Thylane Blondeau scandalized Europe as a 10-year-old modeling adult clothes. See her now! (Thylane Blondeau/Instagram)

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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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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Thylane Blondeau, French Kiddie Model, Called the Next Kate Moss

Keith GirardMarch 25, 2014

Thylane Blondeau, the French kiddie model who raised eyebrows three years ago with her very adult photo spread in Paris Vogue, is back, this time, on the cover of another French women’s magazine in an even more provocative pose. Blondeau, who is now 13, covers French arthouse fashion magazine Jalouse, which proclaims her the next Kate Moss....

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