‘Sexy’ Images Of 10-Year-Old Girl/Fashion Model Thylane Blondeau Go Too Far

By Dani Brubaker

A little while back, Tom Ford guest-edited an issue of French Vogue that featured a lot of images on the theme of age: Crystal Renn was a past-her-prime plastic surgery casualty, mature models groped each other in a racy ed called Forever Love, 70-year-old Betty Catroux sat for a portrait and a then-15-year-old Daphne Groeneveld posed seductively on the cover alongside Ford himself.

But what we remember most was this:

: By Sharif Hamza for French Vogue

At the time, we said the all-little girl spread was “unsettling,” whether it was satire or not. Turns out the star of the ed is a model from the Ivory Coast named Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau. She’s got a striking level gaze, a grown-up pout and dancer’s legs. She’s racked up editorials all over the place and starred on a Vogue Enfants cover. She is also ten years old.

On Friday, Fashionista pondered if the 10-year-old’s sudden success was disturbing or not. While over at a Tumblr dedicated to Blondeau, such concerns were dismissed as American “uptight culture.” For example:

It’s all a matter of culture. If she’s raized that way and mostly of european ppl have, how could they see a problem in it? Just because America have a more uptight culture, it doesn’t mean the other ones are wrong and “too sexualized”

First off, sic, sic, sic. Secondly, this isn’t a situation where we have a naked little kid on a beach. This is a situation where we have a child being consistently photographed like an adult. For example:

By Dani Brubaker

Put five (four?) years on her and that’s a Diesel ad. Feel free to call mea Puritan if you wish, but I will remain unsettled by this. I will also wonder if you know what Puritan means.

Here’s a slideshow of Thylane’s fashion work. Plenty of it is age appropriate, some of it arguably isn’t.

Sure, it’s not technically NSFW, but you probably wouldn’t want your boss spotting a topless 10-year-old on your computer, either. Yes, please note that the final slide depicts her essentially topless.

[UPDATE: We've removed the slideshow. You can see more of Thylane's work at Jezebel, Fashionista, Styleite]

[UPDATE II: If you'd like to learn more, here's the explanation.]

[UPDATE III: Her mother, Veronika Loubry, has responded]

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Jennifer Wright

“It’s all a matter of culture. If she’s raized that way and mostly of european ppl have, how could they see a problem in it? Just because America have a more uptight culture, it doesn’t mean the other ones are wrong and “too sexualized”

I am fairly certain that comment was left by a child pornographers.

Also, Lolita was 3 years older than this girl.
Eileen

Some of these pictures aren’t so bad, but most of them are posing her like an adult, which is awkward because she’s clearly a kid. It’s one thing when a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old girl is posed like an adult: She has an adult’s body, so the image is being received in the same way a twenty-five-year-old’s would. But this girl is clearly still a child. She can be a child model if she wants, but she should do it wearing children’s clothes.
- porkchop
  
  Yes, awkward is exactly right. Modeling is supposed to be aspirational. Who can relate to this?
Ms. Ann Thropic

In NO culture is a 10 year old sexy. Period.
- Martha
  
  Not true. In the South American tribe I ministered in the peace corp .. some girls were expected to be married at eleven .. and so were overtly acting quite sexy at age ten in order to attract the mate of their choice.
Odbery

No doubt she’s beautiful, but why do photographers feel the need to take these pictures now? She’ll be just as gorgeous five, ten, fifteen years from now and will also not look so childlike. Patience people, stick her on the backburner for now.
Ewa

a) kinda reminds me of prepubescent Milla Jovovich.
b) where are her parents?!!
Anne Walterich

Brooke Shields, anyone? She was in Playboy at 11. Not cool. So I’m really disturbed by the “Blue Lagoon” shots.
Cassie

I think that there is a distinct difference between beautiful and sexy. I think the goal of these photographs is to display the beauty this child obviously has. Her beauty, since she is a child, is very innocent, so it is emphasized when juxtaposed with adult poses.
I think that, artistically, the purpose of these photos is not to draw attention to the mature poses of the child, but to use them to emphasize her actual innocence.
Jessica Ogilvie

The creepiest one to me is the one where they’re covering her “breasts” with her hair. UGGGGHHHHH.
3000

Dude, I’m as progressive and European as they come… And I still find this off-the-charts creepy.
Firstly, that kid is gonna grow up to be beyond messed up. Secondly, I’ve always said that the world of fashion is a severely f***** up one, and here’s the shining proof, guys. Why would they need a prepubescent kid in this kind of ads anyway??

Weird and creepy, hands down!
Artisticbit

She is growing before her time, by the time she is a young woman, she will be old and used up. Too bad.
Cassieleigh

I really want to give that little girl a Popsicle and some finger paints – along with a t-shirt with some kind of cartoon on it.

Poor thing.
- Martha
  
  What you are suggesting would be cruel beyond belief. Let’s take away novels from precociuos ten year olds and give them Caspar comic books while you are at it. I certainly hope that you do not have children.
Geraldine

It’s sad that as advances in health care and nutrition mean most of us in the western world are living longer and longer, the age for “beauty” is getting younger and younger. You would think it would be the other way around but no, it sometimes seems like any woman now older than 18 is a bit over the hill and has 70 more years left of not being in the bloom of youth.

Wouldn’t it be cool if the prime modeling age actually increased as we all started living longer lives, giving people longer childhoods.

