Unlike the Dakota Fanning photo, which showed an awful lot of bare leg, model Monika Jagaciak is fairly well covered in this image, thanks to some dark tights. 14 Monika Jagaciak- 13 years old at the time Reactions to the image were mixed, as they are wont to be, with many decrying it and others say that it was more twisted to see a cute little girl and immediately view her as a s*xual being. The cover image to the family magazine appeared in 2014, and the model in question was only nine at the time, which led to public outcry over the sexualization of a young girl by putting her in a two-piece outfit and styling her with a sexy bedhead hairstyle.įor Haven’s part, owner Keely O’Connor said that the image was taken out of context, and that, rather than be s*xual, it was meant to be “whimsical and creative and arty.” O’Connor also stated that she ran the image by her staff of eight, who saw no issue with publishing the photograph. We don’t even know the name of this young girl, but we do know that she created a major stir when she appeared on the cover of Australian publication Haven, clad in a vintage circus outfit with tousled hair. But, when it’s children, who do we blame? Is it the industry that uses them to sell clothes meant for grown women, or the parents that push them into this career? What’s your opinion on these controversial young models? 15 Haven Magazine Cover Girl Some also flirted with criticisms regarding their weight or choice of makeup for photos. In terms of controversy, all 15 of these models were thought to look older than their years, in a way that removed their childhood and dressed and posed them in a provocative manner more suitable for adults. Haven’t we all seen those memes of us at 14 versus 14-year-olds now? Now, with more of our lives documented online, children have a propensity to grow up faster than ever before. Some have famous parents or siblings and have always been around the glare of cameras, while others were deemed far too beautiful to live normal lives, and so have been relegated to existing in front of the camera lens for our consumption. We say that children grow up too fast nowadays, and perhaps that is the most true for children who are thrust into the spotlight at an early age.

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