10-year-old ‘model’ provokes controversy

IMMUNE as we have become to the pouty mouths, tilted hips and acres of bared skin that make up the fashion industry, few could fail to react to the photo-graphs of our latest supermodel.

Meet Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau, the 10-year-old daughter of a footballer father and TV presenter mother whose provocative poses are being construed as the stuff of paedophile/fantasy fashion’s latest muse — depending on which side of the fence you’re sitting on.

Undeniably stunning and already compared to 60s siren Brigitte Bardot, this little girl from the Ivory Coast has graced the cover of French Vogue — provoking controversy in the process.