Or maybe it has always been like this and I’m only noticing it as I age?

meh.
Megan

Well, Photoshopping sucks across the board, because where the hell is her shoulder in that first Diesel-esque shot?

Y’know, Lewis Carroll did this some 130 years ago. Took shots of naked and semi-naked little girls–because back then, it depicted innocence. Today, we call his work creepy and struggle to justify it even in its historical context. The jury’s out on whether he was a pedophile; but the standard of nude children as innocent isn’t disputed.

This isn’t total nudity–but it is sexualized, and still creepy. By all means let the girl model–she’s stunning–but if adult clothing is what she wants to do, let’s keep her covered. I have no problem with people flinging their clothes off; I think a lot of “modesty” is in line with prudishness, but at least let the girl be old enough to make her own choices in that regard.
niks

The photos are beautiful so lets not be prudes. The problem is a pedophile will also find them beautiful since they often see children as grown ups.

They see kids as grown ups who want to have a relation ship with them. These people have just taking child pronography to a stylized level with wardrobe, hair and makeup to boot. Just because her parents consented doesn’t make it right.

But yes she’s gorgeous. I just wish she was at least 14 so it wasn’t so weird…
Canadian Prude

The pictures have nothing to do with European or American ideals. The fact is that the pictures are overtly sexual. There is not need to sexualize children, the child should be allowed to grow up before nude pictures are taken of her. If these images were attached to an advertisment for child pornography it would be criminal. This is not fashion it is simply perverse and in very poor taste.
- anna
  
  i totally agree
Susie

I completely agree with the author of this article.

I was raised in a very French environment here in Quebec by very European parents and consider myself quite liberal/open minded but I find a lot of Thylane’s pictures to be beyond creepy. It has nothing to do with being puritanical but more to do with concern that children are being exploited by sick adults.

But in a way, maybe it is a cultural thing.

Clearly people in the same country whose entertainment industry ran to the defense of Roman Polanski (who raped a minor) are not going to find a problem with these photos. That tells you something.
thanh

I blame the parents mostly. There will always be creepy adults who cannot differentiate what’s appropiate from inappropiate. Parents’ job is to protect her and they did a terrible job….
Natalia Alabel

Hello, Nabokov!
H

the main problem i have is that she’s ten, selling me (a 28 year old) clothing and beauty standards. how is a possibly-prepubescent girl an attainable standard of beauty? on a subconcious level it tells all women that their developed body is disfigurement.
- sunnie
  
  I agree with you, first off we already have enough perverts already and now they have been activated to for the prowl. I mean I do not see nothing wrong with her modeling, but she should still be allowed and maintain her innocense. She’s ten, let her stay 10.
Rebecca

if you look at thylane’s portfolio website, there are some that are even worse — like the ballerina picture.
Han

I think you’re a Puritan. ;)

So, wait: Girls can play ‘adult’ with Barbie and Miley stuff all day long, but this is somehow wrong?

I think they’re absolutely beautiful pictures.

Above comment:
> In NO culture is a 10 year old sexy. Period.

Agreed. And neither is Thylane. Cute, beautiful, sure. Sexy would be in the eye of the beholder. If anyone thinks these pictures are sexy then there’s something wrong with them, not with Thylane or her parents or Vogue.
- Han
  
  One more comment to add to my own comment:
  
  Everyone seems just fine with boys modelling or dressing up in an adult way, for example in military or hunting inspired fashion, but nobody has a problem with that.
  
  Guess what: kids like dressing up as adults, it’s who they aspire to become. It’s all very much confirming role-models so from that point of view one might take issue with girls wanting to be Miley or Barbie (or indeed a singer or super model), or boys liking manly gear.
  
  So, somehow trying to pull sex into this is indeed strange and Puritan. Looking at the gallery it seems only the Vogue photo shoot that could be considered controversial, and in that case it was intended to be I have to assume. The majority of pics are absolutely great shots that I would hope to make of my own daughter any day, and be very proud of.
  
  For reference, some military inspired boy fashion. There are probably much better examples out there, also in magazines, but it shows where I’m going with this: http://www.galaxyarmynavy.com/item-66102.asp
- ariana
  
  amen! i totally agree
- Gary
  
  Han, you are obviously a pedophille. Put it back in your pants and seek help.
- Sunnie
  
  I think she has beautiful pictures as well, she’s a beautiful ten year old but don’t taint and take that away from her innocence with certain photos. if she is ten then let her stay ten.
SayWhat

Was the “sic sic sic” necessary? I suppose your foreign language skills are flawless?
elisabeth

Yep…agreed. Brooke Shields.
rr

This is pure sex. If we don’t want children getting molested then why do we allow girls to dress like this. I wonder how many men are sitting at their computer wanting to have sex with these girls. Wow this is pure sex. Vogue should be shut down. This is just kiddie porn.
- JJ
  
  I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!
- Gary
  
  Almost everyone so far has commented on how terrible these people( Thylane,her parents,Vogue) are for these photos. If these photos arouse that kind of emotion in you then you must be having subconscious sexual thoughts about this little girl. These photos are no worse than a Wal-mart sales paper showing an 8 year old girl in a 2 piece bikini. Clear your minds perverts!
- standswithfist
  
  First of all whats wrong with society is not this picture, its the pedophiles who should be shot, not locked up.
  If you see this as pure sex instead of an innocent girl in an indian costume than maybe you want to take a second look at yourself.
  beleive me I am the first person to call CPS if I think something is not right.
- Rick
  
  Pure sex?!? My GOD, what is wrong with you people? Girls start feeling desires at her age…some younger…not desires to have sex, but desires to be viewed as a young WOMAN. She probably loved being able to do these photos…they probably made her feel like a blossoming young woman and model. And now she is going to be made to feel shame for posing in photos that reveal NOTHING but her beauty and potential as a woman and model?!?
  
