Pre-teen model defends her role as the face of some fashion show

By now you will have heard of Maddison Gabriel , the pre-teen girl who has been named the face of some fashion modeling show in Queensland (who cares what show it is, one less piece of direct publicity is not going to hurt them). Maddison has defended her right to be the face and body of the fashion show with this piece of pre-teen logic:

“I believe that I can fit into women’s clothes, I can model women’s clothes, so I should be able to do it.”

I mean, just how many other ludicrous logical syllogisms can you come up with based on this kind of premise? I can therefore I should?

I’m not laughing at Maddison, she might look like a woman but she is just twelve years old and why would anyone expect her to have any better reasonable argument that any other twelve year-old girl? Because she looks more mature? Maybe there is some overwhelming power of appearance that convinces people this girl is mature, but if you consider what comes out of her mouth instead of how tall she is then you might see through the illusion. Maddison should be free to think these kinds of thoughts, sure, but should they be getting reported in the Australian media for the whole country to consider? Shouldn’t they be getting discussed in the playground at school with her friends:

“It’s not fair, mum and dad won’t let me but I should be able to model like Elle and Kate because I can fit into their clothes?”

“YEAH!”

But that’s not happening. Instead this young girl is defending herself to the entire nation and regardless of what she looks like she is just twelve years old and moving towards the editorial modeling world.

Article Source:
http://blogs.news.com.au/news/splat/index.php/news/comments/12_year_old_model_defends_her_role_as_face_of_fashion_show/

John, Wednesday, December 24, 2008