What’s inntreseitg is how people are acting like this is a new phenomenon. Brooke Shields started modeling at 11 months; at 14 she was on the cover of Vogue. And let’s not forget about the Calvin Klein ads. She had her fair share of controversy (hellooo, Pretty Baby?)Milla Jovovich? She was 11 years old when spotted by Richard Avedon. By 12 she was appearing in magazines like Cosmopolitan and Vogue.And many more, of course. Willa Holland? Signed with Ford when she was seven. Anderson Cooper modeled from ages 10 to 13 for Ford Models as well. Lindsay Lohan was a child model for Ford too, starting at age 3. She also did a lot of commercials. Katharine Heigl worked with Wilhelmina models when she was nine or so.What shocks me most is that people act as if this is a relatively new phenomenon. Controversy has ALWAYS surrounded child modeling and oftentimes the images taken of them (with the exception of most commercials or mainstream catalog modeling). Personally I find many of the images lovely; some are a bit disturbing, yes. But people also need to learn to calm down and realize that just because something isn’t totally conventional doesn’t mean it should be shunned. This girls’ images for Vogue were very beautiful.Also, you cannot blame perversion SOLEY ON the people taking the pictures. To do so is essentially making the pervert, who is sick enough to look at these images in such a way, not at fault. Of course the intention of the photographer, the people who work in wardrobe and makeup and such, and maybe even the parents, need to be taken in to account. But just because they are taking these pictures does not mean they want to start churning out pedophiles.