  You people say her parents are sick? I say you are sick for causing so much over NOTHING and making this young girl ashamed of herself and her body. There are completely nude photos of girls of all ages, some are as sensual if not more so than any of these, and they are in the most respected museums in the world.
  
  Give the girl a break and realize that the problem is in YOUR head not her photos!
Ashley Finley

This is for Han and anyone else who thinks this is soooo acceptable then tell me what you think of this picture on the bottom where she is just about naked

http://jezebel.com/5827092/fashion-industry-salivates-over-creepy-photos-of-10+year+old-french-girl

Your sick if think this is ok or your bull about boys being in army clothes, she is 10 if she wants to model as a 10 year old thent hats fine but who the heck wants to see crap like that?
- Kayme
  
  You (you are not alone) are seeing something that is just not there. Only people with pedophilic tendencies see a prepubescent girl just standing there, topless or not, as sexual. It is not the lack of clothes that makes a photo sexy. It is the woman/man (not) wearing them. If anyone is sick it is you – the person who sees a pretty child’s skin and thinks about sex. Of course you don’t want to see this photo, it brings out sick feelings. But that is just you. Don’t project it onto everyone else.
anon

this is a bit dumb dont u think. this ten years old has no idea whats shes doing. she has no expierienc and is crawling her way into victory just becuz of her parents not to mention but shes kinda ugly too
- Karen
  
  Really? You are going to name call a 10 year old? What a bully you are
- Brianna
  
  Umm, Really why would you talk crap and say mean shit about a 10 YEAR OLD!! Does that make you feel big and bad.
neilronson

She looks like a young ABBEY LEE KERSHAW
spongebob

you ugly bastard
Sunnie

This is my first time hearing about this young girl and that picture she took with no shirt and just beads, now that is going to far. She’s only ten, go ahead and turn the little girl out why don’t they. Before you know it she’s on drugs just to stay afloat. I mean a very pretty girl but she should be enjoying her childhood to the fullest. But what are the parents teaching their daughter, all they’re doing is exposing her for money, they might as well be her pimps.
ana

get the fuck over it. she’s a 10 year old model and she does her job well. don’t ruin this little girl’s life because you are jealous of her beauty and fame. Just saying.
- rr
  
  How are we jealous over bad parenting? This is totally inappropriate. Sexing up a child is just wrong. There are tons of men out there on their computers tonight jerking off to these pictures and the fact that you’re saying that this is okay is just sick. You’d might as well stick a sign on her that reads pedo bait cause that is what they’ve turned her into.
- Kayme
  
  @By rr
  
  Sure. It’s ‘the tons of men out there’. Did they all called you up to inform you that these photos are a big turn on? No. It was you in your own mind that saw that for yourself.
  
  Ever seen muslim ‘porn’? There are tons of guys on their computers tonight jerking off to women in long dresses. That doesn’t make wearing one sexing it up.
Lur

I don’t see the big deal. I have a 7 yo daughter…. she is probably getting money for college for the rest of her life. She’s beautiful. Leave her alone.
Martha

The cultural elitism and racism here is stunning. I spent two years in a Peace Corp gig among naked South American tribesmen – not one ten year old girl wore clothing (clothing was a sign of menses onset) – and when they did put on clothing that was an indication that they were ripe for courtship (and behaving FAR sexier than is portrayed in these photos) and marriage .. which meant age eleven for some.
- roxi
  
  And your ignorance, dear sir, is alarming. That you don’t even recognize the difference in what someone does in the setting of a tribal village, and THE FRONT PAGE OF A WORLDWIDE TABLOID. What something means in a remote village, and mainstream America-two very different settings. WAKE UP!
anna

…and then you wonder…why is so many twisted men interested in child pornography… those pictures are not appropriate for the girls age. I was at least as beautiful as she is when a child and so many men talked to me on the street. My mother would never expose me this kind of pictures. Money is not everything in life….people love money more than children..
Marsi

Yes, she is a stunning child and I don’t have a problem with any of her images. Most models start at 14 but there are always exceptions and, clearly, Thylane, is quite the exception.
In the 70′s, people in the U.S. cried over Brooke Shields’ provocative poses and Brooke is just fine today so, stop the judging and allow time to decide..
Jerry

The next Bardot?
Simone21

Hahaha I laugh at the person who said Brooke Shields is fine… um does the word rehab ring a bell?? She turned into a drug addict. Im not saying this will happen to this girl but please don’t defend topless pictures of pouting little girls.
- Adonia
  
  Brooke Shields was never in rehab and she was never a drug addict! get your facts straight Simone! hahaha I laugh at you!
  
  All this same controversy swirled all over Brooke in her day…it’s history repeating itself. She is fine, she is successful and healthy.
  
