young for you to be staring at me like that….I love my mom, but they ought to have her arrested”
Please tell me that someone other than Maddison made this blog! Here’s the image slide:
What other’s said:
- Dlisted says, “Um….I can fit into women’s clothes too….I mean…..I think I can fit into women’s clothes too and that doesn’t mean I should be a damn model! My titties are too big.”
- Gawker says, “Dude, check out this chick! Pretty hot, right? Well, guess what? You’re a f#cking pervert!”
source: Fury as 12-year-old ‘model’ fronts world fashion show [daily mail]; Child Slavery [dlisted]; To catch a predator: She Didn’t Look A Day Under 14 [gawker]
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