Thylane Blondeau

I was recently procrastinating and scrolling through the pages of the fashion telegraph online, and came across an article about a young model called Thylane Bondeau. She is a 12 year old model who has already appeared on the cover of Vogue, been the face of Lacoste and posed seductively in front of the camera for a french magazine. Every article that I've read about her has sparked controversy, with photos of the then 10 year old girl posing with a significant amount of makeup on her face, wearing heels and provocative clothing.

               

With Thylane's face all over various magazines, it is hard not to feel envious of her, but how can we justify being jealous of a 12 year old girl? In my opinion, it is considered as unhealthy for women and girls to look at girl of such young age in the way that she is perceived. Being a model exerts pressure at any age, especially for someone as young as Thylane, to be at the backlash of controversial comments, and receive criticism from model agencies and industry professionals that constantly put pressure on her to look and act a certain way. It is seriously detrimental to the way these young models grow up and will continually ignite debate over whether this is deemed as acceptable, even in the self-obsessed, youth obsessed, beauty obsessed society that we are currently living in.

All photos sourced from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2588272/Controversial-Child-Model-Thylane-Blondeau-Covers-Jalouse-Magazine.html