  I agree with everyone that stated…If you find the pictures sexy…then you have the problem!
ariel

i looked at the pictures ,like all of you, and i don’t know what you all are seeing because she is quite clearly NOT naked. I’ve seen ten year olds go out on the streets with far less clothes than she has on (toddlers and tiaras anyone?) . I don’t see why our society today is so focused on sex. She is just a ambitious 10 year old trying to launch her career.Its not like she’s modeling for playboy!
- Alexandra
  
  I completely agree, I dont think they are trying to make her look sexy, all these people are putting photos of their kids in the pool and whatnot on fb, thats where the pedos will be looking not in french vogue baha
- Courtney
  
  i understand were your coming from but have you seen the nude pictures they are bad!! she is a beautiful young girl that has her whole life ahead of her but she 10 not 20 she doesnt need to be even thinking about taking nude photos!!!
Stephanie

She is a beautiful girl, and she’s prettier than I’ll ever be. But this is wrong. She probably never even got a real childhhood.
Courtney

Don’t even pay attention to the face that she’s pretty, because she is, but how would you feel if that was YOUR 10 year old baby posing for those pictures knowing that there are disgusting people in this world…??
- David
  
  What’s funny to me is, everyone talks about how PEDOs are now viewing this and beating off to it. BUT all this article and all these comments and any other article is doing is bringing these PHOTOS to the attention of said PERVS. I honestly do not find these photos sexual at all, but if you do maybe something is wrong with you!?!?!
  
  Strange thing that I have never read anyone complain about Toddlers and Tiaras, in my mind that show puts the photos to shame when it comes to sexualizing a child. Have you seen the way they dress and dance. France is a totally different when it comes to society and what is acceptable to them so leave it be and move. You are not from their country there fore you more then likely cannot understand their views on the situation.
- Jas.
  
  @ David
  Complaining about Toddlers and Tiaras being perverse is like lighting candles in the noon-day sun in order to show that light exists. It is self-evident and the thrill that the fans of these shows get is of the “at least I’m not as bad as that” type that was made popular by Jerry Springer and his ilk. Perversity is the draw of reality television, often called in the industry “alternative programming” (or, as Aaron Sorkin once called it, “illiterate programming”). One need look no further than the ill-fated David Hasselhoff vehicle, The Hasselhoffs, to see what happens when reality T.V. stars attempt to be decent people (see http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20448820,00.html). So that’s why we Americans seem obsessed with the perverse, and what happens when one attempts to move away from it.
  
  Whoo. Ranty-ish.
Kayme

Oh please.

If you see these pictures as sexy, you are the problem not this girl, her parents, the photographers, or the fashion industry. The only one I can barely sort of see where people are coming from is the shirtless one, but even with that one you are standing on very shaky ground.

As a straight female I’m immune to this type of thing so I showed them to my husband. Interestingly he thought the only photo close to borderline was the one with the hat.

Sure there are sickos out there, but they are the ones who should be locked away from the world not innocent children.
- Linda
  
  The “problem” is not the child. It is those who are exploiting her for financial gain. Clearly, the photos are sexualizing her, and that is their intent. It’s better to be honest then to keep your head buried in the sand.
mother of 2

She is a beautiful girl, but to look at those eyes, all I see are $ signs by all the people pimping her out…her family, her agent, and the magazines using her image. Hopefully this is just a fun hobby for her; little girls playing dress-up. I hope she has a happy childhood, and is not growing up too fast.
Seelena

Check this video out — 10-Year-Old VOGUE Model : Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau http://t.co/vv1dZ2v via youtube
Kate K

Cultural differences aside, exploiting/sexualizing a CHILD simply for financial gain – by her parents – is absolutely disgusting. The hair and necklaces covering her underdeveloped breasts photo is implied nudity, that’s a trope of fashion photography, and it implies sex. Does anyone remember the Abercrombie & Fitch padded push-up bikini tops for 7 and 8 year olds?? What ever happened to letting children be children? We constantly are hearing about molesters and child murders – and yet photos like this are still being published. Come on parents!! Where are your limits and moral backbone when it comes to raising your children?
Mike

Reminds me of the Elton John/Michael Jackson duet: Please Let Your Son Go Down On Me.
Marlena

She is really not anything special, give any 10 year old some mussed up hair and little make-up and wala they will have the same look as this child – most children have naturally big poofy lips too.
Stephanie

You don’t need a 10-year-old offering herself up in a sexual way to sell haute couture. You can do it with models who are old enough to know what sexuality is.
brad

What is alarming is the juxtaposition of a childs body used as a prop for any adult centered activity or wardrobe, sexualized or otherwise.That is what child pageants and pushing the age limits in modeling share in common. I’m not saying that this girl is being pimped out, but if that is not the “statement” in these ads, I’m not sure what the “statement” is. The fact that the message is left obscure is unsettling to me and makes me wonder why the advertisers used a child model in a seemingly adult oriented pose (red dress, stilletos and big girl earrings) for a vague message. A grown up in the ad would be more appealing to me and thus more encouraging to be a buyer.
Lily

She’s a beautiful girl but the pictures are not “artistic” – she looks like she is for sale. That is disturbing and those of us who think so aren’t prudes or sickos.
speedmetal

I’m seeing this two ways…you got a young girl dressed “sexually”, in seductive type poses. If you look at it at face value, you see an “exploited” little girl paraded in front of adults for our entertainment. But if you look deeper, you also see a young girl doing her job that she’s apperantly very good at. She definitely has the look. She has the style. And, she’s got the pose. Is she too young to be a “adult” fashion model?…maybe. But, if we’re the ones looking at the photos and finding her sexually desirable, then we need to take a look at our own values as well. She’s fully clothed, no bikinis, no underwear shots…She’s playing dress up, but basically normal modeling shots. I’m ok with it.
bored

Puritanical American response. This girl is stunning and making a ton of money for college. Dressing up in high heels and playing with makeup are not that strange. These are fashion mags for women anyway, so they are not really intended for men!
BJ

Sigh.

