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Kaia Gerber, Still Underage at 17, Tapped by Jimmy Choo for Sexy Shoe Campaign

Keith GirardJanuary 11, 2019

Kaia Gerber still can’t vote in any state and could send a man to jail for 20-years-to-life for having sex in most others, because she’s only 17. But that hasn’t stopped Jimmy Choo from tapping her to show off its sexy new campaign....

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Kaia Gerber, 16, Falls Into Karl Lagerfeld’s Clutches; Jail Bait Fashion Ensues (Photos!)

Keith GirardSeptember 2, 2018

Kaia Gerber teams up with Karl Lagerfeld to launch a fashion collaboration that’s supposed to reflect the designer’s “Parisian aesthetic and the model’s Los Angeles upbringing.” But the clothes are anything but child’s play for the 16-year-old....

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Stranger Things Sadie Sink Latest to Flout Fashion Industry Underage Model Ban

Keith GirardMarch 7, 2018

Sadie Sink, who debuted on Season 2 of the Netflix hit “Stranger Things,” hit the runway at Paris Fashion Week. But at 15, she flouted fashion industry guidelines that ban underage models from walking runways in major shows. The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), a leading industry trade group, issued guidelines in 2013 advising designers not to use models on the runways under the age of 16....

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Thylane Blondeau From Fashion Scandal, at 10, to World’s Most Beautiful Model, at 16

Keith GirardFebruary 17, 2018

Thylane Blondeau scandalized Europe and much of the fashion world when she posed provocatively in adult lingerie and touched off an international debate about the sexualization of pre=teen models. She’s 16 now and being called the most beautiful model in the world. IM first reported on Blondeau when she was 10, just after her debut in Paris Vogue....

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Kaia Gerber (Cindy’s Kid) Barely 16, But She’s All Woman Now (See 11 Photos!)

Keith GirardFebruary 17, 2018

Kaia Gerber, caused an uproar when she posed for a highly sexualized Versace campaign at the tender age of 10. But, hey, that was ages ago. She’s 16 now and all woman in her latest fashion feature, even though she’s still jailbait in any number of states. Kaia, daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, turned 16 just last September....

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Cindy Crawford Daughter Kaia Raises New Red Flags About Underage Models

Keith GirardAugust 11, 2016

Kaia Gerber, the daughter of former supermodel Cindy Crawford, is still hot and heavy into her modeling career after first raising red flags at the tender age of 10 about underage girls who model clothes for adult fashion brands. Last year, as a 13-year-old, she signed with IMG Models, which reps such superstars as Karlie Kloss, Alessandra Ambrosio, Gigi Hadid and Georgia May Jagger....

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Meet Maddie Ziegler: From Tiny Tot to Nation’s First Pre-Teen Sex Symbol

Keith GirardJanuary 9, 2015

Maddie Ziegler, the 12-year-old star of the controversial show “Dance Moms,” has become the center of an intense debate over the sexualization of pre-teens. Say what you will, but she’s the nation’s first pre-teen sex symbol, and maybe the start of a dark new trend. Ziegler was thrust into national attention by her performance with 28-year-old Shia LeBeouf in a new music video by Sia, featuring her song “Elastic Heart.” Overseas, a number of pre-teen models have appeared in adult fashion magazines. At 11, Anais Gallegher, daughter of former Oasis singer-songwriter Noel Gallagher, was also modeling professionally. Supermodel Kate Moss’ half-sister Charlotte Moss, known as Lottie, also debuted as a professional model at 13....

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Cindy Crawford Daughter Models Again at 13, After Pre-Teen Uproar

Keith GirardDecember 6, 2014

Cindy Crawford’s daughter, Kaia, has returned to work as a model at 13 years of age, after an uproar ensued over her first professional photo shoot for Italian fashion house Versace at the tender age of 10. Crawford, 48, rose to become one of the world’s top supermodels in the 1980s and started her own career at the age of 16. After the uproar over her daughter’s Versace shoot in 2012, she vowed not to let her model again until she was 17. But Kaia will appear in a her first professional shoot since the Versace controversy in the December-January issue of Teen Vogue magazine. ...

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Cindy Cawford Ends Pre-Teen Daughter’s Model Career (photos)

Keith GirardFebruary 16, 2012

Model Cindy Crawford, amid an uproar over underage models at New York Fashion Week, has ended her own 10-year-old daughter's budding professional career, until she is at least 17. TheImproper reported last month that Crawford allowed her pre-teeb daughter Kaia to pose for the racy Italian luxury brand Versace. She modeled the brand's new children's line....

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Cindy Crawford’s Pre-Teen, Kaia, Latest to Go Pro in Fashion Industry (photos)

Keith GirardJanuary 18, 2012

Cindy Crawford has handed her 10-year-old daughter Kaia to the racy Italian luxury brand Versace to model it's new children's line. She looks over-sexualized in heavy makeup for the shoot. Welcome to the latest modeling trend....

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