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Old 08-10-2011, 01:41 PM
 
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As a former child model I think it is up to the child to say if they want to do this or not.
If you are a former child model then you know that is not the way it usually works. Most child models have Mommy or Daddy deciding what shoots they do or don't do. And too many Mommys and Daddys see only the dollar signs and not what is best for their child.

BTW I know photographers who won't work these shoots. Too much of a "creepy" actor involved. They also won't do jobs where they feel the child is being exploited.
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Old 08-10-2011, 05:40 PM
 
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A couple of years ago there was a controversy in the land down under because some photos by a photographer Bill Henson were deemed to be child porn.

This is a link to an article where one of his models (Not the one in the recently controversial photos), now a mother, says there is a difference between art and porn.
This is not porn, say Henson's models - Arts - Entertainment - smh.com.au


And this is a link to an article showing one of the controversial photos - Be warned - Nudity - if you do not wish to look then don't
Junk for Code : Bill Henson # 6 uncensored

It seems that the models themselves do not get damaged by the process. Interesting I think.
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Old 08-10-2011, 06:05 PM
 
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Art, child porn, and sexualizing a 10-year old to sell a product are three very different things.
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Old 08-10-2011, 07:40 PM
 
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I don;t see anything wrong with it, it is fashionable art and lil girls like to play dress up in general. As a former child model I think it is up to the child to say if they want to do this or not.

This lil girl is GORGEOUS and has a great career at a young age and could be a lot of mothers who would want their child to model are pee'd because there lil one did not get this assignment.


There is nothing sexual about these photos and its nothing new. When I was working as a young model Brooke Shields was doing More provocative work then me back in the 70's and that is over 30 yrs ago.


BY the way I have seen lil girls with tiny bikinis on on the beach with parts of their cheeks sticking out but that is okay..... go figure.
I know someone who bought their 3 year old a Juicy Couture bikini.... of course, butt cheeks hanging out and the word JUICY written right across the behind. I find that a lot more disturbing than this 10 year old in Vogue.
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Old 08-11-2011, 06:26 AM
 
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I don;t see anything wrong with it, it is fashionable art and lil girls like to play dress up in general. As a former child model I think it is up to the child to say if they want to do this or not.
Only to a point. I absolutely think both child and parents should have veto power. Anything that either party isn't comfortable with should be excluded. My daughters, at ten, thought a lot of very bad ideas were good ones because...well, they were ten.

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This lil girl is GORGEOUS and has a great career at a young age and could be a lot of mothers who would want their child to model are pee'd because there lil one did not get this assignment.
Possibly somewhere, someplace, there is a mother or a child that would apply to. I think most of the posters in this thread, however, have far better sense.
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Old 08-11-2011, 06:27 AM
 
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I know someone who bought their 3 year old a Juicy Couture bikini.... of course, butt cheeks hanging out and the word JUICY written right across the behind. I find that a lot more disturbing than this 10 year old in Vogue.
I don't see why it has to be either/or. There's more than one way to put your child on inappropriate display.
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Old 08-11-2011, 06:37 AM
 
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If you are a former child model then you know that is not the way it usually works. Most child models have Mommy or Daddy deciding what shoots they do or don't do. And too many Mommys and Daddys see only the dollar signs and not what is best for their child.

BTW I know photographers who won't work these shoots. Too much of a "creepy" actor involved. They also won't do jobs where they feel the child is being exploited.

I had a manager who was not family. I still work as a over 40 Commercial model. My parents saved my money and invested it for me.
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Old 08-11-2011, 09:53 AM
 
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My parents saved my money and invested it for me.
Good.
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Old 08-13-2011, 02:38 AM
 
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It's important that a child model does have a normal child hood and associate with non models.
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