I don’t think making children aware of themselves as sexual objects does them any good at all. And I definetely don’t think it’s a good idea to tie a kid’s self-worth to their appearance at *any* age.
- dorothy
  
  GET THYLANE BLONDEAU OUT OF THE SEX MAGAZINE
  BECAUSE SHE’S WAY TOO YOUNG YET AND BESIDES SHE
  SHOULD BE IN GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL NOT IN A
  MAGAZINE.
  HER PARENTS SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR MAKING THEIR
  DAUGHTER A SEX SYMBOL.
CCcracker

One things for sure: that beautiful girl wasn’t brought up on meat, french fries and Coke. One reason she is so stunning is that by comparison most children in the West are becoming gross. Terrible diet and drinking and smoking, becoming diabetic, emotionally unstable, self-destructive, depressed, pessimistic and plain fat, stupid and ugly. Instead of all this pious posturing about age and beauty and exploitation, which is so callow, why don’t you all start shouting about the true victims of Western culture and diet: your own children sitting on the sofa for six hours a day watching abominable sex and violence on TV, while they munch on crisps and high fructose corn syrup, getting fat and stupid and programmed to be “brand-loyal” to shit and poison and useless ‘things’ for the rest of their sickly lives ended by cancer and huge medical bills for the doctors new Mercedes. If you want to do something then realize you, yes you, are ruining your own kids by immersing them in “consumer-culture”,programmed for life. So stop all the oh so admirable posturing about exploitation of this pretty girl and look at the destruction of your own children that you, yourself, are orchestrating.
- Deva
  
  Bravo. I totally agree with you. American Idol disturbs me more, than this girl.
Older_Wiser

What the hell were those parents even thinking?

So sick of the sexualization of children. It might be “fashion” but no one should sell their child for it.
Meredith

She’s a gorgeous little girl, but really? It’s too much. I wouldn’t want my daughter doing anything like this. You see on the news about all these child molesters, and then a ten year old’s parents are going to be okay with this?? That last picture is awful! She looks way too thin! If it weren’t for the nice clothing and the makeup I would’ve sworn it was an ad for starving children somewhere. How can people be okay with this, then they throw fits about child porn? This is so stupid!
elena

She is a spitting image of Milla Jovovich when Milla was ten and made headlines all the same when photographed by leading photogs. The eyes, the hair, the lips – everything is a complete match. Only Milla was even more beautiful at ten. At first I thought these were Milla’s photos at ten.
I don’t condone this kind of stuff. I mean Jovovich, who was pimped out for thousands and then dozens of thousands back in the late 80′s by her mom and mamagers, turned out ok and became successful.
But it’s unnatural that a child is posing like this. Especially in the tragic reality of kids being used in porn and cruelty, etc. (in some countries it’s a not talked about industry)
thinkaboutit

I didn’t see any commenters who seemed to have had credientials or experieince in working with children at risk—just arbitrary gut reactions. And that’s not all bad–but it is just a shoot from the hip reaction. As one who has been in educaton for several years, been a mentor, etc., it is obvious that the constant exploitaiton of children–mainly girls–is denigrating their dignity and encouraging further exploitation. This industry–the media at large–thrives on shock value, not on protecting anyone, much less the innocence of children. Her mother–is an opportunist and the photographer “c’est tres malle” to do such a thing obviously for their own indulgence–this child for sure, did not come up with this idea for the magazine spread….n’est pas? Mais non! Exactamente!
Ashley

Consider it a step DOWN from where the modeling image of chique and super is headed. Now they don’t have to have women starve themselves to become unimaginably thin, lengthy and have flawless skin. Using a child that hasnt hit puberty omits the issue of acne, fat and essentially ADULT IMPERFECTIONS! Not only is it a disgrace that a well established fashion magazine would corrupt their credibility with such distaste in age-inappropriate advertising, it also just demonstrates the lack of comprehension of limits. LIMITS are what keep control of an otherwise unruly and barbaric race of individuals. A sheer and sarcastic congratulations to the parents that allowed their child to be exposed in this- not risky but IRRESPONSIBLE AND SEXUAL manor- and a sincere apology for the child who is now the center topic for fashion, sexuality in young children, child pornographers and pedophiles. Hands down, this demonstrates the lack of COMMON SENSE that adults seem to aquire with age and parenthood responsibility.
katherine

Having been in the business since I was 15 years old I can honestly say I would not allow my 10 year old girl to pose for some of this pictures.
many people argue that the problem is how some of us view this pictures, but we are not the problem.
the concern is for those out there that exploit children, a model is a sex object ,that may sound ugly to some but it is a fact. I say this from my own experience and to place a child in a situation that she is to young to understand what is being done is absolutely irresponsible. the shame is on the parents, photographers and the magazines who are using a child for monetary gain. I wonder who is watching after this little girl.
BP

Why in the world would any parent want to exploit their own child having them being exposed to the entire world for what reason except for money the child gets for these photo shoots. Her parents and parents of other children being pushed into doing this get off your fat asses and get a job do not expect your child to support you by being exposed as a hussy or whatever you would call these innocent children who should really be called nothing more than sweet innocent children who need care from parents and other grown ups not being ogled by GOD knows who. This type of child abuse just because they are your children this is child abuse and it must end now.
checi

She has the facial expression of a child whose images are found in illegal child pornography. Sarcastic, unsmiling, passive aggressive.
- alexis
  
  listen you are talking about my daughter she said to me “mommy can i sign up for pornography and for fashion” so i said: no pornography but fashion yes. and now you are talking about her mother fucker you are so stupid you are in the fashion zone here and i have her as a kid she is fun and laughable and i love and respect her as my daughter even though my husband passed away dont talk to me ever bitch, asshole, mother fucker
- Whatever
  
  You’ve just described every model’s facial expression.
  
