PHOTOS: Are The Kardashian Kids Too Young To Model?
Aug. 4 2010, Published 9:40 a.m. ET
How young is too young for the fashion runway? Breaking Celebrity News investigates.
Of all the models before the cameras, Kylie and Kendall Jenner -- 12 and 14-years-old respectively -- stand out.
Kim Kardashian's half sisters (the daughter of Kris and Bruce Jenner) have already embarked on modeling careers.
While growing up surrounded by Keeping Up With The Kardashian’s cameras has exposed the youngsters to fame at an early age, many are asking, are they ready to take on the pressure of the cut-throat modeling industry?
Janice Dickinson, the world’s first supermodel, doesn’t care how adult and graceful young models look.
“At nearly 13 years of age, she’s just too young,” Dickinson said.
“There’s lots of drugs, there’s lots of alcohol, there’s lots of photographers preying on these girls,” Dickinson once told TODAY, in an interview about 13-year-old Australian model Maddison Gabriel.
“Thirteen is way too young.”
Breaking Celebrity News spoke to addiction specialist Andrew Brin, who has a Masters Degree in clinical psychology and has treated several child models, about the dangers of the seemingly glamorous and glossy teenage career.
We asked why are children, like Kylie and Kendall, attracted to the competitive industry in the first place?
“Teens are especially vulnerable to the desire for independence,” said Brin, about the lure of modeling.
“They will choose freedom at any cost, even if it means selling their own bodies.”
According to Brin, models o