Modeling auditions
March 31st, 2008
Have you ever noticed that some people seem just cut out for being in the public eye? If you stop and really look at some of these superstars and icons in our society they are truly cut out for it. I just saw The View with Barbara Walters and they were interviewing Barack Obama. She is just one of those people who seems to be untouchable in the public eye. No matter what she does or says, she never seems to be ridiculed.
Then there are the people like Britney Spears, who definitely was forced into acting by over zealous parents. Movie auditions and TV appearances while still in elementary school. I don’t know about you, but when I was in elementary school I wasn’t even thinking about what I was going to do for the rest of my life, I just figured if I had on the right clothes and got a good seat on the bus, then all was good. Then it seems that her parents thought, it would be a good idea to get her sis into the business too. I guess maybe the Britney cash cow had gone dry, so they decided to get little sis, Jaime out on some casting calls quick. I don’t know actually if she started with modeling jobs or film auditions first, anyway, I am sure that everyone was dying to see if Jaime was going to be the next Britney.
It is really sad, that now these two young lives are so messed up and all to make a buck. I mean can you imagine calling a modeling agency and saying I have a really pretty 5 month old, can they come in and audition? I mean where do you find modeling auditions for a 5 month old? Are they in the paper or something?
It seems to me that life in the public eye can be extremely difficult and growing up in it even worse. Think about how hard it is to be a teenager, and then imagine doing it with people following you around everywhere, questioning and criticizing your every move. Imagine being an insecure teenage girl and seeing an unflattering picture of yourself in swimsuit on the front cover of a magazine under the headline, “Too Many Cookies, Or Bun in The Oven”. I can’t even think of what these poor children have to endure. Sure the money is great, I can’t dispute that, but at what price?