  And that’s what she’s doing–aping older models. While fully clothed.
  
  I think this whole controversy feeds into a lot of pervasive patriarchal garbage.
  
  The assumption that women should not wear x and y because men are going to rape them.
  
  The assumption that this girl should not pose fully clothed in a fashion shoot because it’s going to titillate paedophiles.
  
  Has anyone ever though about the paedophiles their own daughters might titillate by wearing a barely there swimsuit to the beach? Some even allow their 3 or 2 or 1 year old to go topless or completely naked to the beach.
  
  That’s okay though, right? What’s the difference? Isn’t the paedophile still getting turned on?
  
  Listen to yourselves. It’s okay to believe in something, but it’s not always okay to overreact to everything.
  
  This isn’t even an issue in France, where the girl is from, so what I think opinionated Americans should do is take a look at their baby pageants and fix THAT, instead of crossing borders to criticize through poor and biased judgement.
- Michelle
  
  Did this person actually say that her child asked her if she could sign up for pornography and fashion in the same sentence? Really? AND THAT did not raise a flag for Alexis? Wow. Really, just anybody, no matter how unbelievably unperceptive, can parent.
AL

And we keep on aiding the pedifiles…
Michelle

I don’t think of this as something that is fodder for pedophiles.
The problem with having a ten year old girl pose for photos like this, aping adult models and their sexified poses, lies in the area of first, adultifying a child. Making her think and act like she is older than she is. Anybody that knows anything about development, will know that she is too young to take on the responsibility of being talked to and treated like she is now. Especially having her pose like she sees women pose. Children don’t pose like that. Witness the other pics on Dani’s website, and you can see the difference if you are perceptive at tall.
The other problem with this is the marketing/advertising part. France is not like America at all. I can’t speak for French Vogue. I can say that capitalistic dominance, and the toll it takes on children- using them as marketing tools (not self-expression, corporate business-expression) is not healthy for them. And anybody who knows anything about development and what marketers purposefully do to children (making them feel like they are nothing without a product, causing them to pester parents, have fits and the such, and much much more, etc.), knows that this is absolutely unacceptable.
- C
  
  Untrue. There’s a photo of me posing very similarly to the one where she’s got her thumb hooked in her jeans. I was 9. My parents keep it on their refrigerator. Of course, I wasn’t showing any skin, but that’s because I wasn’t wearing a weirdly constructed top, since I was in fact NOT a child fashion model. I’ll agree with you that it’s probably a bad idea for a kid to have a “job” when she’s so young, but if we enforced that we wouldn’t have any child actors either, and all children’s roles would be filled by midgets. Which would’ve looked damn silly in A.I.
stylemiss

How ignorant, shallow and idiotic that she is getting praised in the industry because she has a pout and a “stare”. What is this world coming to. Who cares what she has, she’s 10. She should be living her life as a child because you have the rest of your life to be an adult. unbelievable society.
mary lou bethunem

As a mother, I am as appalled as the others above who are sick of the sexualization of children. But the decadence of the fashion industry is well known ( it’s not alone of course). The mother seems to get it now but there are probably many others ready to sign over their children. Have you seen any You Tube vids of little girls dancing “Single Ladies”? Revolting. And the pics of Kate Moss’s wedding were a bit disturbing; those little gals will be in the headlines for all sorts of trouble asap.. just waiting to emulate their jaded elders.
ANONUMOS

HOT AND SEXY
- Jhon Doe
  
  Pervert, shes f***** hot and sexy
elle

This is wrong. The person who said “10 year olds don’t pose like this” is correct. IF she was all dressed up like a woman but was behaving as a child, wearing the fancy clothes, but in sizes too big as if she were playing dress up, then I wouldn’t have a problem with it. Children play dress up all the time. But this is clearly sexualizing a child. The problem I think nowadays is there is too much sexualization seeping into places where it shouldn’t be. I’m not a prude by any means, but it just seems like we’ve become a porno culture and I find it disturbing. The blatant sexualization of a 10 year old is merely a symptom of a larger societal problem.
- Rupon
  
  Hello young boy and girl enjoy your life…i like 18 year small sexy girl ,but i am remember my like your like..friend enjoy .young girl is mango so i like young girl..
modupe

dis is very wrong maybe d ones wear she puting on clothes r not dat but it is bad we had a case of that beatiful girl dat walks d runway nd den she got murdered its d same a man may see dis nd rape dis girl nd kill her am not saying she cant model but if u really want her to model let her model lyk d child dat she is playing with toys siting with friends nd not lyk dis pls cos dis girl will grow up thinking her body is a tool nd not know d wot of it
- Holly
  
  ……
- chop
  
  I want to pound that bald beaver
Shaun

The job of a model is to pose for the camera. Hair and make-up are usually part of that. The part that I have the most trouble with, is that you people seem to think this is sexual in the first place.

