Most beautiful girl Thylane Blondeaus childhood reveals the dark side of being a kiddie supermodel

The price of beauty often comes with ugly consequences for kids in front of the camera. Thylane Blondeau, 25, the French model dubbed “the most beautiful girl in the world” at ages 6 and 17, radiated as one of the most beautiful brides on Monday, donning designer couture and cosmetics while tying the knot with groom Ben Attal, 29, in Paris. No stranger to the spotlight, the siren, who made her runway debut with Jean Paul Gaultier during the early 2000s at age four, arrived at their wedding venue in a platinum Porsche 356 Speedster, welcomed by a throng of cheering loved ones memorializing the momentous occasion with pictures and video footage. The flashing lights of Blondeau’s big day, however, harkened memories of the controversy that swarmed the brunette as a child superstar. Vile claims that she was being “sexualized” by bigwigs in the fashion industry cast a shadow on Blondeau’s rise to fame, influencing her, in part, to shy away from the “most beautiful” moniker as she matured.Blondeau’s mom, Veronika Loubry, immediately refuted critiques that her then 10-year-old daughter’s controversial 2011 spread in Vogue Paris was overly sexual. For the editorial, Blondeau posed in a red dress, stilettos and diamonds while lying on a tiger-skin rug.The preteen, too, cut a steely stare in a gold frock with a plunge neckline dipping towards her belly button while propped up against animal-print pillows atop a plushy bed.Shocked whistleblowers deemed the snapshots “sad” and “repulsive,” with one naysayer writing, “It’s inappropriate, and creepy, and I never want to see a nine-year-old girl in high-heeled leopard print bedroom slippers ever again.” A separate faultfinder argued that “any creepy child pornographer could plead ‘artistic license.’”The pressure, criticisms and creepiness of working as a kiddie influencer can trigger “severe stress in childhood that has the potential to have mental and physical cons...