Another “Too Young” Model Makes Fashion Waves; Parents Chastised For Lack Of Boundaries, Excessive Use Of Consonants In Naming Their Child

In “do you even need to ask” news, headlines are screaming “Too young for fashion week?” as Gold Coast 12-year-old Maddison Gabriel has been named the face of Gold Coast Fashion Week.

We thought the fuss about Melbourne model (and 15-going-on-16-year-old) Claire Quirk was bad enough, but this takes the cake! As academic Karen Brooks says:

“Oh my god, that’s outrageous,” Dr Brooks said yesterday after learning of Maddison’s appointment.

“When is society going to let kids be kids instead of catapulting them into the adult world? It’s exploitation. We’re talking about a girl who hasn’t long stopped playing with dolls.”

Just when we thought our heads had stopped spinning at the fact that a 12-year-old would even be allowed to enter a modelling comp that wasn’t organised by Barbie magazine, we read her parents’ response to the outcry. See their application for Parents Of The Year after the jump.