There are no revealing poses, no pictures showing, or possibly showing something, other than the possible so-called implied nudity. Who comes up with that crap?!?! Get over it, you see more than that at the beach from all ages of men, women, and children on any given warm day.

Me thinks thou dost protest too much! Like the preacher that rails against homosexuals or prostitutes, and then is caught in a compromising situation with said sinners. What is it that you are hiding?
- oscarinthecan
  
  Having her tug down her jeans by the belt loop? Do you REALLY think that’s nonsexual? What if they put her in a halter dress and made her stand over an air vent?
Mateus C.Ribeiro

Sexy Yes..
shella

I think shes GOURGEOUS bt maybe pple should be thinking more about her as a person cause is she realy gna have a PERSONALITY in a few years or is she just going to be a Fake hollywood blondie(if you dont get wt i mean by blondie….oh well)
pounder

I want to pound that bald beaver into multiple orgasms.
pounder

Um. I mean not really. :)
dozy danny

she is gorgeous and i would LUV kiss that mouth
dozy danny

Id like to see her in just the make up and maybe a pair of heels
- kyrie
  
  YOU ARE A SICK PERVERTED PERSON!!!!!!!! WHATS WRONG WITH YOU???!!!
Jamie

I feel bad for her. She’s stripped of her childhood. I’m pretty sure she can’t go out and go play at a park without getting the attention of everyone..
I remember when I was that age, I wan’t modeling, I was having the time of my life.
tommy

I feel that this girl was chosen because of her look, not her age. She has a very distinctive and unique look. It is almost like a mini angelina jolie in a way. Very very distinctive. I do think she is very beautiful, and will of course most likely hold this look unto adult hood. I honestly do not think that the photographers/agency intended on sexual references PURPOSEFULLY, however, many people took it in this way. She is very attractive, and to use the word ”sexy” is almost taboo. If ”sexy” in an innocent manner exists, then i will refer to her as sexy on that basis. Calling her ”sexy” in a full grown woman sense is just completely overboard and uncalled for.
- dlong66
  
  The best way to keep from seeing these comments, and this can be applied to any offensive comment that you might encounter. Stay the fuck off of this site.
Greta

Honestly, I do not understand why people are like “oh my god she is being exploited and sexualised, this is dreadful!”

Ok, first of all, she was not forced on set, she was not told to pose the way she did, her parents probably would not let her be any more ‘sexual’ than she already was, and I feel like some of you psycopaths dont even know what being exploited is.

I honestly think she is quite young to be an all time model for vogue, but she isnt!!!!

You guys have to take a freaking chill pill!!!
- DemonicRitual
  
  I must agree, I truly think people should fuck off she a beautiful young girl with a huge opperutiony ahead for acting or modeling, this little step open doors. Tho and thus the pictures are still PG. Their not a whole hell of alot people can do. If people want to change things please go to college get educated and then talk. another thing if people are bitching about this then please band strip clubs, PLay boy, but leave the little girl alone there nothing harmful in this. P.S. I hate most people and their way of thinking everything seems to be trap inside a box and there not able to open it because of lack of knowlege.
PED0 MAN

FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP…
eldito

she is so hot just looking at her makes me feel like ,I dont know how to say it
Zejon

I want to have sex with her
amber dawn

is there any way to ban the pedophilic comments on here? I’m pretty sure they’re just trolls rather than real perverts, but I still don’t want them seen or encouraged.
milan

i am fucking horni on her she is so beatiful shit
- abdul khalid soomro
  
  looking sexy girl
- suhada
  
  yes man i agree with you she is really fuckable little bitch makes me Horne toooooo
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore

Lots of pedophiles on here… Don’t think I’ll be coming back to this site.
fucker

She fucks up and whats with the elvis presley hair do
- dlong66
  
  You write like you have an i.q. of 3.
The ultimate male

well…..she’s hot but it’s not good to make her do these things before 13 y
D Long

This might be the most illiterate group of idiots I’ve ever seen in one forum. Do you people even speak English??? Damn, I didn’t think people were this fucking stupid. I guess you think those squiggly red lines under most of your fucking words are Christmas decorations. Pedophiles all over the world are fucking kids from 0 to 12 and you mother fuckers are bitching about a couple of pics of a girl dressed a little hot. I got news for you double standard hypocrites. Go to your local shopping mall. They all look like this.
Lionel

je ne trouve rien de choquant. c’est un magazine destiné aux meres. Meme si un homme trouve ces clichés mignons je ne vois pas ou est le probleme. Veronika Loubry sait ce qu’elle fait je pense. Elle connait le monde du showbizz et ne mettrait en aucun cas sa fille en danger selon moi. Je trouve aucune provovation dans ces clichés. Et faut arreter de voir le mal partout. Il y a bien pire comme clichés ou film mettant des enfants dans des situations bien plus cocassent que celle ci. Pensez au naturisme où des milliers de filles de son age ou à peine plus vielles de quelques mois sont nues toute la journée et pendant plusieurs semaines. Alors revoyez vos jugements que vous apportez à ces photographie. La petite est très jolie. Tout mon soutien à Véronika, le papa et à la petite Thylane.
sharon

danm that bitch is sexy
RizwanHassan

bakwas
mlik

all girls sexy hot and beautiful
Erica fine

I don’t see what the big deal is. Child porn was legal back in the 70′s. In fact, ever since it became illegal, more kids have been raped, murdered, and molested. They need to legalize it again, to keep kids safe.
- D Long
  
  That’s because it’s reported now that it illegal dumbass The authorities now have to crack down on it Are you that fucking stupid?
- Graham O.
  
  Child porn was NOT legal in the 70′s. It was just the laws were vague, and most porn came from Europe and were smuggled into the US. While it is true then that nudes and some sexual posing (soft-core) like in SCREW mag. fell under the radar, hard core porn was NEVER legal.
  So…this why you area fool…
  
  You claim more crimes against children AFTER child porn was made “illegal”, however, you forget that in order to MAKE child porn, a REAL CHILD has to be molested and/or raped!!!!
  
  If you are talking a bout just child nudes without sexual posing, they have ALWAYS been legal in the the US, and upheld by the Supreme Court time and time again (Sally Mann, Jock Sturges, David Hamilton, Ron Oliver, Pretty Baby, European and domestic nudist/naturist magazines and videos etc. etc.)
  So DON’T confuse the two!!
  Whether or not child porn incites a pedophile to commit crimes is not the issue…The issue is that it took a criminal act against a child to produce it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ruponbarman

Hello young girl and young boy enjoy your life .becouse two day your earth of your life.so enjoy
Neil

Ok…
I can understand the fashion side of this…and art side of it. Shes beautiful and eye catching for an advertisement, but… too young… I’d pretty much prefer her being over thirteen, being old enough to make her own decision to do this…
But… if she didn’t at the opportunity she has now, she mightn’t have taken modeling on…
So I’m kinda against this and…going along with this… though I stick by what I said on her being over thirteen, even though it kinda seems like I’m not there…
Neil

Oh and some of these people are disgusting by what they’re saying….
charles gardner

anyone that even thinks this child is sexy is a pedophile neither one of the pictures above are near sexy plus how do you make a child look sexy because anyone that does think a child looks sexy no matter what they wear is sick in there own head.
- dlong66
  
  You have effectively displayed your ignorance for all to see through your uneducated, narrow mindedness. This is the information age, and it’s at your fingertips. It is well within normal parameters of the male psyche, for men to be sexually attracted to pre adolescent and adolescent girls. I would however ask, since you are so forthcoming with what you have to say, what were you searching for that led you to this site?
dlong66

I love her.
John

WOW!!!

She’s HOT!!!
Mico

WOW!!!

She is HOT
Mico

let me translate

HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mico

Wow
monty

the girl has potential to be a real beauty. she is a pretty young girl. are her parents exploiting her. i wont call her sexyfor a few more yeas
Diane

The same two anonymous guests really enjoy trolling here, huh?
dlong66

The bottom line is this is a form of child pornography. Why would they use a child for this type of pictures. Why not use an adult?
Graham

Child porn was NOT legal in the 70′s. It was just the laws were vague, and most porn came from Europe and were smuggled into the US. While it is true then that nudes and some sexual posing (soft-core) like in SCREW mag. fell under the radar, hard core porn was NEVER legal.
So…this why you area fool…

You claim more crimes against children AFTER child porn was made “illegal”, however, you forget that in order to MAKE child porn, a REAL CHILD has to be molested and/or raped!!!!

If you are talking a bout just child nudes without sexual posing, they have ALWAYS been legal in the the US, and upheld by the Supreme Court time and time again (Sally Mann, Jock Sturges, David Hamilton, Ron Oliver, Pretty Baby, European and domestic nudist/naturist magazines and videos etc. etc.)
So DON’T confuse the two!!
Whether or not child porn incites a pedophile to commit crimes is not the issue…The issue is that it took a criminal act against a child to produce it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lamont stone

a judge was aked to define porn he said you will know it when you see it. to me i cant say that the scene is pornographic t does however, seems to be exploitive
ggcrush

I am ten years old to and i heard about
her and looked her up she is smokin hot
Saba Masood

Yh she looks great but not appropriate for her age .. I mean I’m 14 and I still “play” with friends and sleep with a teddy bear.. don’t take away her childhood, let her keep her innocents for a little while , ino it sounds like a cliché but its so true :)
pussy

OMG SO SO CUTE
yondotiga

In some of these comments you can practically hear the sleazy guys licking their lips. The increased sexualization of children brings attention and makes money through shock, by feeding on the fantasies of predators and by building new little consumers for porn. Just because something is OK in Europe or Asia doesn’t mean that, for us, it automatically points the way to a brighter tomorrow. The rest of the world isn’t rushing to copy our so-called “Puritanism.” Why should we accept the rape of a child, real or imagined? Or the brainwashing of many children?
Sima

She is hot i want to kiss her.
GenButtNaked

Nothing wrong with those pictures. Only people complaining are girls/women who can never look like her, and girl/women, with children who will never look like her, in their wildest dreams……She looks like a stunningly cute little girl, to me….
pretty girl rock

The is pretty i wish i was her
oOoOoER

She’s awesome!
1234567

Ughhh
John Big Cock

I wanna suck her pussy,lick her ass,fuck both pussy and ass and I want her to piss in my mouth!!!!!
chattyCathy

The couch pic is pretty, looks like she’s paying dress-up. The bottom pic is another story, the photographer, hair and make up, agent, mother, anyone involved should be punched in the throat. That’s not appropriate for a CHILD to be presented in that way.